Antique Japanese Rootwood Scholar Carvings, Geese
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Pre 1920 item# 964991 (stock# MOR2754)
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A pair of natural root carvings of geese in a dark red wood, one looking toward the viewer, the other gazing up at the moon. The bodies are fomed of natural root-wood, with the head carved with eyes and bill, feet inset with some type of pitch mortar. They are in overall fine condition, the taller stands 8-1/2 inches (21.5 cm) high. This is from a collection of scholar items we are currently offering from the estate of a Kyoto family involved in literati and art movements from the later Edo p ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Carved Bamboo Sago Tea Scoop
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Pre 1920 item# 843171 (stock# MOR2502)
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A minutely carved image of a bat cirling over a planted pine-bonsai in the light of the moon just showing through the dark clouded sky. The piece is cut from a round of susu-take, bamboo taken from a roof which is stained a rich amber from a century or more of smoke. The light color on top forming the clouds is a natural rope mark where the smoke did not penetrate to the wood (the bamboo would have been secured to the beams with a rope). A fine carving, the bamboo is 7 inches (18 cm) long, 2 ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Carved Bamboo Hitto Brush Pot, Shojo
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Pre 1920 item# 842870 (stock# MOR2501)
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A mischevious shojo sprite pads forward with a long dipping scoop over his shoulder, a huge pot behind (likely filled with rice wine as the shojo is very fond of drink). Opposite a long inscription fills the open area. The pottery vessel is deeply carved into the bamboo with the Shojo in relief before it. The piece is 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) tall, roughly -3/4 inches (7 cm) diameter at the base and dated 1901. The bamboo is a rich amber red, lighter in the carved section, with a fixed wooden ba ...click for details
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