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I would like to apologize to all, we have been working on the Tohoku relief effort and have not been focused 100 percent on web sales. Many emails and packages have been delayed, we are doing our best to manage both. Your patience and understanding through the crisis have been sincerely appreciated. November 22 2011 Robert is in the earthquake/tsunami affected region and will be only sporadically available to answer emails through December 3rd. Your patience is appreciated. For more on their activities see http://www.idrojapan.org

Robert Mangold has been working with Japanese antiques since 1995 with an emphasis on ceramics, Paintings, Armour and Buddhist furniture.

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Ando Shippo Cloisonné Vase, Angel Fish Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1960   item# 1055764 (stock# MOR2870)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Two angel fish surface on the murky green form of this Cloisonné vase by the Ando company of Nagoya, Japan premier cloisonné studio. One fish is bright and close, the other deep within the body, only a shadowy form of color below the waters. The contrast between the two is surprising, and the result of two different techniques. The closer fish is formed with individual cells of enamel enclosed in wire frames, where the more distant fellow is without frames, the enamels blending as they baked c ...click for details Antique Pottery Chawan Tea Bowl, Tomioka Tessai Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 1055173 (stock# TCR2869)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Chrysanthemum in black risu up on the pale Kyo-yaki glaze of this ko-buri wan-gata Chawan by Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The bowl is 10.5 cm (4-1/4 inches) diameter 8 cm (3 inches) tall and in perfect condition. Tomioka Tessai was a scholar artist trained from age seven in the traditional Confucian manner. After the death of his father he was apprenticed to a Shinto shrin ...click for details Antique Porcelain Bowl, Takahashi Dohachi, Maple Leaves Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 1055047 (stock# TCR2868)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Variously colored momiji leaves in enamel blow past the under-glazed cobalt lattice of manjirushi on this large bowl by Takahashi Dohachi dating from the first half of the 20th century. The bowl is 21 cm (8-1/2 inches) diameter, 9.5 cm (4 inches) tall and in perfect condition, enclosed in a fine custom made kiri-wood box. The Dohachi Kiln was established in Awataguchi by the retainer of Kameyama fief, Dohachi I ar ...click for details Antique Japanese Bowl, Plum Tree by Mashimizu Zoroku Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 1055036 (stock# TCR2867)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Exquisite flattened bowl decorated with blossoming prunus by Mashimizu Zoroku II (1861-1936) enclosed in a wooden box annotated by the third generation head of the family. The body undulates in the palm, covered in pale glaze typifying the Kyo-yaki aesthetic, with a darker, irregular rim. The plum wavering up from the ground in gray and dark iron is covered with silver moss, bearing blossoms in gold, silver and red with a hint of green. It is 17.5 cm (7 inches) diameter, 8 cm (3 inches) tall ...click for details Japanese Zenga, 10 Ox Herding pictures, Gyokusei/Zenkei Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1980   item# 1054544 (stock# ALR2866)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, thank you!  A published set of 10 Zen Scrolls by Jikihara Gyokusei and Shibayama Zenkei showing the 10 stages of enlightenment through the parable of the bull and the ox-herd. Ink on paper in blue silk border with wood rollers. Each scroll measures 44 x 188.5 cm and all are in fine condition but for a few tiny holes in the top of one border (see close-up). The scrolls were photographed in the order taken from the box, and are not necessarily in the correct order in the composite photos. This set of scro ...click for details Shishi, porcelain figure by Miyagawa Makuzu) Kozan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1940   item# 1054322 (stock# TCR2865)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Pale green celadon coats this finely crafted image of a Shishi, mythical lion, stamped on the base Kozan and enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It measures 15 x 21 x 9 cm (6 x 8-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition. The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of the Kyoto p ...click for details Sage and Mule porcelain figure, Makuzu (Miyagawa) Kozan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 1054161 (stock# TCR2864)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Hirado style figurine of a spirited sage astride a lop-eared mule stamped beneath Makuzu by Miyagawa Kozan. It is in excellent condition, standing 15 cm (6 inches) tall. The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of the Kyoto pottery family Miyagawa Chozo. The Kozan (Makuzu) kiln as we know it ...click for details Antique Japanese Raku Tsuri Koro Hanging Incense Burner Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 1053472 (stock# TCR2861)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  Maple leaves in pierced relief form the orb of this very rare 2 piece Raku Yaki Hanging incense burner secured by silk chords. Soft earth-tones color the fragile raku clay in duplication of nature, red, yellow and burnt shades of green and gray. It is 13 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter and in fine condition but for one chip on the inside tab of the base (see pictures). In 20years in Japan this is the first Raku Tsuri-Koro I have seen. It is enclosed in the original wooden box titled Tsurigata Kan ...click for details Antique Japanese Porcelain Vase, Yako, Shoko Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 1010163 (stock# TCR2848)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 sold, thank you!  A sweeping cobalt landscape by Okochi Yako (1893-1957) dominated by a cluster of gnarled trees has been dashed about the circumference of this large vessel by Yamasawa Shoko I. The landscape is punctuated by a Chinese style poem filling the void of a sea followed by the signature Yakojin-ga. Engraved into the base is the signature Dai Nippon Shoko Saku. The vessel is 13 inches (33 cm) tall and in fine condition. Yamasawa Shoko I, was born in Kyoto, and established himself in the Gojo-zaka kil ...click for details Antique Japanese Porcelain Vase, Ito Tozan Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1920   item# 1008861 (stock# TCR2845)  click for details The Kura tel.81-75-432-6980 Sold, Thank you!  A beautiful robins’-egg-blue gu-shaped vase with ring handles and engraved decoration by Ito Tozan with the original rosewood stand dating from the early 20th century (c. 1920). The pale blue bleeds to white over the high points of the decoration, the florals raised about the bulbous center and highlighting the rim and edges of the beast head handles. Meanwhile pools of dark shadow the fretwork emanating up and down the body. The vase is 12-1/2 inches (31 cm) tall plus the base and is in exce ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  20  30  40  67