Huge Antique Japanese Temple Dragon Scroll, Dogyoku
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Pre 1900 item# 849831 (stock# ALR2526)
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A massive Temple scroll depicting a dragon twisting through violent dark clouds by Kageyama Dogyoku enclosed in an age darkened wooden box. Dogyoku was a later Edo artist (Bunka Bunsei Eras) associated with the Kano School, where he was known by the name Kano Eisho. The ink on silk painting is bordered in patterned green silk and features large black lacquered wooden rollers. This scroll is 4 feet by 90.5 inches (120.5 x 230 cm) and is in fine condition, likely remounted sometime in the early ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Yellow Porcelain Vase, Miyanaga Tozan
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Pre 1920 item# 841931 (stock# TCR2492)
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A large Kiji porcelain vase with florals (stylized millet?) in raised relief by Miyanaga Tozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The architecture and infinite care shown in the carving on the surface proves this to be a superb piece deserving of the name of one of Kyotos top porcelain artists. The vase is 10-1/2 inches (27 cm) tall, 11-1/2 inches (30 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Miyanaga Tozan I (1868-1941) is one of the most important names in Kyoto ceramics. He was bor ...click for details
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Meiji Japanese Porcelain Vase By Daimaru Hokuho
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Pre 1920 item# 841866 (stock# TCR2488)
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A large blue and white sometsuke porcelain vase by prominent Meiji era Kyoto artist Daimaru Hokuho enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The vase is crisp with clean sharp lines typifying the Meiji ideal of superlative quality decorated with pagodas and hermitages scattered over a lake-filled landscape in cool blue. It is 11-1/2 inches (27.5 cm) tall, 4-1/2 inches (11.5 cm) diameter and in perfect condition. Hokuho would have been rated in the top 10 porcelain artist of Kyoto, along wit ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Shunga Makimono, Kawabata Gyokusho
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Pre 1910 item# 837251 (stock# ALR2482)
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A bizarre hand painted erotic tale enclosed in a period custom made kiri-wood box attributing the work to well known artist Kawabata Gyokusho and titled Nyogo-no-Shima-Gi Ga-Maki (Freak Protectors of the Island Women Hand Scroll), a tale connected with the Heike wars. A visiting priest ravishes the wife alone, she resists but then seems to concede to his onslaught. Onlookers tumble over themselves beginning a fray which degenerates into an orgy of men, women and spirits. Vaginal specters stea ...click for details
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Important Large Japanese Vase by Seifu Yohei III
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Pre 1920 item# 823995 (stock# TCR2468)
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An exquisite large vessel by Seifu Yohei III (1851-1914) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The mirror smooth surface is lightly tinged pink, a delicate touch only Seifu could create. The Fretwork about the center is absolutely perfect. The vase stands just over 12 inches (31 cm) tall, 5-1/2 inches (13 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. It is signed on the base Dai-Nippon Seifu Zo. Seifu, unlike many potters of his time, was low production and tenacious in his approach to perf ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Articulated Bronze Crab
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Pre 1920 item# 822055 (stock# MBR2461)
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Like an aged boxer, the squat muscular crab takes a stance of readiness, one claw up prepared to defend against a coming attacker. This little fellow is unusual in that it is made of thick bronze, with each joint pinned in a way that allows for some mobility. Legs splayed the creature is 9 inches (23 cm) wide, standing it is 3-1/2 inches 89 cm) tall. There is a repair to the first joint of the 2nd left leg. It dates from the first part of the 20th century.
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Ornate Antique Japanese Sencha Tea Storage Box
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Pre 1920 item# 819654 (stock# MOR2444)
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Everything about this sencha tea implement storage cabinet is top quality; a most unusual box made up almost entirely of worm wood featuring a removable door with an inner panel of antique Chinese origin, possibly an image of a tea salesman with his baskets of leaves. A bronze handle surmounts the lightweight box, with a set of four jade rings attached through a pair of folding fans serving as a handle for the door. Climbing up the naturally gnarled sides of the door are two tiny frogs gazing ...click for details
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Edo period Makimono, Scholars Rocks, Ono Unho
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Pre 1900 item# 811028 (stock# AMR2423)
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Perfection through contemplation of a stone…there is a lot to ponder in this makimono showing studies of stones dated 1928 and signed the old man Unho. 20 various rock clusters are depicted, from dark stone to crystals in various arrangements for the Keido practice of creating scenery. It is wrapped in green patterned silk and features bone rollers, enclosed in a signed wooden box. The scroll is 7-1/4 inches (18.5 cm) wide, and over 17-1/2 feet (5.1 meters) long, overall in fine condition. O ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Carved Mingei Tray with Bat, Kinkoku
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Pre 1900 item# 793731 (stock# MOR2397)
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A wooden tray carved worm eaten kiri with the image of a red lacquered flying bat, the wormed sections acting like clouds in the dark wood night sky. This tray was purposely made, carved using an existing piece of wormed wood which exemplifies the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi. The wood is quite thick, 2 cm thick on the edge, the tray measuring roughly 11 inches (28 cm) square, 1-1/2 inches (4 cm) to the rim. It is perfect for service of Sencha tea. The tray is signed beneath Kinkoku and c ...click for details
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