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VERY RARE Japanese IMPERIAL VOTIVE TABLETS
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Pre 1920 item# 119354 (stock# MOR681)
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A set of two gilded and lacquered wooden Imperial memorial tablets dating from the Taisho period (1911-1925) on elaborate 3 piece stands; one etched with the name of the Meiji Emperor, the other noting the current emperor (at that time). The mirror, one of the three Imperial signs, is represented floating in a sea of stylized clouds on the cornice cap, separated from the ornately carved plaque by a red and black lacquered slab. The scrolled center section is adorned with Imperial chrysanthemum ...click for details
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OLD Japanese SHUN-GA EROTIC E-HON PILLOW BOOK
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Pre 1930 item# 118480 (stock# ANR677)
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A well made Japanese pillow book dating to the first quarter of the 20th century featuring twelve hand painted erotic scenes on silk. The book is enclosed in a folding sleeve wrapped in forest green linen. The cover is decorated half with green brocade embellished with gold, half with lavender silk, and features a fan made of various bits of brocade. Inside front and back are pages of gold clouds, followed by the twelve scenes that are each mounted in fields of colorfully striped linen, edged ...click for details
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ANTIQUE Japanese BAMBOO HANGING BASKET
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Pre 1920 item# 118220 (stock# MOR676)
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A lovely antique bamboo basket, made to be either suspended or wall mounted, in the form of a birds nest. I am afraid I do not know the English name for this bird, but it is a Remiz Pendulinus. Twisting from the top of the teardrop form is a braid of bamboo rope which hangs down from the top where it forms a loop for hanging, circles the opening and tangles once around itself before fading off to the side. An additional loop of braid on the back allows for wall mounting. A wedge of bamboo in ...click for details
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SPLENDID 19th C Japanese KARATSU TOKKURI VASE
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Pre 1900 item# 117852 (stock# TCR675)
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A very unusual pinched and twisted antique Karatsu-yaki Ichirin-sashi vase, the dark earth covered with spattered green glaze, accumulating glass-like in the striations left spiraling up the vase by the artists fingers. The unsigned 19th century vase has two chips in the mouth (see pictures). It measures 6-1/4 inches (16 cm) tall, 4-1/2 inches (11.5 cm) in diameter.
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MEIJI p. ZEN Japanese IGA YAKI MIZUSASHI
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Pre 1920 item# 112629 (stock# TCR668)
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A late Meiji period Kawarigata Mimitsuki Mizusashi in an old wooden box and featuring a black lacquered wooden lid. The rough clay is covered in clear ash glaze with a lively brush of green sagging down from the square shoulder, and a pair of pinched handles parallel below. A stamp has been impressed into the thick clay of the round base. The unusual concave lid sags slightly down inside the urn, as if from the weight of the arched bamboo handle. Although not loose, the lacquer on the unders ...click for details
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ANTIQUE Japanese CERAMIC VASE, OCTOPUS, w/box
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Pre 1940 item# 112626 (stock# TCR666)
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An unusual Taisho period (1912-1925) ceramic vase covered in mottled, Hagi-style colors of beige, gray and pink crackle glaze, and decorated with protruding barnacles and shells, an unsuspecting octopus working its way over the rim. The humorous image calls to mind the poem by Basho likening the plight of the moon, seeking a permanent home in the night sky, to that of the octopus seeking a home in the dark jar. As the sun quickly displaces the moon, so too the octopus finds its mistake when th ...click for details
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RARE! ANTIQUE Japanese MEIJI p. HAKUJI TANUKI
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Pre 1910 item# 112589 (stock# MOK665)
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A highly unusual large Hakuji ceramic figure of a Tanuki (raccoon like creature attributed with supernatural powers) dressed in a womanfs kimono, bushy tail poking up from the back. Long claws can be seen on the creaturesf paws protruding from the voluminous robes. Both Tanuki and Fox are believed to be capable of changing themselves into beautiful women to lure unsuspecting men to their doom. This appears to have been a lamp base, as there is a circular slot just behind the head for receiv ...click for details
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VERY RARE SIGNED Japanese KYOGEN KITSUNE MASK
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Pre 1920 item# 111402 (stock# MOR657)
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An absolutely stunning Taisho period Kyogen mask of a fox, cut from a single piece of kiri wood and covered in gofun, lacquer and paint and featuring horsehair fringe. Golden eyes glare out above the snarling mouth filled with very lifelike teeth set in blood red gums. The mask features an unusually long snout, very difficult to carve from kiri and a testament to the skill of the artisan. Carved deeply into the back of the mask is the craftsmans seal. The inside of the men measures 8-3/4 inc ...click for details
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MEIJI p. Japanese WOOD KYOGEN MASK, SIGNED
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Pre 1920 item# 111398 (stock# MOR656)
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A wild Kyogen mask depicting the god of the mountains carved from a single piece of kiri wood, covered in lacquer and signed Kiyo saku. The knit brow shadows bulging, red-rimmed eyes coated in an oxidized silver/brass alloy. Below, a bushy mustache of thick bristles juts out from below flaring nostrils, gold teeth giving off an evil glint in his down turned mouth. The mask has some bubbling to the lacquer covering over the right temple, and there are several chips, especially about the right ...click for details
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