Lacquer Tray by Japanese Buddhist Priest Shimizu Kosho
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Pre 1990 item# 944834 (stock# YOR2698)
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A black lacquered wooden tray decorated in red lacquer by the renowned priest Shimizu Kosho with a giant white radish and the words Harvest in Fall and Store for Winter. The tray is 12 inches (30 cm) diameter and in perfect condition, enclosed in a signed wooden box. Kosho (1911-1999) was a unique and versatile artist-priest studied in the eccentric painting style associated with Nara. He was long time abbot of the massive Todai-ji temple complex in Nara, home of the great Buddha. Like many ...click for details
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Tokkuri Sake Flask by Buddhist Priest Shimizu Kosho
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Pre 1990 item# 944790 (stock# TCR2697)
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Tsubo Naka Fu Getsu! The Wind and the Moon can be found in the bottle!) Is erratically brushed with a bold hand in the confines of a jar on the front of this pale Shino-yaki sake bottle by eccentric Zen priest and painter Shimizu Kosho enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The flask is 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) tall and in perfect condition. Kosho (1911-1999) was a unique and prolific artist-priest studied in the eccentric painting style associated with Nara. He was long time abbot of the ma ...click for details
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Japanese Tea Room Sumi-Kago Charcoal Basket, ChikuOSai
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Pre 2000 item# 881028 (stock# MOK2562)
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450.00
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Dark bamboo (susudake) is tightly woven into a strong and impressive hand-made paper lined tea room charcoal basket by ChikuOSai. The proceeds of these sales will go entirely to the family of the artist. A thick rim is bound to the upper edge with very tightly woven knots, as are bound all the corners. The bottom is woven in an intricate crosshatch, signed on one corner on an inserted tab of red bamboo. It is roughly 10 inches (25 cm) diameter and in perfect (unused) condition. This is the ...click for details
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Japanese Tea Room Sumi-Kago Charcoal Basket, ChikuOSai
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Pre 2000 item# 881025 (stock# MOK2561)
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Soot stained bamboo (susudake) ripples about the rim of this intricate woven hand-made paper lined tea room charcoal basket by ChikuOSai. Tightly woven strands of running bamboo rush like water past the vertical bands of reddish bamboo. The bottom is woven in an intricate crosshatch, signed on one corner. It is roughly 10 inches (25 cm) diameter and in perfect (unused) condition. These baskets were made by a good friend and respected teacher, the bamboo artist and Mia-Daiku (Temple carpenter ...click for details
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Japanese Tea Room Sumi-Kago Charcoal Basket, ChikuOSai
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Pre 2000 item# 876469 (stock# MOK2557)
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The Kura
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400.00
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Soot stained bamboo (susudake) ripples about the rim of this intricate woven hand-made paper lined tea room charcoal basket by ChikuSai. Tightly woven strands of running bamboo rush like water past the vertical bands of reddish bamboo. The bottom is woven in an intricate crosshatch, signed on one corner. It is roughly 10 inches (25 cm) diameter and in perfect (unused) condition. These baskets were made by a good friend and respected teacher, the bamboo artist and Mia-Daiku (Temple carpenter) ...click for details
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Japanese Tea Room Sumi-Kago Charcoal Basket, ChikuOSai
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Pre 2000 item# 876464 (stock# MOK2556)
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Soot stained bamboo (susudake) dances about the intricate rim of this fine hand-made paper lined tea room charcoal basket by ChikuSai. The corners of raw bamboo taper upward, secured with a crossed knot of thin sliced bamboo. The bottom is woven thickly in an intricate pattern with the sides of thin splices running below a belt of open windows. It is roughly 10 inches (25 cm) diameter and in perfect (unused) condition. These baskets were made by a good friend and respected teacher, the bambo ...click for details
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Japanese Tea Room Sumi-Kago Charcoal Basket, ChikuOSai
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Pre 2000 item# 876462 (stock# MOK2555)
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The Kura
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450.00
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Age darkened bamboo (susudake) is woven in a complicated pattern; the simple elegant form capped with a strip of white bamboo cross-stitched to the rim and lined with black paper in a style known as Rikyu-gata by professional basket weaver, ChikuOSai. This is the style preferred by Sen-no-Rikyu and thus bears his name. It is roughly 10 inches (25 cm) diameter and in perfect (unused) condition. These baskets were made by a good friend and respected teacher, the bamboo artist and Mia-Daiku (Tem ...click for details
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Carved Wood Tray by Iwamoto Yasuo
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Pre 1990 item# 723473 (stock# MOR2305)
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A hand carved wooden tray covered in mirror smooth lacquer enclosed in an artist made signed wooden box signed and dated Showa 60 (1985) and retaining the original exhibition tag on the back. The o-bon appears to be cut from Tocchi wood, a hardwood with a grain similar to oak. There is a tiger striped grain on the edge. Despiet the size it is not heavy, a feature of Tocchi wood. The o-bon is 18-1/2 by 10-1/2 by 2-1/2 inches (47 x 27 x 6.5 cm) and in fine condition. Only the base has been te ...click for details
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Carved Japanese Table of Undulating Waves by Yasuo
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Pre 1980 item# 721315 (stock# MOR2304)
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Ripples run through the mirror smooth lacquer grain of this sculpted wooden table by Iwamoto Yasuo. There is a stunning contrast in grain from tiger stripes on one side to tight, compact lines on the other; wormholes along one edge incorporated as keshiki. It is supported by four curved legs and signed underneath. The table is 26 x 11 x 5 inches (66 x 28 x 13 cm) in perfect condition.
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