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Antique Japanese Lacquer Suzuri Bako Writing Box
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Pre 1940 item# 840679 (stock# MOR2486)
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The Kura
tel.81-75-432-6980
1,200.00
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A fine maki-e wood writing box with silver rim decorated with autumn grasses in various colors and shades of nashiji sprinkled gold on ro-iro highly polished black. It was made in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of Hitachi Avionics and likely dates circa 1940, signed inside the lid by the artist in the lower left corner of the inscription. Inside the box is the original ink stone held by a lattice of black lacquered wood. The box is in excellent condition enclosed in the ...click for details
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Japanese Hand Painted Screen Pair, Plum and Bamboo
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Pre 1950 item# 840672 (stock# ANR2485)
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tel.81-75-432-6980
750.00
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A pair of miniature screens enclosed in a custom made wooden box dating from the early Showa era, first half of the 20th century. Sprays of blossoming plum and rustling stands of bamboo grow robustly in the late winters cool, a gold sheen in the background promising the coming of Spring. The screens measure 14-3/4 by 34 inches (38 x 86 cm) each. They are in excellent condition with only some minor puckers in the right hinge of the left screen.
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Antique Japanese Screen by Takada Biichi
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Pre 1940 item# 832679 (stock# ANR2476)
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The Kura
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3,400.00
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Mandarin ducks take flight from a storm washed rocky shore into a golden sky; a large two panel screen by Takada Bi-ichi dating circa 1935. The birds are worked in vivid color, expertly crafted in design consistent with the time. Each panel is 33-1/2 x 69 inches (85 x 175 cm). The mandarin ducks a popular theme in Japanese painting from time immemorial, both for their brilliant frocks and as symbols of marital bliss (it is believed that they choose one mate for life). Performed with pigment ...click for details
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Unusual Antique Japanese Seasonal 4-Scroll Set
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Pre 1950 item# 831913 (stock# ALR2474)
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tel.81-75-432-6980
375.00
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A set of four individual hand-painted silk scrolls enclosed in a custom Kiri-wood box signed Sanmon-Sato (Town with Three Gates). The vibrant brushwork is relaxed yet approaches the scenery in an unusual manner, lending exuberance to the work. A cow gazing slyly from fallow rice fields opens the set, followed by budding leaves on a willow draping over a seaside village. Summer is as if taken from one of the southernmonst islands, steep crags and palms, and autumn leaves burn in the grounds o ...click for details
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Porcelain Peach Okimono by Suwa Sozan
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Pre 1940 item# 824703 (stock# TCR2469)
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850.00
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The peach okimono is a Sozan staple, slightly larger than life at 18 cm across, the crisp white clay is covered in soft green celadon. Here the leaves cling lightly to the sides ofthe firm fruit, all in the brilliant sheen of porcelain. The peach is a scholarly image often associated with China and the literati movement. It is an indicator of long life. Sozan (1852-1922) was born in Kutani country, present day Ishikawa prefecture, where he initially studied before moving to Tokyo in 1875. O ...click for details
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