All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920
item #1200280
(stock #MOR4259)
The Kura
$380.00
$380.00
Three positive molds used in the casting of bronze Buddhist images. The pieces would be used to create the breakable molds in which the images would be cast. They vary in height from 11 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) and date from the traditional manufacturing techniques lost long before the 2nd world war. They make for a very decorative group.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900
item #1199350
(stock #ANR4258)
The Kura
2,500.00
2,500.00
A 3/4 size six panel screen featuring fans dancing on gold dating from the Bakumatsu Era, end of the Edo to early Meiji period (mid to later 19th century). Numerous scenes of birds, figures and animals, both seen and imagined, vie for presence with historical figures and poetic whims. It is 54 x 109 inches (136.5 x 277 cm); perfect for wall hanging, with a number of old repairs testifying to age...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1199348
(stock #TCR4257)
The Kura
$550.00
$550.00
Here is a lovely earthen Sake cup engraved with poetry describing a butterfly by the Nun Otagaki Rengetsu. The grass-script lines flow hither and yon on the surface, fluttering like the flight of the creature described. Ukarekita KayanoTsuyuni…Fluttering merrily and sleeping in the dew in a field of flowers; In whose dream is this butterfly? It is 2-1/2 inches (6.5 cm) diameter enclosed in a modern kiri-wood box. There are hairline cracks as visible in the photo...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1198463
(stock #TCR4256)
The Kura
$400.00
$400.00
A Nishimachi Buddhist Altar vase covered in earthy glaze with a draping of Agano green dating from the later Edo period. It is 8-1/4 x 7-1/4 inches (22 x 18.5 cm). There is a small repair to the rim visible in the close-up photo
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1920
item #1198462
(stock #TCR4041)
The Kura
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A deep men-tori Tsutsu Chawan of pale millet glaze tinged with lustrous silver dating from the Meiji period (19th century) and enclosed in a much worn kiri-wood box signed Rakuzan. It is haunting, like a ghost passing through the shadows of the tea room. There is an impressed seal beside the foot and the box is titled Koetsu-utsushi chawan and signed Rakuzan-zo with a gourd shaped stamp reading Rakuzan...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1920
item #1197948
(stock #MOR4255)
The Kura
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An antique oke-bound wooden bucket has been lacquered mirror smooth black inside with a natural bark handle added to create a superb sumi-tori charcoal basket for use in the Japanese tea ceremony. The original cask-like body is worn at the rim to an incredible degree, and yet remains structurally sound. It may have indeed been a lacquer-workers bucket, or perhaps used by a paper-hanger, decades of being bumped by the brush naturally wearing down the edges...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1700
item #1197945
(stock #TCR4253)
The Kura
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What a pleasure it would be to drink from this haunting 17th century (Momoyama to early Edo) Karatsu Guinomi Sake cup with gold lacquer repairs. It is 2-1/2 inches (6.5 cm) dimeter, 1-3/4 inches (4.5 cm) tall. There are 2 tiny gold repairs gleaming softly on the rim like a yellow moon peering through clouds on a dark night. .
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1197943
(stock #TCR4252)
The Kura
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The bowl is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter2-1/2 inches (6 cm) tall and in fine condition. Oku yama no, Hana no Shirayuki, Nagare-kite, Haru no sue kumu, Kawazura no Sato (From Deep in the mountains, fallen petals white as snow, Flow past the village, like the last vestige of Spring).
Much has been written about the life and work of poet/artist Otagaki Rengetsu...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920
item #1197886
(stock #MOR4251)
The Kura
$250.00
$250.00
A group of antique molds for the manufacture of Bronze Temple Bells (these are the dragons on top of the bells from which it is hung). They vary in size from 2-1/2 inches to 8-1/2 inches (6.5 to 21.5 cm) in width and height and date from the traditional manufacturing techniques lost long before the 2nd world war. They make for a veryu decorative group.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1960
item #1197732
(stock #MOR4250)
The Kura
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A modernist cast iron image of a bull dating from the 1950s by Miyasawa Kanae enclosed in the . It is 25 x 14 cm (10 x 5-1/2 inches) and in fine condition, engraved with the name Miyasawa Kanae.
Miyasawa graduated the Tokyo prefectural School of Arts and apprenticed in Niigata under 2nd generation Bronze worker Honma Takusai.
Miyasawa graduated the Tokyo prefectural School of Arts and apprenticed in Niigata under 2nd generation Bronze worker Honma Takusai.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1950
item #1197729
(stock #MOR4249)
The Kura
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From the Mizuguchi collection; a large bronze figure of Noh performer Nomura Tokuan (Tokushichi II) performing the part of Antaku. The bronze was made for the Kyoto Shijo Branch of Daimaru Department Store, and is dated 1941. The figure is 13-1/2 x 7 x 8 inches (35 x 18 x 21 cm) and is in fine condition, enclosed in the original wooden box...
The Kura
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An image of Mt. Fuji performed with ink on silk dating from the first half of the Edo period (1603-1867) signed Tanyusai-hitsu followed by a gourd shaped stamp reading Morinobu enclosed in an ancient wooden box. The scroll is 27-1/2 x 49 inches (70 x 125 cm), bordered in Edo period patterned blue cloth extended in pale silk and features bone rollers. There are marks in the bottom center of the painting, wrinkles and stains in the border consistent with age...