Pottery Bowl by Japanese Zen Priest Mamiya Eishu
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Pre 1940 item# 999741 (stock# TCR2830)
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A lucky ammer in red decorates the inside of this large bowl by Mamiya Eishu enclosed in a period wooden box. It appears to read Kishoho or Kishohon (the method to satisfaction or the root of satisfaction respectively). The bowl is 7-1/2 inches (19 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Eishu (1871-1945)entered the priesthood at the age of nine at Ryutakuji Temple under the training of the priest Tengan. 13 years later he was sent to one of the main temples, Tenryu-ji, in Kyoto to study un ...click for details
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Enso Painting Zen Scroll by Kutsu Deiryu
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Pre 1920 item# 998955 (stock# ALR2826)
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An Enso Zen ink work depicting a circle containing a four character phrase by Kutsu Deiryu enclosed in a wooden box. The scroll measures 17 x 44 Inches (44 x 111 cm) and is in fine condition. Likely mounted later, some damage to the paper was repaired upon mounting. Kutsu Deiryu, 1895-1954. Deiryu was born into a military family, and was raised from an early age in the strict environment until being diagnosed with Tuberculosis. He was sent then to serve at a nearby temple but was refused as ...click for details
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Japanese Porcelain Shishi Okimono by Miyanga Tozan
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Pre 1920 item# 995463 (stock# TCR2818)
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A celadon image of a fu-dog by Miyanaga Tozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kara-Shishi Okimono. The piece is 6 inches (15 cm) long, just over 5 inches (13.5 cm) tall and fine condition. Miyanaga Tozan I (1868-1941) is one of the most important names in Kyoto ceramics. He was born in Ishikawa prefecture, and graduated from the (now) Tokyo University of Art. While a government employee, he represented Japan at Arts Expositions, and studied art in Europe before returning to Ja ...click for details
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Large Antique Japanese Vase, Kiyomizu Rokubei
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Pre 1920 item# 994791 (stock# TCR2817)
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A large rust colored vase titled Seto Yu Karakusa by Kiyomizu Rokube V enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The long neck is scored with horizontal rings, under which floral designs are carved into the body. An excellent example of this artists work circa 1920. It comes with the dark original Rose-wood stand pictured. The vase is 17 inches (43 cm) tall and in excellent condition. Rokubei V (1875-1959),
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Scroll by Potter/Artist Mashimizu Zoroku
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Pre 1900 item# 994790 (stock# ALR2616)
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A sparse figurative landscape by multi talented Meiji literati potter Mashimizu Zoroku (1822-1877) dated 1876 enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Ink and light color on paper, wrapped in a copper silk border with ceramic rollers. Very rare! It measures 16 x 79 Inches (41 x 201 cm); Minor wrinkles and 2 spots top center. Works by this artist were exhibited at International Expositions and are held in the Kyoto National Museum among others. For more on this important literati see Robe ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Hakudo Bronze Vase, Fish, Shobido
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Pre 1950 item# 991900 (stock# MBR2810)
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A white bronze (Hakudo) vase decorated with exotic fish in raised relief from the Osaka Shobido Art Studio enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating from the mid 20th century. Shobido is one of the most important art studios in post-war Japan, providing objet-de-arte to department stores throughout the country for over a century. The entire surface is covered in the spinney sea creatures, the tarnished silver color striking against the darker recesses. The vase is 9-1/2 inches (24 cm) ...click for details
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Landscape by Important Japanese Artist Komura Suiun
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Pre 1920 item# 984420 (stock# ALR2802)
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The red walls of a mountain monastery appear between the precipitous crags on this large scale painting by Komura Suiun enclosed in the original signed wooden box c. 1920. The composition escalates, guiding ones vision past the lone occupant of the mountain monastery to the quatrain in the top corner. The mature technique of a master painter; it is performed with ink and light color on silk in a fine silk border with large, solid ivory rollers. The scroll measures 26 x 79 inches (65 x 201 cm) ...click for details
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Black Raku Japanese Chawan Tea Bowl, Soraku
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Pre 1960 item# 979895 (stock# TCR2800)
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Pitted black drapes over the fine orange-peal texture of this Kuro-Raku Chawan by Higaki Soraku I (d. 1983) enclosed in the original wooden box endorsed within. The bowl is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter, 3-1/2 inches (8 cm) tall and in excellent condition. A beautifully formed bowl. Soraku took over the Katsura Kiln, and built it in its current form in 1955 making the decision at that time to concentrate almost uniquely upon tea ceremony wares along with his wife Sohaku. Upon his death in 1983 So ...click for details
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