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Benibana Japanese antiques, antique Japanese textiles, baskets

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The Illustrated 500 LoHan, Kai-man, 2-VOLUME BOOK

Japanese Iron Sembei Press (2), Antique Tool

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Antique Japanese Porcelain Cup B-1 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920 item# 462217
click for details		BENIBANA (718) 274-0962 $65
This cup, originally made for Japanese noodle soup (soba) sauce, is called "soba choko. Makes a lovely tea cup. The design, in cobalt blue underglaze ("sometsuke"), is skillfully handpainted on a lovely pearly white porcelain body. The inside rim is also decorated (with an abstract crosshatch line design). Slightly raised on a delicate foot; the lip is gently scalloped. Measurements ...click for details

Antique Japanese Stencil, PLAID DESIGN Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1910 item# 506553
click for details		BENIBANA (718) 274-0962 $150
This antique Japanese paper stencil has a wonderfulgeometric plaid design. It is made of several layers of laminated handmade kozo (mulberry) paper (very strong!), then treated with persimmon paste, and finally smoked to render it waterproof and tough. Then the intricate design is cut into the paper by a master cutter-artisan. This stencil was used for traditional Japanese rice paste-resist stencil dyeing (katazome) fo ...click for details

Antique Japanese Stencil, LOTS OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900 item# 506838
click for details		BENIBANA (718) 274-0962 SOLD
This antique Japanese paper stencil has a wonderful design of scattered cherry blossoms. It is made of several layers of laminated handmade kozo (mulberry) paper (very strong!), then treated with persimmon paste, and finally smoked to render it waterproof and tough. Then the intricate design is cut into the paper by a master cutter-artisan. This stencil was used for traditional Japanese rice paste-resist stencil dyeing ...click for details

Antique Japanese Stoneware Jar, Ama-zake, Kuro-Satsuma Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1900 item# 444745
click for details		BENIBANA (718) 274-0962 $950
This "kuro-satsuma" (black Satsuma) wide-mouthed jar is characteristic of those made in Naeshirogawa, a pottery town located in southeastern Kyushu. Satsuma's pottery tradition began in the 16th century, and several distinctive kiln styles have developed over the centuries. This pot, with its iron-rich, thick plum-black glaze, was used to store "ama-zake," a thick, milky-white sake served at New ...click for details

Woman's Kimono, Murayama Oshima, Kasuri (ikat) Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 513900
click for details		BENIBANA (718) 274-0962 $600
This woman's kimono has a kasuri tie-dyed design of squares and circles. It is made of a nubby handspun, natural/plant-dyed raw silk (tsumugi); done in the Murayama Oshima tsumugi style. The sleeves are elegantly long (25.5 inches!). The lining is made of an undyed, nubby handspun silk (upper) and a crepe silk (lower) that was recycled from a tomesode kimono--the black ground dye and colored yuzen-dyed areas have been bleached, leaving a pinkish color. The yuzen design appears in silhouette. ...click for details

Woman's Kimono, Indigo, Tsuzumi Hand Drum Design Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 462756
click for details		BENIBANA (718) 274-0962 $150
This is an unlined kimono (hitoe) with a bold design of Japanese "tsuzumi" hand-drums--the type used in Noh theater (held on shoulder and struck with hand). The drums are woven in. The silk of this kimono is a type of strong crepe (omeshi?). The white design on an indigo blue ground recalls Japanese "mingei" textiles. Lined in cotton (white) and silk (grey). Hard to photograph . . . very nice kimono. < ...click for details

Formal Japanese Furisode Kimono, Shell Game Motif Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1920 item# 348080 (stock# S15)
click for details		BENIBANA (718) 274-0962 $1200
This is a lovely young woman’s lavender-colored formal, long-sleeved kimono (furisode in Japanese) made of very fine silk crepe (chirimen). It is decorated with a motif of hexagonal-shaped shell game boxes (kaioke in Japanese) which are associated with Japan’s imperial Heian court (8th-11th century). The boxes are set among a myriad of flowers and plants–chrysanthemums, peonies, vines, flowering paulownia, orchids, camellias, and more. ...click for details

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