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Japanese Oribe Oil Plate Small Rare 19c
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Pre 1900 item# 1642
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bleu et blanc/Blue & White America, Inc.
Tokyo Time: 011-81-90-1844-8776
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5" diameter--unusual small size. Perfect condition, stoneware with ironoxide brown and green overglaze. In Oribe style. Oil plates were used under lamps to keep oil from spreading and causing fire. Ceramics ones were used until they were replaced during the Meiji era by metal ones, and were typically made at Seto with characteristically stylized pictures of landscapes or figurative motifs. This is rare for its size and being done in the Oribe style. Obtained in Japan--an interesting and unusual piece. Late Edo or early Meiji, c 1840-170.
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Japanese Wooden Daruma Pair
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Pre 1900 item# 1037
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bleu et blanc/Blue & White America, Inc.
Tokyo Time: 011-81-90-1844-8776
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19th century, larger one 4.5" tall x 4" wide, smaller one 4" tall x 3.5" wide. Daruma appear frequently as the subject matter of Japanese folk art, often in a satirical manner. Daruma was Zen buddhism's patriarch, Bodhidharma. Legend suggested that Daruma cut off his eyelids in order to stay awake during his seven years of meditation on the path of enlightenment. This kind of daruma was left without eyes so that one could paint an eye in after making a wish. Once the wish was fulfilled, the second eye would be painted in.
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Japanese Pottery Shigaraki Tea Leaf Jar
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Pre 1900 item# 989
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bleu et blanc/Blue & White America, Inc.
Tokyo Time: 011-81-90-1844-8776
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13.2"/33.5 cm high, 31.7"/80.5 cm round. Shigaraki is one of the oldest pottery centers of Japan. "Hagi-Nagashi" is the name of this style of distinctive glazed striped design found on this and other large Shigaraki storage containers. A container like this with a wide mouth would have been used for the storage of tea leaves. Other containers with this glaze were made in different sizes and shapes and were used for shoyu (soy sauce) and sake (rice wine). The Shigaraki kilns are considered one of the great ancient kilns of Japan.
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Japanese Textile Futon Cover Tsutsugaki
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Pre 1900 item# 986
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bleu et blanc/Blue & White America, Inc.
Tokyo Time: 011-81-90-1844-8776
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126 x 158 cm, late 19 century, Meiji Era cotton, four-panel construction. Good condition with slight fading. Paste resist dyeing. 4 panel construction (panel indicated the size of a loom). A "futonji" formed the top layer of Japanese bedding, atop a "kake-buton" which is similar to what we know as a comforter. Late Edo and Meiji period "futonji" were often decorated with designs such as this; they were made to order for brides' trousseaux, and the auspicious designs were derieved from popular and religious beliefs. The dyeing technique called "tsutsugaki" (tube drawing) was standard for this kind of futon cover. It is a paste resist dyeing process done by hand, with an applicator using a paper cone with a a metal tip used to draw a rice paste onto the cloth. After the fabric would be dyed one or more different colors, with the main background color an indigo dark blue. Outside of museums these are rare to see outside of Japan.
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