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Arita Sometsuke Meijin Karakusa Ozara Charger, Edo
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Pre 1900 item# 805923 (stock#2-572)
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This deep oversized Japanese Imari blue and white porcelain charger (“sometsuke ozara”) is decorated with a hand painted “meijin karakusa” design around a central medallion of shochikubai (pine, plum and bamboo). Edo period, early 19th century. The classic meijin karakusa design, which is one variation of the scrolling vine pattern, is in the form of delicate denticulate leaves and little m-shaped curls. This is one of the many scrolling vine patterns which appear on domestic market blue and whi ...click for details
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Japanese Koransha Imari Dish with Matte Brown Glaze
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Pre 1920 item# 803996 (stock#2-842)
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This lovely Meiji period (1868-1912) fluted porcelain deep dish features an underglaze blue peony set against a background covered with the rare chocolate brown matte glaze used only on limited examples of Koransha or Fukagawa wares. The underglaze blue leaves are outlined and veined in gold enamel, and polychrome overglaze enamel flowers and butterflies surround the central peony. The fluted rim is gilded, as are the pine needles which are scattered around the peony. The white porcelain on the b ...click for details
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Fine Inlaid Black and Gold Makie Lacquer Comb Set
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Pre 1920 item# 799861 (stock#11F-146)
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This lovely black and gold makie lacquer Japanese hair comb (“kushi”) and ornamental hair bar (“kogai”) set is decorated en suite and dates to the early 20th century (Meiji/Taisho period). Unsigned. The front sides of the comb and the ends of the two-pronged kogai are painstakingly decorated with a gold hiramakie (flat lacquer) and takamakie (raised lacquer) floral and circular designs with accents of red and green lacquer and iridescent “aogai” (abalone shell) inlay on a rich black roiro-nuri l ...click for details
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Japanese Shofu Studio Porcelain Vase Relief Flowers
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Pre 1910 item# 798894 (stock#2-846)
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Made by distinguished Japanese studio potter Shofu Katei (1870-1928), this lovely porcelain ovoid vase with slender neck and everted lip is beautifully decorated with low relief (moriage) flowers. Signed “Shofu” in underglaze blue on the base, it dates to the Meiji period, ca. 1910. Raised delicate pink and white floral blossoms and buds emerge from broad variegated dark green nearly vertical leaves, all set against a soft blue ground. The subtle and difficult gradations of shading from pink to ...click for details
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Rare 19th C Japanese Jokoban Incense Clock
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Pre 1900 item# 798599 (stock#11-352)
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This rare antique wooden “jokoban” is a specific type of “kobandokei” (Japanese incense clock) used to measure time and/or to make offerings in Buddhist temples by burning incense. Crafted of cryptomeria or cypress wood with dominant grain, it dates to the mid to late-19th century. The upper section consists of an incense tray in the form of a square wooden box with a latticework cover, and the lower section has two drawers used for the storage of the tools used to arrange the incense and the po ...click for details
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Hand Colored Meiji Photograph Nagasaki Harbor
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Pre 1900 item# 797995 (stock#WOK-8)
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This anonymous late 19th century hand-colored photograph shows Takahoko Island as seen from Tomachi at the mouth of Nagasaki Harbor. The land protruding from the left is Megami and from the right is Kanzaki. This was a popular angle to take photos of Takahoko Island.
CONDITION is good with some foxing. Print is mounted on cardboard. DIMENSIONS: Image measures 7 7/8” (20 cm) high x 10” (25.4 cm wide.
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