Antique Japanese Kiri Tabako-Bon Smoking Set Makie

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #700698
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Antique kiri wood tabako-bon, a traditional Japanese smoking set. Similar to a small hibachi, this quaint little item is crafted from prized kiri, or paulownia, wood, and features images of butterflies and flowers in gold "kin makie" lacquer. It has two copper inserts, and is in very good original condition. This item dates to the Taisho-Period (1912-1926), and measures roughly 6 1/2 inches in diameter, and three inches tall. ... Click for details

Antique Japanese textile weaving tool

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #699875
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This Edo period Japanese weaving tool was obviously made by the original owner/user or made by a close male relative. The tines are wood and the cord holding them into place is also hand-made. The "peanut" knot at the end of the cord is very typically a sign Japanese folk art craftsmanship.

This old tool had wonderful age and use patina. Called a "comb" by Western weavers, this type tool is used to pack down the ... Click for details

Japanese, HOTEI sculpture, Bizen kiln, 19th C.

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #697660

Offered here is a very good stoneware ceramic sculpture of HOTEI, one of the Seven Gods of Fortune in Japan. He is shown in a relaxed posture, resting upon his bag of treasures, with a fan in his left hand and the top of his bag in his right hand. He was hand-carved and fired at the Bizen kilns, famous for their dense, fine, reddish clay, sometime during the first half of the 19th century. A carefully impressed stamp on the back of the piece reads "Bizen". No glaze was applied to this piece pr... Click for details

Japanese elm jizai, 19th century

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #697363
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A Japanese decagonal keyaki jizai or pothook, 19th century. From an old Pacific Northwest collection, this hook has a very dark patina and heavy wear where a rope was slung for suspension of a pot or teapot. It measures 38.5cm long or 15". There is a recent long shallow crack visible in one image.

Miniature bronze depicting SHINTO SHRINE

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1800: item #694362
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A finely sculpted miniature landscape in brown-patinated bronze depicting the connected rocks of the famous Shinto-shrine, Myoto no seki near Ise. Signed on the back in seal characters: Jinsan. Middle Edo, ca. 1750. L 19,5 cm. Fair condition.

Antique Japanese Okimono carved wooden figure Tenjin

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #693992
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This 8" high wooden figure of the sitting Tenjin was carved during the Edo period, the mid 19th century (1850). Tenjin is the Japanese "god" name name given to the Japanese statesman and scholar, Sugawarea Michizane, the 9th century poet and writer of Chinese prose and verse.

Possibly carved from cryptomera wood and darkened with age, this carved figure has both a simplicity and elegance which are, for me, the major... Click for details

Japanese Mingei Folk Art Children Name Tag and Netsuke

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #692555
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This charming school children's name tag is from Meiji era. The tag is made from a small wood piece. One side of the tag says, 'Inugami-county The Eleventh district, Tsuji Shigeuchi (paeren's name), the first daughter Tami (?), Meiji 10 (1878)December.' The other side of the tag says, 'Shiga Prefectual School.' The design of the netsuke is assumed to be one of Seven Happy Gods, Hotei. The netsuke is made from hand-curved wood. The tag and netsuke is tied with an old cord and there is a "tag... Click for details

Japanese Pulley Tsurube Wheel Mingei

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #692534
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This old Japanese pulley was approximately from the early 1900s (Meiji era). The pulley is made from wood and iron and it is well used to create an earthy charm. The dimensions: 4.5" wide 5" deep 12.5" long

Japanese Sumi-tsubo Carpenter inkline / Reel folk art

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1920: item #692474
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This old carpenter's inkline, sumi-tsubo, is approximately from the early 1900s. It is beautifully hand-crafted. The dimensions: 8.5" wide 3.5" deep 3" high

Japanese Folk Art Three-way Use Iron Candle Stand

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art Pre 1900: item #682464
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This is a three-way use candle stand made of iron. It can be put horizontal, vertical and hung. It is rusty but in good condition. Probably late 19th C. Length 24cm 9.4" Height 11cm 4.3" Diameter of round part 6cm 2.4" when it is put horizontal