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A Pair of Silver Vases with Dragons
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Pre 1910 item# 1120910 (stock# FC-382)
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This is a magnificent pair of silver bottle-shaped vases with foliated rims and partly-hammered bodies. On each vase, a moriage three-clawed dragon writhes across the surface as flames emanate from its body. The dragon’s fierce expression is a manifestation both of wisdom and power—two attributes associated to the emperor. These vases are in excellent condition with engraved “Jungin” mark on the bases. “Jungin” refers to Japanese silver with a 950 silver content, higher than the content of Br ...click for details
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Small Rectangular Satsuma Tray
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Pre 1910 item# 1120907 (stock# FC-1007)
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A rectangular Satsuma tray designed with canted corners and exquisite kiku border. Parading diagonally across its surface, a group of animated children play instruments and flutter banners in the air. The leader of the group wears a fox mask and waves an open fan. (Foxes are prominent figures in Japanese folklore often represented either as innocent or sly. They can be seen as guardians of Inari, the god of fertility and agriculture, or as creatures given to protean behavior. Fox wedding proces ...click for details
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Jizai okimono of a Small Crab
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Pre 1910 item# 1120901 (stock# FC-382)
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Noted as a crafty creature that outwits the monkey in the “Tale of the Monkey and the Crab”, the crab is often depicted in Japanese art with meticulous anatomical detailing. This jizai okimono illustrates this artistic approach with its modeled carapace and chiseled nether side. True to its genre, this naturalistically –wrought crab is fully articulated with life-like movement. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration.
Length: 5.5”
Meiji Period, Japan
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Bronze Vase Modeled as a Bamboo Culm
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Pre 1910 item# 1120061 (stock# FC-870)
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A bronze vase naturalistically modeled as a bamboo culm by the Meiji Period metalwork master, Kyoto-based artist Jomi Eisuke. Jomi was known for his seamlessly hand-beaten copper technique and for fine, meticulous relief work. The artist went through great lengths to depict the nuances of the grass, as seen in the carved texture of the surface, nodes and fleshy base. This is Jomi Eisuke’s elegant representation of one of Japan’s key staples, bamboo—revered for its strength and resilience. Includ ...click for details
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Oval Sentoku Tsuba
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Pre 1900 item# 1107597 (stock# 05-189p)
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An oval sentoku tsuba with metal fukurin (rim cover)overlaid in silver, gold, shakudo and copper. The setting for the front of the tsuba is a mysterious nocturnal scene of a fisherman with two cormorants by the river’s edge. The practice of using cormorants to catch small river fish dates to the Nara Period when the fisherman would tie the bird’s neck with rope to prevent the bird from swallowing the fish. The reverse side of the tsuba depicts a truncated image of a boat among water reeds and on ...click for details
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A Single-Case Wood Inro
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Pre 1900 item# 1104625 (stock# FC-185)
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A single-case wood inro in rich brown and gold lacquers with attached ivory manju netsuke of a sea dragon. (In allegorical style, the inro depicts the extraordinary story of ill-fated Anchin, the Buddhist monk, who suffers under Kiyohime’s obsessive passion. The monk’s unwillingness to succumb to her advances turned kiyohime into a vengeful dragon trapping Anchin under the temple bell. Kiyohime bursts in flames, melting away, the monk still inside the bell. Other versions of the legend mention ...click for details
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Bamboo Basket As A Cicada
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Pre 1920 item# 1092667 (stock# FC-754)
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A marvelously-woven bamboo pendant basket formed as a cicada. Woven in a variety of intricate techniques, its body, wings and legs naturalistically designed, this basket, complete with copper otoshi, can stand on a level surface or hang from the wall. This ingenious ikebana basket is in excellent condition with no breaks, loss or restoration. Includes linen cover and owner's wood box inscribed "Cicada basket" (semi-kago).
Height: 5"; length: 11.5"; width: 5.5"
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Studio Porcelain Mizusashi
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Pre 1910 item# 1078726 (stock# FC-891)
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The genius of the great Imperial ceramicist, Seifu Yohei, is
immediately visible in this
studio porcelain mizusashi of understated beauty. Its body is subtly enameled with delicate moriage renderings of a conch
shell, clam shells and water reeds on a soft, gradated blue ground.
The Seifu Yohei incised signature is on the base. This porcelain
mizusashi is in excellent condition with only minor wear on the lid
consistent with age and use.
Height: 6.75", diameter: 5.5"
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