Chrysanthemum Base Black Lacquered Wood Candlestick
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Pre 1930 item# 564479 (stock# KA381)
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A pre-war c.1930 antique Japanese wood candlestand with rich layers of black lacquer applied over and over. The wood base is in the from of a chrysanthemum symbolizing the imperial family and royalty. On the bottom are the written Japanese characters, 'Osaka Akai Sei' which means produced by the Osaka Akai
Guild, one of the three most famous Japanese candlestand makers. c.1930. (22" x 7") (56cm x 18cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $75.
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Meji Period Shigaraki Tea Leaf Storage Jar c.1890
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Pre 1900 item# 563406 (stock# KA378)
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From the center of tea ceremony culture, this antique Japanese Shigaraki tea leaf
storage jar was prized for it's "nagashi-hagi" glaze. Shigaraki was a famous ceramic kiln area near Kyoto made famous by the founder of the tea ceremony, Sen no Rikyu who thought Shigaraki-wares exhibited the most simple elegance that expressed what the tea ceremony hoped to expouse. Dated by the crackle hagi white glaze and streaks of green over glaze, this Meiji Period jar has
a small kiln 'kizu' or indentation on the rim which occured at firing. c.1890. (11½" x 9") (29cm x 23cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $70.
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Brass Noh Dancer, Black Lacquer Wood Stand c.1930
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Pre 1930 item# 562648 (stock# KA377)
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On curling black lacquered wood stand with gold vine design on the legs, this antique Japanese brass noh figure is a character from the Japanese world of Noh. With a
candle flame placed in front, the shadows will dance. The costume has many stylized hexigonal tortoise shell patterns, a popular design in Japanese art. Cranes are also in raised relief. Both are often teamed together to symbolize longevity and wisdom, and linked to Mt. Horai, the
Taoist paradise in the Eastern Sea. c.1930. (dancer 14" x 7½") (dancer 36cm x 19cm) (lacquer stand 18½" x 10½" x 3½") (lacquer stand 47cm x 27cm x 9cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $95.
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Meiji c.1900 Finest Quality Bamboo Flower Basket
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Pre 1900 item# 557689 (stock# KA390 )
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This unsigned superb quality antique Japanese flower basket has the unmistakable trademark handle and look of a Chikuichisai
bamboo flower basket. Similar to one of the baskets in the bible of baskets, "Containing Beauty: Japanese flower Baskets", the bamboo handle with intertwined slender bamboo and double - interlocking 'V" knot (kunoji-musubi) and insect stich (mushi-kagari) rattan knots on the handle has to be the work of Chikuichisai. c.1900. (19" x 10") (48cm x 26cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $70.
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Gorgeous Antique Pearl Inlay Wakasa Stand c.1910
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Pre 1910 item# 548525 (stock# KA211)
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Layers of lacquer on this antique Japanese flower stand create a polychrome pattern which was the signature of lacquer-ware from Wakasa. The style dates from the Edo period. Japanese craftsman patted the lacquer on with a spatula, thereby creating different patterns and textures. Little specks of inlay pearl add to the aesthetic. The layers of lacquer were then burnished down to produce the antique mottled patterning. c.1910. (20" x 12" x 3") (50cm x 30cm x 8cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $50.
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Four Lovely Antique Japanese Yuzen Kimono Stencils
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Pre 1940 item# 547106 (stock# KA370)
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Antique Showa c.1940 kimono stencils delicately crafted and treated with
persimmon lacquer (kaki shibu) for strength. These stencils were from
Kyoto's Nishijin kimono district known for weaving and yuzen dying. Four different stencils: flowers; flowers and vines; chrysanthemums; maple leafs and flowers. c.1940. (average 24" x 18") (average 61cm x 46cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $35.
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Signed Chikuseisai Bamboo Flower Basket c.1890
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Pre 1900 item# 544276 (stock# KA359)
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Chikuseisai was one of the leading innovators of basket making in the late Meiji Period combining Chinese influences with a newly opened Japanese artistic sense to create a startling new wave of flower basket making. Active in the Osaka-Kyoto area, he was a bit eccentric but his art was second to none. This basket features his trademark weaves mixing warp and weft in three sections to create a three dimensional effect. The basket is hexogonal from top to bottom, starting at the base with a 'gozame-ami' mat plaiting with vertical inserts. Half-way up he continues the horizontal mat plaiting but starts a cascading diagonal weft pattern. At the top he creates a three dimensional rim with protruding mat plaiting. Sensational. c.1890. (17" x 10") (43cm x 25cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $50.
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Remarkable Tea Ceremony Bamboo Flower Basket c.1920
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Pre 1920 item# 543298 (stock# KA233)
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Thick interwoven strands of bamboo interact to create an artistic wabi-sabi antique Japanese tea ceremony flower basket. Aesthically pleasing to the discerning mingei eye, the basket was made at the end of the golden age of Japanese flower basket making. In perfect condition. c.1920. (14½" high, 9½" wide) (37cm high, 24cm wide). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $50.
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Stunning Pair Maki-e Lacquered Sake Pourers c.1890
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Pre 1900 item# 541640 (stock# KA355)
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Beautiful pair of antique Japanese iron sake pourers with lacquered maki-e wood tops with copper handles. The tops are adorned with gold lacquered cranes flying amongst buddhist clouds in raised relief using a technique known as maki-e. The actual kettles are of the finest iron and have raised chrysanthemums throughout. c.1890. (7" x 7") (18cm x 18cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $75.
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Famous Antique Amamiya 'suzuri' Ink Stone c.1900
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Pre 1900 item# 541633 (stock# KA229)
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Most of the great antique Japanese ink stones for "shodo" or the way of calligraphy, were made from Amamiya stone in the Edo and Meiji Periods (18th and 19th centuries) in Gifu Prefecture the ancient fuedal domain known as Owari. This suzuri ink stone comes with 2 engraved ink sticks. c.1900. (10" x 7½") (25cm x 18cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $75.
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