Ryubundo Silver-Inlay, Silver 'Tsumami' Lid Tea Kettle
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Pre 1900 item# 481853 (stock# KA248)
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From the famous Ryunundo Ironworks Guild, this iron antique Japanese tea ceremony kettle 'tetsubin' has silver inlay on the handle and the bronze lid cap is also silver. One one side of the tea kettle is a poem by the confucian scholar Rai Sanyou who helped create the tea ceremony culture in Japan in the early 1800's. The meaning of the Japanese characters is "One cup of tea is worth more than a thousand ryo of gold". And of course on the other side is the playful image of Daikoku, the god of wealth raking up gold coins. c.1875. (7" x 9", base to rim 5") (18cm x 23cm, base to rim 13cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $70.
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Rustic Antique Tea Ceremony Flower Basket c.1920
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Pre 1920 item# 480319 (stock# KA252)
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Exuding the simple elegance sought after in the Japanese tea ceremony tradition, this early Taisho c.1920 antique Japanese flower basket has a fascinating shape and weave. Four bamboo slots are vertically inserted `tatezashi` into the weave whch is mat plaited `gozame-ami`. The basket is made from `susutake`, bamboo that has been aged in the ceiling of an old farm house and richly colored over the years by the smoke from the hearth. Comes with metal insert for the flowers. c.1920. (13" x 8½") (33cm x 22cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $40.
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Famed Zohiko Signed Maki-e Lacquer Box c.1910
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Pre 1910 item# 479467 (stock# KA251)
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Signed with the famous Zohiko hanko from Kyoto, this brilliantly executed antique Kyoto lacquer-ware was created at the end of a golden era of maki-e craftsmanship in Meiji 1867-1912. Maki-e is a technique of sprinkling either gold or silver dust onto still wet lacquer to create a 3 dimensional picture on the surface or raised relief. The dust is applied to a ground made from many coats of lacquer which have been painstakingly applied, dried and polished over a period of many months. In this piece, a 'takamaki-e' (high makie) technique was employed. On the top, a carp in gold high relief is swimming. The carp's eye is made from abolone shell. Japanese adopted the Chinese legend that a 'koi' or carp that could manage to complete the long, arduous trip inland to the dragon gate instantly turn into dragons and ascend to the clouds. As motifs on household objects, carp were meant to inspire and magically instill courage and perserverance. On the front, gold maki-e waves and speckled gold dust in raised relief indicated the ascension to the dragon heaven. c.1910. (6½" x 4" x 2½") (17cm x 10cm x 6cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $40.
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Elegant Mingei Tea Ceremony Antique Iron Kettle
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Pre 1900 item# 479461 (stock# KA249)
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Oozing the aesthetic that tea masters eschewed long ago this antique Japanese tetsubin is the epitomy of wabi-sabi simple beauty. Adorned with the shochikubai (plum, bamboo, and plum) motifs, Japanese auspicous symbols of happiness, longevity and celebration, the lid is solid bronze and old. c.1880. (7" x 9½", base to rim 5") (18cm x 24cm, base to rim 13cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $65.
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Magnificent Signed Chikuichisai Flower Basket c.1890
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Pre 1900 item# 474026 (stock# KA231)
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Featuring Chikuichisai's trademark handle of interwoven bamboo tied with gorgeous 'cho-musubi' butterfly knots made out of rattan. This antique Japanese basket from the late Meiji Period c.1890 is signed on the bottom by Chikuichisai. A beautiful patina graces the entire basket. 'Mushi-kagari' insect stiches decorat the four corners; one of thoese is missing. c.1890. 20½" x 8") (52cm x 20cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $65.
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Dazzling Antique Hiroshige 3 Beauties Triptych c.1831
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Pre 1837 VR item# 474023 (stock# KA235)
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Japanese title, Ryogoku no Yusuzumi", three beauties enjoying the cool of the evening by Kyogoku Bridge. Hiroshige learned from Utagawa Toyohiro and started calling himself Hiroshige in 1818. He is most famous for his 53 stations of the Tokaido Road series. This triptych is from his 10 series of woodblocks of the "Toto Meisho" or famous places of the Eastern Capital. This triptych has 'urauchi' which means it has been backed by rice paper and there is a tiny bit of loss in the upper left corner of the most left print. c.1831. (Frame 33" x 16" - Prints 24½" x 12") (Frame 83cm x 40cm - Prints 62cm x 30cm). EMS Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $100.
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Kyoto Zen Temple Bronze Dragon-Spout Water Vase
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Pre 1940 item# 474006 (stock# KA134)
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Fantastic late Taisho-early Showa (1912-1940) Bronze temple water vase. Featuring a dragon head spout and a shishi mythical lion on the cover, this bronze would be outside a temple entrance. The spout is stuck fast and can not be turned, but the piece is a magnificant eyecatching visual masterpiece. (22" x 19") (55cm x 48cm). Very heavy item. Shipping/Insurance to USA or Western Europe $200.
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