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Bronze candlesticks, Ashinaga, Tenaga, Japan, Meiji era
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Pre 1900 item# 935018 (stock# 10583)
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Highly unusual pair of candlesticks in the shape of the eccentric duo Ashinaga and Tenaga. Tenaga is crouching on the ground, his arms stretched high above him, holding a lotus leaf shaped cup that should hold the candle. Ashinaga is standing next to a jar used for fishing, holding a lotus leaf shaped cup stretched above his head. Both their faces show strain in their efforts to hold the cups as high as possible. Beautifully patinated bronze. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century.
Height: Ca. 27.2 inches and 28.1 inches (68 cm and 70.3 cm).
Excellent condition.
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Figure standing of Jizo bosatsu, Japan, 18th century
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Pre 1800 item# 836638 (stock# 10528)
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Wooden sculpture of the bodhisattva Jizo, hands folded together in prayer, standing on a lotus base. Surface darkened by soot, some lighter color still visible, crystal eyes. Head loose, inside piece of paper rolled onto a wooden stick. Japan, Edo period, 18th century.
Height 14.75 inches (37.5 cm).
Fine crackle in face, otherwise good condition.
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Tiger on rocks between bamboo, wood, Japan, 19th cent.
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Pre 1900 item# 772110 (stock# 10497)
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Small wooden carving of excellent quality: tiger with flaming groin, looking back and fiercely growling, standing on a rock between stalks of bamboo. Beautiful piece of hard wood, some red color around the mouth, eyes inlaid in brass. Although carved in three dimensions, it is meant to be seen frontally only. Japan, Meiji period, 19th century.
L 18.5 inches (47 cm), H 4.6 inches (11.8 cm).
Few tension cracks without consequences, excellent condition.
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Wooden sculpture of Monju bosatsu, Japan, Meiji era
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Pre 1920 item# 605301 (stock# 10464)
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$ 4,800
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Finely carved wooden figure of the bodhisattva Monju, sitting on a lotus throne on the back of a lion. Behind him a finely carve mandorla in ajour. The lion is standing with each foot on a lotus base, mounted on a base plate, his long tail stretched out, almost straight. The figure decorated in green, red and gold lacquer. Japan, Meiji era.
Height to tip of mandorla: 14 in. (35.5 cm); length: 8 ¼ in. (21 cm) ; width: 4 7/8 in. (12.2 cm).
Some lacquer chips at the feet of the base, some tiny, old chips at the mane and at the clothes, unimportant repair at stick of mandorla. All in all very good condition.
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Wood sculpture, Buddhist lion, Japan, Muromachi period
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Pre 1700 item# 568904 (stock# 10462)
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$ 9,000
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Wooden figure of a lion, companion to Monju bosatsu, with a lotus base on his back. The lion stands on high and slightly stiff legs, all feet positioned on a small lotus base. On his back the Bodhisattva Monju was seated, today missing. Carving made of several blocks of wood, a technique that is called yosegi saiku and that was widely used for complex sculptures like these. Tail is loose, lotus base is in two segments, loosely joined onto the back with a wooden peg. The rather folky character of it makes it an extremely charming piece. Japan, Muromachi period, 15/16th century.
Height 17 ½ in., length 21 in., depth 6 ½ in. (44.5 x 53 x 17 cm).
Some edges of the different blocks chipped, chip to lotus base, chips to the tips of mane on head and to hair tufts at legs. Basically very good and stable condition.
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Pair of wooden guardian foxes, Japan, Meiji era
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Pre 1910 item# 533468 (stock# 10450)
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$ 17,000
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Rare pair of shrine guardians in the shape of foxes, both sitting on a two tiered elevation. The right one holds a moving jewel in its mouth, the left one a stick. Middle brown, dense wood with a beautiful patina where hands touched the backs and heads of the foxes and the bases. Red staining on inside of ears, inside the mouths, in nostrils. Crystal eyes. Bases made of the same wood. Bases inscribed: Hono, Osaka, shinshachu (in faith of mankind); Hokkinin (sponsors), Osaka, Minami Horie, jogo: one base with the name Umezaki Jisaburo, the other with the name Shimezaka Jihei. The bottoms of the bases signed in black ink: Sowajima … minami … Shitakawa Yasujiro chokoku (carved by Shitakawa Yasujiro). Japan, Meiji period.
Height with base: ca. 27 in. (ca. 70 cm), height base: ca. 9 ¾ in. (ca. 25 cm).
Fox with jewel: short crack at right hindpaw, cracks in the body that show less or worse, depending on temperature/humidity, few abrasion and chips at feet. Fox with stick: cracks in the body that show less or worse, depending on temperature/humidity, few abrasion and chips at feet, stick of later date. All in all very good condition.
Minami Horie is a district in Osaka, west of the quarter of Minami, where the bunraku, kabuki and no theaters are. The pieces must have been standing in front of a Shinto shrine that no longer exists today.
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Sculpture of Myoken bosatsu, Japan, Edo period
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Small sculpture of the bodhisattva Myoken, standing on the back of a giant turtle with a dragon-like head, the tail of long algae standing up. Myoken is leaning on his long sword. Myoken is the deity of the Polar Star and of the Big Dipper. Simple wooden carving, covered with a thick layer of soot, which hides any original staining or coloring. On top of the soot details have been outlined in gold at a later date. The sculpture is mounted on a wooden base. Japan, Edo period, 18th century.
Height without base: 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm).
Head of turtle broken off and restored with wooden pegs (earlier date), Myoken re-glued to back of the turtle, sword replaced. All in all good condition.
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