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Dragon in the clouds, wooden inlaid panel, Japan
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Pre 1940 item# 955996
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Wooden panel, presumably keyaki, inlaid and mounted with pieces of wood and stagantler in the shape of a celestial dragon, surrounded by islands of clouds. The pieces are mounted partly with the help of nails. The inlay in the upper left corner is engraved with the name Ichiryu. No craftsman with that name is known to have been working in stagantler. Japan, Taisho or early Showa period. Framed in a faux-bamboo frame from the same period.
Measurements: 20.5 x 23 inches (52 x 58.4 cm); with frame 1.75 inches (4.4 cm) thick.
Excellent condition. Signature plate has been re-fitted.
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Wooden figure of standing nude woman, Japan, Showa era
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Pre 1970 item# 935635 (stock# 10586)
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Elegant wooden sculpture of a nude woman, standing in a pensive pose, one knee slightly bent, her chin resting in her right hand. The wood is sculpted in a slightly faceted manner, giving the piece an almost abstract feel. Soft wood with green, yellow and oil based paint. Piece let into a square wooden base. Exhibition label at the base. Titel: Fumiko. Name of participant: Sakaba Yasuo. Address in the Tokyo Arakawa-ward, Nishi-Ogu. The venue: Sokei exhibition, which is the Art Academy in Tokyo. Japan, second half 20th century, prob. 1960s.
Height ca. 18.6 inches (46.5 cm)
Few material cracks that were there right from creation.
Today, in Tokyo in Arakawa ward along the river Sumida, in Higashi-Ogu, there still is a Sakaba family member who carves wooden Buddhist sculptures.
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Painting, monks and musicians, Japan, 20th century
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Pre 1940 item# 934977 (stock# 10580)
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Highly unusual view of a Buddhist service. In the center sits a priest surrounded by 13 monks. They are all sitting on tatami mats, their hands folded in prayer around rosaries. In the back plays a group of musicians. In the background an altar with a painting of the Buddha Amida, flanked by portraits of priests. Very unusual painting with extremely realistic faces. Black ink and colors and gold on silk. Japan, allegedly painted in 1935, probably on special order or for a special occasion.
Measurements: ca. 27.5 x 46.5 inches (69 x 116 cm). Framed.
Few stains and creases, otherwise excellent condition.
Even though the year 1935 is not verifiable, the highly realistic style of the painting and the very typical Japanese subject matter point in the direction of the Nihonga movement that was very strong in Japan in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Storage jar, stoneware, Shigaraki, Japan, 20th c.
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Pre 1940 item# 894183 (stock# 10566)
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$ 800
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Large stoneware jar with multi-color dripping glaze over a creamy white crackled glaze. The green is the traditional green of earlier Shigaraki ware, the blue as well, but a variety of brown, red, pink and black have been added to the palette. Inside and bottom covered in brown glaze with yellow spots. Japan, early Showa, 1920-1930s.
Height 17 inches (43.2 cm), diameter at shoulder ca. 17 inches (43.2 cm).
Mint condition.
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Tea chest chadansu, mulberry wood, Japan, Taisho era
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Pre 1930 item# 883502 (stock# 10467)
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$ 1200
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Beautiful and elegant chest for keeping tea utensils. From top to bottom: shelf behind four sliding doors, one curved, wave shaped display shelf and one straight shelf, one curved drawer, two shelf behind two sliding doors each. Doors and drawer fronts made of beautiful mulberry veneer. On the insides and backs of doors and drawers there are left and right marks and numbers in black ink, to indicate the right place for each door. The sides of a wood with coarser grain. Japan, Taisho period.
Height 38 in., width 48 ¼ in., depth 11 ¼ inches.
Some damage (dent, scratches) at sides, due to moving/transport, minor wear shelf edges, one crack in the veneer of one of the doors (stabilized by the back-wood). Overall very good condition and splendid piece.
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Scroll painting, dragon with jewel, Shoto, Japan, 20. c
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Pre 1930 item# 860040 (stock# 10509)
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$ 700
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Hanging scroll with the image of a dragon, dressed in kimono and apron and standing on hind legs (what happened to the tail?), holding up high a jewel, as if offering to a celestial relative. Signed: Shoto …. Seal: … sensei. Black ink and color on paper. Japan, 1910s-1920s.
Painted area: ca. 52 x 13.5 in. (132 x 34.5 cm). Total length ca. 77 inches (195 cm).
Few light stains and tiny spots, some foxing in mounting, otherwise very good condition.
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