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Sculpture of Myoken bosatsu, Japan, Edo period
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Pre 1800 item# 532559 (stock# 10447)
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$ 1800
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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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Stacking boxes for kozuka, Japan, Meiji period
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Pre 1910 item# 531522 (stock# 10444)
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$ 700
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Two stacks of each 5 flat boxes or trays for storing kozuka, fuchi-kashira or other small and flat objects, the tops both covered with a lid. Both stacks stand on a rectangular bottom plate, tied with a braided silk rope. Shitan (sandal wood). Meiji period, around 1900.
Bottom plate: 9 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (25 x 21.8 cm). Each tray 8 3/8 x 4 ¾ x 1 1/16 in. (21.4 x 12.1 2.8 cm).
Bottom plate with split, traces of re-gluing at the trays, braid virtually worn down, minor warping of the sides of the trays, one short crack in one cover, one cover coming loose. All in all good condition with minor traces of usage.
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Kogo, chrysanthemums, lacquer, Japan, Edo period
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Pre 1900 item# 531511 (stock# 10442)
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$ 900
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Cylindrical incense box with a domed lid. Sides and top are decorated with a spray of chrysanthemums in gold and silver togidashi on a background of okibirame. Bottom and inside in dense nashiji. Unsigned. Japan, Edo period, 19th century.
Height 1 in. (2.5 cm); diameter 3 in. (7.5 cm).
Lacquer somewhat dry due to exposure, two tiny bubbles on the bottom, otherwise good condition. On the inside of cover traces of paper label and one paper label.
Inventory number in red lacquer on bottom and inside of lid: 48.110-A and –B. Ex collection Toledo Museum of Art.
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Mask of old man, paper mache, Japan, 19th century
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Pre 1900 item# 531493 (stock# 10445)
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$ 950
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Molded bugaku mask of an old, bald man, laughing. The mask has been made of paper mache or wood pulp. The inside lined with two or more layers of textile. The face stained black, the lips of the open mouth and the gums red, the teeth white. Japan, late Edo or early Meiji period.
An attentive client identified the character as Heishitori or wine bearer, in the dance Kotokuraku.
Height 11 3/8 in. (29 cm), width 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm), depth 4 in. (10 cm).
Two old thin cracks at the man’s left temple (the upper one with old restoration), few very superficial chips at the rim (reverse) and patch of cloth chipped away on the inside. Otherwise good and stable condition.
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Barrelshaped sake bottle, Ofuke ware, Japan, 19th c.
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Pre 1900 item# 526568 (stock# 10441)
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$ 950
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Sake jug with a single curved handle that is the spout at the same time. In the top there is a hole for filling the jug and for letting the air out when pouring. Cream colored glaze over a beige colored, fine stone ware, that partly turned brown on the foot ring. The glaze with extensive, fine crackle, partly accentuated with dark gray pigment (‘dirt’). Towards the top and the bottom the jug thickens, imitating the twisted bamboo rope that usually is wound a round the top and bottom of porcelain sake jugs. To accentuate the imitation underglaze diagonal incisions have been made on the protruding bands. Ofuke ware (Nagoya region), Japan, 19th century (Meiji).
Height 8 ¼ in. (21 cm); diameter 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm).
Glaze peeled off on spout and on several spots along edges. Otherwise very good condition.
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Obi with plant design, Japan, 20th century
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Pre 1950 item# 515224 (stock# 10438)
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$ 175
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Obi (sash) with design on both sides. One side taupe colored silk embroidered in brown, murasaki, pink, green and blue with a design of bamboo leaves and matsukawabishi. The other side decorated in silver and some colored silk on murasaki colored silk with an intricate design of a river bank with stone barricades, containers and vegetation: bamboo, pine, chrysanthemums and momiji. The end of the obi marked with two strokes of gold thread. Japan, early Showa period.
Length 151 ¾ in. (385.5 cm).
Two water stains on the taupe side of the obi. The gold threads that mark the end of theobi coming loose. Few silver threads coming looses. Generally good condition.
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Ship's chest or funa dansu, Japan, Edo period
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Pre 1900 item# 514942 (stock# 10436)
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$ 2,000
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Funa dansu of the kakesuzuri type. Behind a single hinged door at the front there are two full width drawers, one small drawer and two middle sized ones with locks. Although the exterior of this type of ship’s chests was usually made of sugi or kiri wood, this one is made of the much harder, and more expensive, keyaki wood. Drawers made of the softer, kiri wood. Iron handle on the top. Door, corner and edges fitted with sturdy and very decorative ironwork, ornamental lock. Japan, 19th century.
H 19, W 16 ¼ , D 19 ½ inches (48 x 41.4 x 49.5 cm).
Traces of usage (stains, dents, scratches), some of the iron ware reattached or replaced or missing, 4 bottom ledgers re-attached or perhaps replaced. All damages acceptable as traces of usages. All replacements acceptable as necessary maintenance. All in all very good condition. NO KEYS. Feel free to ask for more photos.
Funa dansu are strong boxes used by sea men. They were supposed to carry business papers, money, writing supplies, seals and other personal things. They are small in comparison to chests that were used on land. The earlier ones are rather simple. At the height of their popularity they were made of the expensive and durable woods keyaki (zelkova) and kiri (paulownia). Due to the nature of their use, all funa dansu have traces of usage.
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Stone sculpture of Fudo Myoo, Japan, 19th century
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Pre 1900 item# 509903 (stock# 10434)
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Fairly massive stone figure of the deity Fudo Myoo, standing straight before his flaming mandorla, holding up his sword in his right hand, the rope in his left. Sandstone. Japan, 19th century.
Measurements approximately: height 26 in., width 13 ¾ in., depth 7 in. (65 x 35 x 18 cm).
Damage two places at the top of the mandorla, some haircracks in the surface of body and of the mandorla, surface of feet rubbed. All in all very good condition.
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Hair pin, design of stylized waves, Japan, 19th century
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Pre 1900 item# 506117 (stock# L 120)
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$ 160
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Hair pin, or kanzashi. Lacquered tortoise-shell, decorated in sprinkled red, green and gold lacquer (hiramakie, takamakie), with a stylised wave pattern. The reverse with a diagonally divided pattern of square wells, in gold lacquer on a red ground. Signed Shinzan. Japan, 19th century.
Length 6 11/16 in. (17 cm), width of head 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm).
Perfect condition.
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