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Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

Japanese Edo Six-Panel Silver Leaf Screen with Chinese Brush Calligraphy
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese Edo period six-panel folding silver leaf screen featuring Chinese style brush
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Silver Leaf, Brass

Chinese Old Bamboo Slips with Calligraphy Jiandu, 59 Piece Collection
Located in South Burlington, VT
one-of-a-kind slips with painted and applied hand calligraphy appeals to book lovers and antiquity
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19th Century Chinese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood

Japanese Spotted Bamboo Tobacco Inro, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
patterned natural material often used for making calligraphy brush handles. The barrel-shaped inro is capped
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Bone, Bamboo, Hardwood

Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era
Located in Soquel, CA
, valuables, books, stationery and sometimes calligraphy brushes, inkstone and inksticks. For marketing, it
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1860s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wrought Iron

Pair of Japanese Edo Six Panel Screens Attributed Kano Toshun
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Intriguing pair of 18th century Japanese Edo period six-panel screens of the four accomplishments
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Silk, Wood, Paper

19th Century Small Japanese Screen Pair, Pine Trees and Vines on Gold Leaf
Located in Kyoto, JP
This pair of screens depict just the middle sections of aged pine trees, painted in bold brush
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Gold Leaf

Lovely Japanese 18th c Edo Scroll by Ukita , Landscape 19
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
only in painting but also in Japanese poetry and calligraphy, and was active in national affairs.   He
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19th Century Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Silk

Wakasa-Nuri Lacquer Bundai, Ryoshobako, Fubako Set
Located in PARIS, FR
also traces of calligraphy brush, in reference to the function of the objects. Bundai is a low table
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Lacquer

Korean Painting, Wall Panel, 17th Century Ink Grapevine
Located in Kyoto, JP
these plants could be rendered monochromatically with simple ink and a calligraphic brush made them
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17th Century Korean Other Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood, Paper

Aranea diadima a study by Walter Spies, an artist living in Indonesia in the 30s
Located in PARIS, FR
on the SS Van Imhoff, which was sunk by a Japanese bomb en route to Ceylon. Walter Spies drowned like
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1920s Art Deco Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Watercolor

Antique Chinese Baotou Scholar’s Rug with Confucian Pictorial Design
Located in Dallas, TX
of objects can be seen: a bundle of scrolls, a vessel containing calligraphy brushes, some ink pots
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wool

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Japanese Tansu Chest / Storage, 1920s
By ACC Japan
Located in London, Lambeth
Beautiful patinated wooden small tansu from Japan. Tansu chests are very popular throughout Japan and were originally created as a portable set of drawers. Crafted using Japanese joi...
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1920s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Cherry

Antique Japanese Tansu Chest / Storage, 1920s
Japanese Tansu Chest / Storage, 1920s
H 37.01 in W 14.97 in D 16.54 in
Antique Japanese Inro by Shigehide Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite four-case lacquered inro was dated to the latter part of 18th century to early 19th century (Edo period) and made by Shigehide. The opposite sides of the inro together...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Old Five Roofed Pagoda Lighting Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
This rare lantern is a spiritual representation of five earthly and celestial elements. And the brilliant night light which bursts from its pierced side panel is fantastic. The scul...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Iron

Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Patinated swirling bronze sculpture.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Bronze

Patinated Bronze Sculpture
Patinated Bronze Sculpture
H 17.5 in W 12 in D 15 in
Japanese Screen Painting, circa 1700 'Horses' by Kano Tanshin
Located in Kyoto, JP
Horses Kano Tanshin Morimasa (1653-1718) Two-panel tea-ceremony Japanese screen or furosaki Ink on gold leaf, late 17th-early 18th century Measures: H 55 cm x W 182 cm...
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1690s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Gold Leaf

Rare Old Chinese Watch Tower Garden Lighting Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent garden Acquisitions, Rare issue This handsome quality tall Chinese export pagoda top "Watch Tower" hand cast and hand painted lantern is a special find and an...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Iron

Rare Old Chinese Watch Tower Garden Lighting Lantern
Rare Old Chinese Watch Tower Garden Lighting Lantern
No Reserve
H 18 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in
China Pair Hand Carved "Long Swords" with Custom Presentation Case
Located in South Burlington, VT
An opportunity to acquire a handsomely cased duo (2) of monumental hand carved stone swords or sabers from China. These are no ordinary swords. These unusual swords were probably int...
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20th Century Chinese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Limestone

Important Documented Qing Dynasty Chinese Deep Relief Rosewood Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exquisite custom antique 19th century Qing Dynasty heavily carved Chinese rosewood and elm wooden cabinet with double-doors carved set with gilt and deep relief carved wood panels...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Brass

Bronze Sculpture “Arise”
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
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2010s Abstract Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Bronze

Japanese Old Perching Eagle Lighting Lantern, Brilliant Night Light
Located in South Burlington, VT
Old Antique Majestic Eagle Lantern Japan, this handsome quality "eagle" motif garden lantern is heavily cast and crafted for a lifetime! In a convenient portable size, it may be s...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Iron

19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery Panel
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exquisite piece of antique embroidery from the 19th century with supporting documents from Hong Kong. Two sleeves of high officials combined to create an intricate panel. The art tel...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Plexiglass, Wood, Silk

Japan Old Blue Bird Garden Lantern With Vibrant Blue Hand painting
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions Beautiful near mint grade "Blue Bird" lantern in original vibrant hand painted colors This rare lantern is handsomely rendered in blue, white...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Iron

Japanese Antique BK Paper-Covered Pottery 1860s-1900s /Flower Vase WabiSabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a large Japanese pottery. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). The entire pottery is covered with paper. It comes with a wooden lid. (The lid is further covered with...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Pottery

Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Style Swivel Chair
By Milo Baughman
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman style swivel chair. This shapely midcentury swivel chair has been newly upholstered in a beautiful steel blue mohair fabric. Comfortable and stunnin...
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1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Chrome

Japanese Antique Glass Cupboard Cabinet Showcase 1920s-1940s Japandi
Located in Chiba-Shi, JP
This is an old Japanese glass cabinet. This is made of pine wood. The shelves and door crosspieces are in the same position, allowing a clear view of the inside. It was used as a pr...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood

Japanese Antique Wooden Door 1750s-1860s/Architecture Abstract Art Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is the door of the warehouse (KURA) in the Edo period in Japan. This door is from the late Edo period. (1750s-1860s) It has been exposed to the wind and rain for a long time, ...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Cedar

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A four-panel Japanese screen (byobu)
Located in Winter Park, FL
, holding a brush and writing calligraphy on a scroll; a man and his attendant walking on a path looking
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Brocade, Ink

Painting of Lucky God Daikoku by Famous Zen Master Sengai Gibon
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Hakata, Fukuoka, which was build 1195 by Myoan Eisai (1141-1215) as first official Zen temple in Japan
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Early 20th Century Japanese Calligraphy Brush, Ebony
Located in Malton, GB
I have been lucky enough to find a great collection of period Japanese Calligraphy brushes. They
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Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Ebony

Japanese Fine Antique Ladies' "Calligraphy Brush" Shop Sign, Carved
Located in South Burlington, VT
ladies calligraphy brush shop, measures: 36 inches high and 5 inches wide, Meiji period (1868-1912
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood

Early 20th Century Japanese Calligraphy Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century Japanese calligraphy or brush box, lacquer on wood. Artist signed. Condition
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Early 20th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood, Lacquer

Early 20th Century Japanese Calligraphy Box
Early 20th Century Japanese Calligraphy Box
H 2.63 in W 11.13 in D 3.38 in
Antique Japanese Meiji Era Kiri Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 10"
Located in Portland, OR
calligraphy chest as it housed an ink stone, brushes, ink stick, and paper. This chest was used to hold
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wrought Iron

Japanese Antique Gold Silk "Spirit Mandala" Buddha Hanging Scroll Vibrant Art
Located in South Burlington, VT
vibrant brush strokes, paper mounted on silk mount. Japanese Nichiren Buddhist handcrafted handwritten
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood, Paper, Silk

Japan Fine 1900 "Spirit Mandala" Buddha Sumi Ink Scroll Vibrant Writing, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
handwritten in sumi ink on paper with vibrant brush strokes Japanese Nichiren Buddhist handcrafted
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood, Paper

Japan Fine 1846 "Spirit Mandala" Buddha Sumi Ink Scroll Vibrant Writing, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
paper with vibrant brush strokes Japanese Nichiren Buddhist handcrafted handwritten NAMU MYOHO RENGE
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Silk, Wood, Paper

Japanese Antique Calligraphy Brushes Book, 1893
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions We recently found this substantial 112 page calligraphy
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19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Bold Hand-Brushed "Horse" Calligraphy Tea Ceremony Scroll, Japanese Antique
Located in South Burlington, VT
A bold, spectacular Japanese hand-brushed "Tea ceremony" calligraphy scroll worthy of your
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Japanese Antique Gold Calligraphy Screen, Golden Sound Jade Vibration
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, a fine two-panel screen Byobu of broad black brush strokes on gold ground, in big bold
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Old China Calligraphy Brush Work Stone Panel Good Garden Choice
Located in South Burlington, VT
An antique chinese calligraphy brush work style stone panel hand-carved in limestone. Beautifully
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Limestone

Chinese Old Bamboo Slips with Calligraphy Jiandu, 59 Piece Collection
Located in South Burlington, VT
one-of-a-kind slips with painted and applied hand calligraphy appeals to book lovers and antiquity
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19th Century Chinese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood

Japanese Screen Pair, Plum Blossoms, Kawakami Koritsu
By Kawakami Koritsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
branches and trees offered scholar artists excellent opportunities to demonstrate the calligraphic flair of
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Gold Leaf

Bamboo, 18th Century Japanese Ink Painting by Cho Tosai
By Cho Tosai
Located in Kyoto, JP
travelled throughout Japan and his paintings, calligraphy and teachings were widely influential. Tosai
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1760s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Japanese Six Panel Screen Chinese Callilgraphy Over Gilt
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large Japanese late Meiji period six panel screen featuring six Chinese brush calligraphy poems in
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Bamboo, 18th Century Japanese Ink Painting by Cho Tosai
By Cho Tosai
Located in Kyoto, JP
connections. He traveled throughout Japan and his paintings, calligraphy and teachings were widely influential
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1760s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Bamboo, 18th Century Japanese Ink Painting by Cho Tosai
By Cho Tosai
Located in Kyoto, JP
traveled throughout Japan and his paintings, calligraphy and teachings were widely influential. Tosai
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1760s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Japanese Fine Antique Screen Hand Painted "Buddhist Chants" in Sumi Ink
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisition Travels Japan, a good six-panel screen Byobu depicting hand
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

17th Century Japanese Scroll Painting. Plovers in Moonlight by Kano Ujinobu
Located in Kyoto, JP
17th century Japanese scroll painting by the Kano school artist Kano Ujinobu, inspired by court
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Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Japanese Fine Antique Screen Hand Painted "Buddhist Chants" in Sumi Ink, #2
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisition Travels Japan, a good six-panel screen Byobu depicting hand
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Farming Rice Fields Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Suzuki Shonen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
from Meiji Japan painter. His real name is Ken and his childhood name is Hyakutaro. The first issue is
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Silk

Japanese Antique Artisan's Woodblock Book Sumi Ink
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisition Travels We recently snapped up this primer book on Japanese
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19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Paper

Asian Metal Japanese Yatate, Edo, Bronze Pipe Shape
Located in North Hollywood, CA
. Yatate is an ink well for old Japanese sumi ink and a slot to place the calligraphy brush. They hung the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Metal

Huge Japanese Shop Sign Red Lacquer Brush
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is a rare and wonderful Japanese calligraphy brush about 5 feet tall. Oversized items like
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Metal

Calligraphy Brush Holder
Located in East Hampton, NY
Turn of the Century Elm Root Calligraphy Brush Holder ( 2 available, priced and sold separately
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

Calligraphy Brush Holder
Calligraphy Brush Holder
H 12 in W 12.5 in D 8 in
Japanese Slate Caligraphy Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptional early 19th century, Japanese calligraphy box of carved slate. An interior
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

Japanese Slate Caligraphy Box
Japanese Slate Caligraphy Box
H 1.5 in W 9 in D 5.75 in
Important Japanese Meiji Samurau Meeting Place Sign
Located in San Francisco, CA
/> The sign is naturalistically carved to portray calligraphy brush strokes that incorporates the
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18th Century and Earlier Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Wood

18th Century Japanese Imari Vase with Early 19th Century Bronze Fittings
Located in Brussels, BE
. Upper and lower part of the vase decorated with an array of objects: Calligraphy brushes, scrolls, fans
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Early 18th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Porcelain

19th Century Meiji Bronze Articulated Lobster, Jizai, Scholar's Object
Located in Paris, FR
made for the table of calligraphy of the men of letters and was used besides its very ornamental
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1880s Japanese Antique Japanese Calligraphy Brush

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Bronze

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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the antique Japanese calligraphy brush you’re looking for. Frequently made of wood, paper and fabric, every antique Japanese calligraphy brush was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique Japanese calligraphy brush — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available.

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An antique Japanese calligraphy brush can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $4,550, while the lowest priced sells for $468 and the highest can go for as much as $12,500.