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Large Kokeshi by Kyutaro Ogura
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Vintage Large "Kokeshi" by Kyutaro Ogura. This large size is very rare. With signature.
Kyutaro Ogura (Ogura Kyutaro: 1906-1998)
Master: Hisashiro Ogur...
Category
1980s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Unknown Scholar's Objects
Materials
Maple
Chinese Scholar’s Mirror Screen.
Located in Nantwich, GB
Rare, early 19th Century Antique Chinese Scholars Table Mirror/Screen from the Qing Dynasty. This collectors item is signed by the craftsman who ...
Category
1820s Chinese Qing Antique Unknown Scholar's Objects
Materials
Mirror, Wood
A 19thC Chinese carved and painted wooden saddle with tack.
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
A 19thC Chinese carved wooden saddle with red painted decoration. Iron attachments with colourful decorated tack and iron stirrups. The saddle appears to be elm and is likely 19thC. ...
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19th Century Antique Unknown Scholar's Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Burmese Set of Sixteen Double-Sided Kammavaca or Buddhist Manuscripts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An antique Burmese set of sixteen double-sided Kammavaca or Buddhist manuscripts,
written in Bali in red and black lacquer on a gold leaf ground.
This set is accompanied by the original pair of gold leaf and red lacquer pictorial cover boards.
Kammavaca are volumes consisting of extracts from the Theravadin Vinaya, that relates to the traditional ceremonies of monks. Together with a manuscript chest...
Category
1890s Antique Unknown Scholar's Objects
Materials
Paper
Japanese Edo Period Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Embellished Stoneware Koro
Located in Austin, TX
A highly unusual Japanese crackle glazed koro (incense burner or censer), lacquered and inlaid with mother-of-pearl embellishment, signed Gyokusen, Ed...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Unknown Scholar's Objects
Materials
Copper
Asian Scholar Stone
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a curved chinese scholar stone set in a wood stand . With their exotic shape and many crevices these stones were highly appreciated and considere...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Unknown Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Japanese Meiji Period Mixed Metal Pair of Scroll Weights Depicting Samurai
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese Meiji period fine pair of scroll weights decorated with shakudo and silver samurai figures. The weights fill solid and heavy. One of the weights has Japanese writing ( see i...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Unknown Scholar's Objects
Materials
Metal
Tiger's Eye Tripod Incense Burner and Cover
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Tiger's eye tripod incense burner and cover
Chinese, 20th century
of compressed globular form raised on three cabriole legs issuing from lion masks, flanked by two horned mythica...
Category
20th Century Unknown Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Rare Japanese Sumi-E Lacquer Inro Yamada Jokasai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A three-case lacquered Inro by Yamada Family circa 18th-19th century Edo period. The inro with slight rounded form is of Kano style and vividly depicts a dragon slithering among the ink clouds on a gold background. Sumi-e togidashi (ink togidashi) technique, in combination with Hiramaki-e, were employed to create the dreamy ambience of this piece. The dragon has a painterly appearance inspired by Chinese ink painting that was often seen on the Japanese folding screens. The back of the Inro was sparsely decorated with the shifting patterns of the darkening clouds with an emphasis on the space intentionally left empty. Jokasai was signed to the base. On the front of the inro there is another miniature signature Hakugyoku Hogen, which is one of names used by Kano Michinobu (1730-1790). The dragon is evidently one of his designs (see reference below).
Established by a member of Yamada family in the 17th century, the clan was one of the most prominent lacquer artisanal family for the next 200 years until the end of Edo period in the 19th century. Most members signed their work simply with Jokasai making the identification of the individual artists somewhat impossible. The current Inro on offer, compared to many other pieces by Jokasai, has an uncommon Kano style done in Sumi-e togidashi.
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Japanese "Suiseki" Mountain View Scholar's Old Large Stone /Mountain Scenery
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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A large square tray made of Japanese antique lacquer / Late Edo period/19th
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
These trays were made after the late Edo period in Japan (after 1800).
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