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Style: Primitive
Japanese old wood stand / Exhibition stand wabi-sabi / primitive wood stand /
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This display stand is made by combining old wooden sleepers with a newly made tabletop.
The top of the display stand is finished with cashew paint, like lacquer, and has a jet blac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wall Art / Japanese objet / wabi-sabi art / primitive wall art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wall art made using some of the material from an old Japanese door.
This is a wooden door reinforced with galvanized iron sheets.
It's a convenient size that doesn't take...
Category
2010s Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Tin
Japanese Old Wooden Object / Wooden Lump Figurine / Wabi-Sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old wooden object.
The details of the tree are unknown, but it seems to be hardwood.
It changes its shape and color over time, and it has become an artistic appearance.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Provincial Chinese Trunk Mortar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This large wooden mortar dates to the late 19th century and was originally used for crushing rice, grain, spices and other foodstuffs. Carved from a single tree trunk, the mortar has...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Chinese Courtyard Grain Container, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic wooden container dates to the early 20th century and was once used to store dry goods or household items in a provincial home in Yunnan province. Hollowed from a single t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Wood
A Sealed 3.88CT Rare Natural Burma RUBY, Antique Oval Faceted Cut Loose Gemstone
Located in Wembley, GB
A Sealed 3.88ct Natural Rare Burma Ruby, in the Oval Faceted cut. Comes with the AIG Certificate.
Natural Myanmar Ruby.
Category
Early 1800s Burmese Antique Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Japanese Antique Wooden Bowl 1910s-1930s Primitive Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba, Chiba
This is an old Japanese wooden bowl with legs.
The wooden bowl is dyed black.
It is likely that this was made as a manger.
However, there is no evidence that it was ever used, so I ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Rare Antique Sumba Comb
Located in New York, NY
Worn by adult noblewomen high on the head, like a crown. These hand cut combs from Sumba are usually hand carved from mottled tortoiseshell or occasionally from buffalo horn. These t...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Korean Nambangae Grain Mortar, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This primitive wooden vessel is a traditional Korean wood mortar used for pounding rice and grains. A form unique to South Korea's Jeju Island, the mortar is known as a nambang-ae an...
Category
Early 19th Century North Korean Antique Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Stone
Indian Ethnic Ankle Bracelet with Bells- 20th
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Indian Ethnic Ankle Bracelet with Bells
Primitive Art - Decoration - Tribal - Ethnic
Measures : 10cmx16cm H:38cm ( measures including support )
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
20th Century Indian Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Metal
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Japanese Antique Display Stand, Bonsai Stand, Wooden Object, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This antique display stand was made from old wood from the Taisho period in Japan. In Japan.
It was used as a bonsai stand. It is finished with red lacque...
Category
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Materials
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H 5.91 in W 17.33 in D 11.82 in
Japanese Antique Display Stand, Bonsai Stand, Wooden Object, Wabi-Sabi
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The surface is finished with lacquer.
It is made with a particularly rare burl grain, and the patterns created by the natural burl that occurs during the tree's growth process give it a sense of vitality that cannot be expressed artificially. This unique beauty is highly valued in furniture and crafts.
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H 1.78 in W 21.66 in D 16.15 in
Japanese Antique Stone Display Stand / Objet / Before 1868s / Wabi-Sabi Mingei
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old stone stand in Japan.
I don't know the details if it was used as a stand for beating straw, but it seems to be before the end of the Edo period.
The round silhouette...
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Japanese antique large bamboo double layered basket - wabi sabi primitive decor
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
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Materials
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H 20.87 in W 17.33 in D 17.92 in
Japanese Old Copper Drop Object 1940s-1960s / Figurine Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This object is a stack of old Japanese copper drops.
Item dates from the mid-Showa period (1940s-1960s).
This type of object sometimes occurs when copper drops naturally accumulate and harden during the casting process at copper refineries.
'Accidental beauty...
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Japanese Antique Cabinets, Wabi Sabi, Japandi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a beautiful cabinet that evokes the atmosphere of the Taisho period.
It is made of lauan and cedar.
It is finished with persimmon tannins and soot, which bring out the text...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Exhibition Stand / Sword Case / 1800-1868s / Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old drawer for storing Japanese swords originally called "Katanatansu".
It is thought to be from around the Edo period.
Cedar is used for the material, and a large numbe...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Primitive Antiquities
Materials
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H 41.74 in W 5.91 in D 5.52 in
Japanese Large Cabinet, Wabi Sabi, Japan
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Japanese antique cabinet. This is not just a traditional tansu (storage chest); it serves as a complete niche that can enhance your interior with its functionality and style, blendin...
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Materials
Wood
Wooden Flower Stand, Japanese Antique, Wabi-Sabi, Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an antique wooden flower stand from the Meiji period.
At the time, it was used as a workbench by craftsmen.
There are small marks on it, probably from using a hammer.
A clo...
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Materials
Wood
Primitive Japanese Flower Stand, Wooden Stools, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an old Japanese stool made in the Taisho period (1913-1930s).
It was made by reusing the iron frame of a bicycle at a time when supplies were scarce. The wooden part is made...
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Japanese Antique flower stand, Wabi-Sabi, Japandi
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Japanese Antique Black Lantern Box /1896s Objet d'art Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a lantern box from the old days of Japan.
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Wabi-Sabi Old Naturally Growing Tree Object Late 19th Century / Japan
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Japanese primitive stool / wabi-sabi stool / Flower stand
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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