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Style: Taisho
Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Buffalo' 1920s Taisho
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1920s 'Mouse' Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fas...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Crab and Monkey' 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener o...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Small Elephant' 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener o...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Indian wooden elephant figurine/carved animal/circa 1920
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I purchased this item directly. The purchaser said that it belonged to his late grandfather. His grandfather served as a marine from World War I to World War II, and apparently purch...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke of a Frog, Taisho Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Hand carved boxwood frog netsuke dating from the Meiji period. The frog (kaeru) is associated with luck and wealth in Japanese culture. Kaeru in is a homophone meaning both "frog" an...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Boxwood

Japanese Bronze Okimono of a Carp, Taisho Period, Early 20th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant Japanese cast bronze okimono of a swimming carp, Taisho Period (1912 - 1926), early 20th century, Japan. The graceful fish portrayed realistically in motion, as if swimmi...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Incense Burner with Iron in 1920s Taisho Era
Located in Paris, FR
This incense burner was made in 1920s (Taisho era) in Japan. On the top, there is a Komainu (Lions that guard the entrance or the honden of sanctuaries). It can use as incense burne...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Iron

Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'mouse and rooster' 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan...
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1920s Japanese Vintage Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Carved Stone Kannon on Elephant
Located in Stamford, CT
An elegantly carved stone Kannon elephant. Taisho period Kyoto, Japan.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Stone

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Rare Antique Children Carousel Zebra, Germany 1920s
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Wooden Netsuke Sculpture Japanese Turtle, 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Japanese Taishō Period 1920s Blue and White Round Porcelain Planter
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A Japanese Taishō period blue and white porcelain planter from circa 1920, with landscape scenes. Created in Japan during the early 20th century Taishō period, this exquisite blue an...
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Wooden Carved Black Forest Bear with Brass Bowl, Brienz 1920s
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A Wooden Carved Black Forest Bear with Bowl ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Wooden Carved Black Forest Bear with Bowl ca. 1920s Item e7283 A nicely carved Black Forest bear desk set with bowl for small utensils. Executed in Bri...
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Antique Japanese Taisho Satsuma Painted Vase
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A petite and beautiful hand-decorated ceramic baluster vase, painted all around with traditional Japanese motifs, including native flora, birds and bamboo stems on a creamy glazed background. The colour palette is bold and bright, with highlights of green, red and blue, together with plentiful gilt relief...
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Taisho Period Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke of a Tiger
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Hand-carved Taisho period netsuke depicting a tiger with its head over its shoulder. The word netsuke is formed using the symbol ne (根) meaning “root" and tsuke (付) meaning “attach...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Boxwood

Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Two Frogs on the Lotus Leaf' 1950s Showa era
Located in Paris, FR
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Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Three monkeys' 1920s Taisho
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Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Daruma' 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
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Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Rabbit' 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
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Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Sumo Wrestlers Fighting' 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
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Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Sumo' 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
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Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Pig' 1920s Taisho Era
Located in Paris, FR
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Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Turtle and Mouse' 1920s
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Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Turtles and Shell', 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
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Japanese Old Wood Carved Small Snake Figurine / Taisho Period / Lucky Figurine
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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