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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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Antique Japanese Taisho Satsuma Painted Vase
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Taisho Period Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke of a Tiger
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Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Two Frogs on the Lotus Leaf' 1950s Showa era
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Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Daruma' 1920s Taisho era
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Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Rabbit' 1920s Taisho era
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Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Turtle and Mouse' 1920s
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Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Turtles and Shell', 1920s
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