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The Kura
Sold, Thank you! A pair of unique three part tokkuri by Taniguchi Chojiro consisting of a top, which turned upside down forms the cup, a central ring on which the cup rests, and the bottle, which, when assembled, make the form of a temple bell. These are made after the infamous bell of Hokoji Temple which provided (a rather lame) excuse for Tokugawa Ieyasu to crush the Toyotomi family and claim the country for his own, therefore beginning the Tokugawa Dynasty which ruled Japan for over 250 years...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Beautiful Antique Japanese Temple carving made from solid Keyaki (hardwood). Very well carved with fine details. Celestial maidens dancing among flowing clouds and waves.
Very Heavy in Weight
Edo Age, Possibly 18th Century.
Zentner Collection
$4,000.00 Antique Japanese Funa Tansu (ship safe chest) made from beautiful Kuri (Chestnut) wood. It has two front sliding panels with an iron lock in its center, and two handles incised auspicious designs. The interior is shelved with a side locking drawer, accented with red lacquer. Three drawers run along the bottom of the chest with squared kakute style iron handles.
Size: 22 3/4" high x 26 1/2" wide x 17 3/4" deep.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese rare two-section isho tansu (clothing chest) with a very interesting burl wood front, and lacquered sides. Each of its very large drawers has its own custom incised lockplate with imagery of cherry blossoms, bamboo, cranes, and other auspicious elements. Meiji period (1868-1912)
Size: 51.25" height, 35.75" width, 16.75" depth
Lilly Parker Antiques, Inc.
$3,000.00 Pair Japanese carved solid Wood Shrine Guardian Lions, 10 1/2" high, 6" wide, 11" deep each, wonderfully aged, bleached and weathered being outside above Shrine or Temple heavy door frames. These Guardians also called Protector, or Shishi Dog, one mouth open and another mouth closed, always as a pair, placed on the top of the door hinges or under the eave in front of the Shrine doors to protect and stand Guard outside before entering the Shrine...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Beautiful two-section keyaki (zelkova) tansu with a gorgeous, glowing honey lacquered front and red lacquered top and sides. Its features include large, decorative iron lockplates incised with auspicious symbols, warabite handles with pierced backplates, a lockbox that is, interestingly, on the top section rather than the bottom, with three red-lacquered drawers inside. All original finnish, Dates from the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Size: 38.25" height, 41.75" width, 15.75" depth
Zentner Collection
SOLD Very charming Japanese choba tansu (merchant's chest) made from very beautiful keyaki (zelkova) wood, horizontal slats on its sides, decorative iron hardware including diamond shaped handles with incised scrolling vines, hirute drawer handles, and a cloud-shaped lockplate for a small hinged door with three small drawers inside. Dates from the Meiji period (1868-1912).
Original Condition
Size: 30" height, 25.75" width, 13.25" depth
Welcome To Another Century
Inquire for Price Hanging scroll. Portrait of Minamoto no Tsunemoto, sitting on a tiger skin before his sword, dressed in a white garment over his armor. Ink, colors, gofun and gold sprinkle on silk. Dated mizunoe ne (1852), early summer. Signed Gyokurei Omoto and two seals...
Welcome To Another Century
$3,000.00 Hanging scroll. Summer scene. Fireflies flying over fast streaming water and resting on a rock and overhanging leaves.
Black ink, light mineral colors and gold wash on silk. Signed Bunrin; seal Bunrin and seal Shion. Japan, Meiji era, 1870s. Image H 49 x W 19.5 in.; total height 76.25 in. Gold slightly oxidized, otherwise fine condition. Comes with wooden storage box, inscribed Bunrin hitsu hotaru no zu Shiokawa ... Shiokawa Bunrin (1808-1877)...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1285783
Rare limited-edition abstract Japanese sosaku hanga woodblock print by Jun'ichiro Sekino (1914-1988) believed to be dated circa late 1950s. The bottom margin is pencil-signed and numbered 2/50. A white ink Jun Sekino signature is at the lower right. Paper: 12 1/8"V x 24 7/8"H (image: 9 3/8"V x 22 1/8"H). There is a mat burn line and some soiling evident in the margins. There are remnants of brown tape at the top verso. An original price tag is on the back...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese cast iron sake kettle (choshi) with brass lid, its sides decorated with scenes of nature, standing on three very short legs.
Size: 7.5" height, 8.5" length
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese iron tetsubin (tea kettle) decorated by raised flat areas of gaming tiles with engraved kanji, signed with artist's cartouche below the spout. Handle with figural pattern on body. Very nice patina inside and on the bottom where flames once heated it to make tea.
Size: 8.25" height, 7.5" width
Welcome To Another Century
Inquire for Price A row of begging monks with bowls, hossu and ruyi scepters, emaciated into skeletons. At the end walks a cat skeleton. Black ink and some color on paper. Signed and sealed. Unidentified artist. Japan, early 20th century.
Image 50 ¾ x 19 in. Total length 75 ½ in. Excellent condition. Comes with wooden storage box (not inscribed).
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1980
item #1285558
(stock #Goyo001)
Era Woodblock Prints
$450 Hashiguchi Goyo
Rain at Yabakei Date: 1918. This edition 1980. Publisher: Tanseisha Size: Dai-oban. 19.25 x 13.5 inches Condition: Excellent color and condition.
Ancient East
$1,895.00 DESCRIPTION: In Japanese lore, there are countless tales about the mischievous Tanuki, a real animal native to Japan. Masked like a raccoon but big and stocky like a badger, they are said to have supernatural powers to transform into any living or inanimate shape. Often they assume the form of a monk, as our Tanuki does here. This Tanuki okimono is hand crafted from a single piece of wood in the best of Mingei traditions...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese rare fune bako (ship safe box) with interesting large, heavy iron warabite handles on its front and backside, front lockplate with flower shaped iron knob and hinged locking pin. Lid is completely removable and has short inscription inside. Meiji period (1868-1912) Original Beautiful Condition.
Size: 6.25" height, 6.25" width, 17.25" length
Zentner Collection
$650.00 Antique Japanese long gyosho bako (merchant's box) with iron warabite handles on its back and front hinged door with flower-shaped lockpin. The inside holds four long drawers with ring pulls.
Mid Edo age (1615-1867) Size: 11.75" height, 26" length, 8.25" width
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese red cloisonne vase with imagery of purple grapes and multicolored pastel leaves on vines and two small, plump birds. The interior of the vase is a robin's egg blue crackle.
Size: 14.25" height, 6" width
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