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Welcome To Another Century
$1,400.00 Small statue of the face of Okame. Her round, full cheeks and Heian period hairdo give her head the silhouette of a penis. Her open mouth is in the form of a stylized vagina. Shunga of sorts.
Cast bronze with dark brown patina. Good details. H 3 x D 2.25 in. Few casting flaws, otherwise excellent condition This type of erotic statues are regarded as funny rather than erotic. In Japan they are called waraimono, ‘something (or someone) that makes you laugh’.
Kodo Arts
$1,275.00 Full compassion, gentle granite stone jizo buddha in prayer gassho. Lovely facial expresion. Ca. 1950. excellent condition. Ask for shipping quote. 11" tall x 6" wide x 5" deep.
Zentner Collection
$1,250.00 Japanese wooden shop sign. Well-carved with large lettering and small chop signatures in corners. Very heavy in weight. The entire sign has been hand carved down, exposing the kanji lettering. Natural design. Edo Period (circa 1800's)
Size: 18" H x 76" L x 1.5" D
Helen M Edwards
$1,250.00 Height: 6 cm (2.4 in)
Width: 5.3 cm (2.1 in) Depth: 6.3 cm (2.6 in) Wonderful Japanese wooden okimono of a seated monkey searching for fleas; exquisite workmanship throughout; inlaid horn eyes; signed Ryomin
Welcome To Another Century
$1,200.00 Very rare. Simple wooden zushi with a figure of Fudo Myoo sitting on a high rock before a flaming halo. In his right hand he holds a sword, in his left a rope.
On lower levels of the rock formation sits Seitaka doji, holding his scarf in his left hand and a (now missing) club in his right, and stands Kongara doji, holding a lotus flower in his hands. Light brown CLAY, hand modeled (not molded!), fired at low temperature, painted dark brown...
Kodo Arts
$1,200.00 Rare bronze Japanese vase with cranes in exceptional relief flying amongst buddhist clouds. Signed on bottom with stamp. Late Meiji Period C.1910. Gold yellow color achieved by smoking with rice straw repeatedly. 11" high by 6" diameter. Ask for shipping quote.
Zentner Collection
$1,200.00 Japanese tall woven bamboo ikebana basket by the artist, Torii Hounsai. Elegant and unusual, this basket incorporates an orderly pattern at it's narrow base which becomes more wild toward the top, ending with a subtle asymmetry while maintaining it's sense of balance. Signed on the bottom 峯雲斎 Hо̄unsai. The artist's full name is Torii Hounsai (鳥居峯雲斎). Hounsai was active in Aichi Prefecture during the late Taisho/early Showa era 1920-1930...
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,200 A Japanese bronze okimono of a walking elephant with the trunk raised finely engraved in the details, signed Seiya under the base.
Meiji period late 19th century
Sizes: 23 x 36 x 25 cm.
Condition report: Good condition
Dragon's Pearl
$1,200.00 A Unique Japanese Contemporary Bamboo Sculpture made of strips of lacquered madake bamboo in red and black. The artist is using an irregular, open work plaiting technique creating a kind of large, irregular egg shape with a narrow opening on the top . Made by Mori Tomoe, from Beppu, Oita prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Unsigned, but a paper is provided with the name maker and the artwork title: “ Reasons 2”. It comes with a carton box...
Dragon's Pearl
$1,100.00 A fine deep grey Saji river stone in the form of a miniature mountain landscape with high peaks and deep ravins; looking from the front and back sides there is a long passage in between the peaks,
completely natural!
The stone has a perfectly fitted rosewood base, daiza.
Suiseki are highly appreciated for their aesthetic or decorative value in Japan but also by collectors in the western world...
Kodo Arts
$1,100.00 Bato Kannon Ca. 1870 (horse-headed Kannon, also called Mezu Kannon), hayagriiva in Sanskrit, is one shape of Bosatsu (Bodhisattva) worshipped in Buddhism. It is one of the transformations of Kannon Bosatsu (Kannon Bodhisattva) and is also included in Roku Kannon (six deities of mercy). It has fierce expression, which is rare for Kannon. Granite stone, age wear, hands in gassho prayer mudra. Ask for shipping quote.
Momoyama Gallery
sold A comparetivly large sized Japanese Kannon Bosatsu from the Edo Period - about 250 years old - used in Sōfuku-ji ( 崇福寺 ) Temple in Gifu and since 80 years in our collection. It is made of premium wood and has been carved by a master craftsman. The golden colour is still vivid and shiny and looks absolutely amazing...
Zentner Collection
$1,000.00 Antique Japanese bronze hiten (Sanskrit, apsara), celestial musician. She sits on swirling clouds, her drum in her lap. Stylistically represented in the Indian or Southeast Asian traditional garb of bodhisattvas with high crown, elaborate pectoral jewelry and flowing drapery. The billowing clouds on which she sits have a green patina.
Age: Taisho period (early 20th century) Dimensions: 14 1/4" high x 9 1/2" wide x 6 1/2" deep
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese bronze hiten (Sanskrit, apsara), celestial musician. Seated on swirling clouds, she moves her flute to her lips to play. Stylistically represented in the Indian or Southeast Asian traditional garb of bodhisattvas with high crown, elaborate pectoral jewelry and flowing drapery. The billowing clouds on which she sits have a green patina.
Age: Taisho period (early 20th century) Dimensions: 15" high x 9" wide x 7" deep
Lilly Parker Antiques, Inc.
$975.00 Japanese Carved Volcanic Gray Stone Jizo, Bodhisattva Buddha is holding Lotus Bud, Edo period, before 1800, 22" high, 11" wide maximum, 9" deep. Old lichen is growing in some areas, and in good condition.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese hand split bamboo basket with high slender sides rising from a square base to a round lip. Bamboo intertwined into a handle fashioned with small split bamboo. Cheveron pattern is seen repeating on all sides with a squad symmetrical pattern seen on the base.
Ikebana (生け花, 活け花, "arranging flowers" or "making flowers alive") is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.[1][2] It is also known as Kadō (華道, "way of flowers")...
AntiqueTica.com
$950.00 Japanese bronze dog.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
AntiqueTica.com
$950.00 Japanese bronze rooster with artist sign.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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