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Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese antique okimono of a group of 3 frogs. The younger frog sits on a larger frog's back while one frog is separate. Carved of sugi (cryptomeria) wood with reverse painted glass eyes.
Frogs are considered symbols of luck in Japanese culture and are used widely in poetry and art. The word for "frog" (kaeru) in Japanese also means "return" which is why small sculptures of frogs are sometimes carried by travelers as a way to make sure they return home safely from their journeys...
The Kura
Sold, Thank you! A modernist sculpture in bronze on a wooden base by pioneering female artist Katsura Yuki (also Yukiko 1913-1991). The humorous figure is reminiscent of the works of Okamoto Taro and Akutagawa Saori, another pioneering female artist from Japan who lived in New York around the same time as Yuki. The image is 10 inches (26 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Katsura Yuki (1913-1991) was a Japanese artist whose career spanned from the prewar to the postwar eras...
Zentner Collection
$6,500.00 A very large example of an antique Japanese Baku corbel used in a temple or shrine. The Baku is a mythical spiritual creature which resides in the Buddhist realm. Its purpose is to devour evil spirits as well as one's nightmares. Carved from one solid block of Keyaki (Zelkova) wood, this architectural sculpture has stood the test of time.
Edo Period (early 19th Century) Dimensions: 44 1/2" Long by 19 1/2" High by 13 1/4" Deep
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$2,400.00 A set of Japanese bronze animal sculptures of mouse, ram and rabbit with artist sign.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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$950.00 Japanese bronze dog.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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
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$950.00 Japanese bronze rooster with artist sign.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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$1,250.00 Japanese bronze rabbit.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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$850.00 Japanese bronze dog.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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$1,350.00 Japanese bronze sheep.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
Kodo Arts
$2,200.00 Rather art deco huge buddhist temple gable. C.1910. Cyprus wood. 4ft. tall by 2ft. wide.
see pics for condition. Shipping from CA warehouse.
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
GALERIE TIAGO
€4,500.00 Dark brown patina bronze figure of a standing kappa with its right leg leaning on a cucumber. The figure is put on four-legged rattan-like bronze stand.
The kappa (河童) is a aquatic creature taken from Japanese folklore having the appearance of an anthropomorphic turtle.
His skull is either slightly hollowed out to accommodate water, from which it derives its power, or hidden with a water lily leaf hiding this sag...
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$1,250.00 Japanese bronze sheep.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
Conservatoire Sakura
$4,500.00 Young boy in cast bronze. The subject is treated with breathtaking realism, thoughtful expression, body movement, everything is perfect and announces one of the greatest artists of his time. Examination of the fishing rod confirms this. Indeed this rod is so thin that it could not be cast, it was made patiently with a file starting with the thin end. It is movingly realistic with the knots and twists of growth. It is extremely fragile because bronze is a brittle metal...
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$1,750.00 A pair of Japanese bronze peacocks.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
Welcome To Another Century
$950.00 Highly unusual sculpture of two natural ruyi mushrooms ‘growing’ from a piece of wood. At the foot of the mushrooms sits a small frog.
Natural piece of (drift) wood, natural mushrooms, frog of stained stag horn. The mushrooms mounted with wire and resin. Japan, Meiji era. Unsigned. Ca. H 7 x W 14 x D 6 inches. The smaller mushroom was broken off and re-attached unprofessionally. |