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Zentner Collection
$675.00 An antique Japanese merchant chest called Choba Tsukue made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Two drawers used for the storage of an inkstone and brushes as well as paper for writing transaction records and receipts. The drawer interiors have minor ink stains which is a testament to its usage and function.
Age: Taisho Period (1912-1920) Dimensions: 40" Wide by 13 1/4" High by 16 5/8" Deep
The Kura
sold, thank you A beautifuly formed iron sake kettle known as a Choshi with a solid silver lid and featuring sliver inlay designs on the handle enclosed in an age darkened kiri-wood bos titled Tetsu Choshi Jungin-futa. It is 8 cm (just over 3 inches) diameter, 16 cm (6 inches) to the top of the handle, and is in excellent condition.
The Kura
sold, with thanks! A very unusual set of three scrolls depicting the women of Shimabara looking down with trepidation at a Fumi-e (a Christian symbol) before lotus enclosed in a wooden box titled Shizan Shimabara-me Sanpuku Tsui (Shizan, Women of Shimabara Three Scroll Set). The Fumi-e was a bronze or wood placard embellished with a Christian symbol upon which people were forced to step to prove that they were not Christians during the ban on Christianity throughout most of the Edo period...
Kodo Arts
$1,400.00 Very unusual and interesting bronze lantern with tripod cicada wings as legs. panels have auspicious bamboo and pines. Top has maple leafs. Great condition. C. 1940. Ask for shipping quote. 29" tall by 13" wide.
Asian Art By Kyoko
SOLD Thank you! Unique Japanese antique clay doll, Mingei folk art of Japan, Emperor and
Empress hina dolls (Dairi bina). Clay dolls were made all over Japan by the
late Edo period (1603-1868) by off-season farmers which would often involve
the entire family for extra income. These dolls were for the regular
people
(over 90 percent of the population were farmers then) who could not afford
pretty hina dolls made out of cloth...
Momoyama Gallery
$2500.00 This is a clay figure of "Tenjin", the god of learning and a great and important figure in the history of Japanese culture. It is obviously from the Mid Edo Period and one of the most impressing pieces of art in our collection with its mysterious and spiritual character. We offer this Tenjin figure with a wooden stand, which was built by a former owner...
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00 Antique Japanese cloisonne vase with an array of flowers blooming over a river in enamel, over dark blue enamel background. Mark of Ando Cloisonne Company on bottom. Interior lined in silk with gold thread ando motif.
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) Size: 2" H x 6.75" L x 4.25" W
Zentner Collection
$3,000.00 Antique Japanese cloisonné box with dark blue navy enamel background on its top and sides, with shimmering gold flakes. The lid has a beautiful scene of two birds flying over a running stream while a beautiful cluster of chrysanthemums arches over them. The sides have small gold spirals with lilac and pastel yellow enamel flowers. The bottom of the lid is done with a reticulation of inlay spirals over vibrant green enamel...
Zentner Collection
$2,000 Antique Japanese cloisonne jewelry/treasure box, made from bronze, with deep navy blue sides decorated with gold cloud shapes. The lid has a beautiful cloisonne landscape with overhanging cherry blossoms on tree branches, a tower and building with blue roofing, and a red bridge crossing over a running river. The inside of the box is inscribed "Kyoto" and has the mark of artist Inaba Nanaho of The Inaba Cloisonne Company, established in 1887.
Size: 1.75" height, 3.75" width
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese cloisonne plate with scalloped edge. The center has a beautiful depiction of humming birds in flight over chrysanthemum and peony flowers. Meiji period, 1868-1912.
It measures 18" wide.
Zentner Collection
$1,500 Antique Japanese cloisonne oval-shaped container with fantastic designs outlined in wire of flying birds amidst scrolling vines and blooming lotuses, with draping blue and red panels, depicting a phoenix whose tails resemble fish fins or flower petals, and a red dragon with flames and smoke clouds against a sparkling background. The main body color of the cloisonne piece is a pastel speckled yellow and its inside is a pale blue. It stands on four brass legs and sits upon a carved hardwood stand...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Unusual Japanese Cloisonne Vase, combined with decorative scrolling bronze vine panels with enamels overlay, the cloisonne panels have delicate floral designs.
Provenance McIntrye Collection Dates from Meiji age c1920 Size H 7.5"
Zentner Collection
$4,000.00 Antique Japanese cloisonne vase with black enamel background; one side with imagery of two cranes standing beside a creek, bright flowers and bamboo in the background; the other side with a male peacock standing on a rock structure beside a female peacock, blooming peonies behind them. Geometric designs with scrolling vines and flowers decorate the neck. Lovely patina. The bottom of the vase is engraved with the signature Kamano.
Size: 5.75" height
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese cloisonne vase with a Chinese archaic style decoration of dragons and other stylized animals on a variegated green ground. There are two decorative bands, one around the neck and one around the body. Silver mark and Ando mark on bottom. It measures 12" tall the base is 5" wide the mouth is 7" wide. Original wooden box (tomobako).
Japanese : Other Prints : Pre 1920
item #1254038
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese print depicting the founder of the Shingon or "True Word" school of Buddhism, Kūkai (774-835). He was a famous calligrapher and engineer who invented the kana, syllabic Japanese scripts used in the Japanese writing system. He sits holding prayer beads upon an elaborate lotus throne with lovely gold filligree and a small blue beast sitting below...
Zentner Collection
$2,500.00 Charming Antique Japanese complete original set of 20 blue and white porcelain bowl. Swirling geometric designs decorate the inner edges with a center image of pine trees. The complete set has its original storage box with calligraphy on the lid and side. Edo Period (circa 1800's).
Size: (each bowl) 1.5" H x 7.75" L x 4.25" D (storage box) 18" H x 21" L x 9.5" D
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese copper hanging lamp, Meiji period, 1868-1912. This is a beautiful lantern with panels decorated with peonies in a field of arabesques. Three smaller hanging blossoms hang off the top of the lantern. The lantern has two doors that open and are fastened shut with a decorated arm. The lower register is decorated with panels incised with a repeating wave design. The feet of the lantern are petal or leaf shaped, decorated with an incised arabesque design...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese coral brooch that has been very finely carved into seeds of millet and delicate curling leaves with soft, notched edges. The coral has wonderful natural striations of a lighter pink hue. Each carved piece is mounted separately, making it very unique.
Size: 1.75" length
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