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$250.00 THE GREATEST GRATER I have never seen such a radish grater! Anonymous mingei masterpiece for real. Pottery. Meiji-Taisho period, early 20th century, Japan. approx...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, thank you! The inside of the cup is lined with smooth dark glaze which gleams gold along the rim, while the glistening white outside has been carved away, every divot and ridge a tactile pleasure. It comes enclosed in a wooden box titled Kanka (Quiet, as in: the silent elegance of a flower in bloom). This is a phrase coined by the Edo period Confucian scholar Dazai Shundai in his treatise on The Purple Grass Garden (Shishienko)...
Zentner Collection
SOLD A rare antique Japanese Sado Kasane (stacking chest on chest) Tansu made of Kurinoki (Chestnut) and Kirinoki (Paulownia) woods. Original natural Urushi lacquer finish. Hand forged and hand made iron hardware featuring two Phoenix birds representing immortality on the upper large drawer lock plates, two sea turtles symbolizing 10,000 years of longevity and a crane meaning 1,000 years of long life on the lower drawers...
Zentner Collection
$1,800.00 An antique Japanese Sendai Tansu made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original natural Urushi lacquer with hand forged iron hardware including the lock plates featuring Peonies and a door lock plate featuring a large radish...
Zentner Collection
SOLD An antique Japanese Kobako (personal storage box) made entirely of Hinoki (Cypress) wood. Hand forged iron hardware with Hirute handle and ring drawer pulls...
Zentner Collection
SOLD An antique Japanese Nihon Matsu Kasane Tansu (stacking chest on chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cyrptomeria) woods. The finish is an original natural Urushi lacquer. Unusual lock plates each featuring auspicious symbols with the upper design showing a lucky crane (for 1,000 years of longevity) and the lower design showing a lucky sea turtle (for 10,000 years of long life). The three central symbols represent Sho Chiku Bai (Pine, Bamboo & Plum Blossom)...
Zentner Collection
SOLD An antique Japanese Kyushu Kimono Tansu in a single section made of Suginoki (Cryptomeria) wood. Original natural Urushi lacquer finish. Hand forged iron hardware including the top view mums design on the lock plates. Three large and four small drawers to organize storage.
A stunning tansu that would work well in any room decor. Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890) Dimensions: 46 1/2" Wide by 25 1/4" High by 16" Deep
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1443584
(stock #Jacoulet072)
Era Woodblock Prints
$3,750 Paul Jacoulet
La Gerbe D'Anthurium, Angur, Mer du Sud (The Spray of Anthurium Flowers, Angur, South Seas) Date: July 15, 1951. Fewer than 150 impressions made. This example has no edition seal visible. Jacoulet's fancy PJ seal is covering another seal on the back. Size: 18.625 x 14 inches. Ivy seal. Carver: Maeda. Printer: Honda. Reference: No. 118 in The Prints of Paul Jacoulet by Richard Miles. Condition: Excellent color. Light creasing in margins...
Zentner Collection
$650.00 Antique Japanese small Gigaku performance mask. Gigaku (literally meaning "skill music") is an earlier form of Japanese theatre that was brought over from Korea and China in 612. Gigaku reached a high point during the Nara Period and continued it's popularity until it was eventually replaced by Bugaku theatre. Traditionally performed outdoors at a temple, Gigaku masks were carved with exaggerated features in order for them to be seen by an audience seated at a distance...
Zentner Collection
Sold A Very rare an extraordinary antique Japanese Kuruma tansu (wheeled chest) made of kirinoki (paulownia) wood. Extremely rare design, Most possibly a tansu from the Akita Castle.
All original including the finish and hand forged iron fittings. Top hinged lid over a thin flat compartment, sliding door compartment locked door reveals inner drawers, bottom sliding door compartment has key that reveals small drawers...
Zentner Collection
Sold An antique Japanese casante (stacking chest on chest) tansu in 2 sections made of kiri (paulownia wood). Original hand forged iron hardware with oversized round handle plates. As always beautiful joinery including straight dovetails and age consistent hardened wood nails.
Originates Sakata Shonai, Japan Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912) Dimensions: 34 1/3" wide x 45 1/4" high x 16 1/2" deep
GALERIE TIAGO
Sold A pair of circular make-up boxes in nashi-ji lacquer adorned with a floral pattern and an aoi go mon motif (three mallow leaves in a ring) on the lid. This motif is well-known for being the mon (family crest) of the famous dynasty of the Tokugawa shoguns. The bottom of the lid and the top of the box are lined with silver...
GALERIE TIAGO
€4,000.00 Japanese lacquered gold and silver hira maki-e biwa shape box (kobako).
Japan, Edo period
Length 7,67 in – Width 3,14 in – Heigth 0,7 in
The biwa is a japanese short-necked fretted luth, often used in narrative storrytelling. The biwa is chosen instrument of Benten, goddess of music, eloquence and poetry.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1443512
(stock #Tadamasa001)
Era Woodblock Prints
$150 Tadamasa Ueno (Torii Tadamasa)
Kumadori Ju-hachi Ban. Makeup for Asagao Senpei from Sukeroku. Eighteen Famous Kabuki Plays. Date: 1940. First edition. Size: 15.75 x 10.75 inches. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Seal E (1932-42) at lower left margin. Signed and sealed at upper left. Condition: Fading in the blues. The upper background was tinted blue where formerly matted.
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Japanese Zenga scroll painting of a staff by the Zen master Nakahara Nantenbō (Toju Zenchu) (1839–1925). Born into the Shioda samurai clan in Saga Prefecture, Nantenbō lost his mother when he was 7 years old and was sent to Yukoji monastery to study as a novice when he was 11 where he became a monk of the the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese single section futon tansu. Beautiful quarter sawn keyaki hardwood frame and sliding front panels. A full length shelf is seen splitting the main compartment. Makes for a great buffet or media cabinet. Warm original finish in great condition.
Age: Meiji Period(1868 - 1912) Dimensions: 69" Wide by 31" High by 17 5/8" Deep
Zentner Collection
SOLD A vintage Japanese Geta Bako (chest for shoe storage) made of Tochinoki (Horse Chestnut) and Hinoki (Cypress) woods. Two sliding doors hide a storage area separated by 2 removable wood shelves. Bottom drawers provide additional storage.
The Geta Bako was traditionally used at the entrance to a Japanese home to allow family members to remove and store their shoes before entering the home.
Age: Taisho/Showa Era (1920-1930)
Dimensions: 22 1/2" wide x 38" high x 15 1/2" deep
Mastromauro Japanese art
Price on Request A Japanese boxwood okimono of a rat-catcher preparing the miso on a big bowl before catching the rat. Black horn eyes.
Excellent quality and great patina.
Jigaku signature under the base.
During the Edo period, blind people were recruited to hunt rats. With their sensitivity and hearing, they were able to hunt small rodents.
Meiji period late 19th century
Sizes: 9 x 8,5 x 8,5 cm.
Condition report: Good condition
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