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$1,250.00 Japanese bronze sheep.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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...
Kodo Arts
$1,100.00 Rather art deco huge buddhist temple gable. C.1910. Cyprus wood. 4ft. tall by 2ft. wide.
see pics for condition. Shipping from CA warehouse.
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$850.00 Japanese bronze dog.
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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$950.00 Japanese bronze rooster with artist sign.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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
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
AntiqueTica.com
$950.00 Japanese bronze dog.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
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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
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
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...
GALERIE TIAGO
Sold Black-patina bronze hare standing on its hind legs.
In Japanese, the hare and the rabbit are designated by a single word: usagi. The hare occupies an important place in the legends and superstitions of Japan. Like many other animals, it is supposed to reach a fabulous age and become blue at five hundred years.
Japan - Meiji Era (1868-1912)
Height: 5.7 in. (14.5 cm) - width: 2.8 in. (7 cm) - depth: 4.3 in. (11 cm)
Welcome To Another Century
$3,500.00 A pair of abstracted foxes, sitting at their haunches, tails curled wound their feet, their heads turned upwards, gazing at the moon.
Brown patinated bronze with roughened surface. Each fox signed on the bottom ‘Kozan’ in archaic script...
Zentner Collection
$9,500.00 Antique Japanese Kasuga-dōrō 春日灯籠 stone lantern carved of granite. The hexagonal umbrella (Kasa 笠) roof has squared corners and the central light box (Hibukuro 火袋) is carved with a small round window, an opening in the front and one in the back. The tall post sits on top of a lotus base. Kasuga-dōrō like this one are named for the similar lanterns that line the path to the Kasuga shrine in Nara...
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese tall Kasuga-dōrō 春日灯籠 stone lantern. Carved of granite with beautiful lichen and age. The large gem-shaped finial (Hōju/hōshu 宝珠) sits on a lotus Ukebana (請花) atop a hexagonal umbrella (Kasa 笠) roof with upward curling corners. The central light box (Hibukuro 火袋) is carved with openwork lattice windows, an opening in the front and one in the back...
Zentner Collection
$9,875.00 Antique Japanese tall stone ishidourou. Made with an elegantly simplified rounded form in 6 sections. Carved of granite with natural form base. The tall domed umbrella section (Kasa 笠) covers a squat and rounded light box (Hibukuro 火袋) which is carved with a sun shaped opening in the front through to a crescent moon shaped opening I the back.
Age: Meiji/Taisho (circa 1900's-1920's) Dimensions: 66" high x 34" wide x 26" wide (base)
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese stone sekitō (pagoda) with three tiers. Made of granite and carved in 7 stacking pieces. The central square section is carved with a seated Buddha on four sides. The top spire is carved with 9 tiers between lotus petals. The surface has a beautiful patina and is covered with areas lichen and moss.
Age: Edo Period (1603-1867) Dimensions: 75" high x 24 1/2" wide x 24 1/2" deep |
