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31 octobre 2010

An ivory okimono of a skull, Japan, signed Tomochika, Meiji period

An ivory okimono of a skull, Japan, signed Tomochika, Meiji period. photo courtesy Nagel L. 5,4 cm. Good condition - Estimate 300 € Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 4th 2010 www.auction.de

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Tags: Japan, Ivory, Skull, Meiji Period, okimono, Tomochika

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30 octobre 2010

A pair of blue-ground phoenix cloisonné enamel vases, Japan, Meiji period

A pair of blue-ground phoenix cloisonné enamel vases, Japan, Meiji period. photo courtesy Nagel H. 18,8 cm. One vase very slightly chipped at the neck - Estimate 1 500 € Property from a German private collection Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th...

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Tags: Japan, Blue-Ground, Meiji Period, cloisonné enamel, phoenix

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25 octobre 2010

Rare antique Japanese painting from shoheiga in sumi and colors on gold leaf. Japan. Late 17th Century, Edo (Tokugawa) Period

Rare antique Japanese painting from shoheiga in sumi and colors on gold leaf applied paper (kinpaku), mounted as two panel folding screen. Japan. Late 17th Century, Edo (Tokugawa) Period. courtesy Imari Gallery www.imarigallery.com

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Tags: 17th century, Japan, Screen, Edo Period, Tiger, Tokugawa, kinpaku, shoheiga, sumi

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25 février 2010

«Focus Japan» @ Only Photography, Berlin

The exhibition starts with an overview of the gallery's collection. ©Only Photography BERLIN.- «Focus Japan» is Only Photography's first exhibition about Japanese Photography this year. The exhibition starts with an overview of the gallery's collection....

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Tags: Japan, Nobuyoshi Araki, Berlin, Ikko Narahara, Issei Suda, Koji Onaka, Only Photography, Rinko Kawauchi, Ruji Miyamoto, Toshio Shibata

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14 février 2010

Tigers in Victoria & Albert Museum

Tippoo's Tiger, automaton with mechanical organ, India, about 1793. Museum no. 2545(IS). Victoria & Albert Museum, London This extraordinary model of a tiger devouring a European belonged to the Indian ruler Tipu Sultan. Tipu was known as the 'Tiger of...

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Tags: Japan, 19th century, 18th century, 16th Century, India, Tiger, Korea, Netsuke, Tomin

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17 janvier 2010

'Japan: Power and Splendor 1568-1868' @ Palazzo Reale, Milan

A mask for Noh theater. Photo: Tokyo National Museum This exhibition will be held as the largest event of "Japan Year 2009 in Milan". Through works from the Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo period, it highlights differences between Kyoto and Edo culture by exploring...

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Tags: Japan, kimono, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Edo, Isoda Koryusai, Nin'ami Dohachi, Toensai Kanshi

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10 janvier 2010

"Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern Japan" @the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art

'Dish, Arita ware', Kutani style, Edo period, Japan, 1645-1650. Porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless, glaze, enamels over glaze, 11.5 x 45.7 x 45.7 cm. Photo: Freer Gallery of Art. WASHINGTON, DC.- The exhibition "Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern...

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Tags: Japan, Edo Period, Arita ware, Karatsu ware, Kutani style, Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art, Takeo kilns

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7 décembre 2009

'Seasons of Beauty: Yoshitoshi's Thirty-Two Aspects of Life' @ The San Antonio Museum of Art

Relaxed: The Appearance of a Kyoto Geisha During the Kansei Era" (1789-1801). "Thirty-Two Aspects of Daily Life" , 1888, Taiso Yoshitoshi (1839-1892, Japan.). Woodblock print on paper, 37.5 cm x 26 cm overall paper. Lent by Lenora and Walter F. Brown....

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Tags: Japan, 19th century, San Antonio Museum of Art, Taiso Yoshitoshi, Woodblock print on paper

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4 décembre 2009

'The Beauty of Mended Ceramics' @ BachmannEckenstein

Pottery is amazingly strong, yet vulnerable to breakage. Japanese artists invented a distinctive way of mending ceramics. They drew on the ancient tradition of using the plant resin lacquer as a glue to rejoin broken ceramics but transformed the appearance...

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Tags: 17th century, Japan, 18th century, Edo Period, Korea, BachmannEckenstein, Karatsu, Oribe, Shino

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30 août 2009

'Shape & Spirit: Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection' @ the Denver Art Museum

DENVER, CO.- Beauty and function meet in the newly installed Walter + Mona Lutz Gallery in the fifth level Asian art space in the Denver Art Museum’s North Building. The inaugural exhibition, Shape & Spirit: Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection,...

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Tags: Japan, Bamboo, China, Denver Art Museum, Korea

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