with a fine floral pattern.

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the two inscribed doors opening to reveal two wood standing figures of Buddha and another deity seated on a mythological animal (some damages and wear as expected)

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decorated with butterflies among wisteria on a midnight-blue ground, on wood stand (handle with small damages)

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incised after a Chinese example with a fierce side-facing dragon, covered overall in a bright green glaze (two small hairlines)

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of square shape and covered with a crackled cream glaze (minute nicks to spout)

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with detailed scales, its young by its side, with bead eyes

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signed

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in seated position with his hand in prayer position, remnants of gilt

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modelled in relief with a mountainscape, signed (small grazed chips and some wear)

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decorated with blue splashes on a cream ground

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(one with old chip to foot, wear)

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standing dressed in an ornate kimono with a small dog in her arms (head reglued)

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painted with a central flower surrounded by panels of geometrical patterns and chrysanthemum-heads

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painted with flowing black calligraphy on a cream ground

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with original wood box, tomobako, and stamped storage cloth, tomogire

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naturally rendered with articulated tails, feelers and limbs, all moveable to give a lifelike impression (one limb missing)

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the body constructed of individual moving segments allowing the dragon to undulate, the legs, feet, claws, head and tongue each of individual movable parts, with some gilt detailing (some losses, some older repairs, in need of light repair)

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naturalistically rendered standing on a rockwork base

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inlaid with figures approaching dwellings in a landscape with a pagoda in the background, the box's sides with birds among flowers (surface wear)

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modelled as a sack with flowers, signed, together with a clasp openworked with a dragon (some surface wear)

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one with relief-pattern of lilies, the other modelled with a phoenix, signed Rakushi

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one modelled with kiku-head, one with leaves and one with geometrical pattern (some wear)

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one with leaves and the other with mask, signed Tōu, both with gilt detailing (some wear)

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depicting Kukai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism, shown seated wearing long robes (attributes lacking, splits to wood, traces of lacquer visible, wear)

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with archaistic seals

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of crescent shape and raised on four legs, one side with decoration of pavilion, the openworked cover surmounted by two deer (some surface wear)

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modelled with overhead swing handle and openworked cover

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enameled with various species of birds among flowers on a speckled ground (some wear, finial somewhat loose)

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comprising a cloisonné enamel teapot sugar-bowl decorated with cranes on a red ground, a matcha-whisk in a red lacquer holder and a rotan-clad gilt-decorated porcelain cup and saucer

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the bird face with green and red lacquer with gilt details (some wear)

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one decorated in gold and silver hiramakie, takamakie and kimpaku with a parrot in a pine tree, the other in gold takamakie and atsugai with a shishi lion (the latter with scratches to the red lacquer, both with small damages to the rim and some surface wear)

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one decorated in gold and silver takamakie with a mountainous riverscape, signed Manshu, and the other in gold takamakie and togidashi makie with farmer's utensils beside a pine tree, signed Shokusai (the latter with some damage to the rim)

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one decorated in gold hiramakie and takamakie with three tortoises, signed Kajikawa (rim crack), one in gold, silver and black makie and nashiji with a carp emerging from waves, signed Eijusai, and two variously decorated in gold and black make with cranes (one worn and with damages to the rim)

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each in gold, silver and black hiramakie and takamakie with a various view on Mount Fuji, one with nashiji back, the largest signed Kajikawa, the one but largest signed Ko'ami Sadaguki, two with unidentified signatures (the largest with restored footrimsome wear)

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variously decorated in gold, silver and black hiramakie, takamakie and togidashi makie, one with fans, one with decorated shell, one with flower vase, one with plant arrangement, signed Fujiwara Naoshi, and one inscribed with a congratulatory wish (some wear)

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comprising three red lacquer cups decorated in gold hiramakie, takamakie, black lacquer and togisfashi makie with bamboo, leaves and reeds, one signed. a sake cup decorated in gold hiramakie with chrysanthemums on a nashiji ground, and two brown lacquer cups and saucers, one in gold hiramakie with craned and the other with leafy reeds (some wear and small damages)

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decorated in gold and black hiramakie and kirikane with a crane and prunus branch below a pine tree on a kimpun-sprinkled black lacquer ground, with nashiji interior, with ojime (some minor wear)

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one decorated in gold and silver hiramakie and takamakie and kimpaku with mountain tops emerging from the trees, the other one in gold and black lacquer makie and kimpaku and raden with fans, with wood mask netsuke both with nashiji interior (cord broken, wear and small losses to inlays and lacquer)

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decorated in gold hiramakie with chrysanthemums, with nashiji interior, with bone netsuke shaped as a fruit-basket with Buddha's hand citrus and pomegranate (faded at places)

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one decorated in gold hiramakie and takamakie and kimpaku with pavilions in a mountain landscape, the other with gold and red lacquer makie with a peacock (some small nicks, some wear to the lacquer)

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one a four-case inro with takamaki-e decoration of pavilions in a mountainscape, the other in various lacquer shades, foil and mother-of-pearl with a shell below flowers, both nashiji interiors and with horn netsukes (wear)

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inlaid with mother-of-pearl, raden, with a kiku-head on a black lacquer ground the base and interior covered with brown lacquer (some losses to the inlays and to the lacquer)

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of oval shape and fitted with two containers, the cover with gold hiramakie and togisdashi makie with a phoenix among leaves on a black ground sprinkled with aogai, the interior with reeds in hiramakie on a nashiji ground, the base with circular aperture (wear to lacquer and to inlays)

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the tray decorated in gold hiramakie with fruiting branches and the panel in gold hiramakie, takamakie and togidashi makie with a dragon in the clouds near Mount Fuji (the tray with small restored chip to corner and a small loss to the rim, the panel with splits to the wood on the reverse)

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decorated in makie and gold leaf with a fisherman on a river beside a small village with pagoda and pavilions, on a nashiji ground, the decoration continuing into the interior cover with a river with pavilions and a temple gate, the interior with nashiji sprinkles on a black ground (some wear)

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