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NEW website
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for
Contemporary Art
Sculpture
Japanese Fine
Art
Look out for
Kazari's Japanese furniture on the popular
Collectors program ABC TV - coming
soon
NEW SHIPMENT recently
arrivedfrom China - antique
stools, tables and cabinets - simple elegant and classical
styles
Now unloading - waxing and
polishing - distributing to stores -
also available at the
warehouse
All enquiries
welcome
Chinese
Contemporary Art: 7 Things You Should Know
An illustrated lecture
by
Dr Melissa Chiu
Museum Director & Vice
President Global Art Programs
Asia Society, New
York
Monday 28th July
Kazari
Collector
more...
Making Marks :
Inspired by the Brush 23rd June - 20th July
Kazari
Collector more...
essay by
Dr Gary Hickey - Melbourne University
2008 click below
The Art of the Brush: Australian Artists & the Painting
Tradition of the East
ASIAN ART MARKET
REPORT - AUCTION NEWS
World record
for Japanese work of Art in New York:
An early
Kamakura period (1190s) statue of a Dainichi Nyorai (66.1cm high)
attributed to Unkei (d.1223), the great sculptor of the Kamakura
period sold for over $14.3 million USD at Christies New York in
March 2008 to a Japanese buyer.
In our own
backyard a beautiful gilded statue of Amida Buddha c.1800, seated
on a circular seated lotus base, measuring 40cm high made over
$31,000 AUD at Mossgreen’s latest Oriental Art auction (lot 32),
more than twice the upper estimate.
Inside information has
it that all good Buddhist statuary is bringing huge prices
everywhere including countries of origin. It seems the new world
record for Japanese art is inspiring the market to generally pay
more.
Of course the
Chinese destroyed many Buddhist images during the cultural
revolution with the sacking and destruction of Buddhist temples in
Tibet in 1959 and after, making them rarer in that sphere. In Japan
it has only been Buddhist temples rationalizing their collections that have
made them available to the market, and of course in South East
Asia, Thailand export of antiques is illegal. One would think that
Buddhist images should realize these prices, it’s about
time…
Robert
Joyce
Kazari
Director
Robert has 30 years
experience dealing in the Asian art market.
View select Buddhist works and rare collectables
here
'Scratch and Dent'
A novel approach and
opportunity to buy un-restored furniture at discounted prices -
restore yourself or alternatively arrange and pay for one of our
restorers to repair and polish your chosen piece for you.
More...
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