Rare Japanese Ranma Deeply Carved Transom Screen Sugi Wood 68" Garden these jugs were high-fired stoneware

these jugs were high-fired stoneware or earthenware

It is all made from the highly prized Hongmu wood which is very dense and heavy and has a beautifully deep rich color

Having been in storage for nearly a century

It has features of a Chobadansu or document/merchant Tansu

This tsuba is made with typical forged steel and is in the shape of a marugata and has lotus leaves engraved around openwork

Rare Japanese Ranma Deeply Carved Transom Screen Sugi Wood 68" Garden these jugs were high-fired stonewareThe Japanese Ranma is a decorative and functional carving used above a door way to allow airflow and light to pass though. They are exquisitely hand carved from sugi Japanese cedar. A typical ranma may be from 1 2" thick to 1 1 2" thick. These two are unusual in that the single pieces of wood carving extends beyond the boundaries of the edges in all three directions at 3" thick. It is approximately 67. 5" x 14. 5" x 3" and weighs in at 15lbs