About Mastromauro Japanese Art
Mastromauro Arte Giapponese, based in Milan, specializes in Japanese art, with a particular focus on the Edo and Meiji periods, while remaining open to more contemporary works as well.
Established in 20121stDibs seller since 2023
Featured Pieces
A bronze sculpture of a Ryu dragon with a sacred jewel
Located in Milano, IT
A large bronze sculpture depicting a Ryu dragon coiled around itself, its body arched in a powerful pose with its jaws wide open.
One of its claws holds a crystal sphere, interprete...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
An O-natsume lacquered in the nashiji style with bamboo leaves and vine tendrils
Located in Milano, IT
An elegant O-natsume (tea caddy) decorated with nashiji lacquer and gold maki-e, featuring bamboo leaves and graceful vine tendrils.
The decoration extends seamlessly across the ent...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
A six-panel Kano-school gold-leaf screen depicting cranes beneath a majestic pine tree
Located in Milano, IT
An antique six-panel Japanese screen in the Kano school, painted on a gold-leaf background with gold sand, depicting an elegant natural landscape featuring cranes, pine trees, and se...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
A bronze koro depicting a pair of facing dragons
Located in Milano, IT
A patinated bronze koro with a lid, depicting a pair of facing dragons: the larger dragon emerges from the waves at the base, while the second coils around the body of the vessel, fe...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A two-panel silver-leaf screen depicting a hawk on a flowering plum branch
Located in Milano, IT
A two-panel screen painted on a silver-leaf ground, depicting a hawk perched on a flowering plum branch.
The hawk is depicted with remarkable naturalistic detail: its plumage featur...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silver Leaf
A six-panel folding screen depicting a lakeside landscape in ink and gold dust
Located in Milano, IT
A six-panel folding screen painted on paper with sumi-e ink and gold powder, depicting a vast lakeside landscape. The composition opens onto a wide, tranquil lake whose calm waters a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A bronze okimono of a samurai with a yari and katana, signed Gyokko
Located in Milano, IT
A bronze okimono depicting a standing samurai holding a yari (Japanese spear) in his left hand, while his right hand rests naturally on the hilt of the katana at his side, signed Gyo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A red lacquer Japanese hibachi shaped like a chrysanthemum
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese hibachi, a traditional brazier originally used for heating interiors, shaped like a chrysanthemum and finished in red lacquer.
The smooth, compact lacquered surface highl...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
An eight-panel silver-leaf folding screen depicting a spring scene
Located in Milano, IT
A distinctive eight-panel folding screen with a silver-leaf ground and golden clouds, depicting a spring scene with a rooster, hen, and chicks beneath a blossoming cherry tree. The c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A two-panel Hohoe folding screen depicting a large wave, signed Gyokuho saku
Located in Milano, IT
A contemporary Japanese two-panel folding screen decorated in lacquer with a stylized depiction of a large wave reflecting sunlight, signed Gyokuho saku. The surface is articulated b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
A silver wire cloisonné vase with wisteria on a midnight blue ground, signed Ota
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese cloisonné enamel vase with wisteria, worked with fine silver wires on a midnight blue ground, signed Ota Hyozo. From the shoulder descend long clusters of wisteria (fuji) ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A bronze okimono depicting a samurai archer, signed Yoshimitsu
Located in Milano, IT
A patinated bronze okimono depicting a samurai archer with a proud and focused expression, captured in a pose of intense dynamic tension as he draws his bow in the moment just before...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
