Quartz (Japan Law Twin)

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These old Japanese quartzes from which Japan law twinning was described initially, are classics of the late 1800s and early 1900s, rarely seen for sale in sizable specimens of quality today! This is an exceptionally large and complete specimen with no significant damage (only a few small and trivial dings). It is a superbly aesthetic, dramatic piece for Japan, with elegant display qualities you would wish in a contemporary quartz but seldom see in the really old pieces. Given this, and the historic importance of the piece, I think the specimen stands on its own merits with the history as a bonus to the value and the collector. I have had similar old pieces, though smalle rand not in as good a shape, reliably dated to 1914, though it probably came to that owner already in an old collection (as these came out even in the late 1800s). Courtesy of Alfredo Petrov: "mura" means village, "Kai" is now Yamanashi, so the label can be deciphered to be: Miyamoto village in Yamanashi Prefecture. Joe Budd photos