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JJ Oriental
$575.00 An elegantly hand-crafted cloisonne obidome of a double-gourd form. The burgundy-colored glass enamelling of the gourd is thickly applied and translucent. The cobalt blue "rope" around gourd has pure gold highlights. Can be used as a pendant.
Size: L. 5cm. W. 3cm. Condition: No repairs.
Zentner Collection
$1,600.00 Antique Japanese bronze vajra, an important symbol in Vajrayana Buddhism, Hinduism, and Tantra religions. The name vajra means both thunderbolt and diamond, as it is a symbol of brute strength and indestructibility. Its center piece represents the center of the universe with lotus pods blooming outwards to extend the five pronged weapons. The five prongs represent the "Five Poisons" which prevent humanity from reaching enlightenment...
Kodo Arts
$1,800.00 Fabulous Taisho Period bronze buddhist temple water bowl in the shape of a lotus. Great patina from years of use. Two handles and tripod feet. Excellent condition. Ask for shipping quote. 15" wide by 12" high.
Welcome To Another Century
$700.00 Finely cast bronze censer on four linked feet with very elegant flower décor on the body and fretwork on the rim, patinated in a rich brown. Bottom decorated in low relief with repeating, extremely fine fretwork of faces. Seal on bottom: Dai-Nihon Bunsei nen Seimin sei. Japan, Edo period, early 19th century.
H H 2-7/8 x diam. 6 ½ inches. Excellent condition Murata Seimin (1761-1837), bronze sculptor active in Edo, well-known for his fine casting of bronze vessels and animals.
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese pair of shakudo bronze vases, with very fine inlay of mixed metal, gold, and silver, design of small birds flying through branches which bear autumn leaves and gold vines with flowers and splashes of red. Finely chased and rendered in low relief creating a natural continuous scene of birds and flowers theme.
Meiji period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 6" diameter x 12 3/4" height
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$500.00 Japanese bronze vase with design.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
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$700.00 Japanese bronze vase.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
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$850.00 Japanese bronze vase.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
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$750.00 Japanese bronze vase.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
AntiqueTica.com
$600.00 Japanese bronze vase.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
AntiqueTica.com
$700.00 Japanese bronze vase.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
AntiqueTica.com
$700.00 Japanese bronze vase.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese iron tomiodai candleholder. Includes full five tiered with twenty five iron prickets, used in traditional buddhist or Shinto rituals. Forged iron with age consistent to usage.
Meiji Period 19th Century Size: 27.5" L x 14.5" W x 26.25" H
Zentner Collection
$750.00 Small bronze flared muzzle cannon of this type where made for shooting flaming arrows at ships. For launching fireworks at festivals and for signaling purposes. The example of cast bronze with a bore that is described as at the breach and the bore is reduced to a half round section to form a chamber for the powder mount for use.
The gun would be imbedded into a wooded block such as the lower half of the barrel and the entire breach end is covered...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Unusual original Japanese flint lighter netsuke. Constructed of iron and brass, this piece would have been used to create a steady fame in less then perfect conditions. The striker would create contact friction and create a spark igniting the fuel source. Firearms at this time required a flame in order to ignite the fuse. Original russet patina with all parts still intact.
Edo period (1603-1868) Size: 2" L x 1" W x 1.5" H
The Kura
Sold, Thank you A 19th century (Edo to Meiji periods) gilded bronze branch bearing three golden fruits, each of which opens to reveal a small compartment. It is 19 cm (7-1/2 inches) long, 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall and comes enclosed in an age darkened kiri-wood box. Certainly of Buddhist connotations, it likely held some small sweets or incense.
The Kura
Sold, Thank you! Hand formed copper vase with waves in annealed silver signed on the side and enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating from the 1950s. It is 20 x 15 x 21 cm (8 x 6 x 8 inches) and in excellent condition.
Global Ceramics
$160.00 Japanese cigarette case, damascened with silver and gold on steel, c 1930's. Decoration in Komai style of a temple gate, pagodas and Mt Fuji. The back with a Fukui mark under butterfly and 24K. In addition two marks resembling stylized birds’ wings on a sgraffito ground. Width "3 ¾ / 9,2 cm, height "3 ¼ / 8,2 cm. Condition: some wear to the black surface, otherwise fine (cf pics).
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