This is an extraordinary Japanese Komai dish with decoration of a tiger in mid stride as he stalks his prey. The metals are gold, silver, and copper with the gold shading from a coppery color to a yellow gold. The detailing is as fine as you will see. The nose is a reddish copper, claws are silver, silver used for shading on face and underneath on the throat and chest. It is signed on the back with Komai's mark. This piece measures 5 1/4” diameter and is 1 1/8” deep with tripod legs under the di... Click for details
A very highly detailed okimono (figurine) of a seated sage executed in pot metal with bronze plating. Every detail of his robe - face - beard - front and back is very finely carved. The piece measures 2 1/2" wide by 2 1/2" high by 2" deep. It is in excellent condition with some small areas where the bronze plating has worn away over the years. We date it to the late Meiji to Taisho era, circa 1900-1925 - however it is quite possible from the patina that it is older than that.
Japanese four prong Vajra or diamond thunderbolt form Chisakuin Temple, bronze with worn gilt, Edo age (over 200 years old). Very powerful ritual tool representing firmness of spirit and spiritual power. Worn gilt on one side, all over relief, double sided with lotus flower in center, trident prongs emerging from the four cardinal directions.
Size: 6 1/8" long
This is a cast -bronze okimono of two playful shishi-one with a glass tama precariously held on its tail. The mythological creatures are modeled in great
detail, their muscular bodies, with tufts of curly fur, twist and turn as they wrestle.This sculpture with removeable head and inlaid shakudo eyes is in excellent condition, the removable cover modeled as the head of one of the shishi.
Height: 6.25"
Meiji Period, Japan
These diminutive vintage inlaid place card holders were hand crafted in iron inlaid with miniature designs intricately inlaid in gold and silver. Ca. 1940-1950. The reverse side, the base and the clip to hold the name card in place are made of brass. Made by the Amita Jewelry Company, the bases are stamped “Amita Japan.” Each holder bears a different floral or landscape scene featuring birds, flowers, pagodas, boats and Mt. Fuji. The set comes with its original kiri wood storage box (“tomobako”)... Click for details
Japanese Mid - Late 20th century bronze vase with crane design by NEYA CHUROKU (1897-1987). The vase has a standing crane holding its head and neck up on the front and a crane bending down in the back. The bottom has the Churoku mark. Neya Churoku, a student of Tsuda Shinobu, exhibited at many exhibitions including the 1933 World Exhibition in Chicago and the 15th Teiten (1934) where he won the Tokusen (grand prize). Comes with TOMOBAKO, original artist signed wooden storage box. Stamp of artis... Click for details
Here is a fully-articulated and naturalistically wrought bronze crab okimono (jizai), its carapace wonderfully sculpt with chiseled details,the pincers in textured bronze. This articulated crab has beautiful, rich patination. (The Japanese, master metalworkers and technicians, achieved true-to-life articulates in bronze, iron and ivory and this one is a prime example of this discipline.) This bronze articulate is in excellent condition with no problems.
Length (outstretched): 9"
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This is an unusual round, silver kogo on its own irregularly formed
pedestal base. Pierced and incised, a stylized design of ho-o and detailed
gold plum blossom on the textured surface.
Interior is smoothly polished. Jungin "Pure Silver" cartouche and
etched Kobayashi signature within leaf-shaped cartouche can be found on base.
This box, most likely offered as a wedding gift, is in excellent condition, with slight irregularity to the base.
Height: 1.25", diameter: 2.5"
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Here is a realistically sculpted bronze model of a horse, his head slightly turned. Executed in rich, brown patination, its demeanor is enhanced through the use of naturalistically chiseled and incised detailing. Impressed signature cartouche of Noritani on the bronze textured base. Includes lacquered wood stand. This extraordinary bronze okimono is in excellent condition with no damage.
Height, 10''; length, 13.25''
Meiji Period. Japan
A Japanese Gold Splashed Bronze GU Form Vase. Taisho Period (circa 1910-20). Inspired by the distant rather than recent past, this strikingly modernist Japanese bronze embodies a rejection of European-influenced and over-decorated bronzes of the previous Meiji period. The base bears a three-character studio mark, written in stylized archaistic Chinese characters much in vogue with the literati class of China and Japan during the Early Republic and Taisho periods. The ancient Chinese bronze w... Click for details
