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Silver Ikebana Basket
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1910: item #900661
FC-560

Silver Ikebana Basket
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This is a rare and exquisite silver ikebana basket of globular form. Usually woven in bamboo, but here worked in Japanese silver, its elegant body is woven in tight herring-bone plaiting, a double-looped handle wrapped to the body and knotted at the top.This type of ikebana basket represents one of the traditional styles of bamboo basketry sought for by serious collectors of ikebana worldwide. This particular example, an innovation executed in heavy Japanese silver, gives this piece a p... Click for details

Silver and Multi-Metal Buckle with Samurai
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1920: item #898184
4-732

Silver and Multi-Metal Buckle with Samurai
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This is a rare collector's piece - a silver buckle, shaped as two extra -large kashira, both plates locking to form a battle scene between two fierce samurai warriors. Clad in full armor, their swords crossed in battle, the samurai are worked in high relief and inlaid with gilt and silver. Their armor also is inlaid with the most interesting and intricate textural patterns, each maedate with motif identifying their shogun. The somewhat coarse background treatment simulates iron - so often used... Click for details

Silver Box with Taira no Tadamori and the Oil Thief
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1920: item #898176
0-102c

Silver Box with Taira no Tadamori and the Oil Thief
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A silver rectangular box on four bracketed feet with the legendary Japanese lore describing Taira no Tadamori and the oil thief in high sculptural relief on its lid. Worked with copper and gilt on an incised ground, the scene depicts the moment when Taira no Tadamori captures the thief who had terrorized the town for several nights disguised as a monster with a straw rain coat and fire-emitting torch. The scene shows Tadamori standing in triumph, the thief submissively prone while the oil from... Click for details

Glass and Silver Decanters
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1950: item #896499
FC-737c

Glass and Silver Decanters
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A pair of fine glass and silver decanters of conical form with pierced silver stylized bamboo stalks and leaves embracing its surface. The silver stoppers capture the art deco-inspired conical shape of the vessels. The bases and stoppers are marked "Sterling 950." ( Japanese silver is 950 in silver content, higher than the British sterling.) These decanters are in excellent condition with no dents or damage. Height (both): 12" Late Taisho/Showa Period, Japan

Japanese Silver Hand Mirror
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1920: item #893542
02-336

Japanese Silver Hand Mirror
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A silver hand mirror finely executed with a massive three-toed dragon carved in high relief on a partly-hammered ground, its tail coiled around the handle. Well chiseled and incised details naturalistically depict the scales and musculature characteristic of the work of Japanese smiths of the Meiji Period. The rim is signed "Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, 1000". (The Samurai Shokai was a well-established studio in Yokohama specializing in silver works. This piece is marked "1000" - 10... Click for details

Silver and Enamel Koro
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1920: item #893109
9-330

Silver and Enamel Koro
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A footed silver and enamel koro with lobed body, cover with finial formed as an enameled flower. On each lobe, Tennin (Buddhist angels) emerge from auspicious clouds each holding a musical instrument and lotus flower. Garbed in flowing robes with "celestial scarves" encircling their bodies, the figures are worked in high relief with carved and incised details, their robes adorned in luxuriously colored enamels. This koro is signed on the base with gilt signature cartouche "Mitsuharu,"... Click for details

Japanese Silver and Shibayama Censor with Quail
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1900: item #891487

Japanese Silver and Shibayama Censor with Quail
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Beautiful Japanese censor, silver filigree with flowers, lid with wonderful little silver quail, stands on 4 silver legs; two shibayama reserves with flowers, butterflies, and a bird inlaid with mother of pearl and tortoise shell on a gold lacquer ground, signed on inside, Meiji Period. 4" high x 4" wide

Silver Tea and Coffee Service
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1920: item #891418
6-722

Silver Tea and Coffee Service
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Here is a fine example of Japanese export silver from one of the Meiji Period's premier studios. Comprised of four pieces, this tea and coffee service includes coffee pot, tea pot, sugar and creamer designed ensuite with surging dragons in high relief on a partly-hammered ground. Continuing with the same theme, the finials on the lids are also decorated with a coiled dragon. The bases are carved "Arthur & Bond, Yokohama". The coffee and tea set is in excellent condition. ... Click for details

Silver Overlaid Glass Decanter
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1920: item #890978
05-104c

Silver Overlaid Glass Decanter
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A richly crafted French glass decanter on a pedestal base overlaid with Japanese silver. On its body, kiku, sakura and hibiscus are pierced with chiseled details decorating the surface. Four silver-capped stoppers keep the contents of the four chambers safely in place. This decanter is a fine example of the cross-cultural marriage that occurred during the Meiji Period, in this case western form combining with Japanese symbols and motifs. The glass base is marked "Made in France" an... Click for details

Silver and Enamel Bottle-Form Vase
Japanese: Metalwork: Silver Pre 1910: item #887577
0-113

Silver and Enamel Bottle-Form Vase
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An exquisite silver and enamel bottle-shaped vase with intricate silver and enamel brocading in relief along the neck and foot. Kiku, iris and wild flowers are richly enameled in full bloom on its textured ground. This vase is in excellent condition with no dents or damage. Silver signature cartouche of the artist Nemoto can be found on the base. Height: 7.5" Meiji Period, Japan

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