Japanese Jungin Silver Teapot Ginbin Pot

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1940: item #1118803
10943

Approximately early 20th century, beautiful Japanese silver teapot. Overall condition is fine and it has silver mark and artist mark underside. Total weight is 367g.

Size: 19cm, 14cm
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c. 1920 Ryubundo Arare Tetsubin Iron Kettle

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1920: item #1118349

The Ryubundo firm is no longer in existence and the studio closed in 1958, but their iron kettles are famous among collectors for their quality and design. Various designs were produced by Ryubundo and have gained popularity recently. Many of the standard examples are the higher end designs where the body of the pot contains various designs of plants or Japanese objects and the lid contains silver embellishments. The piece presented is more of a simpler and practical version and can still be use... Click for details

Water Basin Efugo Kensui by Nakagawa Joeki

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1920: item #1116818

The Efugo kensui (or water basin) is one of the basic shapes used in tea ceremony for both the Urasenke and Omote- senke lineages. The efugo name originates from similar shaped vessels used to feed falcons and thus the name was used for this type of shape. The water basin in tea ceremony is used to disposed water used to clean the tea bowl and can be made from clay, metal, or wood. The wooden ones are known as magemono, where pieces of cedar are curved to create the piece. Metal pieces are known... Click for details

Antique Japanese Ginbin Silver Tetsubin, Meiji

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1920: item #1113924
6A-453

Lovely Japanese silver teapot in unusual persimmon (“kaki”) form; globular body with a domed cover; swing strap handle. The base is stamped with the impressed “jungin” or “jyun-gin” (pure silver mark which signifies 950 parts silver) above a four character impressed seal mark which reads “Miyamoto Kinsei" (made by Miyamoto). Meiji period, ca. 1900-1920.

The spectacle of deep-orange persimmon heavy on the bough is one... Click for details

Fine iron water kettle (tetsubin). Made by Seishu

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #1110554
619

A slightly unusual tea kettle (tetsubin) of cast iron in hexagonal design with an uneven surface and parts on the shoulders emulating corrosion in typical wabi-shabi fashion. Producer’s mark in raised relief under sprout. Bronze and iron lid with signature: ‘Seishu.’ Japan, Meiji, 19th cent. H 20 cm, D 15.5 cm. Condition: Excellent. Usual rust inside.

Japanese Antique Iron Tetsubin with Dragon Lid

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #1109075

Antique Japanese tetsubin (pot for heating water for tea), made of cast iron, bronze lid with cast dragon design, body has 4 characters which say that it was made by the dragon studio, Meiji Period. Size: 9" high (4 1/2" high not including handle ) x 7" wide (including spout)

Japanese Antique Cast Iron Tetsubin with Straw Fence

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #1109009

Antique Japanese tetsubin (tea pot), made of cast iron with a bronze lid, squat form with straw fence design all the way around, nice age and patina, Meiji Period. Size: 8 1/2" high with handle up (4 1/4 high not including handle) x 7 1/4" wide (5 1/4" wide not including spout).

A small and unusual kettle in shape of KIYOMIZU-DERA

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #1104806
600

A small and unusual TETSUBIN (iron kettle for boiling water for tea ceremony), with three-dimensional decoration in the shape of the famous Kyoto temple KIYOMIZU-DERA. High: 14 cm. Edo-Meiji, 19th cent. Condition: very good (normal wear due to time and use).

High Relief Meiji Cast Iron Tetsubin Signed Seijudo

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #1103771
6A-437A12

This Japanese “ornamental” tetsubin (iron kettle) is wonderfully decorated on both sides in very high relief with extremely unusual motifs. Late 19th century, Meiji period. The patinated brown and red mottled bronze lid bears the engraved signature “Seijudo zo.” There appears to be a cast square seal mark on the bottom of the body, but it is unrecognizable. On one side, there is a lotus root and pea pods cast in high relief, with the pea pods represented both in open and closed form. Even the u... Click for details

High Relief Antique Japanese Iron Tetsubin with Crab

Japanese: Tea Articles: Metalwork Pre 1900: item #1095458
6A-452

This heavy Japanese “ornamental” tetsubin (iron kettle) is strongly cast and wonderfully decorated in high relief with an aquatic motif. Meiji period, ca.1900. The iron body bears the four-character seal mark of “Ueda Zo” cast in relief beneath the spout -- a mark which appears only on tetsubin of the highest quality. The patinated bronze lid bears the engraved shop name signature “Ryubundo zo,” a famous Japanese family of tetsubin makers and bronze workers from Kyoto. ... Click for details