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Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese copper censer with handles. The pierced copper lid has a repousse design of a dragon in swirling storm clouds with lightening. The body of the censer is hammered copper and has two warabite shaped handles on either side.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 7" high x 11" wide (including handles)
Zentner Collection
$600.00 Antique Japanese bronze vase with raised design of irises. Round body and long neck with flared mouth. Dark patina.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 12 7/8" high x 4 1/2" wide
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €6,500 Refined silver bowl with embossed irises cast and chiseled inside on a hand-hammered ground on the bulbous body, raised on an oval foot.
Signature engraved under the base Watanabe zo and Junjin.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 15 x 27 cm. – Weight: 1320 gr.
State of conservation: Very good
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,400 Japanese cloisonné vase, decorated with silver thread, depicting blooming chrysanthemums, symbolic flowers of Japan and the emperor, painted with bright enamels that vary from shades of white to purple.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 30.2 x 12.5 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €2,500 Drop-shaped bronze vase, with peonies in relief, decorated to simulate a delicate and light fabric that ends with a bow near the top of the neck.
Using mixed metals to create visual contrasts adds depth and beauty.
Signed Gyokkō 玉光 on the side of the vase and with 'Yuasa sei' 湯浅製 seal within an oval silver reserve under the base.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 21 x 10 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
Kodo Arts
$750.00 Sensational Late Meiji Period Ca. 1910 bronze flower vase. Used of Ikebana flower arrangements. Featuring two round mythical kirin handles and a unusual textured bronze finish. 23cm tall x 32cm wide x 29cm deep. Great condition. Ask for shipping quote.
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese tall bronze vase in the form of a section of a cherry tree trunk. The tree has been pruned and it's new growth is just starting to blossom. 5 bats flit around the trunk. Details like the texture of the cherry tree bark, the faces and fur of the little bats add a life-like feel to the scene. Made for use with dry branches or an insert for water (not included).
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 13 3/4" high x 6" wide
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,400 Bronze okimono depicting the study of a powerful tiger in a furtive position.
The animal is represented with its legs bent, its tail curled upwards and its body in a lowered position just before launching the attack.
The streaks of the fur, typical of the animal, are depicted in a masterful way and highlighted with a marked engraving.
This okimono is signed Hideyoshi 秀義 under the belly.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji second half of the 19th century.
Dimensions: 10 x 36 x 9 cm....
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,200 Cloisonné potiche with a hexagonal shape, embellished with delicate floral decorations on reserves held by silver threads with geometric motifs. The lid features a spherical socket.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 13 x 9.5 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €2,800 A slender shape patinated bronze vase depicting a naturalistic scene of a cricket sitting on iris leaves.
Signed Joun in relief within an oval reserve.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 26 x 7.5 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
Delightful pair of silver cloisonné vases covered with polychrome enamels on a dark blue background.
Decorations with polychrome floral motifs with peonies and a pair of Japanese thrushes. The polychrome decoration is held by a thin silver thread that surrounds every single detail.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji early 20th cent.
Dimensions: 15 x 8 cm.
Condition: Very good
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €2,500 Cloisonné vase, with base and edge in silver, decorated with polychrome enamels held by a silver thread, depicting a pheasant on the banks of a watercourse surrounded by blooming cherry blossoms and chrysanthemums.
The pheasant, chrysanthemums and cherry blossoms are three significant elements in Japanese culture, each of which carries with it a distinctive symbolism and importance.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji, early 20th century.
Dimensions: 25 x 15 cm.
State of conservation: Ve...
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €2,500 Bronze okimono depicting a study of a puppy playing with a ball.
The puppy has a playful and curious expression as he interacts with the ball.
The ball the dog plays with is also sculpted with lifelike detail, the patina of the bronze surface creating a subtle shine that reveals the sculpted details with even more clarity.
This bronze okimono is signed Masayuki.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji second half of the 19th century.
Dimensions: 13 x 18 x 13 cm...
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €2,400 A patinated bronze okimono depicting an elephant defending itself from the attack of two tigers: one on its back and the other under its paw.
Very well worked in the details of the elephant's skin, in contrast with that of the two double patina tigers with a different shine.
The okimono is signed under the elephant's belly within the square reserve Genryusai Seiya zo 誠谷作.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 20 x 30 x 15 cm...
Antique Japanese bronze koro (censer) in the form of the trickster, Tanuki. In this depiction, Tanuki takes the form of a monk with a wide hat on. Fine details of his fur and vines of grape leaves wraps around him (fittingly as Tanuki is fond of wine). The leaves on the vine and on his hat are made of cloisonné in various fall colors. There is a raised cartouche on the bottom. The hat can be removed to put incense inside the Tanuki container...
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,900 Large bronze vase depicting an egret, in relief, on a perch in the center of a watercourse, surrounded by four swimming fish. The figure of the egret emerges from the vase with remarkable three-dimensionality and depth.
Signature engraved under the base within a rectangular reserve.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 46.5 x 22 x 23 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,000 Bronze okimono from the Tokyo school, depicting a farmer with a basket, which contains seeds.
The farmer is represented in a working position, intent on sowing seeds.
Signed Seiya six within square reserve on the relief base.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 26.5 x 13.5 x 13.5 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €700 Table screen composed of four cloisonné panels worked in the ginbari technique with translucent enamels on a red background decorated with polychrome irises.
The red background provides a contrast for the polychrome irises, which represent the rebirth and beauty of nature.
On the back of the screen the swallows are engraved on silver metal.
Origin: Japan
Period: Taisho-Showa 1920 ca.
Dimensions: 18 x 33 x 0.3 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
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