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Zentner Collection
$4,000.00 Japanese bronze incenser in the form of Hotei, one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Fortune. Hotei is clothed with open robes, holding a gunbai fan, seated on top of his large sack. Hotei's name literally means "Cloth Sack", for he can be attributed by the large cloth sack he carries with him during his travels...
Kodo Arts
$880.00 Rare bronze Japanese vase with cranes in exceptional relief flying amongst buddhist clouds. Signed on bottom with stamp. Late Meiji Period C.1910. Gold yellow color achieved by smoking with rice straw repeatedly. 11" high by 6" diameter. Ask for shipping quote.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese pair of bronze chicken and rooster, finely cast with detailed bodies. The male rooster is posed with head bent down to peck at the ground while the female hen is posed with head faced forward.
Meiji period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 6 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 4 1/2"
Zentner Collection
$850.00 Japanese bronze vase with fine, inlay cranes in silver and copper. The vase form has a short mouth and dramatic tapered body to the platform foot. The reverse side of the vase has a commemorative inscription and the base with artist's cartouche.
Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" x 8" H
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese pair of finely cast bronze Nio Buddhist temple guardians. Dressed in traditional robes with auspicious motifs.
Each figure stands on a four legged base with cartouche impression underneath.
Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 3 1/2" x 2 3/4" x 8" H
Zentner Collection
$7,000.00 Antique Japanese bronze okimono, animated in a recumbent pose. The tanuki clothed in Buddhist monk robes, curled and withdrawn for rest. A strand of prayer beads is visible out from underneath his crossed front legs.
The sculpture is skillfully cast with a bronze dark russet patina, essentiated by the chasing of the hair and the smooth surface of the folds...
SwisSiam-Arts-Antiques-Gems
USD $750.00 An early Meiji Period (~1872) Bronze Censor with Scholar riding a Carp. Signed. Size: 25 cm. x 29 cm. x 16 cm. Weight: ~ 2.5 kg (~ 5.25 lbs.)
SwisSiam-Arts-Antiques-Gems
USD $1,850.00 A gorgeous TAISHO JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE DRAGON-FISH. Excellent Condition. Size: 8.5 " Height (ca. 22 cm.). Rare Collector's Piece!
More detailed photographs available upon request.
Superb workmanship and details.
Zentner Collection
$375 Antique Japanese bronze hibachi. Displays eight unique panels of scholars in beautiful traditional garden scenes. Two fu dogs are displayed as handles on sides of hibachi. Raised cartouche signing on bottom reading "Shoryu"
Meiji period (1868)
Height: 7 in.
Width: 8in.
Zentner Collection
$8,500.00 Extremely detailed pair of bronze statues of guardians to the Buddha called Niō or Kongōrikishi. While Buddhism usually promotes pacifism, the Nio guardians are said to have justified the use of physical confrontation to fight back against evil. Nio are typically placed on either side of a temple door. One statue, named Misshaku Kongo or Agyo, has an open mouth to represent the first sound in the Sanskrit language "a", symbolizing birth and overt violence...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese hand warmer made from bronze, with a handle and a floral-patterened openwork lid depicting three men playing the Japanese board game Go. The sides of the hand warmer show beautiful scenery with trees, mountains, three figures in a canoe, and one figure standing over a bridge. Signed on bottom. Meiji period (1868-1912)
Size: 5.5" tall, 7" diameter
Japanese Art Site
$2800.00 Fine Japanese Bronze Sculpture of a Turtle Couple. Superb casting of an early Meiji Period bronze, circa 1880, with exquisite detail featuring a natural effect with a rich beautiful patina. Signed. 1.5h x 2.75w x 2.25d inches, 3.75h x 7w x 5.75d cm.
Zentner Collection
Price on Request A bronze statue of a fisherman about to cast his fishing net into the water. The statue is well crafted showing the veins on the legs, the knitting on the nets, every piece of straw on the dress. This meticulous detail work in Japanese bronzes is often seen during the Meiji Period. The bottom of the statue contain two inspection labels.
One is a stamp with the inspector's name, Yamashita and a number, 28...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese keyaki (elm) wood plaque inlaid with a mixed metal scene of two monkeys, A large monkey dressed in a happi coat sits on a branch of a blossoming peony plant, in one hand he holds a lotus blossom on a long stem at the top of which another tiny monkey hangs on like a flag...
Japanese Art Site
SOLD Japanese Bronze Incense Burner of a Monkey. A wonderful stylized casting of a hanging monkey. A special work of art. 10.5 inches, 26.5 cm.
Japanese Art Site
SOLD Fine Japanese Meiji Period Okimono of an Articulated Bronze Beetle with amazing detail. A masterwork of hyper realism. 2.5 inches, 6.25 cm.
Zentner Collection
SOLD A masterful rendering of an unusually large rooster posturing in full stance. The metals used are copper, silver, and gold. The major body of the cockerel is called shibuichi which is meticulously composed of silver and copper mixture. The feathers are beautifully sculpted and chased in details. The movement of the feathers pronounce the figurative composition. Its tail feather is patinated and infused into the silver.
Japanese Art Site
SOLD An exceedingly rare ancient Japanese Heian (794-1185) or Nara Period (710-794) Engraved Bronze Tortoise. The entire shell, front and back, has
engraved artistic images of the people and symbols of the era. The tortoise is a
symbol of wisdom, and is able to defend itself on its own. It personifies
Water, Moon, Mother Earth, Time, Immortality, and Fertility. Creation is
associated with the tortoise and it is also believed that the tortoise bears
the burden of the whole world...
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