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Persian Brass Cutwork Ewer and Basin Set, Early 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
Persian brass cutwork ewer and basin set, early 20th century An exquisite 3-piece ensemble consisting of a circular basin, cover and Ewer which have been int...
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Early 20th Century Persian Islamic Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Central Javanese Bronze Footed and Lidded Offering Vessel, 8th-10th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and rare Javanese bronze footed offering vessel and cover, Central Javanese Period, 8th-10th century. The ritual offering vessel of elega...
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15th Century and Earlier Javanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Export Silver Mug with Bamboo Decoration
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export silver mug with a bamboo handle, and decorated with a bird and moth amongst profuse bamboo decoration on a matte background. T...
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1860s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Chinese Cloisonné Censer
Located in New York, NY
decorated with openwork panels, and a mythical bird finial; censer is standing on three boar's head form feet
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Early 20th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Japanese Usubata Ikebana Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century iron vessel is a Meiji-era vase designed especially for ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement. The two-piece vase was cast in the classical usubata (thin rim) form, with a broad, flat top with an upturned lip. Usubata vessels are typically cast of bronze and have been used in ikebana arrangements since the 16th century. The broad rim of this usubata vase...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Chinese Floral Apothecary Mortar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage mortar and pestle from Shanxi, China was cast in iron with a floral relief. It was originally used in a traditional apothecary t...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Vintage resin and glass trolley, 1970s
Located in Manzano, IT
Fiberglass Trailer Hanging Trolley - Vintage 70's/80's Elegant fiberglass trailer appendix cart, made in Italy in the 1970s, perfect for lovers of vintage design and those looking f...
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18th Century and Earlier Italian Modern Antique Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Chinese Export Silver Bowl
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Silver Bowl on plain round pedestal base. The decoration comprises of two applied opposing dragons against a plain background. Marked LH, for Luen Hing, a retailer based in...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Republic Period Chinese Export Brass Teapot with Engraved Decoration
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Republic Period Chinese Export Brass Teapot with Engraved Decoration. Of flattened ovoid form, this decorative teapot is engraved to each side with a cartouche depicting a scholar wa...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Chinese Floral Cast Iron Mortar and Pestle
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage cast iron mortar and pestle from is from China's Shanxi province and is patterned in low relief with floral motifs. It...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Iron

1900s Chinese Export Silver Cream Jug / Creamer and Sugar Bowl
By Sincere Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine Chinese Export silver creamer and sugar bowl; part of our Asian silverware collection. This fine antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) cream jug and sugar bowl have an oval rounded form onto a collet foot. This antique silver sugar bowl...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Silver

A Japanese drop-shaped bronze vase with peonies
Located in Milano, IT
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...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Gu Form Vases with a Tall Arched Handle Censer
Located in Chicago, IL
The gu vase form dates back as far as 1600 BC, when it was originally cast in bronze. This set of early 20th century pewter gu vases would have been used in traditional Southern Chin...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

Pewter

Japanese Bronze Hawk Ikebana
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze intended for hanging (? dô kakenanaike, « hanging bronze ») depicting a hawk, placed on a branch. The inside is hollow so a bouquet a flowers can be put inside and thus, serve...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese lantern in cast iron decorated with colourfull enameled champleve.
Located in PARIS, FR
Tall hexagonal lantern in bronze with a blue, red and green enamel openwork with stylized lotus flower motives. The shaft has a nice brown patina. The base is decorated with taotie m...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Silver Figures of Eight Immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji Marks, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
Important and rare silver figures of eight immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji marks, Late Qing dynasty. Each hollow figure portraying one of the immortals in an animated pose, with highly detailed facial features, four pierced with apertures for the insertion of facial hair, clad in finely chased robes, all but two with their characteristic attributes, their bases bearing either two seal marks reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu and Zhe'ning Hu Qiusheng zao, or three marks in regular script reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu, Shang and Sheng zuo, original hand-carved wood stands. Measures: 11 1/4in (28.5cm) high (tallest one). The earliest records of the silver atelier known as Yangqinghe date to 1775 in Shanghai...
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1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Japanese Damascene Belt Buckle
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Meiji period silver Japanese damascene belt buckle with gold inlay.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

19th Century Tray With Inserts And Basket Tole Paint France Louis Philippe
Located in Epfach, DE
A fancy tray with 4 matching inserts and a basket. The parts can each also be used separately just like the tray. Really special is the preservation of all parts. Considering the fine workmanship, it is remarkable that there is no damage to be found. Beautiful are the color contrasting edges and paw feet of the basket in gold color. The color could have been renewed once a long time ago...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Vintage Chinese Cast Iron Chrysanthemum Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage iron mortar from China's Shanxi province was cast in low relief with a delicate chrysanthemum in bloom. Originally used in a traditional apothecary to create herbal medi...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Vintage Chinese Floral Cast Iron Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage cast iron mortar from China's Shanxi province is patterned in low relief with a simple floral design. Originally used in a traditional ap...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Pair of Thai Guardian Lion Bronze Masks
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Provenance of these items is unknown - they were purchased at auction with no history provided. This image features a pair of intricately detailed, antique-style metal lion masks mo...
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Late 20th Century Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Chinese Plique-a-jour Archaic Style Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Chinese cloisonné enamel bowl made with the technique of Plique-a-jour (means "letting in daylight" in French), a challenging method similar to small scale stained windows or...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Chinese cloisonné dog
Located in New York, NY
decorated with yellow, brown, and white enamels
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Chinese Floral Cast Iron Mortar and Pestle
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage cast iron mortar and pestle from is from China's Shanxi province and is patterned in low relief with floral motifs. It...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Japanese Beautiful Shape Bronze Vase
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Japanese Beautiful Shape Bronze Vase
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20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese bronze mirror
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite Japanese bronze mirror, measuring approximately 11 cm in diameter, is a rare and enchanting piece of history. Dating back to the 19th century or earlier, it features a...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Baitong Etched Brass Folding Hat Stand, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th century China government officials wore different hats to show their various ranks of office—the styles and designs changed depending on the season. A hand-crafted, one of a ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Large Tin Container for Japanese Tea, Chase and Sanborn Company, Boston, 1920s
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Bulk Tea container made of tin and decorated with images and symbols of an American Company named Chase and Sanborn of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. An established coffee and tea roas...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Metalwork

Materials

Tin

John Bradstreet Bronze Lotus, circa 1900
Located in New York, NY
From the 1890s until his death in 1914, John Bradstreet, the important American Arts and Crafts furniture and interior designer, worked from The Crafts House, his landscaped orientalist compound in Downtown Minneapolis. There, he also received his clients, and dealt in Asian art acquired on frequent trips to the Far East. He used similar bronze Japanese lotuses...
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Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Early Japanese Plique-a-Jour Bowls from Nagoya
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of small but exquisite Plique-a-jour cloisonné bowls with nearly identical design from Nagoya area in Japan circa 1900-20s. Maker's unknown but possibly by Ando company. The t...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Chinese Export Silver Filigree Card Case by Khe Cheong
Located in Sarasota, FL
Chinese export silver filigree card case by Khe Cheong in its original box. The case is decorated with snakes, birds and flowers. Very fine and detailed work, 2.1 t oz weight.
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1860s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork

Materials

Silver

A Japanese patinated bronze vase depicting a cricket
Located in Milano, IT
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 ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

A Very Fine Miniature Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Bottle Vase, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely proportioned ovoid shaped body rising to an elongated slender neck with a flaring rim, decorated with motifs of waterfowl standing in a grassy marsh with silvered bodies, ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork

Materials

Gold, Copper, Bronze, Silver

Antique Japanese Cast Bronze Handled Sensor with Embossed Wise Man Scene 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Cast Bronze Double Handled Urn-Form Sensor with Embossed Wise Man Scene 19thC Measures - 12"H x 5.5"W x 4.5"D A finely crafted antique Japanese cast bronze censer fr...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Export Silver Card Case Commodor Perry and Admiral Buchanan Interest.
Located in Sarasota, FL
Chinese silver repousse card case with battle scenes. 2 troy oz weight, no silver marks. Signed "Japan 1854 Com Perry". Most likely made in Shanghai during a stop in May 1854 on Com...
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1850s Asian Chinese Export Antique Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Cloisonné vase depicting an eagle watching chidori in flight
Located in Milano, IT
Vase decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamels on a midnight blue ground, worked in silver wire depicting an eagle perched on a rock observing chidori fleeing over turbulent waters...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Enamel

Bronze vase by renown Kasai Taizo (Nitten artist), 20th century
By Kasai Taizo
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Beautiful Bronze vase by renown metal artist Kasai Taizo( 1921-2007) Kasai Taizo was born in Takaoka in Toyama . In1950 first time accepted into the Nitten Exhibition . In 1952...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Antique Chinese Export Silver Mug with Dragon Handle
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver mug, ca 1860. Straight and upward tapering sides with applied pictorial frieze on engraved and stippled ground: Scenes of social life with contemplative sages and chaste maidens amongst palm trees and pagodas. Pastoral exoticism enlivened with scaly, slithering dragon handle...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Unique design Japanese Signed by Haruhiro Bronze Vase
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Unique design beautiful Bronze Vase signed by Haruhiro
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20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Set of Chinese Export Silver Overlay Bottle with Five Cordials Tianjin Wuhua
Located in Atlanta, GA
A set of Chinese Export silver drinking set consists of a pinch bottle and five cordials circa 1910s-1920s. Featuring matching elaborate chased relief dra...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Export Silver Mug
By Yatshing
Located in London, GB
An interesting and delightful Chinese export silver mug, of double-skin construction and decorated with bamboo leaves against a matte backgro...
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1840s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Bronze sculpture depicting two toads with an ikebana vase
Located in Milano, IT
Bronze sculpture depicting a toad with its young, holding an open flower-shaped ikebana vase with its mouth. Signature engraved under the belly of the toad. Period: Edo, 19th centu...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Large Japanese Meiji Period Open Bronze Censor
Located in Hudson, NY
This cast bronze censor is from Japan and was made circa 1880. Raised up on three legs which issue from demons mouths the container is cast with reliefs ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Bronze Group of Mice, Pumpkin and Pomegranate
Located in PARIS, FR
Polychrome bronze of a group of mice around a pumpkin and a pomegranate. The five mice have a dark brown patina, while the hollowed-out gourd is dark brown and the split pomegranate ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Silvered Metal Vases, Asia
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Silvered Metal Vases, Asia, early 20th century. Decorated with dragons and birds. Measures H: 31. 5, W: 23 cm, D: 16 cm.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Pair of Silvered Metal Vases, Asia
Pair of Silvered Metal Vases, Asia
$2,252 Sale Price / set
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Pair of Contemporary Silver Earrings "Na Linii" Handcrafted with Natural Pearls
Located in Vilnius, LT
Na Linii earrings by Svitanok This Ukrainian origin word "Na Linii" means "on the line". It is a charismatic product that should not be perceived literally...
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2010s Ukrainian Minimalist Metalwork

Materials

Sterling Silver

Very Large 19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Bronze Vase with Magnolias
Located in Hudson, NY
Very Large 19th Century Japanese Cloisonné Bronze Vase with a parrot in a magnolia tree.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japan medallions tsuba Tanaka school Edo period
Located in PARIS, FR
Ovoid-shaped (nagamarugata) iron tsuba hammered and chased with medallions. On one side, medallions of a dragon with gold highlights and a komainu (or shishi – lion dog guarding the ...
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Gold, Iron

Japan chrysanthemum tsuba
Located in PARIS, FR
Iron tsuba in the shape of a chrysanthemum (kikugata), openworked in negative with foliage and geometric patterns. Chrysanthemum shaped tsuba were quite popular in the Edo period as...
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Gold, Iron

Chinese Antique Iron Bath
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Interesting 19th C Chinese antique iron bath. 1860. Dimensions 41 inches (104 cms) Wide 25.5 inches (65 cms) Deep 18 inches (46 cms) High.
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19th Century Chinese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Antique Victorian Wrought Iron Demi-Arched Panel
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A finely made late 19th century wrought iron overthrow finished in black paint. Dating from circa 1890, this beautiful antique gate overthrow ...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Iron, Wrought Iron

20th century French Old Cutler Signboard Metal and Wood Knife, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very rare and original 20th century large metal and wood knife maybe an old cutler signboard. The blade is made with metal and the handle is made with wood. Brass nails. Good con...
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1940s French Vintage Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Large Japanese Tokyo Bronze Vase
Located in Hudson, NY
This large and impressive cast bronze vase is of a type called Tokyo bronzes. It displays elements both of Japanese and Chinese iconography and is not onl...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Large Gilt Bronze Thai Rattanakosin Buddha
Located in Montreal, QC
Large gilt bronze Thai Rattanakosin buddha eyes inlaid with mother pearl
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20th Century Thai Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Cloisonne Vase with Silver Inlays by Ando Jubei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese cloisonne vase by Ando Company circa 1910-30s, end of Meiji to Tasho period. The vase takes an archaic Chinese bronze vessel form know...
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1920s Japanese Meiji Vintage Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Silver

Jizai Okimono Snake
Located in London, GB
Jizai Okimono – Snake (2025) Handcrafted Articulated Sculpture – Collector’s Piece Step into the world of Japanese metal artistry with this one-of-a-kind Jizai Okimono sculpture, cra...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Steel

Japanese Bronze sculpture representing a puppy lying down
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze okimono sculpture with a deep brown patina, representing a lying puppy, probably of shiba inu breed. This kind of subject is common in traditional Nippon sculptures, this spec...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Large Bronze Japanese Champleve Enamel Double Elephant Handle Urn Vase Japan
Located in Greer, SC
Beautifully crafted vintage Japanese urn shaped vase, featuring elephant head double handles in bronze and enamel. Colorful enamel adorns the vase...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Other Metalwork

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

An extraordinary George III thief s tool
Located in Chonburi, TH
In the shadows of the 18th century, when intrigue and subterfuge thrived, a remarkable artifact emerged as a testament to the ingenuity of the era's skilled craftsmen. Behold the ext...
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18th Century English George III Antique Metalwork

Materials

Cut Steel

Bronze pitcher, Japan, chocolate-brown patina, frog in the round, 19th century
Located in NANTES, FR
This Japanese pitcher is notable for its naturalistic style. The bronze work is of very fine craftsmanship, featuring an attractive patina and delicate chiseling. A frog in the round...
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20th Century Japanese Japonisme Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

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