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Place of Origin: Japanese
Bronze vase depicting a rabbit in the moonlight
Located in Milano, IT
Patinated bronze amphora vase depicting a rabbit carved in takabori among lush branches in moonlight with gold iro-e takazogan inlays, shibuichi and shakudo attributed to the Takaoka...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Bronze Usubata with Waves and Plovers, Edo Period, Mid-19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive Japanese cast bronze usubata, vessel for ikebana, in the form of a large conical vessel being supported by crashing waves and flying chidori. Edo Period, mid-19th centu...
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Mid-19th Century Edo Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

F7 Old Japanese Art Iron Lantern - Fire Prevention
Located in Niiza, JP
φ300×540㎜ Estimate packing size: φ430×700㎜ 10㎏ This iron lantern, used with a candle inside, appears to be a Showa-era reproduction of an Edo-period lantern. The words "Fire Preven...
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20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Antique Japanese Cast Iron Tetsubin Tea Pots on Cast Iron Hibachi Stand
Located in Sheridan, CO
Rare antique Tetsubin Japanese Cast Iron Tea Kettle set on Cast Iron hibachi Stand. This unique teapot/kettle is a Tetsubin, which is a teapot in Japa...
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Brass, Iron

Japanese Wireless Cloisonne Vase
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Japanese wireless cloisonne vase.
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1960s Vintage Japanese Metalwork

Japanese Cloisonné Ando Jubei Signed Vase 8.5" Wireless Clematis
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
An exquisite Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clematis vine under the glaze. On Musen-jippo b...
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20th Century Meiji Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Mirror 19th Century
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and stunning Japanese bronze handled mirror within a fitted black lacquered case. The mirror is polished to one side with the other s...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Vases with Floral Decoration Wooden Stands
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of vases are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Japan and date to approximately 1920 and done in an Anglo-Japanese style. The vases are done in engraved brass w...
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Early 20th Century Anglo-Japanese Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Antique Oriental Japanese Large Fine Quality Bronze Bowl Planter Jardinière
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Oriental Japanese large fine quality bronze Buddhist Tearai basin for water libation in a temple. Dates from the late Edo Period, mid 19th Century and is well suited for use ...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of japanese bronze vase imitating hay and decorated with a grass hopper
Located in PARIS, FR
Detailed pair of vases in bronze of baluster form, textured to represent straws of hay, bound together by three knots that divide each vase in three, just under le second ring, a well detailed grasshopper is detached from the rest of the composition. Insects (mushi) occupy an important place in Japanese culture. Hunting for insects is a popular pastime, especially among children. Using plastic nets and cages, they catch cicadas and beetles to observe them. Between 1830 and 1832, Hokusai composed an untitled series of ten large horizontal prints...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Small Japanese Articulate Crab Jizai Okimono Meiji Period Signed
By Myochin Hiroyoshi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small copper crab with articulated legs made by Myochin Hiroyoshi in the late Meiji Period circa 1890-1900s. One of the pair (the other one is listed separately LU945044034102, bu...
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Early 20th Century Japonisme Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Copper

Signed Ando Jubei Green Wireless Cloisonné Vase Large 10"
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A large masterpiece of Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase at an exceptional 10" height. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clematis...
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20th Century Meiji Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Enamel, Metal

A Japanese bronze sculpture depicting a dancer with fan
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese okimono bronze (sculpture) depicting a dancer holding a fan, inspired by the Nihon Buyō classical dance tradition. The long kimono and wide obi are adorned with floral mo...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Nakajima Yasumi II Bronze "Keifuku" Ikebana Vase, Showa Era, 1960 s
By Nakajima Yasumi II
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant Japanese patinated bronze ikebana vase by Nakajima Yasumi II (1905 - 1986), circa 1960's, Osaka, Japan. The tall vase of graceful form, with a high round foot supporting ...
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1960s Showa Vintage Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Meiji Japanese Bronze Jardinière Japanese People on a Boat, Genryusai Seiya Zo
Located in New York, NY
A masterpiece, rare, 19th Century Japanese bronze Jardinière/centerpiece of a group of Japanese travelers on a boat, signed on the bottom, Genryusai Seiya...
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Early 1900s Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Signed Ando Jubei Green Wireless Cloisonné Vase 8.5"
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
An exquisite Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clematis vine under the glaze. On Musen-jippo b...
Category

20th Century Meiji Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Pair of Japanese bronze vases depicting a pair of egrets
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of Japanese bronze vases with a cylindrical shape and dark brown patina, depicting a pair of egrets near a stream, their legs dipped in water and surrounded by two flowering i...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Black Bronze Japanese Candleholders Incense Burner
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of black cast bronze Japanese candleholders censer. Oriental antique late 19th century Meiji period Japanese heavy black bronze candlesticks...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Iron sword part or Tsuba maru gata in iron
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant tsuba in forged iron, with a textured pattern imitating wood grain, also decorated with an openwork motif of a flower within a star, likely a mon (family crest). The tsuba is...
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Late 18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Suiteki or water dropper in bronze forming a teapot and its base
Located in PARIS, FR
Small Suiteki in bronze in the form of a tea pot, standing on a small socle with a very interesting bi color patina work. The suiteki is a small container used to hold the water tha...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

An imperial silver vase with egrets in flight signed Shoshu Sai
Located in Milano, IT
An imperial presentation vase in silver worked in kebori and repoussé, depicting some egrets in flight, signed Shoshu sai with Bi seal (Kobayashi Bikyo) and Miyamoto Kinsei brand wit...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Genryusai Seiya Japanese Meiji Man Water Buffalo Sculpture on Stand
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Japanese Meiji bronze sculpture of a man and water buffalo on a natural polished oak stand by renowned Japanese master craftsman Genryusai Seiya and dating from around 1880/90. The large bronze depicts an elderly man holding a pipe and tobacco pouch...
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1880s Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese MIxed Metal Finely Executed Plate of Cormorant Fishing at Night
By Japanese Studio
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese mixed metal platter finely executed to show night fishing with cormorants. Unsigned.
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Ota Jinnoei 1890 Imperial Meiji Period Pair of Cloisonne Cabinet Vases
By Ota Jinnoei
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of cloisonne vases designed by Ota Jinnoei. Beautiful pair of small cabinet vases, created in Japan circa 1890, during the meiji Imperial period (1868-1912). These vases has ...
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1890s Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Silver, Bronze, Enamel

Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Vase with Koi Fishes and Flowers, 19th Century
Located in Bochum, NRW
A Japanese bronze vase from the Meiji Period (late 19th) signed on the bottom. The vase is beautifully decorated with two koi fishes and a floral motif, a branch with flowers and lea...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze, Copper

Japanese Meji Period Mixed Metal Plaque Attb. to Suzuki Chokichi Kaka
Located in New York, NY
A large, fine quality, and world class Japanese Meiji period mixed metal plaque with Shakudo-inlay, silver-inlay, gold-inlay, copper-inlay, and patina, attributed to the famous Suzuki Chokichi...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Gold, Silver, Copper

Small Japanese Bronze Vase with Warm Patina, 20th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This compact Japanese bronze vase charms with its classic silhouette and richly mottled patina in warm reddish-brown tones. The subtle variations in the surface evoke the organic bea...
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20th Century Showa Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

A pair of bronze vases depicting two dragons marked Nogawa Company
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of bronze vases with shishiaibori and iro-e takazogan inlays in relief in gold and silver and worked in kebori depicting two dragons, both embracing the vases with Nogawa comp...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Meiji Period Japanese Silver Censer
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning Meiji period silver censer is a work of exquisite detail. Crafted by renowned silversmith Masatoshi of Tokyo, the censer, or incense burner...
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20th Century Meiji Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Japanese Little Bronze Turtle Jewerly Box 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an objet of turtle which you can use as a jewelry holder. This is made with bronze and it was made in Japan around 1980s. The thing that written on the bottom of the turtle i...
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1980s Showa Vintage Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Mixed Metal Finely Executed Decorative Plate of Monkey Picking Fruit
By Japanese Studio
Located in Sarasota, FL
Meiji Period Japanese mixed metal platter depicting monkey gathering fruit for finely dressed gentlemen. Fine detail and execution of inlay.
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Early 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Cabinet Vase with Geisha Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese cloisonne enamel cabinet vase. In brass with cloisonne enamel throughout. Decorated with a geisha in blue kimono surrounded by numerous flowers and butterf...
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20th Century Showa Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Japanese Art Nouveau Cloisonne and Ginbari Amphora Vase, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An unusual and elegant Japanese Art Nouveau amphora shaped cloisonne and ginbari foiled vase, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The vase of amphora form, with a tapering body resti...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Copper, Enamel, Foil, Wire

Antique Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era enamel over copper charger plate. The exterior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome scene with an eagle standing on a rock and cranes flying over w...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Late 20th Century, Japanese Bronze Vase
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese bronze vase with nice form. Age: Japan, Late 20th century Size: Height 28.8 C.M. / Width 16.2 C.M. Condition: Nice condition overall.
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Late 20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

F5 Old Japanese Antiques Gyokusen-do 玉川堂 Hammered Copper Vase
Located in Niiza, JP
φ200× 215(H) [mm] 1186g Box size: φ240×300㎜ 2200g Estimate packing size: φ320×450㎜ 6㎏ Not satisfied with hammered vases, they take their artistic sensibilities to the next level wit...
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20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Copper

Japanese Meiji Period Mixed Metal Pair of Scroll Weights Depicting Samurai
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese Meiji period fine pair of scroll weights decorated with shakudo and silver samurai figures. The weights fill solid and heavy. One of the weights has Japanese writing ( see i...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Japanese Meiji Bronze Basket Weave Wall Vase with Cicada
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and impressive antique Japanese Meiji bronze woven basket wall vase mounted with a cicada dating between 1868 and 1912. The heavily made ...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c1880) Cloisonné Vase Geese in Flight Flowers 12”
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts & Antiques. This is a beautiful Japanese Meiji era (c. 1870-90's) ornate cloisonné v...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Japanese Edo/Meiji Period Cast Iron Tea Kettle Water Pot Tetsubin, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A large, heavy and uniquely shaped Japanese cast iron teapot tetsubin without top. Likely from late Edo/early Meiji Period. From a collecti...
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19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Tea Service
Located in New York, NY
Antique Meiji period Japanese set set with exceptional cloisonne inlaid enamels, including pot, creamer, sugar and two cups and saucers. Unsigned and in...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal

A Japanese bronze vase with Ryū dragon in relief, signed Maruki Sei
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese bronze vase featuring a Ryū dragon in relief, depicted as it grasps the sacred Buddhist jewel (tama). Signed Maruki Sei in relief under the base, with a second engraved ...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Selection of Asian Bronze Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Asian bronze lamps, probably Japanese, at least circa 1950s, possibly much earlier. The lamp pictured on the left measures 40.5"H to the...
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1950s Chinoiserie Vintage Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal, Bronze

Japanese Silver Repousse Iris Vase Meiji Period
By Samurai Shokai
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese silver repousse vase finely decorated with blown out iris flowers. It is of the Meiji period, circa 1890s. The vase is 5 1/4" tall and weighs 4....
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19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Heavy, Japanese bronze temple bell 梵鐘 (bonshô) of traditional shape
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A heavy traditional bronze temple bell (bonshô), boasting a bright green patina and a resonant sound. The top handle (ryûzu), is beautifully sculpted into the form of twin dragon he...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Spectacular Bronze Vase by Ikeda Masuo One of the Top Metal Artists of 20 C
By Masuo Ikeda
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This spectacular bronze vase is a rare and exquisite work by one of the most celebrated metal artists of the 20th century, Masuo Ikeda. The significance of Ikeda’s oeuvre is widely a...
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20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

F11 Japanese Art antique Copper Vase Copperware
Located in Niiza, JP
Copper Vase Size:φ360×350㎜ 6kg Estimate packing size: 550×500×550㎜ 15㎏  This is a vase called a usuhata 薄端. It has a distinctive shape, but is used to hold flowers in the top part...
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20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Copper

A pair of Meiji period blue cloisonne vases
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A pair of Meiji period blue cloisonne vases, each with a peacock on a rocky outcrop surrounded by flowering peony plants on a dark blue ground, the peacocks facing each other, with s...
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Early 1900s Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonné enamel bronze dragon plate
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne bronze plate, decorated in enamel depicting a dragon on a blue background. The elegant form and detailed enamel work exemplify the artistry...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Large Patinated Bronze Japanese Koro Incense Burner
Located in London, GB
Large patinated bronze Japanese koro incense burner Japanese, late 19th Century Dimensions: Height 221cm, width 97cm, depth 57cm This monumental koro...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Mixed Metal Shakudo Vase Silver Irises on Bronze, Meiji Period
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese mixed metal shakudo vase from Meiji Period. The vase depicts silver iris flowers on bronze base. Signed on the side by the maker, and marked on t...
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Late 19th Century Other Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Silver

A Japanese bronze okimono depicting the study of a tiger
Located in Milano, IT
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 positio...
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Late 19th Century Japonisme Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Large Bronze Tripod Koro Attributed to the Kanazawa Doki Company
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The bulbous body set on three tall stylized hoof-and-scroll feet and decorated in gold, silver and patinated metals with a large central scene of a man surprised by a magnificent shi...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

A Very Fine 19th C. Japanese Bronze Kabutomushi Vase, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine rare Meiji period 'Kabutomushi' bronze vase, exhibiting a fine old surface with an exceptionally fine patina overall, featuring an applied, naturalistically cast d...
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Early 1900s Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase W Bronze Dragons
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese decorative cloisonne enamel vase with a gilt bronze base and handles. It has a rounded, bowl like shape of a blue color with floral and swirl patterns, adorned wi...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Japanese Sterling Silver Centerpiece Pedestal Bowl by Hattori Kintaro
By Hattori Kintaro
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exquisite Japanese presentation bowl in sterling silver by Hattori Kintaro (1860 - 1934), circa 1910-1920s, late Meiji era to early Taisho era. This rare and rather large piece wa...
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Early 20th Century Japonisme Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Malachite, Sterling Silver

Cloisonné plaque depicting two Ryu dragons with gaping jaws
Located in Milano, IT
Japanese rectangular cloisonné plaque decorated on a black background with bright polychrome enamels, worked in silver wire depicting two Ryu dragons with gaping jaws. Work published...
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Late 19th Century Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Enamel

Pair of 19th Century Japanese Bronze Vases
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Japanese bronze vases depicting scenes with different birds. These would make a wonderful pair of lamps.
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Early 20th Century Meiji Japanese Metalwork

Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate Depicting A Rider Cherry Blossom
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period copper plate adorned with a polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Has a blue ground color. The plate depicts a man riding a horse, surrounded by flower...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Covered Jar with Butterflies Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese gilt copper lidded jar with cloisonne enamel design. Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Covered Jar with Butterflies...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Enamel, Copper