Japanese Hand Cast "Cow" Lantern, Rare Find

3-834 Antique Indian oversized hand crafted unique sculpture / candle lantern.  

Okimono in Japanese means " ornament of display". This is just that. Cast in metal, this peacock has sleek lines and shows presence. The painted patination gives this sculpture a rea...

This is an old stone sculpture of a cow, believed to have been made in Korea or Japan. It is made of serpentine rock, which gives it a heavy weight and unique texture. In East Asian ...

Carved Model of a Mongolian Pack Horse This rare and beautiful find from the early part of the 20th Century it has been hand carved going down a rocky hillside This hansom beast is ...

A beautiful and rare set of 7 kokeshi dolls, made by kokeshi master Tomio Sato, the son of master craftsman Bunkei Sato of the Tohkamata school. These dolls are typical Toggata styl...

A visibly old hand-carved Nandi Cow from India. This wood sculpture features a wonderful age related patina and has been hand-painted with a mix of white and...

This exquisite pair of Japanese Kyogen masks, crafted around the 1950s-60s, showcases the art of traditional Japanese mask carving. Made from hand-carved w...

Large Japanese cast bronze okimono of a large lizard raised up om its front legs and head raised as if surveying its surroundings.

1231 Finely detailed cast bronze hawk room guardian sculpture. In Japanese culture ,hawks are a symbol of good fortune and luck because of their clever nature

An elegant pair of Japanese cast and lacquered bronze pagoda lanterns, Taisho Period, circa 1920, Japan. The lanterns a true pair, with mirrored decorations and lantern doors opening in opposite directions. The lanterns of traditional toro form, cast in bronze, and lacquered. Each lantern comprised of three parts - the "roof", the "fire box", and the pedestal. This type of pedestal lantern is called a dai-doro, as opposed to the hanging lantern type, tsuri-doro. The hexagonal roof of the lantern, reminiscent of temples or pagodas, features a wonderful, dense cloud pattern with three heart-shaped cutouts, known as inome, or boar's eye. The roof topped by a hoju, the Buddhist flaming Jewel of Wisdom. Each of the six corners feature a fantastic shachihoko, mythical beasts with the face of a tiger and body of a fish. Bells are suspended from the shachihoko. The globular body of the lantern features four pierced panels with the three leaf hollyhock mon of the Tokugawa clan surrounded by a karakusa pattern of scrolling vines. One panel serving as a hinged door with a lock stylized as the Three Jewels...