Japanese Vintage Hand Cast "Owl" Lantern, Rare Find

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

A beautifully painted with a joyful face vintage striped Japanese traditional Kokeshi Doll which I've identified from Yajirou-Kei but happy to stand corrected. The majority of this ...

For sale is a vintage set of five traditional Japanese wooden 'Naruko' and 'Togatta' style "Kokeshi" dolls, dating from circa the mid-20th century. Consisting of five different-siz...