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Pair of cloisonné vases attributed to Hayashi Kodenji
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of vases decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamels on a midnight blue ground, worked in silver and gold thread attributed to Hayashi Kodenji. The hexagonal body depicts sparro...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A Japanese cloisonné vase of a rooster and a hen
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese cloisonné vase with a rooster and a hen set against a dark blue ground, decorated with polychrome enamels within a flowering meadow.
The neck is adorned with a wisteria m...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Large Indian Gold Damascened Steel Tegha Sword
Located in London, GB
Large Indian gold damascened steel tegha sword.
Indian, c. 1850
Length 112cm, width 16cm, depth 10cm
This remarkable sword is a tegha, a large Indian sword...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Indian Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Gold, Steel
Collection of 18th and 19th Century Arabic Astrolabes and Quadrant
Located in London, GB
A collection of 18th and 19th century Arabic astrolabes and quadrant
Persian, 18th/19th Century
Largest: height 23cm, width 13cm, depth 3cm
Smallest: height 6.5cm, width 4.5cm, depth 1.5cm
This excellent set of antique astronomical instruments is a selection of five Persian brass astrolabes...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Persian Islamic Scientific Instruments
Materials
Brass
A Momonari-type samurai Kabuto with menpō mask
Located in Milano, IT
A Kabuto Momonari-type samurai helmet, so named because of its characteristic shape resembling a peach, made of natural iron.
The visor (mabizashi) is embellished with raised eyebr...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Iron
A bronze okimono depicting a young samurai with a katana, signed Yoshimitsu
Located in Milano, IT
A bronze okimono depicting a young samurai holding a drawn katana with both hands in a guard position.
The kimono is finely engraved with floral motifs, family crests (mon), and wav...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Censer with Two Handles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chinese Bronze Censer with Two Handles
This Chinese bronze censer features a rectangular shape with rounded sides, double ears, and a rich, dark patina. The base is marked with the ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Censer with Lotus Carvings
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bronze Censer with Lotus Carvings
Decorative bronze censer with intricate lotus-shaped carvings and a geometric meander pattern around the rim. The vessel features dense floral moti...
Category
20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Tripod Censer with Double Handles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Patinated Bronze Tripod Censer with Double Handles
Round bronze censer with three legs and upright double handles at the rim. The surface shows a smooth, aged patina. Marked on the ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Gilt Bronze Censer
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Large Gilt Bronze Censer.
A large, gilt, bronze censer with twin handles and adorned with an intricate, raised pattern.
Stampled on base.
Additional information:
Dimensions: Heig...
Category
20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$9,500
Bronze okimono depicting Fujiwara no Yasumasa signed Miyao
Located in Milano, IT
Patinated and gilded bronze okimono depicting the famous warrior Fujiwara no Yasumasa playing the flute, signed Miyao. The hitatare, moved by the wind, shows patterns of phoenixes an...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Export Silver Goblet, circa 1900
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver goblet; an addition to our wine and drinks related silverware collection
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) goblet has a circular bell shaped form, to a shaped stem and plain circular stepped foot.
The drinking vessel of this antique silver goblet is embellished with chased iconic Chinese dragon designs accented with stylised flame and cloud decoration, all on a matte background.
The decoration to the body incorporates a vacant shield shaped cartouche.
The upper rim of this antique Chinese goblet is encompassed with an applied moulded border.
The impressive shaped pedestal is realistically modelled in the form of three rooted and swept bamboo stalks, accented with applied leaves in junction with the drinking vessel.
The impressive domed circular foot is embellished with further chased decoration replicating the details of the bamboo's terrain and environment.
This impressive Chinese silver goblet...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Group of Fourteen Japanese Meiji Period Gilt Metal Plaques
Located in London, GB
Group of fourteen Japanese Meiji period gilt metal plaques
Japanese, Late 19th Century
Height 2cm, width 2cm
These beautiful Japanese Meiji period plaque...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Chinese Export Silver Jardiniere with Dragons and Figures
By Tuck Chang
Co.
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export Silver Jardiniere circa 1890, of rectangular form and variously pierced to all four sides. The side with the vacant cartouche has two opposing dragons separated by a...
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
An elaborate Minangkabau gem-set brass floral wedding crown or
Suntiang
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An elaborate Minangkabau gem-set brass floral wedding crown or 'Suntiang'
West Sumatra, Minangkabau, probably 1st half 20th century
H. 66.5 cm (incl. stand)
Provenance: Private co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Japanese Bronze Ikebana
Flower Arranging
Basket with Frog
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period (1868-1912) bronze flower arranging basket with a small frog climbing up the side. Excellently rendered details in the basket weaving. Signature on the bottom reads: Eiho.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A bronze vase depicting a Ryū dragon in relief among swirling waves
Located in Milano, IT
A cylindrical bronze vase, finely crafted with a dark patina, depicting a Ryū dragon in relief.
The body of the dragon emerges and disappears among the swirling waves while holding...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Silver Chinese Export Tea and Coffee Service, by Tuck Chang
Co., Shanghai
By Tuck Chang
Co.
Located in London, GB
Silver Chinese Export tea and coffee service, by Tuck Chang & Co., Shanghai
Chinese, Late 19th century
Measures: Milk jug: height 8cm, width 14cm, depth 10cm
Coffee pot: height 25...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tea Sets
Materials
Silver
A dark-patinated bronze vase with a relief Ryu dragon
Located in Milano, IT
A monumental bronze vase with a dark brown patina, depicting a Ryu dragon in high relief. The vase has a cylindrical shape with a flared base reminiscent of Mount Fuji's profile.
...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Silver Goblet
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export Silver Goblet of rare and unusual form. The bowl has four panels, two decorated with figural scenes; a third with mythical beasts; and the fourth, which also has a v...
Category
Antique 1860s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
$10,236
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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Japanese bronze sculpture depicting an oni with a ceremonial kōro
Located in Milano, IT
A large Japanese bronze sculpture depicting an oni lifting a Buddhist ceremonial kōro (incense burner) with his left hand. The figure, kneeling, rests the other hand on his hip for b...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A blue-ground cloisonné vase depicting herons and a weeping willow
Located in Milano, IT
A cloisonné vase decorated on a dark blue ground with a pair of herons perched on the branch of a weeping willow and another heron in flight.
The decoration is executed with silver ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A bronze vase depicting an Onagadori rooster on a plum branch
Located in Milano, IT
A bronze vase with mixed metal inlay applications, including silver, gilt bronze, and patinated bronze, featuring at its center an onagadori rooster perched on a blossoming plum (ume...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Silver, Bronze
Fine Indian Silver Filigree Casket with Hinged Cover, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of very fine silver filigree rosewater sprinklers
Possibly India, Karimnagar, early 18th century
Measures: Height 31.6 cm and 31.7 cm,...
Category
Antique 18th Century Indian Metalwork
Materials
Silver
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 ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Meiji Period Japanese Bronze Vase with Grasses and Quail Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji Japanese bronze vase with grasses and Quail design, Meiji period (1868-1912) bronze vase with elaborate raised design of wild grasses,...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Burmese Silver Bowl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional fine and impressive antique Burmese silver bowl; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional anti...
Category
Antique 1880s Burmese Decorative Bowls
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A silvered bronze okimono depicting a rooster signed Yoshiaki
Located in Milano, IT
A silvered bronze study of a rooster with golden legs and beak, a red enamel crest, and glass eyes on a root base signed Yoshiaki zō (Made by Yoshiaki).
Work published in the volume ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Indian Silver Beaker
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian silver beaker; an addition to our range of drinks related silverware
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian silver beaker has a cylindrical tapering form.
The surface of the antique silver beaker...
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Pair of Chinese Export Silver Tankards
Located in London, GB
A rare pair of Chinese export silver mugs/tankards, each with figural Court scenes, bamboo, and dragon handles. They have the mark for Hoaching of Canton, circa 1860, and the Chinese...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Sterling Silver
$13,648 / set
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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Silver Bowl and Spoon
Located in New Orleans, LA
This delightful and extremely rare spoon and bowl pair exemplifies the remarkable artistry of Chinese export silver. Chinese silver pieces are renowned for their exceptional quality and unique designs, and the majority are entirely hand crafted. Today, many of these elaborate designs are housed in major museum collections, and remain a rarity on the market.
Beginning in the 18th century, silver workshops in China specialized in the manufacture of silver export pieces for Western audiences. Typically bearing motifs that were popular amongst Americans and Europeans such as dragons, bamboo and floral patterns, these charming pieces were all beautifully handcrafted with the utmost skill. Today, important pieces of Chinese export silver such as this one can be found in many of the major museum collections, and are highly valued amongst collectors.
The bowl boasts a fluid, undulating rim exquisitely engraved to depict bamboo, a motif which continues throughout the bowls body. Accompanying the bowl is a matching silver spoon, its handle intricately modeled as a vine with floral buds climbing upwards to its bowl, which seems to bloom with lovely applied buds and flowers.
The spoon features the mark of Wing Fat, a firm active in Hong Kong from 1875-1930 and Sing Fat...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Serving Pieces
Materials
Silver
Splendid and Heavy Late 17th Century Dutch-Colonial Silver Filigree Salver
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid and heavy Dutch-colonial silver filigree salver
Indonesia, Batavia (Jakarta) or possibly Padang, West Sumatra, 2nd half 17th century
Diam. 22.9 cm
Weight 551 grams
This filigree-work was probably done by Chinese masters...
Category
Antique 17th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Biscuit Box
By Wang Hing
Co.
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export Silver Biscuit Box, round with a collet foot and profusely decorated with applied prunus. against a smooth plain background. The box has...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Goblet
By Wang Hing
Co.
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Goblet, with prunus decoration. The goblet weighs 258g and dates from around 1885. Marked WH for Wang Hing '宏兴‘ whi...
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Card Case
By Wang Hing
Co.
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Card Case, circa 1890, embossed and chased with a dragon among clouds on one side, featuring a single vacant shield-shaped cartouche; the reverse decorated with...
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Antique Japanese Bronze Vase with Landscape and Red Patina
Located in Hudson, NY
Antique Japanese bronze vase with landscape and red patina, Meiji Period (1868-1912) bronze vase with wild grasses under a silver moon. Re...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Pair of Fine Islamic Silver Filigree Rosewater Sprinklers, Early 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of very fine silver filigree rosewater sprinklers
Possibly India, Karimnagar, early 18th century
Height 31.6 cm and 31.7 cm, weight 39...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Indian Islamic Metalwork
Materials
Silver
A bronze okimono depicting a samurai with a katana, signed Yoshimitsu
Located in Milano, IT
A bronze okimono depicting a young samurai with his katana drawn, held with both hands above his head in an attacking stance, signed Yoshimitsu. The intense gaze and posture capture ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Plant Holder / Vase, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Bronze plant holder/vase with movable handle.
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
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...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Metal
A Japanese bronze vase with three egrets
Located in Milano, IT
Bulbous vase in bronze with a shiny patina and three elegant white egrets in inlaid silver with golden beaks and feet.
Period: Meiji, late 19th century.
Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 cm.
Con...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Patinated bronze okimono depicting a tiger and a snake
Located in Milano, IT
Patinated bronze okimono depicting a tiger and snake signed Genryusay Seiya zo. The animals, placed frontally, are depicted with their jaws wide open in a direct confrontation.
Work...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Silver Goblet
By Luen Wo
Located in London, GB
A Chinese export silver goblet with prunus decoration on a matte background, and the base and stem formed as prunus tree branch root. The body has a single round cartouche engraved "...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Japanese Meiji Bronze Takaoka Vase with Waterfowl and Moon Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Meiji bronze Takaoka vase with waterfowl and moon design
Meiji period (1868-1912) bronze vase from Takaoka, in Toyama prefecture, is a city historically known for its metal work. Vase has silver inlay moon and waterfowl, signature on the bottom: Yoshihiko, full name of artist...
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze
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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A bronze okimono depicting a walking elephant
Located in Milano, IT
Bronze okimono depicting a walking elephant. Every part of the elephant's body, from legs to trunk, ears to eyes, is carved with impressive precision.
Signature engraved under the ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze okimono depicting a majestic running elephant
Located in Milano, IT
A bronze okimono depicting a majestic running elephant with its trunk raised. The surface has an extremely realistic texture, enhancing its depth and dynamism.
Signed under base.
P...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
An Indian part-gilt silver-clad ceremonial sceptre or mace with a tiger’s head
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Northern India or Deccan, late 19th century
L. approx. 82 cm (excl. stand)
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom
This remarkable gilt-silver soonta (ceremonial sceptre) also known as choba (ceremonial mace) with a tiger's head stands out as an unparalleled example. It has a wooden base, clad with thick sheet part-gilt silver and has fine details such as teeth and a curling tongue. Especially with the inlaid glass eyes, in combination with the grand sculptural design, it would have been integral to an Indian maharaja’s attire, known as lawajama in North India and biruthus in South India, as referenced by Jackson & Jaffer. They would symbolise authority, power, and sometimes an attribute of various deities, particularly those associated with strength or combat. For instance, the Hindu god Hanuman, known for his immense strength, is often depicted holding a mace (*chob* or gada in Sanskrit). Similarly, the god Vishnu and his avatar Krishna are also frequently depicted with a mace among their other attributes.
Courtiers would raise these sceptres wrapped in rich brocades, with the head visible, during processions, signalling their association with the monarch. Alongside fly-whisks and standards, they were indispensable in ceremonial parades, underscoring the ruler's prestige. Terlinden notes that a soonta berdar was tasked with carrying the sceptre. These individuals, proficient in courtly manners, played key roles during audiences, from managing entrances to introducing guests. Their esteemed position often earned them generous rewards, including land grants. See for a depiction of sceptres in use the top right of a painting in the collection of the V&A, titled Processional scene with Amar Singh, ruler of Thanjavur (Tanjore), and Sarabhoji, from circa 1797.
For a very comparable piece, but with an elephant’s head, see the collection of the Indian Museum, Kolkata. For other less similar examples, see the V&A Museum London.
Sources:
A. Jackson & A. Jaffer, Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, London, V&A Publishing, 1999
Christiane Terlinden Serra, Mughal Silver...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver
Enamel Bowl
Located in London, GB
A rare and exquisite Chinese Export silver & enamel bowl, made in Shanghai around 1895 by Huang Qui Ji, and retailed by the firm of Woshing.
The bowl feat...
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Centrepiece
By Wang Hing
Co.
Located in London, GB
This impressive Chinese Export Silver Centrepiece, consists of a large central dish, pierced with bamboo decoration, supported by five shoots of bamboo also with bamboo leaf decorat...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Goblet
Located in London, GB
A Chinese silver goblet profusely decorated with chased, richly defined chrysanthemum against a matte background and is supported by two intertwi...
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Pair of Japanese urns. 19th c. Meiji period. Signed.
Located in Stockholm, SE
These pair of Japanese bronze urns from the Meiji period have decorations of birds and flowers. The inlays are made of silver, gilt bronze and shakudo. Both urns are signed at the bo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Tabarzin, Indian Saddle-Axe from Bikaner, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Tabarzin, Indian saddle-axe from Bikaner, 19th century
Indian, 19th century
Measures: height 56cm, width 12.5cm, depth 4cm
This magnificent piece is a tabarzin, a battle saddle-axe, made in North West India in Bikaner sometime in the early nineteenth century. The head of the axe is engraved with intricate floral motifs, the handle superbly decorated with an ornate chased gilt pattern along its length. Dense and beautiful floral scroll patterns line its length, and the base unscrews to reveal a stunning hidden dagger, that is approximately a third of the axe's length. Pieces such as these are Indo-Persian, heavily indebted to Persian tabar axes, and comparable examples are to be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and in the Wallace Collection, London. A remarkable item of military history...
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Other Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Steel
Fabulous Indonesian Yogya-Silver Plate
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An Indonesian Yogya-silver plate
Yogyakarta or Kotagede, 1935-1940, marked, (alloy) 800 and maker’s mark PH (Prawirohardjo, act. from 1935)
Diam. 27.2 cm Weight 454 grams
Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Art Deco Sterling Silver
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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
