Japanese antique hibachi, a small coal burning brazier traditionally used as a room or hand warmer. Measures approximately 8 inches tall, 15 inches wide and 9 inches deep. Crafted from beautifully grained keyaki, an indigenous Japanese hardwood. Taisho-Period (1912-1926); fair to good condition. Wood exterior is in overall good condition. Thin metal liner has largely deteriorated. Mortar has been added to the insert over the years, a common method to extend the practical usability. There ...click for details
Japanese antique bronze hibachi, a traditional coal-burning room warmer. Approximately 11 inches tall and 17 inches in diameter at the wide point, not including the handles. Features a lacquered wood base and stylized bronze handles. Decorated on the sides with eight individual figures in high relief. Taisho-Period (1912-1926); fair to good condition. Ample evidence of practical use in the interior, with a few light scratches and dings on the outside. Hibachi weighs approximately 13 pounds ...click for details
Antique kiri wood tabako-bon, a traditional Japanese smoking set. Similar to a small hibachi, this quaint little item is crafted from prized kiri, or paulownia wood. It features a copper insert and bamboo container for dowsing spent ashes. This item dates to the late Taisho-Period (1912-1926), and is in very good condition. The tabako bon measures roughly 7 inches in diameter by 3 1/2 inches tall.
Antique kiri wood tabako-bon, a traditional Japanese smoking set. Similar to a small hibachi, this quaint little item is crafted from prized kiri, or paulownia wood, with a copper insert. Accented with design of a butterfly and lotus blossom with gold kin makie highlights. This item dates to the late Taisho-Period (1912-1926), and is in very good condition. The tabako bon measures roughly 6 1/2 inches in diameter by 3 inches tall.
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Antique kiri wood tabako-bon, a traditional Japanese smoking set. Similar to a small hibachi, this quaint little item is crafted from prized kiri, or paulownia, wood, highlighted by gold kin makie lacquer in a mixed floral motif. It has two copper inserts, and a bamboo water holder used for dowsing spent ashes. This item dates to the late Taisho-Period (1912-1926), and is in excellent condition. The tabako bon measures roughly six inches in diameter, and three inches tall.
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Beautiful antique hibachi, traditional Japanese hand/room warmer. Meiji-Period (c.1900); excellent condition. Carved in the traditional fashion from a solid piece of Kiri (paulownia) wood, prized among Japanese wood workers and craftsmen for its strength, light weight, and workability. Richly decorated on the sides with kin-makie gold enamel in a floral motif. There is a copper insert, which is also in excellent condition and has developed a beautiful patina. The hibachi measures roughly 8 in ...click for details
Antique Japanese hibachi, a traditional room or hand warmer. This unusual item has been fashioned from a large antique bronze Buddhist temple bell, known as rin or orin. The bell appears to have cracked (see enlargement 12), destroying its ring tone. Rather the discard the bell, it was mounted onto a keyaki wood base, equipped with handles, and resurrected as a functional coal brazier. This item is very old, likely fashioned into its present incarnation in the mid Meiji-Period (c. 1890). Howev ...click for details
Stunning antique Japanese pipe and pipe holder set, dating to the early Meiji-Period (c.1870). This exceptional set features a pipe, or kiseru, crafted from lacquered bamboo with an engraved silver tip and bowl. The pipe holder, or kiseru-zutsu, is fashioned from an elaborately carved deer antler. The carvings are in very good condition, with exquisite detail and patina. There is a very small chip, approximately 1/32", on the upper hand of the top carved figure of the zutsu (see enlarge ...click for details
