Pair of Japanese sliding door handles. They are made of a copper alloy finely chiseled with scrolls and stylized flowers on a nanako background, alternately there are shakudo plates (an alloy of copper and gold, shibuichi or silvered sentoku. They are excessively heavy and of the best quality. The size is much larger than for a normal door handle (double in size) which implies very high and wide doors. It is not a usual rich house that can accommodate doors of this size...

Kozuka in sentoku inlaid with silver, gold plated strip (not gilded) details inlaid in solid gold. This is one of the 24 Chinese legends on filial piety, that of Mo-So who brings a tasty bamboo shoot to his old mother in the middle of winter...

Antique vessel for washing brushes after writing or painting. Brown cast bronze with some green patina in the shape of a cob of corn still in inside the leaves...

Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 18.7 C.M. / Width 17.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Length: 14 cm (5.8 in)
Height: 4.8 cm (1.9 in)
Width: 10.4 cm (4.2 in)

Fine Japanese mixed metal and wood box; the top is inlaid iron with Komai style gold decoration of a simple Japanese dwelling with a figure in the distance; the box itself is very well constructed and in wonderful condition

1900's Japanese Mixed Metal Komai Style Box with Dragon & Eagle

It is 1.4 inches (3.5 cm) tall by 3.5 inches (9 cm) wide by 2.75 inches ( 7 cm) long . It is 0.8 Lb.

It is tarnished and has oxidation, loose at inner cover and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Antique Japanese hanging garden lantern in the form of a house with tall roof. Overall diamond shape with four sides and pierced lattice-work doors and windows. One side has a hinged door which opens outward and is latched with a little bronze bird.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 13 3/4" high x 15 1/2" long x 12" wide (each side is 9 3/4" wide)

1900's Japanese Silver Repousse Vase with Chrysanthemum Jungin Konoike zo (of Yokohama)

It is 2.9 inches (7.3 cm) tall by 2.8 inches (7.2 cm) wide. It is 98.5 gram.

It is tarnished and has dent, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Dragon candlestick in bronze forming crucifix. Japan edo. This cruciform shape is unknown in Japanese art. I think it is a household crucifix for a Japanese Christian family who would have liked to have a discreet crucufix in their house. A non-Christian visitor would never have suspected that this three-candle dragon was a representation of Christ on the cross...

A small Japanese square bronze table screen with a flying crane in openwork, raised and supported on the backs of two kirins, a mythical beast in Chinese mythology. At the top two holders, maybe for a brush. Condition: a small loss (one ear), one leg restored (see photo No. 11), bottom of sreen maybe with lost part?, patina. Dimension: c. 15.5 cm high, 18.5 cm wide, 8.3 cm deep.

Length: 9.6 cm (3.8 in)
Height: 3.2 cm (1.3 in)
Width: 7.9 cm (3.2 in)
Weight: 320 gms

Japanese Komai style box featuring an inlaid gold peacock; inlaid birds and wind effect to the sides; gilded interior tarnished; minor marks; signed; good condition

Old (1900's) Japanese Shakudo Gold & Silver Mixed Metal Box with Flower & Grasshopper

It is 1.25 inches (4.2 cm) tall by 3 inches (10.6 cm) wide. It is 505 gram.

It is tarnished and has rust, stains, rubbing of gilding, oxidation, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Antique Japanese large bronze vase with double coils on each side. This design is reminiscent of Chinese Han dynasty blackware pottery amphora with the same motif. Dramatic scale and clean lines.

Age: Taisho Period, Deco Era circa 1920's/30's

Dimensions: 12" high x 18" wide x 12" wide

An antique Japanese large bronze shrine vase cast in a loss wax technique. Depicting waves of a rough ocean with sea spray floating in the air, the female turtle carries a hatchling on its back while facing downward with its mouth open to expel evil spirits. The male turtle is jumping above the waves with its mouth closed to retain the good spirits. All three turtles have their wisps of sea algae growing from their shells as a symbol of the parents old age and the hatchling's life beginning...

1900's Japanese Bronze Mixed Metal Shishi Koro Signed

It is 8.7 inches (22 cm) tall by 9.2 inches (23.3 cm) wide. It weighs 2665 gram (5.9 lb).

It has oxidation and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Shibuichi box inlaid with solid gold, shakudo, silver and sentoku. Several techniques are used, chasing, engraving, inlays in relief and flat. Interior lined with silver. Signature of the silversmith underneath with his stamp in gold inlay. Exceptional goldsmith's work. The scene must represent the god of the sea, his servants are an octopus and a fish wearing kimono. The octopus is particularly amusing with its angry and authoritarian look...

Late Meiji to early Taisho (1910s) Japanese silver belt buckle, its front engraved with a galloping horse. Beautiful crisp work capturing the essence of the creature, gilded highlights, marked SILVER 850 on the back. Signed with 2 characters reading SHUNSEI, in superb condition. Size 2 3/6 x 1 9/16 inches

Meiji (1868-1912)Japanese Bronze Turtle Okimono Signed

It is 1 inch (2.54 cm) tall by 4 inches (10.1 cm) wide by 2 inches (5 cm) wide. It weighs 210.7 gram.

It is missing claws and has oxidation and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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