Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Metalwork (24)

Cast in high-tin and low-lead bronze by the lost wax method, this mirror has a dark and lustrous patina known as heiqigu (literally “black lacquer antique”). It bears a design of a coiling dragon among trailing clouds...

A fine antique Chinese 17th - 18th century Qing dynasty large bronze incense burner censer on a stand bearing 16 Chinese characters marks on the base.

A compressed globular body raised on a flaring ring foot chased with foaming waves. The sides are applied with twin fish handles. The exterior is finely hand chiseled in relief with two Qiulong horned dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst flames and the clouds on the chased ground, bordered by two bands incised with a Greek key pattern...

A superb quality antique Chinese large headdress ornament of elaborate lobed shape, 18th -19th century (Qing Dynasty), China.

Composed of several separate elements made of filigree silver and adorned with a small embossed rosette...

SOLD Antique Chinese, Sino-Tibetan,19th century, Qing Dynasty, trousse set, mounted in jeweled silver, comprising a knife and bone chopsticks. The knife has a sharp, sturdy, hand-forged, long steel blade cut on one side with a narrow fuller.

The hilt is composed of two buffalo horn grip scales, mounted with an embossed and finely pierced cup pommel. The rosewood scabbard is adorned with silver fittings intricately crafted in repousse low relief...

Authentic antique cast bronze brush washer of the compressed globular body with rounded sides terminating with lipped rim, 17th-19th century(Ming or Qing Dynasty), China...

Antique Chinese 17th century, late Ming dynasty, copper spherical incense burner – censer (Xiangnang) attributed to Zhang Mingqi. The delicately hand hammered, and finely engraved spherical body is composed of two identical hemispheres joined by a bayonet fitting, divided into eight quadrants, finely hand pierced and chiseled with dragon heads, stylized archaic scrolls, peonies, and tendrils. The censer is affixed with a loop and a short, linked suspension chain...

Authentic rare ancient Chinese, Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), silver – inlaid, thinly cast bronze, circular hand mirror. The front of the mirror is decorated with silver inlaid with three lotus leaf motifs near the outer rim; the inner site has remains of the silver plating.
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, with beautiful green patina showing its age and usage. The mirror originally had a handle which at some point was broken off...

Antique Chinese cast bronze and hand-chiseled incense burner censer, signed with a seal mark in zhuanshu scripts, 18th -19th century, Qing dynasty.

The body of the censer is in the form of an elegant bombé vessel set with twin handles and four legs in the form of bamboo branches.

Two sides are decorated with rectangular panels hand-chiseled in a low relief on a punched background; one panel with a horned deer next to a tree, the other panel with a bird and a tree...

Antique 17th century Chinese, Ming Dynasty, cast bronze and hand-chiseled incense burner (censer) with an elaborate rectangular body adorned with three bands.

The square-form censer is raised on four mask feet...

Antique late Qing Dynasty Chinese cast bronze and hand-chiseled tripod incense burner censer, in the form of the Lotus flower. The sides are applied with twin Lotus blooms as the strap handles.

The censer base is bearing a seal mark in very unusual apocryphal spindly style of” Shuowen Jiezi “Script within a rectangular cartouche.

MEASUREMENTS:

Width across handles: 15.5 cm (6.1 inches).

Height including handles: 10 cm (3.94 inches)...

Antique Chinese bronze incense burner censer in the form of the Buddhist Guardian Lion - Foo Dog, Qing Dynasty (1644 -1912 AD).

The lion is seated with the left paw raised on a brocade ball, and its scrolling tail flicks upwards.

Well cast in bronze and hand finished with fine details, the body is applied with swirling locks of hair and smaller curls...

Ancient Chinese horse snaffle bridle-bit, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC).

Made of bronze bit with a mouthpiece composed of two canons connected in the center, each cast with a loop at both ends...

Rare, antique Qing Dynasty, superb quality, Chinese huge Jian sword with a beautiful, hand-forged, double-edged, very long, robust steel blade.

Two analogous swords dated by the expert to the 18th century, from the Reign of The Emperor Qianlong, are published in the 2 professional books:

1. "Swords and Hilt Weapons" by Peter Connolly on page 183. 2. "Late Imperial Chinese Armies 1520 -18140" by Chris Peers & Christa Hook on page 33.

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Antique Chinese small bronze tripod Incense Burner-Censer with Xuande seal mark, Qing Dynasty (1644 -1912 AD).

The censer was cast and then hand-finished with various tools, including files. The perfectly composed oval body is raised on three feet, surrounded on both sides by softly curved handles.Censer has beautiful lines and proportions.

CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing its age and use.

MEASUREMENTS:Width across handles: 7 cm (2.8 inches).He...

An antique Chinese tripod censer, also known as an incense burner Ding, dating back to the 17th -19th century Qing Dynasty. The censer is made of bronze and has a compressed, rounded shape, with a bulbous body and two upright loop handles. The base is raised on three tapering legs and is cast with a Xuande six-character mark.

CONDITION: In good condition. It shows age and use. Irregular splashes of the reddish-green patina.

MEASUREMENTS:

Width: 12.7 cm (5 inches).

Height, in...

An extremely rare ancient Chinese Warring States period (475-221 B.C.) bronze belt hook, in the form of a coiled archaic large horned dragon swallowing a smaller dragon, the reverse with a projecting button for attachment.
Measurements: Overall length: 12 cm (4.72 inches) .
CONDITION: Green patina with heavy corrosion and encrustation.
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Antique Chinese bronze censer (incense burner) in the form of the tripod vessel Li Ding with cover and rosewood stand, Ming dynasty (first half of the 17th-century).

The compressed globular body with a waisted neck and everted rim flanked by a pair of beast masks, set with upright bail handles, supported on three tall tapering conical legs.

The rounded sides are adorned with two panels; one is engraved on a punched ground with a horned qilin, birds, and two Lohans within the floral patt...

Antique bronze figure of seated Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva finely cast and skillfully hand chased, 18th century, China.

Bodhisattva sits in dhyanasana on a lotus base. The hands are held in dhyana mudra, dressed in layered robes and arrayed in beaded jewelry, with a jeweled necklace, large pendant earrings, and an elaborate crown.

MEASUREMENTS: Height: 6.3 cm (2.5 inches)

CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing age and use, worn in exposed areas, with a dark...