(19th / 20th c) JAPANESE IRON PRAYING MANTIS

Legs slightly articulated, wings remove to an open font. signed. 2 x 6 x 1 1/4 inches

Six Chinese Metal and Metal Snuff Bottles LATE 19TH-20TH CENTURY comprising a blue enamel 'double fish' bottle, two painted enamel on copper double bottles, one painted with a praying mantis on flower

Antique Asmat drum, 19th/20th c., Papua New Guinea, carved wood, animal skin, with a handle carved in the form of a Praying Mantis, the original drum skin held in place with braided vines, accompanied

Pair patinated cast iron pigeons, 19th/20th c., likely Japanese, realistically modeled, no marks observed, each approx. 6"h x 6"l x 4"w Provenance: A Private Collection: 30 East 81st Street, NYC

Twelve American and Japanese Cast Iron Metal and Glass Toy Automobiles, Trucks, Horse and Carriage and Motorcycle by Various Makers, 19th/20th Century Including Champion, Arcade No. 1457, Hubley and o

Late 19th/early 20th century Japanese round box with three copper bowls, missing one iron strap, needs regluing. 13" H x 17" diameter. Provenance: Salem, Massachusetts collection.

(10) Asian bronze censers and objects, 19th/20th c.,Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan, incl. (2) small censers, each marked, a pair of double handle vasiform urns, a relief with birds, a Tibetan iron cens

(lot of 4) English ironstone graduated footed bowls, late 19th/ early 20th c., with polychrome chinoiserie floral motif, marked 'Amherst Japan, Iron stone, Made in England' underfoot, comprising two s

late 19th/early 20th century; carved wood shoulders with mounted cast iron head, 11 in. H.; From the Estate of Charles E. Scarlett, Jr., contents of Whitehall, a National Historic Landmark, Annapolis,

JAPANESE CAST IRON KAKURE KIRISHITAN CROSS AND BUDDHALate 19th/Early 20th CenturyHidden Cross.Height 10". Width 7.5".

Five Japanese Cast Iron Tea Wares MARK OF RYUBUNDO, 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY comprising fourtetsubin,each teapot marked Ryubundo to underside of cover; two burners, one with cover and one with a stand.

Two Japanese Cast Iron Teapots, Tetsubin  LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the larger example of compressed globular form, cast with landscape, with an overhanging handle; the smaller example

Seven Japanese Cast Iron Teapots, Tetsubin,and Burner LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY each teapot of bulbous form, together with a burner stand. Height of tallest pot 4 1/4 in., 11 cm. Property f

Vintage Japanese Lantern Cast Iron Bank, still bank with open work bird and tree with raised floral design side panels and top, six sided, marked Rd 187 026 on bottom, late 19th / early 20th C. CONDIT

China, Japan 19th-20th Century Includes a paiban instrument, a small wood box decorated with metal rabbit, two iron samurai staffs, one spoon with curved wood handle, two kanzashi with dragon head dec

Chinese and Japanese porcelain collection, 19th/20th c., (10) pieces, mostly blue and white, incl. a footed bowl with iron red details, pair brown rimmed dishes, old pottery dish with red and green gl

Japan, late 19th / early 20th Century, with applied gilt ring and tassel cord decoration along the sides; painted in iron-red, grey ochre, and black enamel, heightened with gilding, with dense frieze

Pair of Japanese Imari Porcelain Vases, 19th/20th c., decorated with alternating garden and phoenix cartouches on an iron red ground with floral heads, h. 12 in

Tansu with iron hardware, 19th/20th c.; 38" x 36" x 16 1/4"

Japanese bronze and wood accessories, 19th/20th c., (5) pieces, incl. parcel gilt pierced bronze floral tsuba, (2) Kozuka knife handles converted to pins, iron and bronze, a shadowbox framed set of si

A Group of Thirteen Japanese Imari Porcelain Plates late 19th or early 20th century, porcelain hand painted with various Japanese motifs and designs in imari palette of iron red, cobalt blue and gilt.

Japanese Meiji TansuLate 19th/early 20th CenturyThe rectangular top over an arrangement of long and short drawers over a long drawer overall with decorative iron mounts and hardware, ending on a later

Late 19th early 20th century. The first with a pierced iron Tsuba in a black lacquer scabbard length of blade 68 cm (26.75 in.) The second with a bronze Tsuba in a black lacquer scabbard with shell in

JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD PORCELAIN CENTER BOWLLate 19th/Early 20th CenturyScalloped rim and ribbed sides. Cobalt blue, iron red, yellow-green and purple decoration.Height 7". Diameter 14". Prov