A RARE GOLD LACQUER KOBAKO DEPICTING VARIOUS SWORD FITTINGS (TOSOGU)

Rare single 19th century Goto School menuki (Japanese sword fitting) depicting a dragon and a leopard. Leopards are very rare in Japanese art, and the face of this one looks more like that of a tiger

Extremely fine painting using pigments and gold leaf on silk depicting various royal court scenes to include; soldiers with swords guarding the compound, performing musicians, servants, the royal fami

The octagonal button painted in raised gold with bamboo and three flowers in purple, iron-red and white enamels, all on a blue-green tessellated ground; eight sword fittings applied with various anima

18th century Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with iron body and gold and silver inlays depicting vines with various leaves and tendrils. Elegant design in Japanese ta

A FINE AND RARE 18TH CENTURY JAPANESE EDO PERIOD GOLD LACQUER SCHOLARS STAND mounted in silver, modelled as a sword rack decorated with roundels. 15 cm x 15 cm.

The short sword black lacquer hilt and scabbard with gold-decorated silver metal fittings; a small kogai (4 1/4in) in the scabbard. Tang is inscribed with swordsmith's signature, and date. Blade 9 3/4

A miniature antique Japanese type tanto sword with damascus blade and copper gold coloured lacquer type grip and matching saya with chrysanthemum cast tsuba. Completed with a scabbard with a fitting r

The short sword hilt and scabbard are black lacquer with green iridescent flecks and gold-decorated fittings; the scabbard with a crouching gold-decorated oni with shield. The blade 9 1/2in, total in

a gold tremblant brooch, fur, hat or garment fitting with enamel and gemstone decoration depicting a flying insect. Attached by way of a spiral fitting upon which is stamped: 585 and with the Lyre mar

Rare Carlo Giuliano Archeological Revival, lava, jasper and 18k yellow gold bib necklace, 19th century composed of various colored finely carved lava cameo's depicting classical Greek mythical faces,

Depicting the bust of an elegant lady which is adorned with 18k yellow gold fittings and a gemstone choker necklace. 1"h

Asian Buddhist Black Lacquer Reliquary 19th Century or earlier, black lacquer box with brass fittings on the outside, four painted gold interior doors with Asian deity figures, various gemstones house

A lovely pendant in 14K yellow gold set with various semi precious cameo stones, the oval stones depicting cherubs and the central octagonal stone bears the image of a centaur. Marked on the fitting r

A SEI ANTE ED INSERTI DI PLACCHE ROTONDE IN BRONZO CLOISONNE', CINA, INIZIO XX SECOLO The black and gold lacquer depicting flowered branches and bird in the lower part of the panel and around the cloi

Rare Monumental 19th Century Chinese Embroidery Depicting Various Exotic Birds in a LandscapeMade for the Japanese Market157 1/2 in. l. x 63 1/2 in. w.

Measurement: L 23-3/4 in., W 3-1/4 in., D 3 in. This is a rare Warring States sword inlaid with jade fittings and decorations. This sword is not for fighting purpose because it has not been sharpened.

A Japanese Gold and Shibayama Koro with CoverMeiji period (1868-1912), hexagonal shaped silver koro (incense burner) inset with six lobed gold-lacquer panels edged in silver, each depicting Japanese f

Four Various Archaic Jade Carvings Including two swords fittings, one bangle, and one pierced dragon pendant, two of the carvings now mounted as a brooches, the semi-translucent and opaque stone exhib

Four Various Archaic Jade Carvings Including two swords fittings, one bangle, and one pierced dragon pendant, two of the carvings now mounted as a brooches, the semi-translucent and opaque stone exhib

Rare Georg Jensen "Sun Chariot" sculpture, executed in bronze and gold, depicting the sun carried by a six-wheeled horse drawn chariot, mounted on a wooden plinth (note: lot is accompanied with additi

19th Century Chinese gold gilt, painted and lacquered carved hardwood panels. Scenic and figural panels are carved from a single wood panel depicting battle scenes being directed by Emperors. One pane

Rare and unusual collection of Chinese export paintings, possibly school of Tingqua, gouache on paper, approx. 32 leaves, elaborately depicting various kinds of old China's street vendors and their cr

A SET OF GOLD-LACQUER BOXES Meiji era (1868-1912) Comprising a rectangular box with inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid, the box fitted with a kakego (interior tray) and containing four smaller rectangu

A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Rectangular with an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirigane and hirame embe