19c Japanese sword KOZUKA DRAGON on temple sword by

19th century Japanese bronze kozuka (sword knife) handle depicting a dragon wrapped around a temple sword with Buddhist thunderbolt handle, all on finely textured ground called nanako, which means &#8

Early 19th century Japanese sword kozuka (sword knife) handle depicting a dragon wrapped around a temple sword with Buddhist thunderbolt handle, all on a punched ground. Excellently designed clever pi

Early 19th century Japanese bronze kozuka (sword knife) handle with relief decoration of a Nio with billowing scarf above his head, all on finely textured ground called nanako, which means “fish

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting a night scene of crescent moon with a bird in flight by a stone temple lantern and a stream. The body is made out of

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting a night scene of crescent moon with a bird in flight by a stone temple lantern and a stream. The body is made out of

One 19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with low relief decoration of sarumawashi - a traveling monkey trainer - on the front, and the back with incised monkey dressed as a Sambaso dance

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting butterflies in flight among vines with leaves and double gourds. Excellent crisp work, beautifully textured ground te

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle depicting a lobster and some fishing implements including a straw raincoat and a woven ring. Superb crisp work - see the fine textures of the crustace

18th to early 19th century Japanese sword fuchi (bordering piece between the sword guard and the handle) with relief design of several temple rooftops and overlaid gold details of deciduous trees, pin

Early 19th century Japanese sword kozuka (sword knife) handle imitating a tsuka (actual Japanese sword handle) with relief decoration of a dragonfly. Excellent design, superb crisp detailing - see fin

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) small Japanese bronze scroll weight in a shape of a kozuka (sword knife) handle with incised decoration of a tiger in a bamboo grove, design continuing on the back. N

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

This spectacular temple textile of a writhing dragon with a sword represents vigor, power, and wisdom and dates to the late Meiji Period, c. 1890-1900. The phoenix represents the Japanese empress who

56 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,4 cm - 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,

57 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,7 cm - 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,

28 4 Tsuba Japan D 6,2 cm - 8,3 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. a. Aoi-gata, Tetsu, Inome-sukashi, Kaku-mimi. Zwei Kozuka-hitsu-ana, Sekigane oben und unten. Omote: florales Mot

58 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,6 cm - 9,9 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,

50 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,7 cm - 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,

53 4 Kozuka Japan L 8,7 cm - 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,

34 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,6 cm - 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,

52 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,5 cm - 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,

48 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,6 cm - 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,

44 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-, Silber-

55 4 Kozuka Japan L 9,7 cm - 9,8 cm. Provenienz: Carlo Monzino (1931-1996), Castagnola. Verschiedene Metalllegierungen mit diversen Motiven. Unterschiedlicher Dekor mit feinen Details, z.T. mit Gold-,