19c Japanese multimetal BEAKER dragons & supernaturals

Very unusual 19th century Japanese bronze beaker in a shape of a wooden barrel on 3 raised feet and with 2 horizontal rope bands. Inlaid with 3 low relief scenes: 1. Benten (the Goddess of music) seat

Title: 19c Japanese multimetal BOX tea ceremony KOGO drum WASP Description: Superb quality 19th century Japanese bronze round kogo (box for incense during tea ceremony) in a shape of a drum. Top is de

Large and impressive Japanese Meiji Era Satsuma porcelain figural palace floor vase. Numerous elements combine in this majestic vase, decorated with profuse hand painted figures of scholars, Immortals

Late Qing Dynasty (1890s to 1911) Chinese cloisonne beaker decorated with a pair of 5-clawed dragons in flight contesting a Precious Gem among clouds above rolling waves. Black background densely deco

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

An antique Japanese Satsuma porcelain vase. A beautiful deep green ground, featuring elongated gilt dragon handle at each end. Vase is decorated with rose pink carnation flowers, and swirling leaves,

19th century Japanese tobacco pipe consisting of a bamboo/reed stem and 2 metal parts depicting dragon among clouds (mouth part) in flight towards Mount Fuji (bowl part). Nicely made out of paktong -

Late 19th century Japanese porcelain Imari plate with a central roundel containing decoration of a pine sapling and flowering gnarled prunus tree, surrounded by 2 shaped reserves with water dragons, 2

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

Japanese antique metal beaker decorated with embossed dragon surrounded, Meiji Period. 5.5 x 9 CM.日本明治時期龍紋浮雕銅杯&#6529

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

Reserve Reduced! Early 19th century Japanese bronze kashira (pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting a Chinese scholar (possibly a sennin) wearing a rich robe, holdi

Reserve Reduced! 19th century Edo period Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting ayu (sweetfish) swimming among seaweed. The material of the

19th century Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting Gentoku riding through the waters of the river Dankei on his horse Tokiro while escaping

19th century Edo period Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting a wild boar running by clumps of bamboo grass. Perfectly captured moment, won

19th century Edo period Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with incised poem and multimetal inlays depicting small rocks, young shhots and bush stumps by a winding strea

Reserve Reduced! 19th century Edo period Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting a rat among turnips with leaves, all on a finely textured gr

19th century Japanese bronze / brass page turner with engraved blade and multimetal handle. The decoration on the front of the handle depicts three quails feeding among various flowers and stalks of m

19th century sentoku (copper alloy with zinc, lead and tin) Japanese sword tsuba with multimetal inlaid decoration of a scholar in a boat, a fan in his hand as he watches a crane in flight, all by a r

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

Japanese 19th Century antique Meiji Period bronze incense burner censer bowl. Decorated with dragons and roosters. Tripodal form, with three legs surmounting on an altar plinth. No apparent signature.

19th century Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting various flowers among golden foliage. Body of the kashira is shakudo (alloy of copper an