19c Japanese sword KOZUKA NIO Temple Guardian signed

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 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

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

Pair of woodblock prints by the artist Asaka Manjiro (Japanese, 1885-1965), each depicting a Nio, Japanese temple guardian figures. Both are signed with the artist's seal and are matted and framed. Di

(lot of 2) Japanese carved boxwood Nio guardians Agyo and Ungyo 19th century both signed 'Kogetsu' (damaged and repaired) 7.75""h

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

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

Late Meiji - early Taisho (1910s) Japanese watercolor on paper depicting one of the Nio (also called Kongōrikishi) - a wrathful and muscular guardian of the Buddha standing at the entrance of a B

Late Meiji - early Taisho (1910s) Japanese watercolor on paper depicting one of the Nio (also called Kongōrikishi) - a wrathful and muscular guardian of the Buddha standing at the entrance of a B

VERY NICE JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD FITTING KUZUKA. MIXED METAL WITH NICE SIGNATURE TO THE REVERSE. HOUSED IN A KIRI-WOOD BOX.

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

Asaka Manjiro (Japanese, 1885-1965). Three woodblock prints, each depicting Nio, Japanese temple guardian. Unframed. Each sheet: 16-1/4in x 11-1/2in.

PAIR JAPANESE DECORATED PORCELAIN TEMPLE GUARDIANS, SIGNED. HEIGHT 7 1/2"

NICE LOT OF ANTIQUE JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS, KOZUKA, 3 ARE NICELY SIGNED.

Near pair of vintage hand painted and handcrafted Japanese ceramic vases with figural samurai motifs. Fu Dog/Temple Guardian finials. Signed to undersides, illegible. Sizes vary slightly, approx. 3.5

Artist: Mori Yoshitoshi Nio - Temple Guardian Size: 12 x 17 Inches Medium: Japanese Woodblock Print Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid in advance of the auction

Rare Nio pottery Meiji figures. [13" H].

A monumental Japanese cast bronze temple statue. Warm patinated bronze figure depicting Nio, a temple guardian figure in Buddhist tradition, and manifestation of the bodhisattva Vajrapani. Clad in tra

19th century or earlier signed sentoku (copper alloy with zinc, lead and tin) floriform Japanese sword tsuba inlaid in various metals with an owl seated on one of the rice sheafs by bamboo grass and u

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