Single 19c Japanese sword MENUKI Goto School LEOPARD & DRAGON

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

Title: 19c Japanese sword MENUKI HORSE Origin: Japanese Description: Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting a prancing horse wearing rich trappings and saddle. Elegant design in Japanese

Single early 19th century menuki - Japanese sword fitting - depicting two galloping horses, one done in brown patina, the other gilded. Elegant design, crisp casting and detailing, some obvious age we

Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting a water buffalo, its head lowered menacingly. Elegant design in Japanese taste, excellent work with superb detailing, bronze with silver overlay and

Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting a horse wearing rich trappings and standing under a wide pine tree. Elegant design in Japanese taste, excellent work with superb detailing, bronze w

Title: 19c Japanese sword MENUKI RESTING PEASANT with basket Origin: Japanese Description: Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting a seated peasant wearing a rain hat and leaning against a

Single 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting three gnarled pines. Elegant design in Japanese taste, beautiful detailing, bronze with brown patina, in great condition. Length 1 3/4 inches. Shipp

Magnificent Edo Period Tanto With Dragon Engraving On The Blade. The Exceptional Frames Of The Goto School Are On The Theme Of Daruma, The Founder Of Zen Buddhism. This Tanto Was Exhibited At The Poin

Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting two groups of boys at play. Superb quality work - see their faces, detailing of clothing and toys. Gold, silver and copper inlays, in excelle

Pair of 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting: 1. Kanzan and Jittoku reading an open scroll, with Jittoku’s broom on the ground behind them. 2. A landscape in scholar’s taste with

Pair of early 19th century good size Japanese sword menuki each depicting a riding crop - the one with dark patina with abumi (stirrup), the gilded one with a long tailed bird on a wooden bucket. Supe

Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki each depicting a pair of cranes wading through a stream with water plants. Elegant design, bronze with gilding and silver inlays, overall in great cond

Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting ikebana arrangements containing fruits on branches on bed of wide reeds, all tied with ribbons. Elegant design in Japanese taste, extraordina

Pair of 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting rice plants with stalks. Pleasant design, bronze with light brown patina, gilding, in great condition. Length 1 11/16 inches. Reserve: $150.00 Ship

19th century Japanese sword menuki of a walking peasant with two objects - one in his back, the other in his hands, currently mounted as a pin and a pendant. Very clever design, superb detailing - see

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

Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting cranes in different attitudes in flight above waves. Elegant design, bronze with brown patina, gilding, overall in very good condition, some

19th century solid gold Japanese sword menuki in a form of running Inari fox holding a rice stalk in its mouth, and with a key to a store room under its hind legs. Foxes in their benevolent manifestat

Pair of early 19th century good size Japanese sword menuki each depicting an undulating dragon in different attitude. Excellent design, bronze with fire gilding, superb casting and detailing, beautifu

Single 19th century good size Japanese sword menuki depicting two long leaves, one partially folded along its length. Elegant design with implied feeling of melancholy, excellent work with superb deta

Pair of 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting pairs of monkeys floating on a log among waves. Very good work with great detailing, bronze with gilding, in great condition. Length 1 11/16 inches

A group of 11 single Japanese mixed metal menuki. The group includes various depictions of fruit, fu dog, figures, flowers, dragon, and animals. Dimensions are: the fu dog menuki measures, 1 1/2 inche

Dragon-form Japanese sword fittings. [Each: 2 1/8" W x 1/2" H].