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Metalwork For Sale
Chinese Export Silver Tankard by Luen Hing, Early 20th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Chinese export silver bamboo motif tankard by Luen Hing, circa 1920, Shanghai, China.
The large tankard with a slightly bulgi...
Category
Early 20th Century Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Small Betel Nut Box, Maranao, Southern Philippines (Mindanao)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small Betel Nut Box, Maranao, Southern Philippines (Mindanao).
Bronze with bordered silver inlay design overall of a symmetrical floral tendril vine pattern referred to as “the okir ...
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Tribal Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Japanese Brass Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An elegant brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Showa Period. The finish is Murashido, a centuries-old technique that consists in quenching the cast brass in hot oil and smoke it with ...
Category
1920s Japanese Showa Vintage Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Bronze Gong Mounted on Custom Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
A bronze gong from mounted on a black custom base. This circular bronze gong is tied through a rope to a black metal arm resting on a rectangular wooden base. Boasting a nicely weath...
Category
19th Century American Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Metal
A Large Chinese Brass Fish Lock with Key, Early 20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Large Chinese Brass Fish Lock with Key, Early 20th Century
Provenance: Private Perth Collection.
Dimension: Width: 20cm Depth: 10cm Height: 3cm.
Note: The lock is not in working...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Brass
Tibetan Gau Traveling Shrine with Silk Case, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tibetan traveling shrines, known as Gau, were believed to offer protective powers and were used to hold and carry sacred objects during long journeys. Crafted over a century ago, a B...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Brass
Old Iron Seating Sakyamuni Buddha Statue
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This Old Iron Sitting Sakyamuni Buddha Statue is a stunning representation of the Buddha in a peaceful seated posture. Made of durable iron, this antique sculpture reflects the rich ...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dueling Dragons Pink Butterfly Tray
Located in New York, NY
A large antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over brass tray. The tray is enameled with a polychrome medallion depicting a butterfly surrounded by floral and foliage patterns, an...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Early 20th Century, Showa, Japanese Bronze Vase
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 18.7 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Middle Eastern Turkish Arabic Copper Dallah Coffee Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Asian traditional Turkish ottoman copper Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased tinned copper with riveted brass finish a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Omani Islamic Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Moorish Brass Table Lamp with Arabic Script
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique fine Middle Eastern Moorish revival brass table lamp with Arabic calligraphy writing.
Moorish, Syrian style brass table lamp with hammered brass with fine Islamic designs and Egyptian figure and animals. Hand-cut filigree shade.
Brass Egyptian...
Category
19th Century Egyptian Moorish Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Brass Oversized Vase /Umbrella/Stick Stand
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Cast brass Japanese vase . Can be used as umbrella /stick stand
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Bronze Collection Eighteen Luohan Disciples, 18th-19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An extremely rare bronze collection of the eighteen (Archats) Luohan Disciples as adorned in Chinese Buddhist culture. The figures are exceptionally well made and represent the Luoha...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Nepalese Filigree and Stone and Glass Inlay Votive Plaque, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and impressive Nepalese gilt copper filigree votive plaque inset with coral, turquoise, and colored glass "gems", 19th/20th century, Nepal.
This large votive plaque would ori...
Category
Early 1900s Nepalese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Stone, Coral, Copper
Japanese Iron Bird Incense Burner
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique iron bird sculpture with a nice patina. Removable vented piece, for burning incense, 1960s.
Category
1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Islamic Persian Copper Pitcher Antique 19th Century Middle Eastern Ewer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th century Middle Eastern Persian Qajar Dynasty ( 1785-1924) tinned copper pitcher.
The teardrop form ruffled mouth with a flat hand wrought handle, over a neck decorated with hand chased human figures, floral, and geometric designs.
Nice decorative old rustic hand-hammered ewer pitcher in the Mameluke Qajar style.
Large copper pitcher entirely engraved and plated with silver, tinned with incised scene of a figure seated.
Persian Moorish Middle Eastern tinned copper water jug ewer.
Middle Eastern Arabic...
Category
Mid-19th Century Turkmen Islamic Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Pair of Vintage Asian Bronze Incense Burners , Koro
Located in Bochum, NRW
Pair of vintage Asian bronze incense burners
A pair of bronze censers with lids, handles, and knobs as mythological animals, China circa 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Ota Jinnoei 1890 Imperial Meiji Period Pair of Cloisonne Cabinet Vases
By Ota Jinnoei
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of cloisonne vases designed by Ota Jinnoei.
Beautiful pair of small cabinet vases, created in Japan circa 1890, during the meiji Imperial period (1868-1912). These vases has ...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Bronzed Seated Buddha with Boys
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine Chinese bronzed copper seated Buddha with five small boys believed to date from the early 20th century. The hollow cast figure is well detailed and portrays the seated smiling...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Copper
1940s Moroccan Brass Tray Collectible Islamic Polished Metal Work Platter 13.5 D
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1940s Moroccan Brass Tray Polished Collectible Islamic Metal Work Platter.
The Islamic polished brass metal work antique brass tray is a remarkable piece of artistry that embodies th...
Category
1940s Moroccan Islamic Vintage Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Meiji Period Bronze Figure of a Noh, With Mask
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meiji Period Bronze Figure of a Noh, with Mask
Japan, circa 1900s
A captivating Meiji period bronze figure of a Noh performer adorned with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Japanese Cloisonne Vases with Floral Decoration & Wooden Stands
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of vases are unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Japan and date to approximately 1920 and done in an Anglo-Japanese style. The vases are done in engraved brass w...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Large Rare Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Panel of Geese Flying over the Moon S
Located in New York, NY
Large Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Panel of Geese Flying over the Moon Sky
A large antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel over brass wall panel. The panel is enameled with a p...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Pair of Black Bronze Japanese Candleholders Incense Burner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of black cast bronze Japanese candleholders censer.
Oriental antique late 19th century Meiji period Japanese heavy black bronze candlesticks...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese bronze incense burner, in the form of a bird perched on one foot on a tall rocky outcropping, the bird’s head l...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Iron Teapot Water Dropper
Located in Norton, MA
Iron teapot water dropper with the original box.
This is an old stocked item and still in its new condition in the box.
Category
Mid-20th Century Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Vintage Bronze Partition Samantabhadra Elephant Buddha Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Well casted and detailed vintage bronze Partition Samantabhadra riding elephant buddha sculpture, circa 1970s. Samantabhadra (Universal Virtue ) rides the white elephant for the so...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Brass Circular Tray
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large Antique brass circular tray having an ornate embossed border with scrolls and swags and a 17th Century interior tavern scene to the centre. Lovely colour and condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Meiji Period Bronze Sculpture of a Mother and Son by Atsuyoshi
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period bronze sculpture of a mother and son by Atsuyoshi, she is shown seated on a gnarled rootwood base, with her arm round a crying boy standing by her knee and offering her breast, wearing a short robe, trousers and a cloth incised with Mount Fuji around her head, and bare feet. Signed Atsuyoshi saku, Maruki Shachu seisaku (??????????? (??????????). Japanese, circa 1880.
Footnote: Atsuyoshi is known for a number of finely modelled bronze studies of both wild and domesticated animals, almost all of them made for the Tokyo based Maruki Company. This is therefore an unusual subject matter for him and Japanese bronzes in general , however Oliver Impey and Joyce Seaman, in ‘Japanese Decorative Arts of the Meiji Period’ (in the Ashmolean Museum Collections), pp. 68-69, include a bronze group of a woman who has just finished breast feeding...
Category
1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Middle Eastern Copper Islamic Art Vase Engraved with Moorish Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern large red copper repoussé bowl, finely hand-etched, engraved, hammered and chased with elaborate Moorish geometric designs.
Handcrafted copper metal work by artisans,...
Category
Early 20th Century Syrian Islamic Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Brass
Rare Antique Pair of Very Large Victorian Chinoiserie Tole-ware Tea Canisters
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th C. Victorian England. 19th c., England, a rare pair of very large gilt, polychrome and black painted metal tea cannisters. These Victorian tole tea canisters are stunning exampl...
Category
Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Large Copper Patinated Aluminum Sculpture Of Shiva Nataraja
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sculpture of Shiva Nataraja, depicting the god within a ring of fire, holding a damaru drum in his right hand and a flame in the left. The Shiva is dancing on a reclining figure hold...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Metalwork
Materials
Aluminum
Japanese Singing Bowl Solid Brass Gold
Located in Somis, CA
A solid golden brass Japanese singing bowls. The upright design and plain surface reflect modern sophistication while the crisp tone conjures up the feeling of joy. A special ceremon...
Category
20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Large Burmes Brass, Copper, Silver Inlaid Ceremonial Bowl with Avatars of Vishnu
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Asian Burmese brass ceremonial bowl with silver and copper inlaid with the ten Hindu Avatars of Vishnu.
Fine example of Tanjore work, this brass bowl that has been overlaid with alternating copper and silver chased plaques, with high quality in detail executed in mixed metal repoussé with contrasting patination, showing Hindu deities. The base is engraved with a lotus flower motif.
(This type of work is known as Tanjore work, after the south Indian city where much of this work was executed.)
The depictions on the main plaques are believed to relate to those seen carved in relief on rock on the façade off the Great Temple (Brihadisvara) in Tanjore.
A southern Indian magnificent silver and copper inlaid vase, 19th century Tapered and chased body made of copper inlaid with beaded bands and with the ten avatars of Vishnu:
1. Matsya (the fish)
2. Koorma (the tortoise)
3. Varaha (the boar)
4. Narasimha (the human-lion – shown on this bowl as a lion-man figure about to devour a human victim.)
5. Vamana (the dwarf)
6. Parasurama (the angry man – presented on this bowl as a figure with an axe, a bow and an arrow.)
7. Rama (the perfect man, king of Ayodha)
8. Krishna (the divine statesman – shown here as Krishna on a cobra throne...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Two Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Eggs "Flowers and Animals" with Wood Stands #9
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting two beautiful Chinese cloisonné enamel eggs depicting flowers and animals with wood stands, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Japanese Meiji Period (1868-1912) Three Wise Monkeys Box Komyo 光明
Located in Newark, England
The Silver box of rectangular form with rounded corners features the Three Wise Monkeys to the front, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil. The monkeys cast beautifully with n...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Lovely quality antique Edwardian set of brass fire irons
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely quality antique Edwardian set of brass fire irons, having a lovely quality set of brass fire irons consisting of a shovel, poker and a pair of tongs.
D. 1900
Category
Early 20th Century Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Japanese Iron Tetsubin with Chrysanthemum Blossoms, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Decorated with stylized chrysanthemum blossoms, symbols of longevity and rejuvenation, this Japanese teapot was used to boil water for traditional tea ceremonies. Known as tetsubin, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Antique Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Round Lidded Box 19th Century CO#07
Located in Norton, MA
Quality work, amazing workmanship with absolutely fine details bronze cloisonné enameled lidded box depicting lots of intricated patterns all around the...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Bronze
Pair Basket Weave Bronze Vases with Applied Bamboo Branch, Japan, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage pair of fine Asian bronze vases - featuring basket weave panels to the lower body and applied 'bamboo branches with leaves' to the necks of each vase - stepped base and flari...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Singing Bowl Brown Earth E4 Tone
Located in Somis, CA
An unique antique Japanese singing bowl with beautiful brown earth colored exterior. Crafted in solid bronze with hand hammered divots, the bowl embodies the classic Japanese aesthe...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Articulated Bronze Crab
Located in Essex, MA
Wonderful patina and fully articulated. Purchased in London by previous owner.
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Indo-Persian Tray in Embossed Brass, India 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb large Indo-Persian tray in embossed brass with magnificently intricate arabesque decorations of foliage, animals and divinities. Representation of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Persian Style Champlevé Enameled Bronze Vase Set, circa 1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Japanese Persian style vase set offers Champlevé enameled bronze urn form vessels with figural double handles, decorative bands to i...
Category
20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Patinated bronze okimono depicting a tiger and a snake
Located in Milano, IT
Patinated bronze okimono depicting a tiger and snake signed Genryusay Seiya zo. The animals, placed frontally, are depicted with their jaws wide open in a direct confrontation.
Work...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Densatil Gilt Bronze Caryatid Figure, Tibet, 15th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A heavy and solidly cast, richly gilt, bronze caryatid figure from Densatil Monastery, Central Tibet, early 15th century or earlier.
Cast in the form of two four armed figures standing back to back in tribhanga (thrice bent position) on a lotus platform, this piece would originally have served as a pillar for a larger seated deity...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tibetan Tibetan Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Bronze Basketweave Pattern Sake Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional quality Japanese Meiji bronze sake pot decorated with a basket weave patterning dating between 1868 and 1912 and probably made around 1890. The...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Fine Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase in style of early Namikawa Yasuyuki
Located in London, GB
A Lovely Edo Period Cloisonne Enamel Vase in style of early Namikawa Yasuyuki works.
Worked in gold wire and decorated in various coloured enam...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Patinated Bronze Trumpet Vase by Kanaya Gorôsaburô xi 金谷五良三郎
By Kanaya Gorôsaburô XI 金谷五良三郎
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Elegant brown patinated bronze trumpet vase with gold and red sprinkled design. It has an impressive broad outward curved mouth decorated on both sides with the dots. Its slender bod...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Japanese Silver Teacups with Peacock and Floral Motifs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Japanese silver teacups, beautifully adorned with engraved peacock and floral motifs. They measure 2 7/8'' in diameter at the top by 2'' in height, weigh 5.1 troy ounces (158...
Category
20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Japanese Red Patinated Bronze Vase by Nakajima Yasumi II 二代中島保美
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Exceptionally shaped bronze vase with a striking ‘coarse’-textured red mottled patina. The bowl subtly shaped like a flower, its slightly concave body flanked by ‘butterfly wing’-sha...
Category
20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique West Country Cream Skimmer, English, Brass, Milk Stirrer, Georgian, 1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique West Country Cream Skimmer. An English, pierced brass milk stirrer, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Attractive cream skimmer with an appealing decorat...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Bronze Faux Bamboo Garden Jardiniere Planters
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Attractive garden jardinières or planters featuring a faux bamboo design. The planters have a round form that tapers on the footed bottom. Very heavy cast in solid bronze with an oil...
Category
20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Patinated Bronze Box in a from of a Peacock, India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This is an antique patinated bronze sculpture of a stylized form peacock.
Used as a betel box or tobacco opium box.
Produced using the traditional 'lost w...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Islamic Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Meiji Japanese Bronze Jardinière Japanese People on a Boat, Genryusai Seiya Zo
Located in New York, NY
A masterpiece, rare, 19th Century Japanese bronze Jardinière/centerpiece of a group of Japanese travelers on a boat, signed on the bottom, Genryusai Seiya...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty 1644-1911 Enamel on Copper Cloisonne Plate Bowl
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Chinese Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) cloisonne shallow bowl, circa 1880.
The bowl is finely decorated with gold spiral cloisons on a black enamel ground, to the center is ...
Category
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Small Japanese Articulate Crab Jizai Okimono Meiji Period Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small copper crab with articulated legs made by Myochin Hiroyoshi in the late Meiji Period circa 1890-1900s. One of the pair (the other one is listed separately LU945044034102, bu...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Japanese Wireless Cloisonne Vase
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Japanese wireless cloisonne vase.
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