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Metalwork For Sale
Middle Eastern Moorish Copper Footed Vase
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Turkish copper vase, urn with traditional Islamic Moorish embossed design.
Handmade Islamic Moorish style engraved solid copper metal wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Moorish Metalwork
Materials
Copper
George VI Period Burmese Repousse Silver Centerpiece Bowl and Underplate
Located in New York, NY
Very large Burmese silver centerpiece bowl with cover and footed underplate measuring 9 3/4 inches tall and 11 3/4 inches across, featuring exceptional repousse and chased designs wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Anglo-Indian Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Gilt Metal Thai Khon Dancer
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a beautiful early 20th century Gilt Metal Thai Khon Dancer.
Made in Thailand (South East Asia) circa 1920.
It features a gilt meta...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Country Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Mughal Indian Handcrafted Decorative Hammered Moorish Brass Tray
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large handcrafted decorative Indian Mughal Moorish brass tray.
Embossed and hammered with floral and mystique animal scenes with Arabic script etched.
Large decorative hanging...
Category
19th Century Indian Moorish Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Qianlong period Canton Enamel Square Dish with Dragon, China Late 18th Century
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This small and exquisite Chinese Canton Qianlong period enamel square dish features cut corners and is beautifully decorated with a five-clawed pink dragon surrounded by 18 blue ruyi clouds against a vibrant yellow background. The design is accented by two branches of peaches (or similar fruit) and two branches of peach blossoms (or other fruit blossoms), all framed by an intricate seaweed pattern border.
In Chinese symbolism, five-clawed dragons are reserved exclusively for emperors, as the number five is considered sacred, representing the five elements. In contrast, four-clawed dragons are associated with kings, princes, and high-ranking officials, while three-clawed dragons are designated for the merchant class.
This piece is crafted from enamel on brass, dating back to the Qianlong period (1736–1795), and is characterized by its hexagonal form and the distinctive Famille Rose palette, often referred to as "Canton enamel."
Chinese painted enamel, commonly known as Canton enamel, derives its name from its principal manufacturing location, Canton. This technique was introduced to China in the 18th century, likely by French missionaries, and is inspired by the enameling techniques developed in Limoges, France around 1470. It is referred to in China as "foreign porcelain," suitable since much of it was made for export.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, there was significant demand in the West for Chinese porcelain dinner sets...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Large-Scale Chinoiserie Pagoda, Seven-Tier, White Painted Tôle
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Large-scale chinoiserie pagoda, seven-tier, white painted tôle
Vintage large-scale white metal (tôle) pagoda. Rare and stunning scale and detailing, including little bells on each tier. Each level graduates from 10" at the bottom level to 6" at the top level. It is an impressive piece, whimsical and charming, and very very chic. Can be easily dismantled in tiers for shipping.
Chinoiserie-inspired decoration has entranced generations of discerning collectors from 18th-Century France to Hollywood Regency. The architectural and columnar shape of this piece frames a space.
Probable prior provenance: John Rosselli Antiques.
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Japanese bronze okimono toad (sculpture)
Located in PARIS, FR
Okimono bronze sculpture of a large toad in a crouching position, possibly about to jump.
The toad and the frog, referred to by the same term in Japanese (kaeru), are associated with...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Magnificent Cloisonné Enamel Vase decorated with pigeons. Meiji period
Located in London, GB
A Magnificent Cloisonné Enamel Vase decorated with pigeons.
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Of a tapered spill shape decorated in silver and gold wire and various coloured clo...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums
Located in New York, NY
A massive Chinese blue cloisonné vase or urn depicting a colorful imperial phoenix with gilt bronze wires among birds and butterflies in an imperia...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
$22,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Meiji Period Bronze Centerpiece/Bonsai Planter Basin, 1890
Located in New York, NY
Meiji Period Bronze Centerpiece/Bonsai Planter Basin, 1890
This Meiji period bronze centerpiece or bonsai planter basin is crafted in a rectangular form with a wide, flat rim and de...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Serving Trays With Peacocks
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of matching antique Japanese copper serving trays with polychrome cloisonne enamel design. Meiji period, 1868 to 1912. Rectangular shape with rounded corners. Peacocks and peo...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$4,200 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair Of Antique Pottery Decoration Wheels, English, Finishing Plinth, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique pottery decoration wheels. An English, cast iron rotary finishing plinth, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Useful pair of finishing wheels...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
19 Century Chinese Export silver Dragon-Handled Mug / Tankard
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
19th Century Chinese Export Silver Mug / Tankard, the sides are beautifully decorated in relief with a scene of warriors in combat, very crisp and detailed, centering a shaped cartou...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
$2,280 Sale Price
40% Off
Japanese Hand Made Garden Wind Chime
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Japanese hand made garden wind chime.
Category
Mid-20th Century Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Antique Metal Engraved Mughal Beaker or Vase from India 1940s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique hand hammered silvered metal engraved Mughal style beaker beautifully hand chiseled and decorated with geometrical and botanical patterns motifs.
One of a kind old Islamic Mughal style lassi drinking metal cup from India beautifully hand etched by artisan.
Superb craftsmanship highly decorative beaker, so called lassi cup.
This gobelet is hand-engraved in the intricate Mughal style with floral designs and wears a timeworn patina.
Mughal Moorish Persian style drinking cup hand crafted, engraved by hand, all by traditional ways and methods used in India.
Heavy, sturdy, stunning and unique made of thick, partially silvered metal, all hand tooled, chased and hammered these cups today make wonderful vases or beakers to store paint brushes or pens or use as a small vase on a nightstand or small Moroccan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Brass
Heavy Antique Mr Punch Doorstop, English Figurative Door Keeper, Victorian, 1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a heavy antique Mr. Punch doorstop. An English, cast iron figurative door keeper, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1860.
Charmingly cast, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Hanging Mughal Deccani Bronze Oil Lamp in the Shape of a Bird India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique hanging cast bronze oil lamp in the shape of a beautiful mythical bird peacock figure with hanger chain.
The body of the bird acts as a reservoi...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Very Rare Pair Chinese Kangxi Period Cloisonné Planters w/ Landscape Scene
Located in New York, NY
An Extremely Rare Pair of Chinese Kangxi Period Cloisonné Planters with Landscape Scene. These vessels are formed in deep bowl shapes with recessed, gilt-lined rims and short, slight...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$31,040 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Nice Large Antique 19/20th C Dehua Blanc de Chine Statue of a Pomegranate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely shaped Blanc de Chine fruit, pomegranate.
Blanc de Chine Porcelain :
The porcelain known in the West as Blanc de Chine was produced 300 miles south of the main Chinese kiln c...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Porcelain
$899 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Flowers Butterfly Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese enamel over metal vase. The vase has a globular shaped body and a wide neck with a fluted mouth. The exterior of the ware is enameled with a polychrome design depicting bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Floral Enameled & Carved White Jade Dresser Box C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Floral Enameled & Carved White Jade Dresser Box C1920
Measures - 2 1/2"h x 5"w x 3"d
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Ewer or Pitcher tinned Copper Turkish / Middle Eastern, Early 19th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a handmade Ewer / Pitcher made from tinned copper and dating to the early 19th Century. It is of Islamic influence made in the Middle East, probably Turkey.
This piece is al...
Category
Early 19th Century Turkish Islamic Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Ginbari Vase on Silver Stand
Located in Canterbury, GB
Antique Japanese Cloisonne vase.
Produced in the Ginbari technique, depicting a sprig of fruits.
On custom made English silver stand with hallmarks.
The mark JG&S refers to John G...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Vintage Japanese Katakana Metal Letterpress Movable Type
Located in Chiba, JP
45 pieces of vintage Japanese metal letterpress movable type, ‘Katakana’ (Angular form of Japanese syllabary, primarily used for words of foreign origin). Showa period, 20th century,...
Category
20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Pair Of Meiji Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of antique Japanese cloisonne enamel vases of baluster form, each featuring a multicolor striped design enhanced with floral, foliage, and butterfly motifs. The vibrant enamel...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Large Betel Nut Box, Maranao, Southern Philippines (Mindanao)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large 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
19th Century Philippine Tribal Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Antique Asian Cast Bronze Buddha Head Fragment Bust Sculpture Thai, 18th Century
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Antique Asian and extremely detailed cast bronze fragment of the head of Buddha, dating from the 18 century and presumably having Thai or Tibetan origins. The sculpture fragment is s...
Category
18th Century Thai Tibetan Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A magnificent Japanese cloisonne enamel Vase. Signed. Meiji period
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Japanese cloisonne enamel Vase. Signed. Meiji period
of tapering form with everted neck, decorated in various coloured enamels with two cranes in flight above the cra...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
18th/19th Century Mughal Dynasty Gold and Gem Encrusted Jade Dagger
Located in New York, NY
Mughal dynasty gold and gem encrusted Spinach jade dagger having a dark green pistol grip, inlaid with gold, ruby and sapphire applied rosettes to either s...
Category
19th Century Indian Islamic Antique Metalwork
Materials
Jade, Steel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Goldstone Enamel Plate with Butterflies
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Meiji period Japanese cloisonne enamel brass plate. The central part depicts an elegant motif with butterflies flying on a goldstone gr...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Middle Eastern Dallah Arabic Coffee Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Middle Eastern traditional Arabian tinned copper and brass Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased copper with riveted brass...
Category
Late 19th Century Omani Islamic Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Chinese Bronze Face Mask Signed
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique Chinese bronze mask.
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase W Bronze Dragons
Located in Long Island City, NY
An antique Japanese decorative cloisonne enamel vase with a gilt bronze base and handles. It has a rounded, bowl like shape of a blue color with floral and swirl patterns, adorned wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
A Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Baluster Vases, Late 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Baluster Vases, Late 19th Century
Each of baluster form with an everted lip and trumpet neck descending to broad shoulders and a flared base, the enamelw...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Export Repousse Silver Box with Phoenix, Dragon, & Longevity 壽
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese export repousse silver box.
Decorated to the lid with a central stylized depiction of the character 壽 (shòu, longevity) stylized like the Sun amidst the cloud...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Silver
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
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form Vase, 17th/18th Century, Kangxi Period
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic, rare, and antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form vase, 17th/18th century, Kangxi Period. This cloisonne vase is extremely rare to find in this quality, condition, age,...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Anglo Indian Fine Large Silver Embossed Deity Oval Locket Dated 1880
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and large antique Anglo-Indian silver oval shaped locket heavily embossed with three figures dated September 1880. The large hinged locket has an internal recessed compar...
Category
1870s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Southeast Asian Bronze Rain Drum or Drinks Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large and rare Shan style Southeast Asian patinated cast bronze rain drum or frog drum that could serve as a side or drink table. The bronze drum has a taper...
Category
20th Century Southeast Asian Tribal Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
John Scott Bradstreet - Bronze Lotus Bowl - United States - circa 1900
Located in Chatham, ON
JOHN SCOTT BRADSTREET (Attributed) - Arts & Crafts cast and patinated bronze center-piece flower bowl taking the form of a lotus - later patinated flower 'frog' - unsigned - United S...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Pink Jar With Dragons And Phoenix Birds
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine quality antique Japanese cloisonne enamel lidded jar from the Meiji period, standing on a foot and featuring a lush decor with mythical animals and floral motifs on a pink bac...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lanterns Attributed to Kaji Tsunekichi
Located in Queens, NY
A Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Lanterns Attributed to Kaji Tsunekichi, Edo Period, 19th century
Japanese cloisonne lanterns were made during the Meiji period, from the late 19th to early 20th century, and were often used as decorative lighting fixtures in temples and shrines.
Kaji Tsunekichi (1866-1916) was a Japanese cloisonné artist who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in Tokyo and learned the art of cloisonné from his father, Kaji Sataro, who was also a cloisonné artist. He was renowned for his mastery of the shippo-yaki technique, which involves creating intricate designs with thin wires on a metal base before filling in the spaces with enamel.
Tsunekichi was known for his exceptional technical skills and his ability to create intricate designs with vibrant colors. His works often featured nature motifs, such as flowers, birds, and fish, which were rendered in a highly detailed and naturalistic style. He also experimented with new techniques, such as plique-à-jour, a type of cloisonné that creates a stained-glass effect.
Tsunekichi's works were highly prized during his lifetime and continue to be sought after by collectors today. He won numerous awards for his cloisonné creations, including a Gold Medal at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. His works are characterized by their fine wirework, precise enamel application, and attention to detail.
Some of Tsunekichi's most famous works include a pair of large cloisonné vases...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$29,250 Sale Price
35% Off
Chinese Archaic Style Gilt Bronze and Verdigris Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese archaic style gilt bronze pouring vessel with dragon headed handle and geometric decoration. With wonderful gilt and verdigris patina. The boat...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Archaistic Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Rare Japanese Meiji Gold Silver Inlay Peacock Bronze Usubata Ikebana Flower Vase
Located in New York, NY
Rare peacocks and peonies antique Japanese Meiji period patinated bronze gold and silver inlaid signed Usubata vase for Ikebana, the Japanese art of flowe...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Water Dropper Boku Undo Co. Japan # 31, Signed
Located in Norton, MA
NOS Bronze 4 1/4" T Water Dropper Boku Undo Co. Japan # 31
A piece of art with delicate handcrafted sculptural form and a bug standing on the upper portion. It comes with the origin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Mughal Silver Chased Collectible Box Trinket Pandan Box, North India
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique handcrafted unique silver collectible box North India.
Antique Raj Mughal silver box with hand chased and repousse fine decoration.
The top of the box is very intricately finely chased panels with a combination of with foliage and flowers repousse decoration and toped with a peacock bird final.
The deep gadroons around the body give this pandan box...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
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
Japanese Meiji Bronze Basket Weave Wall Vase with Cicada
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and impressive antique Japanese Meiji bronze woven basket wall vase mounted with a cicada dating between 1868 and 1912. The heavily made ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Bronze Han Style Table Lamp Wired for the Us on Wooden Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Han style bronze table lamp from the mid-20th century, with circular body, wired for the US. Created in Thailand during the mid-century period, this Han style vase...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Han Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Fine Ceremonial Mace
Located in London, GB
Fine Ceremonial Mace
Steel with gold
Turkey
19th Century
Size: 62cm long - 24½ ins long
Provenance:
Ex Oliver Hoare, Cabinet of Curiosities Exhibition, June 2012
Ex Private ...
Category
19th Century Turkish Antique Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Steel
$17,500
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Charger with Insects and Fall Foliage Plate Goto
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji period, 1868 to 1912, cloisonne enamel metal charger plate depicting a multicolored picture of vines and grapes with...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$2,000 Sale Price
50% Off
A Pair of Chinese Silver Filigree Enameled Foo Dogs on Carved Wood Stands
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of Chinese Silver Filigree Enameled Foo Dogs on Carved Wood Stands. Each foo dog is made up of very fine silver strands which have been weaved together creating an elaborate ...
Category
1940s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Enamel
1940s Brass Moroccan Tray Hand Hammered Moorish Islamic Metalwork 13.5 in. D.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The hand-hammered brass Moroccan tray with fine intricate Islamic design is a stunning piece of craftsmanship that exudes the beauty and intricacy of Moroccan artistry. This exquisite tray showcases the rich cultural heritage and traditional metalworking techniques of the region.
The tray's design may also incorporate delicate cutouts , allowing light to pass through and casting beautiful patterns when the tray is placed in the sunlight. This adds an extra element of visual interest and elegance to the overall aesthetic.
The tray has a hook in the back if you would like to use it as a wall decorative tray.
it could function as a wall hanging, ottoman tray, or a display on a bar or coffee table, use it as a serving platter, catch all, vanity dish...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Large Pair of Fine Quality Japanese Bronze Vases Dated 1903 Meiji Period Antique
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Very Large Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases - Exquisite Meiji Period Presentation Pieces!
These magnificent Japanese bronze vases, dating back to the Meiji Period and dated 190...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$1,913 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Nepalese Sukunda Ceremonial Bronze Oil Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and finely crafted solid bronze Nepalese 'Sukunda' ceremonial oil lamp, circa mid-20th century, Nepal. This version or model is a fine example of the original from the 17...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
$1,080 Sale Price
61% Off
Egyptian Grand Tour Cairo ware silver inlaid charger circa 1900
Located in Central England, GB
This superb heavy Egyptian Grand Tour wall charger is beautifully handmade in heavy brass or bronze. This fine piece weighs over half a kilogram.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Egyptian Grand Tour Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Antique Burmese Silver Offering Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A SILVER OFFERING BOWL WITH SCENES FROM THE VIDHURA-PANDITA JATAKA, LOWER BURMA (MYANMAR), DATED 1901.
A hammered repoussé Buddhist beggar’s bowl form with high relief design depicting scenes from the Vidhura-Pandita Jataka on the upper row of cartouches and beneath neat rows of semicircular lappets each depicting various auspicious human and animal forms with scrolling acanthus leaf backgrounds. The overall concept is similar to the layered effect of a Burmese court costume. The circular etched design on the base is of Punnaka astride his magical horse mid-stride holding the white umbrella and Vidhura pleading behind. All surrounded by an inscription, translated as, "Mr Saw Marn's silver bowl. Year 1263 [1901 CE]".
Excellent condition.
11 3/4 in. (30 cm) diameter x 5 7/8 in. (15 cm) high.
38 troy oz., 2lbs. 10 oz. (1175 grams).
Provenance:
The Noble Silver Collection.
Bonhams New York, 24 March 2022, The Noble Silver Collection Treasures from the Burmese Silver Age, lot 942.
Published:
David Owens, Burmese Silver Art: Masterpieces Illuminating Buddhist, Hindu and Mythological Stories of Purpose and Wisdom, 2020, p. 76, no. S81, fig. 3.57.
Bonham’s Footnotes:
In the Vidhura-Pandita Jataka, the bodhisattva that will later become Gautama Buddha perfects the virtue of truthfulness (sacca), at once a keen perception of the true reality of things and an unwavering commitment to imparting this truth. Reborn as a renowned advisor to a virtuous king, the bodhisattva uses undivided speech throughout the story—even when it puts him in harm's way—thereby preventing disputes among rulers, offering amnesty, and ultimately saving the antagonists who initially conspired to kill him.
Burmese Silver Ceremonial Offering Bowls were produced in great numbers, the finely decorated ceremonial offering bowl is the quintessential Burmese silver artwork...
Category
Early 1900s Burmese Other Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
White Brass Five Blessings Chinese Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Filled with burning coals, this finely crafted 19th-century brazier once warmed the hands of a wealthy lady on a cold winter's night in northern China. The portable brazier is hand-w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Japanese Bronze Okimono of a 'Karasu Tengu' 鴉天狗 Holding Up a Flower Branch
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Very refined Japanese bronze figure of a ‘karasu tengu’ holding a candlestick.
Well cast as a tengu in half-human, half-bird form standing atop a pile of leaves on a rounded square ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
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