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Metalwork For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1950s
Japanese bronze cover censer, 19th c .
Located in New York, NY
decorated with birds and flowers in relief; 4in(D) x 7.5in(W) x 12in(H) are the overall dimensions of the cover censer with the wooden base
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Quality Antique Victorian Brass and Mahogany Revolving Magazine Stand
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality antique Victorian brass and mahogany revolving magazine stand having a shaped brass handle to the centre, two sections for magazines with br...
Category
19th Century English Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Japanese Antiques iron paulownia design crest lantern lamp Toro
Located in Niiza, JP
φ170× 400(H) [mm] 2kg
Antique iron lantern with a beautiful antique feel. Two sides are carefully decorated with paulownia leaf designs.
Kitaoji Rosanjin (a very famous designer an...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Pair of Chinese Bronze Shih So Vases with Silver Inlay, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
With a flaring lip and striking profile, connoisseurs often refer to these exquisite vases as “turnip-shaped”. Each was crafted out of bronze over two centuries ago, and is decorated...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Silver
Chinese Double Gourd Repoussé Snuff Bottle with Jade Buttons, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Jade, Metal, Copper
Bronze sculpture depicting two toads with an ikebana vase
Located in Milano, IT
Bronze sculpture depicting a toad with its young, holding an open flower-shaped ikebana vase with its mouth.
Signature engraved under the belly of the toad.
Period: Edo, 19th centu...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Export Silver Mug
By Leeching
Located in London, GB
A Chinese export silver mug with flowers and foliage engraved within decorative panels; and a dragon handle. Marked with LC, for Leeching, 利升 (...
Category
1870s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Lao Stamped Silver Ingot, c. 1950
Located in Chicago, IL
This silver alloy ingot is cast in the form of an elongated bar, with a slender, rectangular shape and curved ends. Resembling a shallow dish or incense stand, the ingot has a concav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Laotian Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Japanese Mixed Metal Shakudo Vase Silver Irises on Bronze, Meiji Period
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese mixed metal shakudo vase from Meiji Period. The vase depicts silver iris flowers on bronze base. Signed on the side by the maker, and marked on t...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Other Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Asian Handcrafted Oval Betel Box in Metal Silvered
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian decorative trinket lidded box in metal silvered hammered and etched with organic floral design.
Anglo Raj style oval form betel box.
Dimensio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Early Chinese Export Silver Tea Service by Cutshing
By Cutshing
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early set of Chinese export sterling silver tea service circa 1840-70s. The service consists of a lidded tea pot, a creamer and a sugar bowl. The surface was beautifully decorated with chased high-relief dragons with tightly chased scales, slithering with open claws...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tabarzin, Indian Saddle-Axe from Bikaner, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A Tabarzin, Indian saddle-axe from Bikaner, 19th century
Indian, 19th century
Measures: height 56cm, width 12.5cm, depth 4cm
This magnificent piece is a tabarzin, a battle saddle-axe, made in North West India in Bikaner sometime in the early nineteenth century. The head of the axe is engraved with intricate floral motifs, the handle superbly decorated with an ornate chased gilt pattern along its length. Dense and beautiful floral scroll patterns line its length, and the base unscrews to reveal a stunning hidden dagger, that is approximately a third of the axe's length. Pieces such as these are Indo-Persian, heavily indebted to Persian tabar axes, and comparable examples are to be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and in the Wallace Collection, London. A remarkable item of military history...
Category
19th Century Indian Other Antique Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Steel
pair of Chinese double gourd cloisonné cover vases
Located in New York, NY
floral motif blue panels on yellow ground
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Japanese insense burner. 19th c.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This 19th-century Japanese bronze incense burner is finely cast in the shape of a duck with an elegantly arched neck and open beak, a symbol of longevity and peace in Japanese cultur...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Brass Repousse Rose Water Perfume Sprinkler Bottle
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Brass repousse decorative collectible rose, orange water perfume sprinkler bottle.
Brass hammered and chase design.
They are used to spray rose water on gue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c1880) Cloisonné Vase Floral Motif Soft Green 8"
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts & Antiques.
This is a beautiful Japanese Meiji era (c. 1870-90's) ornate cloisonné v...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique 19th Century Brass Islamic Middle Eastern Floor Lamp
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Extremely fine antique Islamic floor brass lamp with Kufic Mamluke revival pierced foliate openwork’s chased and chiselled with arabic calligraphy and figures.
Antique 19th century Middle Eastern Egyptian floor decorative candle lamp,
Rising from wide trumpet foot through to slightly tapering cylindrical shaft with two pronounced collars to gently flaring mouth and flat rim, the shaft with pierced openwork lattice containing scrolling vine issuing from cusped palmettes, bordered above and below by bands of engraved scrolling floral vine, the upper section of the foot and the body below the mouth with further pierced openwork sections in rectangular cusped cartouches with similar design set in a ground of engraved scrolling floral vine, interlocking palmettes and stylized cloud bands, band of verses.
This large floor Moorish Syrian Middle Eastern...
Category
Late 19th Century Egyptian Moorish Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Japanese hand hammered copper vase by famous Gyokusendo
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Beautiful Gyokusendou Hand hammered copper vase
Gyokusendo Tsuiki Copperware is a traditional Japanese craft .
It originated in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture ,with a history of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Articulated iron sculpture or Jizai (articulated) in the form of a butterfly
Located in PARIS, FR
Fine iron jizai of an articulated butterfly with fascinating openwork on its wings.
The butterfly (choho) in Japan is perceived as "the soul of the living and the dead", the spirits ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Pink And Purple Plate With Children
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese plate adorned with a polychrome cloisonne enamel design. The central scene features several children. The background is a v...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Antique china bronze incense burner
Located in Berlin, DE
Fantastically beautiful 2-piece incense burner
with lid and pedestal.
This incense burner is extremely finely decorated
with a patinated bronze fu-dog as the lid handle
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Meiji (c1880) Cloisonné Vase Wisteria & Bluebird Turquoise 12"
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts & Antiques.
This is a beautiful Japanese Meiji era (c. 1870-90's) ornate cloisonné v...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Japanese Bronze Cloisonne Floor Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Japanese bronze cloisonne floor lamp, probably, circa 1930s. Beautiful patina to the bronze and intricate cloisonne work throughout. It has been r...
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Metal
Antique 19th Century Thai Solid Silver-Gilt Niello Enamel Bowl, Siam c.1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-19th Century rare fine solid silver niello bowl, repoussé decorated, depicting Singha lions and dense floral gilded decoration throughout. Nielloware art and jewellery ...
Category
Early 1800s Thai Other Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Vintage Chinese 57cm Bronze Four Horses Drawn Cart from Ancient China
Located in 景德镇市, CN
Antique Chinese Bronze Four Horses Drawn Cart – 57cm Ancient Masterpiece
Experience the grandeur of ancient China with this 57cm Antique Chinese Bronze Four Horses Drawn Cart, a st...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Japanese Hand Mirror, Polished Bronze, Kagami, Art Deco, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a superb Art Deco period hand mirror, showcasing fine Japanese craftsmanship and elegant relief detail, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. This vintage polished, electroplated bronze Kagami mirror...
Category
1930s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese bronze mirror
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite Japanese bronze mirror, measuring approximately 11 cm in diameter, is a rare and enchanting piece of history. Dating back to the 19th century or earlier, it features a...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Oriental Japanese Large Fine Quality Bronze Tsubo Vase Meiji, C1880
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique Oriental Japanese large fine quality bronze Tsubo vase, Meiji C1880. Melted wax like decoration.
Would look amazing in the right location, lovely clean lines. Great colour...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture of an eagle on a tree stump, to be used as an incense burner
Located in PARIS, FR
This bronze sculpture represents a royal eagle standing on top of a tree stump. Its body and the stump were realized separately and mounted, the transition being right above the talo...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large 24" 19th Century Japanese Cloisonne Vase - Antique Oriental Decor
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Antique 19th Century Oriental Japanese Cloisonné Vase - Impressive Large Piece!
This stunning cloisonné vase from the 19th century boasts remarkable craftsmanship and intricate deta...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Stone, Brass, Bronze, Enamel
Bronze sculpture of two cicadas on a bamboo, used by calligraphs to hold paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Two cicadas in bronze facing each other on a bamboo segment
One is an adult while the other is at the nymph phase. Three foundry stamps, one underneath and one alongside each insect...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Decorative Indo-Persian Mughal Hammered Brass Tray 19th c.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large antique 19th century handcrafted decorative Indo-Persian Mughal brass tray.
Asian metalwork finely embossed and hammered with floral and figural and...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Moorish Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Brass
Japanese Three Drawer Copper Lined Hibachi. Circa 1870
Located in Charleston, SC
KYOTO STYLE NAGA HIBACHI (FIREBOX BRAZIER GRILL), Japanese, Meiji Period, The rectangular hibachi is of Keyaki (Zelkova) wood construction with the original copper liner, and a colum...
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Metalwork
A large hand decorated Indian Raj period brass Jardinière circa 1880
Located in Central England, GB
This large and impressive polished brass jardiere or twin handled urn is highly decorative. It is hand worked in reclaimed sheet brass which originally came from some large German br...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Large Scale Japanese Cloisonne Tree Bark Vase Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large scale Japanese "Tree Bark" style Cloisonne vase lamp. The vase itself is believed to be 19th century and was later mounted as a lamp in the 1...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Japanese bronze sculpture of a ginseng root, ganodermas mushrooms growing on it
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture representing a group of genoderma mushrooms developing on the long stem of a Ginseng root that is standing on two kakis. Logically this root would be Panax ginseng, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Foo Dog Jardinière, Lion Mask Handles: Republic Period
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent large Chinese bronze and cloisonné foo dog jardinière with Lion Mask Handles hails from the Republic period, circa 1950.
Cloisonné enameled with meticulous care, the j...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Indian Patinated Bronze Oil Lamp 19th Century South India
Located in Forney, TX
A charming early patinated metal oil lamp, India, 19th century or earlier.
Most likely originating in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, richly cast using the renowned ancient b...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Genryusai Seiya Japanese Meiji Man & Water Buffalo Sculpture on Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Japanese Meiji bronze sculpture of a man and water buffalo on a natural polished oak stand by renowned Japanese master craftsman Genryusai Seiya and dating from around 1880/90. The large bronze depicts an elderly man holding a pipe and tobacco pouch...
Category
1880s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Floral Cast Iron Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage cast iron mortar from China's Shanxi province is patterned in low relief with a simple floral design. Originally used in a traditional ap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Metalwork
Materials
Iron
A Very Fine Miniature Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Bottle Vase, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely proportioned ovoid shaped body rising to an elongated slender neck with a flaring rim, decorated with motifs of waterfowl standing in a grassy marsh with silvered bodies, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper
Chinese Qing Twin Handled Miniature Bronze Tripod Censer
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish and heavily made antique Chinese Qing (1644-1911) twin handled bronze tripod censer dating from the 18/19th century. The censer stands raised on three simply formed legs wh...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Elegant Bronze Single-Flower Vase by Asano Norio – Nihon Kogeikai Member
Located in Fukuoka, JP
An exquisite Japanese bronze single-flower vase (Ichirin-ike) by renowned artisan Asano Norio (浅野紀夫), a full member of the Nihon Kogeikai (Japan Traditional Crafts Association). This...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Copper & Brass Kettle
Located in Ipswich, GB
Offered for sale is this 19th Century antique copper and brass kettle having a shaped handle and spout, lift off lid with original finale.
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Tibetan Silver Ceremonial Ewer
Located in Montreal, QC
This is a water ewer used in Tibetan ritual offerings to the "hungry ghosts". They have been reborn so, as a result of greed and avarice and are condemned to wander as spirits with b...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Vintage Chinese Bronze Fish and Lotus Flower Design Brush Pot
Located in 景德镇市, CN
Vintage Chinese Bronze Fish and Lotus Flower Design Brush Pot – A Symbol of Prosperity and Purity
This Vintage Chinese Bronze Brush Pot features a...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Qing Dynasty Silver Tea Strainer, Late 19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Chinese silver tea strainer, Qing Dynasty, possibly Tong Zhi period (1861 to 1875), late 19th century, China.
The silver tea strainer elegantl...
Category
1870s Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
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 1850s Chinese Export Silver Mug
By Khe Cheong
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver mug; part of our Asian silverware collection.
This fine and impressive antique Chinese...
Category
1850s Chinese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
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
Silver Figures of Eight Immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji Marks, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in New York, NY
Important and rare silver figures of eight immortals Yangqinghe Jiuji marks, Late Qing dynasty. Each hollow figure portraying one of the immortals in an animated pose, with highly detailed facial features, four pierced with apertures for the insertion of facial hair, clad in finely chased robes, all but two with their characteristic attributes, their bases bearing either two seal marks reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu and Zhe'ning Hu Qiusheng zao, or three marks in regular script reading Yangqinghe Jiuji gongyibu, Shang and Sheng zuo, original hand-carved wood stands. Measures: 11 1/4in (28.5cm) high (tallest one).
The earliest records of the silver atelier known as Yangqinghe date to 1775 in Shanghai...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Indian Hindhu Bronze Horse Drawn Chariot on Wheels Temple Toy
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful antique Indian Hindu bronze toy modelled as a horse drawn chariot mounted on wheels and dating from the 19th century. The heavily made model is cast as a four-legged hor...
Category
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Koro
Located in London, GB
Large Meiji Period Cloisonne Enamel Koro
Japanese, late 19th Century
Height 88cm, width 76cm, depth 53cm
This superb cloisonne enamel koro was made during...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Pair Korean Iron Box with Silver Inlays Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of Korean iron box with intricate silver inlays dated to the late Joseon Dynasty circa 19th century. The matching circular boxes was most likely used to store tobacco lea...
Category
19th Century Korean Other Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Iron, Bronze
Pair of japanese bronze vase imitating hay and decorated with a grass hopper
Located in PARIS, FR
Detailed pair of vases in bronze of baluster form, textured to represent straws of hay, bound together by three knots that divide each vase in three, just under le second ring, a well detailed grasshopper is detached from the rest of the composition.
Insects (mushi) occupy an important place in Japanese culture. Hunting for insects is a popular pastime, especially among children. Using plastic nets and cages, they catch cicadas and beetles to observe them.
Between 1830 and 1832, Hokusai composed an untitled series of ten large horizontal prints...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Patinated Bronze Meiji Period Figural Tall Vases
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of patinated bronze figurative tall Meiji Period garniture vases, the original bark brown patination with very detailed surface and handles. 19 inches tall
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Mixed Metal Finely Executed Decorative Plate of Monkey Picking Fruit
Located in Sarasota, FL
Meiji Period Japanese mixed metal platter depicting monkey gathering fruit for finely dressed gentlemen. Fine detail and execution of inlay.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Japanese Antique Wabi-Sabi Iron Block "Anvil" 1900s-1940s / Figurine Object
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This is an old Japanese iron block.
Originally an anvil to be buried underground, it is believed to have been used for a long time in Japan's unique blacksmithing culture.
This iron ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Metalwork
Materials
Iron
