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Metalwork For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 1980s
Japanese Articulated Iron Jizai Okimono of a Lobster by Myochin Muneharu
Located in Milano, IT
This articulated okimono represents a naturalistically rendered lobster, with fully articulated limbs, antennae, body, and tail and comes with an inscribed wood storage box.
Signed:...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Antique Chinese Export Silver Battle Mug with Dragon Handle
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver mug, ca 1880. Straight and upward tapering sides with allover low-relief battle frieze depicting soldiers—spearmen, lancers, and swordsmen—with a few hapless me...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
A Pair Of 19th Century Japanese Gilt Bronze Crane Candlesticks Okimonos
Located in London, GB
A High Quality Pair of Japanese gilt bronze candlesticks figures of a crane standing on the back of a turtle, a lotus plant in its beak forming the candle sconce.
Meji period, late...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Indian Asian Antique Brass Alms Dish with Hamsa Bird Design
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Asian Indian brass alms dish molded with a hamsa bird design and dating from the 19th century.
The hamsa is believed to be based on ...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
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
A Magnificent Pair of 19th C Japanese Okimono Figures of a Lady and Gentlemen.
Located in London, GB
A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONOS,
MEIJI PERIOD
modelled as a lady and gentleman, each holding a parasol, on turned wooden bases.
20cm high.
In good condition.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large antique George III quality copper pan
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large antique George III quality copper pan having a quality large George III copper pan with shaped handles to both sides.
Category
Early 19th Century George III Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Exquisite Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Pair of Tall Vases.Meiji period
Located in London, GB
A Exquisite Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Pair of Vases.
19th C
Meiji Period
Each vase of baluster form, worked in silver wire with an intricate colorful bird perched on branches ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
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
19th Century Japanese Temple Singing Bowl Signed 12" G3 Tone
Located in Somis, CA
Nestled within the sanctity of time, an ancient Japanese Temple singing bowl resonates with history and reverence. Hand crafted, its exterior tells tales of generations past, while t...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
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, with a bold character and reas...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Stunning quality antique Victorian brass desk set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Stunning quality antique Victorian brass desk set having a quality antique Victorian brass desk set with a tray to the front and back, a shaped carrying handle to the centre, the ori...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Original Japanese Antique Temple Singing Bowl Signed 10" C4 Tone
Located in Somis, CA
A rare, all original Japanese singing bowl. Hand hammered and crafted with raised dots intercepted by 5 lines and a wide band. C4 tone heals root chankra, which is the first of the s...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large pair of quality antique Victorian brass beam scales and weights
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large pair of quality antique Victorian brass beam scales and weights, having a large pair of Librasco brass beam scales, with a shaped beam with two circular brass pans hanging from...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Indian Antique Large Ceremonial Hand Crafted Copper Yoni
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and rare antique Indian copper Yoni Shiva Lingam Ceremonial water Vessel dating from the 19th century. The Yoni represents the Hindu godd...
Category
19th Century Indian Other Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Japanese Silver Bowl with Irises by Konoike, Meji Period
Located in Gainesville, FL
Japanese silver bowl with handles by Konike. Finely decorated with repousse irises and cast floral handles. Marked on the bottom for the maker.
Weight 272 g or 8.7 t.oz
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Antique Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Silver Mounted Horned Sheep Skull Kapala
Located in Forney, TX
An exceptional antique Tibetan Buddhist monastery ritual / ceremonial goat skull and horn kapala.
Tibet, 19th century, used in shamanic Buddhist Tantra, hand-crafted from a real hor...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Folk Art Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Japanese Silver Enamel Incese Burner (Koro) Meiji Period
By Sanju Saku
Located in Gainesville, FL
Japanese silver and enamel Incense Burner (Koro) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century. The koro is set on tripod feet, The body decorated with three panels of birds and flowers w...
Category
1890s Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Big Size Asian Gilt Bronze Standing Buddha Statue with One Palm Forward
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This Big Size Asian Gilt Bronze Standing Buddha Statue with One Palm Forward and One Foot Toe Touching Ground is very rare known as the "Standing Buddha with Abhaya Mudra."
The Budd...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Large Bridge Finial
Located in London, GB
A Large Bridge Finial
Bronze
Japan
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) 19th Century / or earlier
SIZE: 64cm high - 27.5cm dia. - 25 ins high, 10¾ ins dia.
Similar bronze ‘finials’ can be se...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A very good pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonné vases, circa 1890.
This is a very handsome pair of antique double gourd shaped cloisonné vases, one with a blue ground the...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
A Japanese pair of cloisonné enamel vases decorated with silver wire
Located in Milano, IT
Delightful pair of silver cloisonné vases covered with polychrome enamels on a dark blue background.
Decorations with polychrome floral motifs with peonies and a pair of Japanese th...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Okimono - Bronze Sculpture Of An Eagle, Japan Meiji Era
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Rare bronze okimono with multiple patina representing a bird of prey perched on a hollow trunk.
This sculpture is astonishingly realistic : observe the somewhat crude appearance of t...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Lattice Top Incense Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This slender metal container is a 19th-century white brass incense burner, used for storing and burning incense sticks. The small box has a rectangular form and a removable sliding t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
A large bronze vase depicting an egret
Located in Milano, IT
Large bronze vase depicting an egret, in relief, on a perch in the center of a watercourse, surrounded by four swimming fish. The figure of the egret emerges from the vase with remar...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Dish, Japan Meiji period
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Bronze and cloisonné enamel dish very finely decorated with an egret in flight above various flowers on a background of copper inclusions and gold powder.
The wing decorated in parti...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Baitong Stacking Incense Clock, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This three-tiered container is a 19th-century white brass incense clock, once used as a relatively accurate method to mark the passage of time. Incense c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
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
Wonderful antique Victorian four piece tea set
Located in Ipswich, GB
Wonderful antique Victorian four piece tea set having a wonderful quality antique Victorian four piece tea set comprising of a tea pot, hot water pot, milk jug and sugar bowl with fa...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Chinese Silver Repousse Dragon Handle Sauce Boat by Luen Wo
By Luen Wo
Located in Gainesville, FL
Chinese Export silver repousse sauce boat with dragon handles. Marked for Luen Wo.. Very fine decoration. 7 1/4" long, 4 " tall, 3 1/2", 7 oz weight.
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Asian Gilt Bronze Sitting Buddha Statue with Gesture of Both Hands on Legs
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This solemn Asian Gilt Bronze Sitting Buddha Statue with Gesture of Both Hands on Legs is nice and collectible.
The Buddha seated in the meditation posture is known as the Dhyana Mu...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Ancient Gilt Bronze Sitting on Lotus Buddha Statue
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This Ancient Gilt Bronze Sitting on Lotus Buddha Statue is very special and beautiful, Buddha seated in a meditation posture atop a lotus flower.
The Buddha sitting on a lotus flowe...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Vintage Rare Iron Zazen Buddha Statue
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This is a beautiful Chinese Vintage Rare Iron Zazen Buddha Statue.
Zazen is a form of seated meditation practiced in the Zen Buddhist tradition. It invol...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Chinese Vintage Bronze Kneeling Down Buddha Candle Holder Statue
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This Chinese Vintage Bronze Kneeling Down Buddha Candle Holder Statue is rare and special.
Unlike traditional Buddha sculptures that depict the figure seated in meditation, this par...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Vintage South China Sea Guanyin Buddha Statue
Located in 景德镇市, CN
This is Chinese Vintage South China Sea Guanyin Buddha Statue for Protecting People Lifes.
The term "South China Sea Guanyin" in Chinese 南海观音 refers to a specific representation or ...
Category
19th Century Antique Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Chinese Bronze Mirror with Cast Relief Dragon, Late 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique Chinese mirror is cast of bronze in the tang-dynasty style, with a lobed rim of eight flower petals, each filled with small cloud motifs. The front of the mirror is cast...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Match Box Holder
Located in New York, NY
The exterior of the ware is covered with polychrome enamel floral, foliage, and butterfly motifs framed by a geometrical ornament against a bright turquoise background made in the Cl...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
An Indian part-gilt silver-clad ceremonial sceptre or mace with a tiger’s head
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Northern India or Deccan, late 19th century
L. approx. 82 cm (excl. stand)
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom
This remarkable gilt-silver soonta (ceremonial sceptre) also known as choba (ceremonial mace) with a tiger's head stands out as an unparalleled example. It has a wooden base, clad with thick sheet part-gilt silver and has fine details such as teeth and a curling tongue. Especially with the inlaid glass eyes, in combination with the grand sculptural design, it would have been integral to an Indian maharaja’s attire, known as lawajama in North India and biruthus in South India, as referenced by Jackson & Jaffer. They would symbolise authority, power, and sometimes an attribute of various deities, particularly those associated with strength or combat. For instance, the Hindu god Hanuman, known for his immense strength, is often depicted holding a mace (*chob* or gada in Sanskrit). Similarly, the god Vishnu and his avatar Krishna are also frequently depicted with a mace among their other attributes.
Courtiers would raise these sceptres wrapped in rich brocades, with the head visible, during processions, signalling their association with the monarch. Alongside fly-whisks and standards, they were indispensable in ceremonial parades, underscoring the ruler's prestige. Terlinden notes that a soonta berdar was tasked with carrying the sceptre. These individuals, proficient in courtly manners, played key roles during audiences, from managing entrances to introducing guests. Their esteemed position often earned them generous rewards, including land grants. See for a depiction of sceptres in use the top right of a painting in the collection of the V&A, titled Processional scene with Amar Singh, ruler of Thanjavur (Tanjore), and Sarabhoji, from circa 1797.
For a very comparable piece, but with an elephant’s head, see the collection of the Indian Museum, Kolkata. For other less similar examples, see the V&A Museum London.
Sources:
A. Jackson & A. Jaffer, Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, London, V&A Publishing, 1999
Christiane Terlinden Serra, Mughal Silver...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Yellow Enamel Butterfly Plate
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era decorative enamel plate. The plate is adorned with a polychrome image of butterflies in blossoming flower on a bright yellow ground made in the Cloisonn...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Indo-Persian Silver Inlaid and Parcel Gilt Steel and Brass Dish
Located in New York, NY
Fine antique (19th century) Indo-Persian steel dish or salver in the form of overlapping grape leaves with damascene and koftgari silver inlay and gilded designs and brass overlay re...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Cut Steel
19th Century Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Floral Box
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji era, covered enamel over brass jewelry or trinket box. The exterior of the ware is enameled with polychrome images of blossoming flowers surrounded by...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Brass
A Fine Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Wire & Wireless Vase attributed to Ando.
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Japanese Cloisonne Enamel shouldered vase with a long neck worked in silver wire and wireless technique depicting a two bamboo trees and a bird perched along the branch...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Seven Chinese Cast Bronze Ancient Articles 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Seven Chinese Cast Bronze Ancient Articles Including Buddha Heads and Elephants 19thC
Measures - 10.5"H x 4.25"W x 3.5"D (scholar)
4.5"H x 1.5"W x 1.5"D (square ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel on Porcelain Totai Jar Signed
Located in New York, NY
A large antique Japanese late Meiji era covered Totai enamel on porcelain ginger jar. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The ware is enameled with a polychrome fan shape...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Antique Edo Japanese Cloisonne Geometric Design Box
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese brass enamel ceremonial food container with a cover adorned with a pointed finial. Characterized by cloisonne floral designs adorning the surface, this ceremonial...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Cast Bronze Tibetan Buddha Shiva Figure 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Cast Bronze Tibetan Buddha Shiva Figure 19thC
Measures - 8.75"H x 3.25"W x 2.5"D
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Rare Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Red Enamel Green and White Dragon Jar
Located in New York, NY
A rare antique Japanese late Meiji Era tripod and covered enamel copper censer koro. Circa: late 19th century to early 20th century. The sphere form censer koro is enameled with poly...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Meiji Large Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Geometric Pattern Plate Charger
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era decorative enamel over copper plate. The plate is made in a swirl panel design. The panels are adorned with polychrome images of blossoming flowers, and...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Early Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Phoenix Bird Tray
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, Early Edo period, enamel copper tray. The oval shaped tray is enameled with a polychrome image of a Phoenix bird with flowers and leaves made in the Cloisonne te...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Edo Japanese Cloisonne Geometric Design Box
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese flat brass enamel ceremonial food container with a cover. Characterized by cloisonne floral designs adorning the surface, this ceremonial container showcases the ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Brush Pot Vase
Located in New York, NY
A large antique Japanese late Meiji Era cylindrical shaped enamel over copper brush pot. Circa: late 19th century. The cylindrical form pot is enameled with a polychrome image of gee...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Scalloped Wisteria Plate
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji period enamel plate charger. The plate is amde in a floral design with scalloped rims. The plate is enameled with a polychrome image of blossoming flowers a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Brush Pot with Bugs
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji Era cylindrical shaped enamel over copper brush pot. Circa: late 19th century. The cylindrical form pot is enameled with a polychrome image of a burd a...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Geometric Brush Pot Vase
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji Era cylindrical shaped enamel brush pot. Circa: late 19th century. The cylindrical form pot is enameled with polychrome medallions depicting a scene wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Black Hawk in Cherry Blossom Tree Charge
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese late Meiji era decorative enamel over copper charger plate. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome image of a hawk seated on a sakura tree branch,...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metalwork
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Antique Chestnut Roaster, English, Brass, Hanging Warmer, Georgian, Circa 1800
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique chestnut roaster. An English, brass hanging warmer, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1800.
Appealing chestnut warmer with tasteful decor
Displaying a desirabl...
Category
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Large Antique Victorian Dutch Brass Jardiniere
Located in Ipswich, GB
Large Antique Victorian Dutch Brass Jardiniere having a quality antique Victorian Dutch brass jardiniere, Having lions heads ring handles to the sides, decorated with traditional sce...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Lovely set of antique Victorian quality brass fire irons
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely set of antique Victorian quality brass fire irons having a quality set of fire irons with circular shaped handles, consisting of a lovely shaped shovel, poker and a pair of to...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Metalwork
Materials
Brass
