Japanese Antique Bronze Usubata Ikebana Vase with Dragons, Meiji Period

A vintage, Japanese bronze vase from Takaoka. Takaoka is a city on the main island of Honshu. While bronze work originated in China, Japanese artisans have developed an array of tech...

A vintage, Japanese bronze vase from Takaoka. Takaoka is a city on the main island of Honshu. While bronze work originated in China, Japanese artisans have developed an array of tech...

A vintage, Japanese, red bronze vase from Yamagata. Yamagata is both a city and prefecture on the main island of Honshu. While bronze work originated i...

A vintage, Japanese red bronze vase from Yamagata. Yamagata is both a city and prefecture on the main island of Honshu. While bronze work originated in...

A distinctive pair of Japanese black lacquer ikebana flower troughs. The two sections, designed in harmony, allow a generous opportunity for creative arr...

Unusual Japanese Folk Art theatre mask depicting the playful character Mitsumekozo, a three eyed goblin often portrayed as a mischevious creature in comical plays, late Meiji period,...

A large 1860s Japanese Meiji period bronze Ikebana branch vase in bamboo shape. Good original dark brown patina. Unsigned.

This early 20th century iron vessel is a Meiji-era vase designed especially for ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement. The two-piece vase was cast in the classical usubata ...

A fine antique Japanese flower vase. In hand-hammered copper (or possibly a thin-bodied bronze) with applied silver bands to rim, footrim, shaped edge, and with a lotus petal border at the joint of neck and body. Having the usubata form with a wide flared neck and mouth. The 'usubata' vase is a form favored for large scale floral arrangements by the Ikenobo school, the oldest and largest school of Japanese ikebana founded in the 15th century by Buddhist monk Senno Ikenobo. It is believed that the wide and shallow rim of an usubata vase which displays the surface of the water best imitates natural conditions of growth while also contributing to the longevity of an arrangement with the increased surface area of the water better oxygenating the plants. The base retains still retains hand-hammered marks. There is evidence of seams and folds throughout from the construction, and the surface has a cloud-like brown patina throughout. Simply a wonderful Japanese mixed metal vase...

A fine large sized pair of Japanese bronze vases. The vases each surmounted by waisted necks flanked by two spreading handles with accents in the form of Japanese Torri (traditional ...

Japanese Meiji period ikebana vessel made in bronze with a decorative tripod base featuring Chrysanthemum blossoms on stems. The piece has a channeled g...

Meiji Japanese bronze vase with grasses and Quail design, Meiji period (1868-1912) bronze vase with elaborate raised design of wild grasses,...