Large Tin Container for Japanese Tea, Chase and Sanborn Company, Boston, 1920s

Antique Japanese bronze hanging flower arranging container in the shape of a boat, sharp angular form with flat bottom hull base and center water receptacle sitting within a removabl...

Japanese Bronze Okimono grouping of 2 figural long eared rabbits, consisting of a mother rabbit up on her hind legs and her child on all fours. They c...

Japanese Tomyodai, a temple light stand created of iron and copper in the upright form of the Tama (Buddhist flaming jewel) with 13 ringlet projections to...

Japanese Tomyodai, a temple light stand created of hand wrought iron in an upright form of a circle or "tama" ( flaming jewel of spiritual enlightenment )...

UH80301 Japanese Bronze Tripod Ritual Wash Basin (Ashitsuki-darai), Muromachi Period, 16th century.   A five petal round form with undulating rolled edge and...

Japanese Head Bucket (Kubi-Oke), Lacquer, Meiji period. The head bucket was used for storing and transporting severed heads. During the Samurai era clashes and battles ensued, cutt...

As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this stunning early 20thc Meiji/Taisho period , circa 1920’s Cloisonné ename...

As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this large Taisho period 1912-1926 , circa 1920’s , Cloisonné vase by the An...

It is a figurine of Japanese old iron shrimp. It is an item from the Meiji era (1860s-1920s). It is exactly Japanese craftsmanship. Every detail is elaborately made. This is a very ...

Old Japanese rubber glove mold. It is made of aluminum. This item is from the early Showa period (1920s-1940s). It is very rare. The texture of used aluminum is beautiful. I...

It is an old Japanese kick scooter. It is an item from the early Showa period. (1900s-1920s) Made of iron and aluminum. It has been in use for many years and remains here today. Thi...

An elegant pair of Japanese cast and lacquered bronze pagoda lanterns, Taisho Period, circa 1920, Japan. The lanterns a true pair, with mirrored decorations and lantern doors opening in opposite directions. The lanterns of traditional toro form, cast in bronze, and lacquered. Each lantern comprised of three parts - the "roof", the "fire box", and the pedestal. This type of pedestal lantern is called a dai-doro, as opposed to the hanging lantern type, tsuri-doro. The hexagonal roof of the lantern, reminiscent of temples or pagodas, features a wonderful, dense cloud pattern with three heart-shaped cutouts, known as inome, or boar's eye. The roof topped by a hoju, the Buddhist flaming Jewel of Wisdom. Each of the six corners feature a fantastic shachihoko, mythical beasts with the face of a tiger and body of a fish. Bells are suspended from the shachihoko. The globular body of the lantern features four pierced panels with the three leaf hollyhock mon of the Tokugawa clan surrounded by a karakusa pattern of scrolling vines. One panel serving as a hinged door with a lock stylized as the Three Jewels...