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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Antique 16k Gold Chinese Qianlong Cloisonne Enamel Snuff Bottle Mark & Period
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & rare antique Imperial Chinese Qing dynasty solid gold & cloisonne enamel snuff bottle, Qianlong mark & period, 1736-1795, tests as 16k gold.
It is rare to find a cloisonné e...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique Islamic Middle Eastern Qajar Persian Copper Ewer 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Islamic Middle Eastern Qajar Persian Copper Ewer 19th Century.
Rare Museum quality Antique piece from the early 19th Century hand forged copper pitcher with lid cover.
Great antique patina.
Circa 1800.
Measurements: 14” height 9.5” length 5” width.
Quality Museum Islamic Metalwork from a private Beverly Hills CA collection.
Middle Eastern Asian Turkish Ottoman Antique...
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Unknown Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Antique Islamic 15th Century Mamluk Qalamdan Gold Silver Inlaid Brass Pen Box
Located in Portland, OR
A fine and important late 15th century Mamluk period inlaid penbox (Qalamdan), possibly Syria or Mosul, late 1400's.
The slightly domed penbox is lavishly inlaid with gold and silver...
Category
Syrian Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Brass
Antique Thai Bronze Buddha Hand Fragment, Absence of Fear
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Thai Bronze Hand Fragment, from a life size standing Buddha image in the abhaya mudra, the right hand which is open palm and extended forward in the ...
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Thai Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique 16th Century Islamic Safavid Al Jazari Combination Locking Brass Casket
Located in Portland, OR
A highly important engraved Islamic combination locking brass casket, based on a design by the 12th Century Arab inventor & artist Ismail Al Jazari. Circa...
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Iraqi Islamic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Small Antique Thai Ayutthaya Period Bronze Healing Medicine Buddha Figure Statue
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce small antique Southeast Asian Ayutthaya Period bronze Bhaisajyaguru (the Buddha of healing and medicine) religious icon statue.
18th Century or earlier, Siam / Thailand, exceptionally executed metalwork, especially considering its age and diminutive scale, rare pose combination, depicted standing on lotus flower pedestal, holding a gallipot (apothecary jar) in his left hand, right hand in Varada Mudra gesture with palm facing outward and fingers pointing down to the ground. The Varada Mudra is a gesture of compassion and wish-granting that represents open-handed generosity and granting of wishes. The medicine Buddha is described as a doctor who cures suffering using the medicine of his teachings and brings healing.
Makes for a wonderful decorative object or thoughtful gift, sure to add a touch of whimsical elegance, serene warmth, balance, and tranquility to any space!
Provenance / Acquisition:
A private Gentleman's Dallas, Texas fine art and antiques collection
Acquired from the highly reputable auction house Dallas Auction Gallery; Dallas, Texas. Owned and curated by Reyne Hirsch, a media personality and expert in 20th century decorative arts. She's was a top appraiser for Antiques Roadshow...
Category
Southeast Asian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
12th Century, Angkor Vat, A Pair of Antique Khmer Bronze Hand Bells with Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A pair of Khmer bronze hand bells with very nice patina.
Age: Cambodia, Angkor Vat Period, 12th Century
Size: Height 12.8 - 14 C.M. / Width 6.5 - 7.8 C.M.
Size including stand: Heig...
Category
Cambodian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Japanese Bronze Vase
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century Japanese bronze vase of classic form with a lovely rich patina. The vase has been drilled for wiring as a lamp. It will make ...
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Dong Son Culture Ritual Bronze Drum, 4th-3rd Century BC, Vietnam
Located in Austin, TX
A well cast and intricately decorated bronze drum from the Dong Son culture, circa 4th - 3rd century BC, Red River Delta, Vietnam.
The face of the drum features a central 8 pointed...
Category
Vietnamese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
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...
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Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Khmer Bronze Hairpin
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Elegant and refined Khmer bronze hairpin dating between the 12th and 15th century.
Category
Cambodian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Dong Son Culture Ritual Bronze Bell
Located in Austin, TX
A large and finely cast ritual bronze bell from the Dong Son Culture (circa 1000 BC-200 AD).
Of unusually large size, the thinness of the bronze speaks to the advanced techniques ...
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Vietnamese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Edo Period Japanese Samurai Iron Stirrups with Brass or Bronze Inlay
Located in Centennial, CO
A pair of antique Edo period (1603–1867) Japanese Samurai Abumis (stirrups for horseback-riding) expertly crafted out of cast iron with brass or bronze inlay in the form of a stylize...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Iron
Antique Meiji Era Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate
Located in New York, NY
An antique Japanese, Meiji era, enamel plate or charger. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome enamel image of a butterflies, blossoming flowers surrounded by tradit...
Category
Japanese Meiji Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Dutch Colonial VOC Batavian Tortoise Shell Silver Sirih Casket 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A rare, Dutch Colonial, Batavian (now Jakarta) Dutch East Indies silver and tortoise shell Sirih casket, circa 1750.
The casket was used for storing highly prized betel nut, which was chewed ritually by high ranking Indonesian officials and adopted by settlers from the Dutch East Indies Company...
Category
Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Antique Japanese Patinated Bronze Buddhistic Lion Censer 17th/18th Century
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable Edo Period (1603-1868) Japanese patinated bronze Buddhistic lion censer, exceptionally executed sculptural shishi foo dog form, finely detailed, retaining the original r...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Momonari-type samurai Kabuto with menpō mask
Located in Milano, IT
A Kabuto Momonari-type samurai helmet, so named because of its characteristic shape resembling a peach, made of natural iron.
The visor (mabizashi) is embellished with raised eyebr...
Category
Japanese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Large Chinese Archaistic Black Patina Bronze Altar Vase
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
Chinese bronze vase with decoration in the Archaistic style and dragon mythical beast loop handles.
Category
Chinese Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier 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
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Archaic Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel, Gui, Early Western Zhou, 11th century BCE
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and rare Chinese archaic bronze gui, a type of ritual bronze vessel used to hold grain, either for feasting, or for making offerings ...
Category
Chinese Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
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
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Bronze Dragon Vase with Arrow Handles, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A well cast and powerful Chinese dragon bronze altar vase with arrow handles, Qing Dynasty, 18th century or earlier, China.
The altar vase of bottle form, set on a high, splayed r...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
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...
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Thai Tibetan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Edo Period Chain Mail Armor Jacket, Kusari or Karuta, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Edo period Chain Mail Armor Jacket, Kusari or sometimes known as Karuta, Japan
Japanese chain mail armor jacket is composed of brass metal plates linked together with metal wires an...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Chinese Ming Dynasty Bronze Luan Chariot Bell
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Cast with a globular top with a central aperture on both sides, pierced with radiating petals to one side, supported on a tall spreading foot of rectangular section cast with raised ...
Category
Chinese Medieval Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Western Asiatc Luristan Bronze Dagger
Located in Dallas, TX
2000-700 BC. Luristan (Louiristan) Culture. Bronze dagger with a bevelled leaf-shaped blade and wrap-around handle culminating in an oval-shaped pommel. The handle would originally h...
Category
Persian Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Antique 19th C Hindu Shiva Brass Votive Head Indian Ritual Art Sculpture
Located in London, GB
Antique Indian Hindu Shiva Brass Votive Head – 19th Century
Beautiful 19th-century brass votive head of Lord Shiva, finely cast with detailed moustache and turban. This larger form ...
Category
Indian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Japanese Cast Bronze "Longevity" Mirror, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A heavy and finely cast Japanese bronze mirror with longevity symbols, Edo Period, 18th century, Japan.
The small, round mirror with high walls...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Rare Chinese Tonkin Ware Cup-and-Saucer, Early 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Chinese made tonkin ware gilt- and lacquer cup and saucer
China or Japan, Chinese artisans, early 18th century
The black-lacquered cup with gilt handles in the shape of sculptured chrysanthemums and a lobbed edge decorated with gilt engraved border, with a gilt foot-ring that fits into the saucer ring, with two cartouches showing partly undercut gilt relief trees and birds on a gilt granulated background, black lacquered bracket-lobed edge, depicting gilt engraved peony scrolls and three cartouches decorated with high relief gilt trees and birds on a gilt granulated background, the centre with engraved chrysanthemum, enclosed by a raised ring upon which the cup fits, around which a circular panel decorated with high gilt relief trees, flowers, birds and a butterfly on a gilt granulated background.
Measures: Cup: H. 5.7 x W. 8.5 cm
Saucer: Diameter 13 cm
Provenance:
Collection Felix Schäfer
Note:
The decoration of the cup and saucer is identical to the slightly smaller cup and saucer...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Other
Bronze Collection Eighteen Luohan Disciples, 18th-19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An extremely rare bronze collection of the eighteen (Archats) Luohan Disciples as adorned in Chinese Buddhist culture. The figures are exceptionally well made and represent the Luoha...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Himalayan Inlaid Bronze Vajra with Wrathful Faces, 15th-16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and unusual Himalayan bronze and mixed metal nine prong vajra featuring wrathful faces. In the style of the Tangut (Western Xia) Kingdom (1038 to 1227), but probably later, most likely 15th-16th century.
The body of the vajra crafted from a copper alloy, with five wrathful faces on either side and gold and silver inlays to the center. The prongs crafted of iron, with each side having eight prongs arcing outwards around a central prong before coming back to a copper alloy point.
The vajra is meditational tool...
Category
Mongolian Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Iron, Gold, Silver, Bronze
Antique Qianlong Chinese Circular Cloisonne Enamel Box Allah Islamic Market
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese cloisonne enamel jar with lid with Arabic reference to Allah on lid has a Qianlong dynasty mark on underside and is in excellent condition.
Measures 4 1/8 inches acr...
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Korean Bronze Bottle Vase, Goryeo Dynasty, 11th/12th Century, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive Korean Goryeo Dynasty bronze bottle vase with traces of gilding, 11th - 12th century, Korea.
The vase of typical form, with a short recessed foot supporting a pear s...
Category
Korean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Ming Dynasty Patinated Bronze Relief Work Vase Turned to a Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Hailing from the Ming period in 16/17th century, this monumental bronze vase is a fine example of the auspicious decor and markings unique to Chinese furnishings. The vase is cast wi...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Western Han Dynasty Bronze Garlic Head Vase, 206 BC - 25 AD
Located in Austin, TX
A rare and attractive Chinese bronze "garlic head" vase with an encrusted patina, Western Han Dynasty, 206 BC - 25 AD, China.
Of classic form, the bronze vase is set on a short, s...
Category
Chinese Han Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Qing "Goose" Cloisonné Bronze Wine Ewer
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese wine wessel crafted in dark-patinated bronze, shaped as an elegant goose with a gracefully curved neck.
The ewer is adorned with high-quality cloisonné work, featuring inla...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Bronze Scholar Vase with Taotie, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 17th century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A small and interesting cast bronze archaistic scholar vase with loose ring handles and taotie mask design, late Ming or early Qing Dynasty, mid 17th century, China.
The small vase of archaistic hu form, and cast with archaistic designs. Sitting on a tall splayed ring foot, the round body is cast with a large band featuring a ferocious taotie (ogre) mask. The taotie mask in this case id decidedly feline, with a ruyi shaped snout above a whiskered mouth. Two flanges stick out to either side of the mask, reminiscent of ears.
A wide, tall neck rises from the body, terminating in a slightly everted mouth. The archaistic cast design on the neck is not as clear, but most likely represents Fusang, a mythical island in the Eastern Sea where the legendary Fusang tree grows. The Fusang tree, home to the mythical Sun Bird...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Korean Bronze Bottle Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Korean bronze bottle of bulbous pear form with a long neck and flared open mouth from Goryeo Dynasty (918 AD-1392 AD) circa 12-13th century I...
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Korean Archaistic Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Rare Chinese Tonkin Ware Shakudo Sawasa Erotic Tobacco Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A ruyi-shaped Shakudo-style erotic tobacco or snuff box, relief-decorated with silvered applied figures
Possibly Jakarta (Batavia), first half 18th century
Measures: H. 2.2 x L. 12.1 x W. 8 cm
This box is very much in the Dutch taste, for the illustration is after a print with a legend reading “L’oiseau sans cage. Prenez, belle, mon oiseau. C’est le plus doux présent que je puisse vous faire. Pour les autres oiseaux, la cage d’ordinaire est une espèce de tombeau. Mais le mien semble prendre une nouvelle vie, Lorsqu’il sera dans la cage de mon aimable Silvie.” The erotic message is as clear as can be.
In Dutch culture the verb ‘vogelen’ (catching a bird) is another word for having sex and a bird escaping from his cage indicates loss of chastity. The lady with the bare breasts, while making the sign of sealed lips to the lady behind her, who is pointing towards heaven, seems to be caressing the bird held in the sleeping man’s groin. 17th century Dutch pictures...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Densatil Gilt Bronze Caryatid Figure, Tibet, 15th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A heavy and solidly cast, richly gilt, bronze caryatid figure from Densatil Monastery, Central Tibet, early 15th century or earlier.
Cast in the form of two four armed figures standing back to back in tribhanga (thrice bent position) on a lotus platform, this piece would originally have served as a pillar for a larger seated deity...
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Tibetan Tibetan Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Korean Goryeo Bronze Basin, Goryeo Dynasty, 12th - 14th century, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Korean bronze ritual basin with incredible patina, Goryeo Dynasty (918 to 1392 AD), 12th - 14th century, Korea.
The Goryeo bronze basin of shallow bowl form, set on a sho...
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Korean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Rare Edo-Meiji Period Bronze Hibachi with Lion Handles
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This exceptional pair of bronze hibachi (traditional Japanese braziers) dates back to the Edo period and features exquisite craftsmanship with intrica...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Cast Bronze Mirror and lacqer box, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in PARIS, FR
A heavy and finely cast Japanese bronze mirror decorated with pines , cranes wich are longevity symbols, The handle in the center is a a tutle which also symbolize longevity.
Edo Period, 18th century, Japan.
The small, round mirror with high walls has been intricately and exquisitely cast with symbols . The turtle has a domed shell pieced to allow a cord to be strung through for handling or hanging.
A five charactesr mark is cast on the border.
Mirror is 12 ,3 x 1,6 cm
Box is 14,2 x 5 cm
Surrounding the turtle and inscription is a densely cast landscape featuring pine trees with fantastic needles, two cranes with their 3 youngs, dense stalks of leafy bamboo. and a blooming prunus on the left side.
All are symbols of longevity. Bamboo also symbolizes resilience and prosperity. Bamboo asociated with prunus and pine are called the 3 frinds of winter.
The other side of the mirror is undecorated, and would originally have been highly polished, allowing the user to see their reflection in the polished surface.
The bronze with a wonderful, warm silver patina.
This mirror is presented in its original lacquer box , hand decorated in the Kodaiji style with gold lacquer flowers...
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Japanese Japonisme Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese bronze sacrificial vessel, or Fangding
Located in Castle Douglas, GB
Chinese bronze sacrificial vessel, or Fangding
A ding of rectangular form and upon four cylindrical legs. A loop handle to each end and flanges to each corner and side. The ding is cast in relief on all four sides with a taotie mask, with a leiwen ground, the thunder motif depicted by juxtaposed square spirals. Above each taotie mask there are depicted kui dragons. A collar to the upper section of each leg further decorated with kui and leiwen, the collar with a flange to the outside edge. The bronze of dark colour with chocolate brown highlights.
Most ding vessels...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Ming Dynasty Silver Nine Phoenix Coronet Crown, 16th/17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An amazing and rare Chinese silver Nine Phoenix Coronet or Crown, Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644), late 16th to early 17th century, China.
A delicate and...
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Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Gold
Antique Chinese Cast Bronze Floral Decorated Vase with Branch Form Handles 18thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chinese Cast Bronze Floral Decorated Vase with Branch Form Handles 18thC
Measures - 6.5"H x 4.5"W x 4.5"D
Category
Chinese Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Bronze Age Spiral Pendants
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Pair of Spiral pendants, bronze age, Europe, circa 1000 BC, 3 and 3 half inches 7 9 cm, mounted on custom stands.
Provenance: From a private European collection; formed in the 1980s.
Category
European Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Korean Antique Bronze Footed Vessel with Lid Early Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bronze bowl shape vessel with fitted lid from Korean dated to 15-16th century (early Joseon Dynasty). In an elegant minimalistic form with thin wall and supported by a high foot ri...
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Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Bronze Vessel with Tripod Feet, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th century bronze vessel with tripod feet was crafted by hand in a traditional Chinese shape known as "ding," that dates back to 1600 BC. Tripod bowls were originally used for making religious offerings to ancestral gods. This ding is mounted on a finely carved hardwood...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Archaisitc Bronze Small Scholar Vase, 17th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A fine small archaistic scholar's vase in the form of a zun, Ming to Qing Dynasty, 17th century, circa 1650, China.
The small vessel of elegant proportions and wonderfully cast. T...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
17th Century Chinese Ming Bronze Figure of a Boy
Located in Chicago, IL
Fine cast bronze figures created over 400 years ago during China's Ming dynasty are rare and highly appreciated. In this exceptional example, a spirited young boy stands on a lotus b...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Parcel Gilt Copper Hibachi, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Japanese parcel gilt copper hand warmer, hibachi, with chrysanthemum design, Edo Period, 18th century, Japan.
The hand warmer, called a...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Pair of Korean Goryeo Dynasty Bronze Pedestal Bowls, 13th-15th Century, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
An exquisite pair of Korean bronze pedestal offering bowls, Goryeo Dynasty, 13th-15th century, Korea.
The Goryeo bronze bowls of generous proportions, with high sides and an ever so slightly everted rim. The bowls are supported on a pedestal base with a tall stem and wide, splayed ring foot.
The bowls plain, save for a single engraved line circumscribing the splayed foot.
The bowls with an amazingly rich and complex patina of mottled reddish browns from cuprite and dark greens from malachite. The bronze heavily cleaned to the European taste, removing most of the encrustations. Some areas of the bowls with rougher areas where the accretions could not be removed.
Crafted in two parts in the spun bronze technique, then joined. The bowls are unusually thin for bronze, with the lathe lines still visible to the undersides.
An unusual form and size for Goryeo period bronze utensils...
Category
Korean Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Tang Dynasty Silvery bronze lobed “Beast and Birds” Mirror
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese Silvery bronze lobed “Beast and Birds” Mirror, Tang Dynasty. The eight-foliated barbed form having a a center cast relief knop in a four legged Beast form surrounded ...
Category
Chinese Tang Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Japanese Silver Inlaid Iron Shogun Stirrup (Abumi) Red Lacquer
Located in Stamford, CT
18th century iron abumi of typical form, the stirrup inlaid in silver, an encircled peony flower crest surrounded with a geometric pattern, the interior retains the original wood lining decorated in red lacquer. The sides and underside also inlaid. Signed by the maker. Edo period.
This is a beautiful example of Japanese metalwork, sublime in it's design and craftsmanship, perhaps once belonging to a Shogun warrior...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Iron
Very Exceptional Almost Identical Pair of Bronze Buddhas
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Two bronze Buddhas, Ayutthaya, 16th century, Thailand
with great patina
dimensions
26 cm X 13 cm X 8 cm
24 cm X 14 cm X 8 cm.
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese bronze incense burner in the form of an owl Signed Murata Seimin 村田製眠
Located in PARIS, FR
A bronze okimono of an owl, constructed in two sections, the short-eared owl (detachable) perched on a tree branch with its head cocked quizzically to the right and its wings folded ...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Collection of Three Korean Antique Bronze Bowls
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of three bronze bowls from Korean dated to 14-17th century (late Goryeo to early Joseon Dynasty). It consists of an early example with a slight curvy wall and a high foo...
Category
Korean Other Antique 18th Century and Earlier Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
