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Technique: Engraved
Exceptional Engraved WWI Brass Shell Case with Egyptian Scene
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and well engraved WWI brass shell case with and Egyptian style scene set below script dating from around 1915. The large and heavily made shell case is of tall cylindr...
Category
1910s Vintage Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
19th Century Copper-Bronze Tinned Ottoman Empire Table and Base
Located in Lomita, CA
An antique low Ottoman Empire cast metal (copper, tin and bronze) circular tray-table, 19th Century or earlier; base late 19th Century or later. The circular piece can also be used ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Turkish Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Tin
Vintage Engraved Copper and Brass Tin Lined Chafing Dish
Located in New Orleans, LA
This vintage, large, oval beautifully engraved copper chaffing dish has solid brass handles on the sides and the top. There is a large cup for the sterno to sit in and the cabriole l...
Category
1940s Egyptian Islamic Vintage Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Copper, Tin
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...
Category
16th Century Iraqi Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Export Silver Gilt Dragon Snuff Box Wang Hing 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Chinese Qing dynasty silver dragon snuff box by Luen Hing (Shanghai) and retailed by Wang Hing & Co, Canton, circa 1900, the box mos...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Islamic Tinned Copper Pitcher Middle Eastern Persian Antique 19th Century Ewer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th century Middle Eastern Persian Qajar Dynasty ( 1785-1924) tinned copper pitcher.
The teardrop form ruffled mouth with a flat hand wrought handle, over a neck decorated with hand chased figures and geometric designs.
Nice decorative old rustic hand-hammered ewer pitcher in the Mameluke Qajar style.
Large tinned copper pitcher entirely engraved and plated with silver, tinned with incised scene of a figure seated.
Persian Moorish Middle Eastern tinned copper water jug ewer.
Middle eastern Arabic...
Category
19th Century Unknown Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Copper, Tin
Antique Gilt Bronze Islamic Calligraphy Lion Table Lighter Lamp Aquamanile 1860
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique cast & gilt bronze Islamic engraved lion shaped aquamanile or table lighter/lamp, circa 1860.
The gilt bronze figure is finely modeled ...
Category
1860s Syrian Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Meiji Period Komai Style Box and Dish Fujii Yoshitoyo
Located in Newark, England
Original Box and Dish Pair
From our Japanese collection, we are pleased to offer this Japanese Komai Style Box and Dish Fujii Yoshitoyo. The Box of sl...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Metal
Chinese early 20th C Scholar’s Brass Seal Paste or Ink Box Baitong
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This early 20th-century Chinese scholar’s box is crafted from brass and features intricate calligraphy on its lid. Likely used for storing seal paste or ink, this square box is a fin...
Category
20th Century Chinese Other Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Copper
Exquisite Persian Silver Miniature Decorative Hookah
Located in Islamabad, PK
Introducing a truly captivating piece of art, the Persian Silver Miniature Decorative Hookah. This exquisite hookah is a masterpiece crafted by skilled artisans from Iran, renowned f...
Category
19th Century Persian Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Middle Eastern Islamic Turkish Ottoman Tinned Copper Ewer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted antique 19th century Islamic Turkish Ottoman tinned copper ceremonial water ewer.
Antique Middle Eastern Asian Islamic style ewer jug metalware vessel.
The bulbous body...
Category
19th Century Turkish Moorish Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Copper, Tin, Pewter
Antique Burmese Silver Offering Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A SILVER OFFERING BOWL WITH SCENES FROM THE VIDHURA-PANDITA JATAKA, LOWER BURMA (MYANMAR), DATED 1901.
A hammered repoussé Buddhist beggar’s bowl form with high relief design depicting scenes from the Vidhura-Pandita Jataka on the upper row of cartouches and beneath neat rows of semicircular lappets each depicting various auspicious human and animal forms with scrolling acanthus leaf backgrounds. The overall concept is similar to the layered effect of a Burmese court costume. The circular etched design on the base is of Punnaka astride his magical horse mid-stride holding the white umbrella and Vidhura pleading behind. All surrounded by an inscription, translated as, "Mr Saw Marn's silver bowl. Year 1263 [1901 CE]".
Excellent condition.
11 3/4 in. (30 cm) diameter x 5 7/8 in. (15 cm) high.
38 troy oz., 2lbs. 10 oz. (1175 grams).
Provenance:
The Noble Silver Collection.
Bonhams New York, 24 March 2022, The Noble Silver Collection Treasures from the Burmese Silver Age, lot 942.
Published:
David Owens, Burmese Silver Art: Masterpieces Illuminating Buddhist, Hindu and Mythological Stories of Purpose and Wisdom, 2020, p. 76, no. S81, fig. 3.57.
Bonham’s Footnotes:
In the Vidhura-Pandita Jataka, the bodhisattva that will later become Gautama Buddha perfects the virtue of truthfulness (sacca), at once a keen perception of the true reality of things and an unwavering commitment to imparting this truth. Reborn as a renowned advisor to a virtuous king, the bodhisattva uses undivided speech throughout the story—even when it puts him in harm's way—thereby preventing disputes among rulers, offering amnesty, and ultimately saving the antagonists who initially conspired to kill him.
Burmese Silver Ceremonial Offering Bowls were produced in great numbers, the finely decorated ceremonial offering bowl is the quintessential Burmese silver artwork...
Category
Early 1900s Burmese Other Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Silver
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
1750s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Copper Sacred Nandi Bull Water Vessel 1800
Located in Portland, OR
An antique Indian Hindu copper Nandi (bull) lidded and handled water vessel, circa 1800.
In the Hindu faith & culture of India the bull is a sacred animal, the term Nandi means "giving joy" or "delight", the Nandi is the scared bull of one of the most important gods, Shiva, the bull is also Shiva's animal form and also his transport.
This vessel is finely crafted from copper and has a circular lid and hinged handle, the vessel is modeled as a bull by hand hammering using...
Category
Early 1800s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Chinese Export Silver Repousse Dragon and Landscape Box
Located in Sarasota, FL
Chinese silver box with repousse, chasing and cast applied dragons. Very fine period work. Marked with French import hallmarks.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Silver
19th Century Tibetan Gilt Bronze figure of the Manjushri Bodhisattva
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th Century Tibetan Gilt Bronze figure of the Manjushri Bodhisattva
An exquisite 19th Century Tibetan gilt bronze sculpture depicting the Manjushri Bodhisattva, the embodiment of W...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Japanese bronze vases depicting a pair of egrets
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of Japanese bronze vases with a cylindrical shape and dark brown patina, depicting a pair of egrets near a stream, their legs dipped in water and surrounded by two flowering i...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Moorish Islamic Brass Bowl with Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Moorish brass Middle Eastern Islamic bowl finely and heavily hand-etched with brass repousse and decorated with Arabic inscriptions.
19th century Islamic hand-etched Moorish style brass bowl.
Engraved and hand-chased Arabic Islamic calligraphy and geometric arabesque, floral, designs on brass vessel.
Fine antique brass decorative Islamic art object.
Measures: Top opening 4"
Base 5"
Widest part diameter 9"
Height 8".
This antique Islamic brass bowl...
Category
19th Century Asian Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Islamic Persian Copper Pitcher Antique 19th Century Middle Eastern Ewer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th century Middle Eastern Persian Qajar Dynasty ( 1785-1924) tinned copper pitcher.
The teardrop form ruffled mouth with a flat hand wrought handle, over a neck decorated with hand chased human figures, floral, and geometric designs.
Nice decorative old rustic hand-hammered ewer pitcher in the Mameluke Qajar style.
Large copper pitcher entirely engraved and plated with silver, tinned with incised scene of a figure seated.
Persian Moorish Middle Eastern tinned copper water jug ewer.
Middle Eastern Arabic...
Category
Mid-19th Century Turkmen Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Copper
Antique Tibetan Singing Bowl Hand Hammered E Tone
Located in Somis, CA
A rare 19th century Tibetan singing bowl. The hand made piece is all original, hand hammered yielding a subtle overall pattern of indentation. Beautiful E tone. A meaningful ceremoni...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
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 Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Censer Insence Koro Hand Warmer Brazier 1890
Located in Portland, OR
A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer, circa 1890.
The twin handled koro having a reticulated lid dec...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Fine Ottoman Era Brass Vessel With Hand Engraved Verses Of The Quran & Cartouche
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Refined hand engraved large brass Ottoman vessel with verses from the Quran intermingled with raised and depressed intricate carvings. Good original condition. A superb work of art f...
Category
1850s Turkish Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
19th Century Persian Copper Bowl
Located in Middleburg, VA
19th Century Persian Copper Bowl. Intricate hand-hammered geometric decoration with a splayed foot and wonderful patination.
An elegant 19th-centu...
Category
19th Century Persian Moorish Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Copper
Antique Mughal Engraved 19th Century Hookah Base Indo-Persian
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A fine antique 19th century Mughal Nargile or hookah pipe base made of brass or bronze, the base with engraving and etching decorations.
Mameluke revival brass hookah base, elaborately and elegantly hand decorated, engraved with with a recessed repeated floral motif, leaf, foliage and arabesques.
Collectible Antique Indian Islamic Mughal engraved brass hookah base, bottle.
This fascinating Indo-Persian Brass Engraved Vessel Hookah Base dates from the 19th century, where it was used as a water base for a hookah, or shisha pipe.
In traditional hookah smoking, the base of the pipe is normally the most decorative element of the piece.
This vase has a beautiful shape and feel. It is intricately engraved with a arabesque foliage designs
Mughal Northern India - 19th century.
A nargile or hookah pipe's history dates back as far back as the 16th century,
This charming piece has an elegant profile, will make a stunning vase, candle holder or shelf or mantel decoration...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Islamic Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Chinese Jue, Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel, Honorific Mark, 20th Century or Older
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Jue, Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel, Honorific Mark, 20th Century or Older
This exquisite Chinese bronze ritual wine vessel, known as a jue, is a beautiful example of archaistic ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Archaistic Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Antique Persian Qajar Period Engraved and Inlaid Iron Metal Pen Box or Holder
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the Qajar period, this cast iron pen case is highly and intricately engraved with a scroll patterned motif which has been inlaid with gold accents. The fitted top holds f...
Category
18th Century Indian Other Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Iron
Antique Chinese Two Tiered Brass Occasional Tray Table with Engraved Tops
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique tray table is unsigned, but presumed to have originate from China and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese Export s...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Meiji Period Signed Bronze and Mixed Metal Bonsai Planter or Brush Pot
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Meiji period (1868-1912) signed bronze and mixed metal bonsai planter or brush pot, polygon shaped (six sided) decorated with different scenes on each p...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Asian Silver Plate Engraved Expanding Tea Trivet Decorative Stand
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Hand engraved expanding tea trivet with unique design and exuding finesse. May be used as a decorative screen, plaque or objet d'art, circa 1900-1910.
Category
Early 1900s Asian Anglo-Japanese Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Tibetan Singing Bowl Crescent Moon
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, 19th century singing bowl from Bhutan. The hand made piece is free of extravagant decorations except a row of hand cut crescent motifs under the exterior rim. The crescent moon symbolizes clarity and modesty. A meaningful ceremonial piece and an amazing instrument for meditation and therapy in achieving personal wellness. Brocade cushion...
Category
19th Century Bhutanese Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
19th Century Mughal Indo Persian Footed Tinned Copper Bowl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mughal Islamic Indo Persian red copper footed bowl, of compressed hemispherical shape, resting on a splayed conical foot, with slightly everted rim,...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Moorish Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Copper
Tibetan Singing Bowl Longevity Lotus 8.25" D Tone
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, fully engraved and inlaid singing bowl made by the spiritual craftsmen of Nepal. The interior depicts a center square surrounded by four longevity characters and open lotus blooms. The exterior features rings of holy fires and royal stupas. The bowl a beautiful long lingering ring of D tone, fluid vibration, producing thought provoking yet calming effect. A wonderful ceremonial piece and an amazing instrument for meditation and therapy in achieving personal wellness. Brocade cushion...
Category
2010s Nepalese Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Tibetan Singing Bowl Simple Longevity 9.5" Tone A
Located in Somis, CA
An elegant hand crafted singing bowl made by the spiritual craftsmen of Nepal. The bowl is void of decorations except a simple motif of longevity and 2 lines of Sanskrit mottos. Hand hammered, the 3.5 lb bowl has fluid vibration and beautiful tone A. A wonderful ceremonial piece and an amazing instrument for meditation and therapy in achieving personal wellness. Brocade cushion...
Category
2010s Nepalese Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Signed Japanese Singing Bowl Solid Brass Song Bird
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of rare, 20th century, solid golden brass Japanese singing bowls of D6 tone. The upright design and plain surface reflect modern sophistication while the crisp tone conjures up the feeling of joy. A beautiful, single character of the word "Song Bird" was engraved in one of the bowls, expressing the maker's intention. A fantastic ceremonial piece, it is also an amazing instrument for meditation and therapy in achieving personal wellness. Two brocade cushions...
Category
20th Century Japanese Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
Persian Brass Cutwork Ewer and Basin Set, Early 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
Persian brass cutwork ewer and basin set, early 20th century
An exquisite 3-piece ensemble consisting of a circular basin, cover and Ewer which have been int...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Islamic Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
An Extremely Fine 19th C. Miniature Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Cylinder Vase
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The diminutive & finely proportioned cylinder-shaped body illustrating a naturalistic motif of a silvered lily blossom issuing from a leafy stem, decorated with both Shibuichi & Shak...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper
An Exceedingly Fine Pair of 19th C. Miniature Japanese Mixed Metal Bronze Vases
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Both bottle-shaped & panelled bodies richly decorated with finely worked motifs using both shibuichi & shakudo techniques, depicting cranes in flight on one side, with others standin...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze, Copper
Islamic Calligraphic Rice Pan "Parat", 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
This culinary masterpiece, designed for the preparation of rice, transcends its utilitarian purpose and becomes a work of art in its own right. The entire surface of the rice pan is adorned with intricately engraved calligraphy, adding a touch of elegance and cultural significance.
The brass rice pan is substantial, reflecting its purpose as a tool for large-scale cooking. Its sheer size and sturdy construction make it a standout piece in any kitchen or culinary setting. The brass material provides a warm and lustrous backdrop for the detailed engravings that grace its surface.
The calligraphy on the rice pan is a testament to the artistry and precision of the craftsman. Delicate Arabic or Persian script, characterized by flowing lines and elegant curves, covers the entire exterior of the pan. The calligraphy may feature verses from poetry, blessings, or traditional sayings related to food, hospitality, and prosperity. Each inscription is meticulously engraved, creating a visually striking contrast between the polished brass and the finely detailed letters.
The combination of the monumental size, brass material, and engraved calligraphy transforms this rice pan into a cultural artifact that goes beyond its culinary function. It becomes a symbol of tradition, craftsmanship, and the importance of communal gatherings around food. Whether displayed as a piece of art or used in the preparation of meals, this monumental brass rice pan stands...
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20th Century Pakistani Islamic Engraved Metalwork
Materials
Brass
