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Material: Metal
Assembled Chinese Late Yuan / Early Ming Dynasty Bronze Garniture
Located in Austin, TX
Consisting of a large baluster vase (H: 14.25") with arrow handles and a near pair of smaller baluster vases with mythical beast loop handles. The large vase, of yuhuchunping form, ...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Black Japanese Tokanabe Pottery Vase
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Incredible vintage Japanese Black Japanese Tokanabe Pottery Vase. Features an enameled blue and red design.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Enamel

Japanese Meiji Period Mixed Metal Pair of Scroll Weights Depicting Samurai
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese Meiji period fine pair of scroll weights decorated with shakudo and silver samurai figures. The weights fill solid and heavy. One of the weights has Japanese writing ( see i...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Metal

Islamic Ottoman Inkwell and Feather Set Made From Brass and Papier Maché
Located in Vienna, AT
In this ad you get the chance to buy a unique historical object. It is an old Ottoman inkwell made from brass with typical ornaments and little turquoi...
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18th Century Asian Islamic Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese Silvered Copper Alloy White Jade Inset Snuff Bottle Qing c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
Fine antique Chinese Qing Dynasty silvered golden copper alloy snuff bottle of hulu double gourd form, inset with 4x carved five petal white jade p...
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Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Jade, Silver, Copper

Meiji Period Shagreen Clad Cane with Minamoto Clan Crest
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A rare and refined Meiji-period walking cane clad in spiraled ray skin (shagreen), polished and finished in traditional black lacquer. The lacquered shagreen surface reveals the unde...
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1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wrought Iron, Sterling Silver

Huge Waterman Figural Fountain Pen Advertising Store Display Model
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This enormous figural fountain pen store display is unsigned, but presumed to have been made by the Waterman Co. of France in approximately 1965 and d...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Metal

Museum Mounted 18th Century Chinese Sterling -Silver Mounted Buckle Fragment
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Museum Mounted 18th Century Chinese Sterling -Silver Mounted Buckle Fragment A unique and rare find—an 18th-century or older Chinese hand-painted porcelain buckle fragment depicting two attendants amidst a landscape. Encased in an sterling silver frame, the buckle is adorned with a signature in Chinese character mark, adding to its authenticity and historical significance. Although just one part of a two-piece belt buckle, this fragment stands...
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18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Chinese Bronze Chilong Garlic Head Scholar's Vase, Qing Dynasty, 17th C, China
Located in Austin, TX
A small and lovely Chinese cast bronze garlic head scholar's "chilong" vase, early Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period, late 17th century, China. The elegant vase of beautiful proportion...
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Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

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...
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Mid-17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Stone Dali Panels
Located in Sherborne, GB
This is a set of four antique Chinese Dali stone panels which depict wonderful landscape images. The stone is set in an ebonized panel frame. They look wo...
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Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Marble, Brass

Chinese Stone Dali Panels
Chinese Stone Dali Panels
$2,532 Sale Price / set
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Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Bronze Ruyi With Jade Inlay
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Chinese Bronze Ruyi. It shows very detailed handcraft works on it. It is all handmade and hand-carved jade inlay Ruyi. Ruyi is a curved decorative object tha...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Jade, Bronze

Woodgrain Scroll Stand, Antique Copper by Robert Kuo, Hand Repousse, Limited
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woodgrain scroll stand Antique copper Hand repousse Limited Edition Repousse´ is the traditional art of hand-hammering decorative relief onto sheet metal. The technique origin...
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2010s Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Copper

Early 20th Century Japanese Brass Champleve Vase
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional vintage early 20th century champleve brass vase. Features a vibrant enamel design throughout the vase.
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Ikea Torne VI Wall Sconce Candle Holder
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Amazing vintage IKEA wall sconce candle holder. Features an ornate design.
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Victorian Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Brass

Italian Contemporary decorative object in marble
Located in Milano, IT
Doorstops, paperweights or furniture elements, FP03 doorstops from Vintage Domus are distinguished by their timeless elegance and unique personalization. Versatile objects with a min...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Marble, Brass

Chinese Calligraphy Brush with Glass Bead Handle
Located in Chicago, IL
Along with paper, ink, and inkstone, the brush is one of the Four Treasures of the scholar’s studio. Arguably the most important tool, the brush served as a direct link to the artist...
Category

20th Century Chinese Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Metal, Other

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...
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18th Century Indian Other Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Gold, Iron

Asian Black Enamel Brass Vase With Mother Of Pearl Flower Inlay
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful Asian brass vase with black enamel finish inlaid with mother of pearl Flowers.
Category

1980s Post-Modern Vintage Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Brass

Antique Brass Engraved Persian, Japanese & Egyptian Pen Case Ink Well Group Lot
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the early 18th century, this grouping of brass pen cases have their origins in Persia, Egypt and Japan respectively. Each case is intricately engraved with a patterned sc...
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18th Century Japanese Anglo-Indian Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Brass

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...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Copper

A Framed Group of Five Chinese Dali Marble Scholar’s Stones, Late Qing Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Although sometimes referred to as ‘paintings’ or ‘dream stones’, these are sections of Dali marble, quarried from the Cangshan mountain range in Western China and carefully chosen & ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Marble, Brass

Chinese Double Gourd "Root" Amber Snuff Bottle, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Other

Mid Century Modern Gold and Copper Wall Art by Greg Copeland
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional mid century modern wall art by artist Greg Copeland. Features a fantastic display of squares and rectangles of gold, copper and...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Metal

A Finely Cast Standing Bronze Figure of Guanyin, 17th / 18th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely cast bronze figure of Guanyin - Bodhisattva Goddess of Compassion, Kindness & Mercy. Shown wearing an outer robe finely modelled with cascading folds tied at her waist, h...
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1690s Chinese Qing Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Conch shell recipient and container for holy water used in ceremonies. Known as “Buddha ears”, they were mounted as a sound instrument. Such shells are important ritual objects in Tibetan Buddhism...
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19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Silver

Seal Initialled WJ Wivern IS Lion Profile George III Silver
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Chased with a wivern rampant above the initials ‘WJ’. Stamped 'IS' makers mark, the duty mark of 1795 with the King's profile and a lion passant (guardant) mark of London and other E...
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18th Century British George III Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Silver

Inkwell with seated Buddha figure, France, 19th century
Located in London, GB
The object depicts a Buddha sitting on a decorative base, holding a small red object. The Buddha figure is rendered with a smiling, serene expression typical of traditional iconograp...
Category

19th Century Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

Tiger's Eye Tripod Incense Burner and Cover
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Tiger's eye tripod incense burner and cover Chinese, 20th century of compressed globular form raised on three cabriole legs issuing from lion masks, flanked by two horned mythica...
Category

20th Century Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

A Rare Mughal Indian Gold and Enamel Mother of Pearl Spoon with Diamonds
Located in Queens, NY
A Rare Mughal Indian Gold and Enamel Mother of Pearl Spoon with Diamonds Discover the exquisite craftsmanship of Mughal India with this rare and...
Category

Late 18th Century Indian Antique Metal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Gold, Enamel

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