Big Pair of Red Lacquer "Butterfly" Antique Planter Bowls, Signed and Boxed

Beautiful Wabi sabi shaped basin planter in a weathered old red natural formed stone Japan, a handsome and unique old naturally formed stone water basin or planter -tsukubai- source...

Rare Find From our recent Japanese Acquisition Travels- comes this unusual large garden stone vessel in the form of a delightful sculpture- totally repurposed as an elegant water b...

Beautiful blazing red bronze color from Japan From Japan comes this gorgeous big heavily hand cast bronze vase with a special brilliant blazing red "murashido" finish. This eye ap...

From our recent Japanese acquisitions, a rare find Antique Original Japanese temple "blossoming lotus" flower bud stem including its original red lacquer display base. This finely hand carved wood and lacquered gold flower stem was made for a Buddhist 19th century temple altar. Its flower blossoms and leaves symbolize the stages of the path toward enlightenment. The individual parts of each lotus is carved separately then joined in an arrangement and inserted in altar vessels. Also called "Jyôka" , it is placed on or next to an altar in a Buddhist temple. Made with meticulous techniques. In Buddhism, the lotus is an important symbol of divine enlightenment because it blooms into beautiful flowers while growing in mud. Tsunehana means "a flower that continues to bloom forever" and "a flower that does not wither." For this reason, the flowers represented are in different stages of their life, unfolded lotus leaves, buds and full flowers, thus symbolizing the journey towards Buddhist enlightenment. This lovely Japanese antique gilt Lotus flower is an early survivor, circa 1840, and a hard to find treasure that was originally placed on or around a temple altar. This ensemble consists of a single stem, the top most flower, and the bottom leaf- all mounted in the original square red lacquer display base. A gold gilt 3.5 inch long tortoise "minogame" is affixed to the base as seen in the photo. Its attractive original old patina coupled with much of the original gilding remaining present is just the way we like to find them. Dimensions: With original red lacquer display stand Height, 17 inches height and 9 inches in width. The lotus flower stem alone measures 16 inches in height. Provenance: acquired from a Kyoto Japanse monk and collector History of the Japanese turtle "minogame" One of the most famous is the mythological giant turtle...

Antique stone planter Dimensions: approx - 12.5” diameter x 10.25” height Beautiful texture and patina.

Pair of Italian Modern white lacquered fiberglas planters, Each one a sleek circular drum with tapering pedestal 14.5 Inch diameter base, with numerous drain holes.     

A pair of period, hand carved, scallop edged, circa 1800, English planters with original metal mounts. Each featuring lion head reliefs holding rings.

A handsome pair of antique cast lead garden planters dating from circa 1910. Handcrafted, this pair of Edwardian period lead planters are of scalloped form, cast in relief with scrol...