Large Chinese Bronze Gu Form Vase, Signed

19TH C. JAPANESE MIXED METAL TRIPOD VASE Two-Part Meiji Period Bronze Usubana/Ikebana vase, with removable disc form top, two loop handles and applied tripod legs, the front decorate...

Antique The Bombay Brass Vase

Bronze Mixed Metal Hibachi, Japan, Meiji Period 19th century, the bronze cylindrical body of which is decorated with copper and silver maple leaves. Height 9.5 in. Depth 9.5 in.

Quality work, a large Chinese Cloisonné Hat Vase depicting floral patterns all around the entire vase with vivid colors of yellow, green, red, blue, brown, red, and cyan base. Qianlo...

Late 19th century Chinese bronze vase, signed. Qing dynasty. Warmly patinated bronze. The handles are archaic elephant heads with rings. The base ...

Chinese 18th century bronze vase with mottled patina. Evidence of a small, old repair.

Chinese bronze archaic style vase, 18th century.

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...