Antique Japanese Copper Flower Vase with Carps, 1980s

This is a blue flower vase made in Japan around 1950 in Showa era. It is designed some flowers and butterflies. This style made with copper is cal...

This is a green and red flower vase made in Japan around 1860 in Edo era. It is designed with a dragon and flowers. This style made with copper is ca...

This is an antique flower vase made with some bamboo and wood in Japan. This flower vase was made around 1950s. The part of wrist is made with wood and the vase is made with bamboo...

This is a flower vase made around 1970s and with style Tokoname. Tokonane Yaki is the oldest and the most important ceramic center of the six ancient kilns of Japan. Tokonane Yaki is the oldest and the most important ceramic center of the six ancient kilns of Japan with Shigaraki, Bizen, Tanba, Echizen and Seto. Ceramic is produced there since the end of the Heian periode (11th century). Tokoname-yaki (Tokoname ware...

A very impressive and enchanting Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912) patinated bronze vase depicting Carp swimming around. 57380 ACYN

A large pair of antique Japanese bronze vases with carp fishes, Meiji period. The bottle vases have carp in swirls of water, with some ver...

A fine antique Japanese flower vase. In hand-hammered copper (or possibly a thin-bodied bronze) with applied silver bands to rim, footrim, shaped edge, and with a lotus petal border at the joint of neck and body. Having the usubata form with a wide flared neck and mouth. The 'usubata' vase is a form favored for large scale floral arrangements by the Ikenobo school, the oldest and largest school of Japanese ikebana founded in the 15th century by Buddhist monk Senno Ikenobo. It is believed that the wide and shallow rim of an usubata vase which displays the surface of the water best imitates natural conditions of growth while also contributing to the longevity of an arrangement with the increased surface area of the water better oxygenating the plants. The base retains still retains hand-hammered marks. There is evidence of seams and folds throughout from the construction, and the surface has a cloud-like brown patina throughout. Simply a wonderful Japanese mixed metal vase...

This is an old copper tub made in Japan. It was made during the Edo period (1800s-1860s) and used as a tool to draw water from a well. This tool is one of the tools of daily life tha...