Bronze elephant incense burner - SOLD
Japan, Edo to Meiji period, 19th century
Length: 8 1/4 inches, 21 cm
Width: 6 1/2 inches, 16.5 cm
Height: 4 3/4 inches, 12 cm
A bronze incense burner in the form of a recumbent elephant, the animal with its
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Square bronze vase with loop handles
Japan, Edo period, 1603 – 1868, 19th century
Height: 15 3/4 inches, 40 cm
Width: 18 1/4 inches, 46.2 cm
A bronze vase of square lozenge form, the bulbous body rising from a stepped foot, the neck widely flaring in
Monumental plaster and wood model of a pagoda
Japan, Edo period, 1603 – 1868
Height: 45 inches, 114 cm
Width: 22 1/4 inches, 56.5 cm
A very large plaster and wood model of a pagoda of typical form, combining circles and squares. The pagoda sits on an elevated,
Lacquered wood sculpture of seated Buddha (Amida Nyorai)
Japan, late Muromachi period, early Edo period, late 16th/early 17th century
Height: 15 1/4 inches, 39 cm
Width: 12 1/2 inches, 31.5 cm
Depth: 10 1/2 inches, 27 cm
A large lacquered wood figure of the Buddha, seated with his
Pair of blue and white Kutani porcelain saké bottles, Suda Seika kiln
Japan, Showa period, 1926 – 1989
Height: 5 ¾ inches, 14.5 cm
Width: 2 ¾ inches, 7 cm
A pair of porcelain bottle vases of double-gourd shape with long necks. The vases are decorated in underglaze cobalt with a twisted
Bronze bottle vase
Japan, Edo period, 1603 – 1868
Height: 12 inches, 30 cm
Width: 5 1/2 inches, 14 cm
A bronze mallet-shaped bottle vase, the compressed globular body supported on a short foot and surmounted by a long neck that flares outwards
Wood sculpture of the Buddha (Amida Nyorai)
Japan, early Edo period, 1603 – 1868, 17th century
Height: 26 inches, 66.5 cm
Width: 9 inches, 22.5 cm
A large wood figure of the Buddha, depicted standing, dressed in elaborately folded, patterned robes, which cover the shoulders, fall open
Zitan incense tool vase
China, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Height: 4 3/4 inches, 12 cm
Width: 1 3/4 inches, 4.5 cm
A small zitan incense tool vase of quadrilobed form. The long, slender neck extends smoothly from the four-faceted body and has indented edges.
Iron painting of a lotus pond
China, Qing dynasty, 18th – 19th century
Height incl. frame: 49 1/4 inches, 125 cm
Width incl. frame: 15 3/4 inches, 40 cm
A large iron painting depicting branches of flowering lotuses, issuing from a lotus pond, with big leaves.
Cloisonné enamel box and cover
China, late Ming to early Qing dynasty, 17th – 18th century
Diameter: 2 3/4 inches, 7 cm
A circular cloisonné box with a slightly domed cover and a flat base. The cover and the base have an identical decoration in