Zentner Collection: Antique Japanese Tansu, Asian Works of Art
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Antique Japanese Screen Painting with Samurai Battle of Gempei
Antique Japanese 6-panel screen painting depicting scenes from the Battle of Gempei and featuring famous warriors of the Taira (Heike) and Minamoto (Genji) clans.
The upper right of the screen depicts a scene during the battle of Yashima in which a beautiful lady steps out from the cabin of one of the Taira boats and beckons to the opposing Genji clan. She lifts a fan on a pole high into the air, challenging the warriors on land. Yoshitsune calls forward the young archer, Nasu no... Click for details
item #1500652
Price on Request
Small Mounted Japanese Shinto Trinity Roof Tile
A small round Japanese molded and fired roof tile. Symbolizing the Hhinto Trinity of flowing energy. Blue pigment can bee seen as a base background. Custom mounted on a bronze stand for presentation.

Age: Late Edo period Circa 19th century

Dimensions: 4" diameter x 12" high on stand
item #1500636
$875.00
Antique Japanese Bronze Baby Crow Tsuba Katsurano Fumiko
Antique Japanese bronze tsuba with seven baby crows in silver and gold learning to fly over crested waters. Signed By Female Artist: Katsurano Fumiko /. Bunshi

Age: Late 1800's

Dimensions: 2 7/8" wide x 3" high

I could find just two other examples of tsuba by this artist online. According to Bonham's: "It is interesting to note that [the artist] very unusually, was a woman, Fumiko, daughter of the older Sekibun... Click for details
item #1500401
$3,500.00
Japanese Iron Dragon Tsuba
Antique Japanese iron Tsuba with inlay of a three gold clawed dragon amongst the swirling clouds. cast in iron using sand cast technique. Unsigned

Age: early 1900's

Dimensions: 2 3/4" wide 2 7/8" high
item #1500387
$535.00
Antique Japanese Iron Water Buffalo Tsuba
Antique Japanese iron tsuba (sword fitting). Depicting three water buffalo resting in the shade of the weeping willow tree. Details of sprouted wild grasses and flowers in gold. Finely detailed, each water buffalo is raised and has gold inlaid eye. Very and well made, smaller size than most tsuba.

Age: Late Edo Period Circa 1800's

2 1/2" wide x 2 3/4" high
item #1500385
$2,400.00
Antique Japanese Bronze Tsuba
Antique Japanese solid bronze tsuba (sword guard). Depicting a small gold fishing boat with cormorant traditional fishing. Long ling leading to a ring place around the trained cormorants neck. Natural bamboo springs up on both sides of gold and silver. Well made with careful attention to details.

Age: Late Edo Period Circa early 1800's

Dimensions2 3/4" wide x 3" high
item #1500384
$2,200.00
Edo Natural Wood Tsuba Signed Morichika
Antique Japanese iron tsuba depicting a newt, with eyes of gold on natural wood. Silver spider web falling maple leafs.
Signed Tsuchiya Morichika who was active in the Edo period. Morichika worked in Okayama in Bizen province, and later in Osaka. He is the son of Noriyuki (H 05810), and a student of the sixth Tsuchiya Yasuchika (H 11109). There are dated works from 1850, 1858, and 1859.

Signed 守親 Morichika

Age: Edo period 1603 - 1868)

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item #1500370
$5,500.00
Antique Japanese Pair Gold Snake Tsuba
Antique original Japanese bronze tsuba (sword guard) depicted a pair of gold inlaid snakes. Finely detailed down to each scale.
In Japanese culture, snakes, or hebi, are symbols of protection, rebirth, transformation, and good fortune. They can also represent wisdom, strength, and resilience.

Age: 1900's

Dimensions: 8" high (on base) x 3 1/3" x 3 1/3"
item #1500362
$1800.00
Vintage Japanese Aritaware Umbrella Stand Hexaganol Sometsuke
A vintage Japanese Aritaware umbrella stand in a cylindrical hexagon shape. Blue and white porcelain with Sometsuke landscape scenes of six different scenes. Its heavy weight suggests being heavily potted prior to firing.

Age: 1950's

Dimensions: 33" high by 10 1/4" diagonal diameter.
item #1500346
$750.00
Japanese Antique Lacquer Inro with Scenes
Japanese antique lacquer inro with five reserve scenes of landscapes and implements most likely representing the Seven Lucky Gods. The inro has rounded edges and is almost oval in form. It has five sections (four compartments) and is lacquered entirely in very fine gold nashiji. There are 3 scenes on one side and 2 on the other in raised maki-e lacquer. The implements are displayed as if accidentally left behind. A biwa plectrum, a fan, various hats, an ancient turtle, are all symbols of the... Click for details
item #1500318
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