Zentner Collection: Antique Japanese Tansu, Asian Works of Art
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Japanese Antique Bronze Box with Goddess Benten and Dragon
Japanese Antique Bronze Box with Goddess Benten and Dragon
Antique Japanese rectangular bronze letter box. Decorated with a highly raised design of Benten, the Goddess of knowledge, music and eloquence. She is standing on a water dragon who looks up at her admiringly. With a plectrum in one hand, she plays her biwa. Waves churn around Benten and her dragon. The sides of the box are decorated with raised waves and remnants of gilding. The interior of the box is lined with wood.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 12 1/4"... Click for details
item #1435629
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Japanese Antique Small Keyaki Burl Wood Box with 5 Drawers
Japanese Antique Small Keyaki Burl Wood Box with 5 Drawers
Exceptional antique Japanese small personal box made with beautiful keyaki (zelkova) wood burl. Two small drawers on the top, one of which is outfitted with interior lidded compartments. Below, are 3 full-width drawers of gradating depth. Patinated bronze hardware with square drawer pulls on the larger drawers and flower bud pulls on the top drawers. A matching square handle on the top for carrying. Original translucent wiped lacquer finish shows of dramatic grain. Provenance: From a... Click for details
item #1435588
$1,500.00
Japanese Antique Bamboo Ikebana Basket with Rootwood Handle
Japanese Antique Bamboo Ikebana Basket with Rootwood Handle
Antique Japanese ikebana basket for flower arranging. Woven of both wide and narrow split bamboo with a gnarled root wood rim and handle. Tall and narrow with elegant natural form.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 21" high x 9 1/2" wide
item #1435587
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Japanese Antique Bronze Bonsho (Buddhist Temple Bell)
Japanese Antique Bronze Bonsho (Buddhist Temple Bell)
Antique Japanese bronze temple bell or bonsho, with a handle of dragon heads called a ryuzu, protrusions called chi chi or nyu to improve resonance of sound, the tsuki-za striking panels, and the mei-bun inscription of the bell's history. Inscription dates the bell to Meiwa 4, 1767, during the Edo period. Commissioned by Ninomiya Juemon, village head and rest of villagers. Good luck day of July.

Bonshō (Japanese: 梵鐘, Buddhist bells), also known as tsurigane (釣り鐘, hanging... Click for details
item #1435577
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Japanese Antique 2-Section Kiri Wood Isho Tansu with Round Locks
Japanese Antique 2-Section Kiri Wood Isho Tansu with Round Locks
Antique Japanese 2-section isho tansu (chest on chest for clothing) made all of kiri (paulownia) wood. The top section has two large drawers and the bottom section has two large drawers and two small drawers on the lower right hand side. Iron hardware includes large round lock plates on the large drawers and matching small round lock plates on the small drawers.

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 41 1/2" high x 34" wide x 15 3/4" deep
item #1435528
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Japanese Antique 2-Section Kiri Wood Isho Tansu with Daikon Locks
Japanese Antique 2-Section Kiri Wood Isho Tansu with Daikon Locks
Antique Japanese 2-section isho tansu (chest on chest for clothing), made all of kiri (paulownia) wood. Top section has two large drawers and the lower section has two large drawers and a safe box in the lower right hand side. The safe is opened by a hinged door to reveal two small interior drawers. Iron hardware with unusual daikon (radish) shaped lock plates. Lovely foliated iron corner bracing and safe door hardware.

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 41 1/2" high... Click for details
item #1435526
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Bracelet with Ancient Egyptian Scarabs,  Faience and Silver
Bracelet with Ancient Egyptian Scarabs, Faience and Silver
Vintage silver bracelet set with 7 Egyptian faience scarabs. Each beetle is mounted so that the hieroglyphic writing on the underside could be seen. The largest scarab in the middle. Beautiful blue coloring consistent with fine faience. Stamped silver.

Scarabs (Egyptian dung beetles) were believed to have close ties to the sun god, Ra and were used in amulets and funerary art. They represented protection, transformation and resurrection.

Age: scarabs: possibly... Click for details
item #1435135
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Ancient Persian Pair of Bronze Mythical Creatures
Ancient Persian Pair of Bronze Mythical Creatures
Pair of ancient Persian small cast bronze mythical creatures. Each figure has a rounded head, the short horns of a bull, an arching neck and a single hoofed foot. Various holes and slots point to a utilitarian as well as decorative function. Most likely these were feet used for a ritual incense vessel. The holes were for the censor to hang from above but the tripod vessel could also stand. Lovely coloring and encrustation of bronze consistent with age. (ref sources: Luristan, Persia.... Click for details
item #1435134
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Tibetan Antique Small Crystal Buddhist Reliquary Stupa
Tibetan Antique Small Crystal Buddhist Reliquary Stupa
Antique Tibetan Buddhist small reliquary in stupa form. Carved of quartz crystal in two sections with traces of gold leaf, this votive offering would have once been housed in a larger container and placed at the foot of an architectural stupa acting as either a funeral mound or housing relics of an important person. The shape, with it's rounded body and terraced lid, imitates the larger stupa, a three dimensional mandala and symbol of Buddha. With a small wooden collector's box.... Click for details
item #1435066
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Tibetan Antique Small Stupa Form Reliquary with Gold Leaf
Tibetan Antique Small Stupa Form Reliquary with Gold Leaf
Antique Tibetan Buddhist small reliquary in stupa form. Made of glass and covered with gold leaf, this votive offering would have once been housed in a larger container and placed at the foot of an architectural stupa acting as either a funeral mound or housing relics of an important person. The shape, with it's rounded body and terraced lid, imitate the larger stupa, a three dimensional mandala and symbol of Buddha.

Age:17th/18th century

Dimensions: 3 1/2" high
item #1435059
$3,500.00
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