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

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

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

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

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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Chinese antique pair of small porcelain plaques. The porcelain is painted with delicate famille rose enamel scenes of noble men and women. Each is framed and protected with glass.

Age: 18th century

Dimensions of each: 8 1/4" high x 6 1/2" wide (in frame) Pictured area: 4" high x 2 1/2" wide

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"

Antique original Tibetan traveling inscribed metal brush case. Inscribed by hand of floral garden landscape mixed with scholar like objects. Original patina consistent with age. Two loops, one on the lid and the other od the long cylindrical side, provide a place to secure and tie in place. The top and bottom are flare out and brought to a point.

Age: 1800's

Dimensions: 13" long x 1/2"

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.

Antique pair of Japanese fusuma doors. Hand painted interior doors with solid hinoki Japanese cypress wood paneling. Painted of white, green, red, and brown natural pigments. Frames are lacquered red. Original metal pulls. Depicting blossoming chrysanthemums along with a sleeping white cat.

Age: Late Edo period Circa early 1800's

Dimensions: 38 1/2" wide x 67 1/2" high