Yamaguchi Kazuteru (born 1876)
A silver vase of baluster form, worked in relief with ducks on a rocky outcrop on the banks of a fast flowing river or in flight overhead.
Meiji period, circa 1900
Maruki Company
A bronze okimono in the form of three delicately modelled egrets with rock crystal ball
Meiji Period, circa 1900
SOLD Genryusai Seiya
A bronze group of five Bactrian camels
Signed Genryusai Seiya Sei
Meiji period, circa 1890
Seiki Yoshitaka-sen
A fine shibuichi kogo, delicately carved with Shoki, his eyes inlaid in gold and his sword blade in silver.
Meiji period, circa 1900
Takemura Tatsutaro
Bronze Koro (incense burner) and cover
Hasegawa Issei
An inlaid silver box, the cover worked in relief with a monkey being attacked by two wasps, persimmons lying on the ground.
Meiji Period, circa 1900
Kiyoaki
A fine articulated iron kogo in the form of a praying mantis, naturalistically worked, the wings detachable revealing an interior silver liner
Height: 12cm, length: 17cm
Meiji Period, circa 1900
Atsuyoshi for the Inoue company
An inlaid bronze vase, the slender body carved and inlaid in relief with pine trees above a torii gate
Meiji period, circa 1900
Hosoya Reiko and Hidemitsu
Large bronze jardinière with two dragons amongst clouds,
Yamaguchi Hidemitsu
An inlaid russet iron box, the cover inlaid in silver and gold with five geese in flight, with a silver lined interior decorated with a partially cloud-obscured moon.
Taisho period, circa 1920
Sekiguchi Ichiya
An inlaid shibuichi and silver box, the cover worked in katakiri-bori depicting The Three Laughers
Somin
An inlaid shibuichi and silver vase worked in katakiri-bori and inlaid in shakudo
Ichioka Shiun
A large sentoku study of a carp in swimming motion, naturalistically modelled resting on its four fins, the eyes inlaid in shakudo, shibuichi and gold.
Late Meiji period, circa 1910
Myochin Muneyoshi
An articulated copper study of a crayfish, fully jointed and with the details finely worked, the eyes of shakudo.
Signed Muneyoshi
Meiji period, circa 1910
Nobaru, Nogawa
A pair of inlaid bronze vases each of baluster form, finely worked in gold, silver, copper, shakudo and shibuichi with rural views
Signed with the Nogawa seal
Meiji Period, circa 1890
Shiotsu Chikatsugu
A copper kogo (incense box) and cover of circular form, finely carved in katakiri-bori with a flowering lotus, the bud inlaid in silver.
Dated 1916
Masanaga
A shibuichi incense container with pine cone and needle design. Signed Masanaga
Meiji Period, circa 1890