Amazing tsuba with gilt-highlighted, figural scenes crammed with minute detail. Made in Japan (1868 to 1912), signed on both sides by Goshu Hikone. Condition: wear commensurate with age. Dimensions: 3” height.
price: $1650
Category Archives: Japanese Arts
Japanese Mixed Metal Tsuba, Shishi
Scampering dog amidst flower blossoms with leaves. Rockery with pine cones on reverse. Gilt and silver highlighting. Made in Japan, unmarked. Very good condition. Dimensions: 2.75″ wide by 3″ high. (2573-ts)
Price: $1100
Pair of Fine Japanese Cloisonné Vases
This exquisite pair of Japanese Cloisonné enamel vases crafted during the later half of the 19th century. The vases are hexagonal-shaped baluster form and each has 6 reserves of enameled land and waterscape scenes featuring various birds amidst naturalistically rendered foliage. The ground also features intricate floral, scroll and geometric motifs. Both marked on the underside with a Cloisonné wire design featuring three small equidistantly spaced circles within a larger. Each vase measures approximately 9.5 inches height. (jc-11)
Price: $21,000
Japanese Cloisonné Vase by Ando
This elegant, slender vase was made during the Meiji Period by an artisan from the Ando school. It is tapered ovoid form and features stylized enamel decoration of leaves and flowers on the exterior. At the rim, the vase measures approximately 14.5 inches height. On the underside, the piece features the Ando mark. (jc-05)
Price: $6200
Japanese Foil-Ground Cloisonné Vase
This elegant bombe-form vase was crafted in Japan during the Meiji Period by a Japanese artist of the Ando school. The vase features a textural foil ground covered with translucent and opaque enamels painted loosely between stylized Cloisonné wire outlines of flowers and foliage. The vase measures 9.5 inches height at the rim. (jc-12)
Price: $5000