Maruki Company
A bronze okimono in the form of three delicately modelled egrets with rock crystal ball
Meiji Period, circa 1900
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
Jomi Eisuke
An inlaid bronze vase in the form of a section of bamboo naturalistically modelled, the lower part with a bamboo fence
Meiji period, circa 1900
Shoto Toshinaga
An iron dish, in the form of a partially rotted lily leaf, supported on its twisted stem, a gilt metal crab crawling to one side.
Meiji period, circa 1880
Chikayoshi
A large inlaid bronze vase depicting wisteria and swimming carp. Worked in silver, shakudo and shibuichi
Meiji period, circa 1900
Takemura Tatsutaro
Bronze Koro (incense burner) and cover
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
Katsura Mitsuharu
A pair of gilt bronze scroll weights each decorated with numerous peonies on a shakudo ground
Hosoya Reiko and Hidemitsu
Large bronze jardinière with two dragons amongst clouds,
Unno Bisei
A silver and wood box of rectangular form, the cover inset with a silver panel finely carved in katakiri-bori with stems of bamboo and prunus branches
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
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
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
Hirayama Yoshitoshi
An inlaid silver and shakudo box, with canted corners, the cover inlaid in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi
Meiji period, circa 1875
Masanaga
A shibuichi incense container with pine cone and needle design. Signed Masanaga
Meiji Period, circa 1890
Somin
An inlaid shibuichi and silver vase worked in katakiri-bori and inlaid in shakudo
An Articulated Bronze Model of a Skeleton