Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Meiji Period
  • Services
    • Valuations
    • Private Collections
  • News
    • News
    • Events
    • Publications
  • Contact
  • Product Categories
    • New Arrivals
    • Japanese BronzeJapanese Bronze, the highly collected miniature carvings from 17th, 18th and 19th Century Japan were originally and primarily very simple functional objects that evolved over time to the level of truly superb works of art produced by master carvers. This evolution began towards the end of the 16th Century, reaching (in the minds of many) its artistic zenith in the second half of the 18th Century and continuing throughout the 19th C until its decline in the early Meiji period. Throughout this time, many individual “schools” developed across Japan often with unique and instantly recognisable styles and subject matter. Naturally there was a greater concentration of schools and master carvers in and around the major cities especially Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. Early Japanese bronze are thought to have mostly been the work of carvers serving primarily the numerous shrines and temples across Japan. A clue to the function of a Japanese Bronze can be gleaned from the two Japanese characters used to form the word – namely “root” and “fasten” or “fix”. From this we can infer that early Japanese bronze could have been fashioned simply from small pieces of rootwood and used to anchor something in place. The need…
    • Japanese Metalwork
    • Japanese Ceramics
    • Japanese Okimono
    • Japanese Enamels
    • Japanese Shibayama
    • Japanese Lacquer
    • Miscellaneous
    • Archive
basket 0
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Meiji Period
  • Services
    • Valuations
    • Private Collections
  • News
    • News
    • Events
    • Publications
  • Contact
  • Product Categories
    • New Arrivals
    • Archive
    • Japanese Bronze
    • Japanese Metalwork
    • Japanese Ceramics
    • Japanese Okimono
    • Japanese Enamels
    • Japanese Shibayama
    • Japanese Lacquer
    • Miscellaneous
  • Cart
Home\Archive\Page 10

Showing 145–160 of 329 resultsSorted by price: high to low

Filter Your Results

  • Sold
    Huge Japanese Bronze Okimono  Hunter On a Rootwood  Base

    Huge Japanese Bronze Okimono Hunter On a Rootwood Base

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE EGRET OKIMONO-HIDENAO

    JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE EGRET OKIMONO-HIDENAO

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    JAPANESE SOLID SILVER KORO/INCENSE BURNER IN THE FORM OF A HAWK

    JAPANESE SOLID SILVER KORO/INCENSE BURNER IN THE FORM OF A HAWK

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    FASCINATING HIGH QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE ONLAID BRONZE FOX AND TANUKI VASES - SIGNED

    FASCINATING HIGH QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE ONLAID BRONZE FOX AND TANUKI VASES – SIGNED

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE IRON & MIXED METAL TSUBA - EMMA-O -SIGNED MASAYOSHI

    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE IRON & MIXED METAL TSUBA – EMMA-O -SIGNED MASAYOSHI

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    Huge Japanese Bronze Tiger Okimono on Stand

    Huge Japanese Bronze Tiger Okimono on Stand

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    Charming Japanese Bronze Ducks Okimono

    Charming Japanese Bronze Ducks Okimono

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    A HIGHLY DECORATIVE & FINE QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES BY NOGAWA

    A HIGHLY DECORATIVE & FINE QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES BY NOGAWA

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE MIXED METAL TSUBA MAKERS LIDDED BOX

    EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE MIXED METAL TSUBA MAKERS LIDDED BOX

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    A LARGE TOKYO SCHOOL JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO FISHERMAN BY SEIYA

    A LARGE TOKYO SCHOOL JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO FISHERMAN BY SEIYA

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal Koro - Artist signed

    Japanese Silver and Mixed Metal Carp Koro

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    Large Japanese Shibayama Gold Lacquer Panel

    Large Japanese Shibayama Gold Lacquer Panel

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    Exquisite Quality Japanese Komai Iron Box - Okuno Company Kyoto.

    Exquisite Quality Japanese Komai Iron Box – Okuno Company Kyoto.

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    A LARGE JAPANESE MIXED METAL "LAKESIDE WINTER SCENE" BRONZE CHARGER

    A LARGE JAPANESE MIXED METAL “LAKESIDE WINTER SCENE” BRONZE CHARGER

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    Enchanting Japanese Bronze Owl Okimono

    Enchanting Japanese Bronze Owl Okimono

    Sold

    View Now

  • Sold
    Japanese Bronze Hawk Okimono by Maruki

    Japanese Bronze Hawk Okimono by Maruki

    Sold

    View Now

  • ←
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • …
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • →

Info

  • Shop
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • FAQ

Contact Us

+44 (0)7774 635918
+44 (0)1202 026254

Follow Us

Masterpiece logo with dates
A20

Services

  • Valuations
  • Private Collections

Payment

payment images

Copyright | Site Powered by The Antique Marketing Company
Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Cookies Policy