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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years - age and health issues tell us it is time.. We still have over 1,500 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, starting now, Oct.1, 2008, ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE. At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased. With thanks for your years of patronage, we look forward to serving you until the last items are sold. Cheers ~ Ichiban Antiques.

A Japanese Edo Pd. Komai Dish – Two Tigers Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 819351 (stock# ICHI 3616)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $895.00  This is an extraordinary Japanese Komai dish with decoration of two tigers lying down. The metals are gold, silver, and copper with the gold shading from a coppery color to a yellow gold. The detailing is as fine as you will see. The noses are reddish copper, claws are silver, silver used for shading on face and underneath on the throat and chest. It is signed on the back with Komai's mark. This large dish measures 7 1/4” diameter and is ½” deep with tripod legs under the dish. The dish is ...click for details

A Meiji Period Bronze Koro – Three Scenes and a Shi Shi Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 817425 (stock# ICHI 726)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $295.00  A very well cast bronze koro with a slightly rounded flat base. The koro shows some very detailed hand chasing to get the clearly defined scenes shown. There are three separate scenes in reserves and the rest of the body design in made up of Greek Key design. The first scene is that of a pagoda and a temple high on a mountain or tall hills. A second scene shows a seated elder holding a gourd in his hand – he sits under a spreading prunus (plum) tree. The third scene is of a spreading prunus tree ...click for details

A Japanese Bronze/Copper Tiger – Meiji – Museum Quality Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 812031 (stock# ICHI 3630)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 PLEASE INQUIRE  This is a remarkable Japanese bronze/copper alloy figure of a seated tiger with a ferocious countenance. The piece is quite large and – although it is hollow – is quite heavy. The detail work on the casting is superb – the stripes, the fierce snarling expression with teeth bared, the long tail curled back over the right leg – every aspect of the animal is executed in precise detail. The tiger measures 15” long by 12” high by 8” wide and is in superb condition. We date it to the early Meiji perio ...click for details

A Detailed Bronze of a Japanese Dragon – Edo-Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 794889 (stock# ICHI 3122)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $525.00  This is a very well cast Japanese bronze dragon in a long stretched out position. The detailing is excellent in every respect – the horns, the scales, the fierceness of the face etc. The bronze measures 9” long by 2 ½” high by 2” thick. There are two square holes in the bottom of the piece, which we believe us think that it might have been a handle to some larger bronze – at any rate it displays quite well on its own. The dragon is in excellent condition with no cracks or missing parts - we da ...click for details

A Japanese Bronze Seal with Shi Shi on Top - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 734867 (stock# ICHI 948)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $295.00  An unusual Japanese bronze seal with a very detailed casting of a Shi Shi temple dog on the top. The Shi Shi is in a standing position with a ball in its hands. ( If this were a 20th century piece one could almost believe that the Shi Shi is preparing to shoot a free throw shot in a basketball game). The Shi Shi stands on a square base that it dropped at the four corners to meet the solid bronze base. On the base there are large characters of the seal – not translated – in which there are remnan ...click for details

A Small Japanese Mixed Metal Vase with Shakudo Inlay Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1920   item# 716153  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $295.00  The copper alloy vase has a design of a goose flying past the moon - the feathers and the moon in inlaid silver and gold. The vase measures 4 ¼” high by 2” diameter at the shoulder. It is in excellent condition with some light wear. It is signed on the base – the characters translate to "Korai". We date the vase to the late Meiji period, circa 1880-1910. ...click for details

Bronze/Brass Alloy Figure of Kannon - late Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1920   item# 682494 (stock# ICHI 736)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $225.00  A nicely executed figure of a seated Kannon done in a bronze/Brass alloy. It is a cast piece as can be seen from the photo of the interior. The figure measures 3 3/4" high and is 2" wide by 1 1/2" deep. Excellent condition and patina.

Late Edo-Early Meiji Bronze Mirror Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 647932  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $295.00  A Japanese bronze mirror with polished surface on one side -- the reflection side - and a detailed design of flying cranes in clouds on the back. The side with the design is accentuated with hundreds of impressed dots that set out the cranes and clouds in low relief. There was once a handle - now long since broken off. The mirror measures 4 7/8" diameter and is 1/8" thick - fine patina and condition. We date the piece to the late Edo to early Meiji period, circa 1850-1875.

Japanese Bronze Tiger - Meiji - Signed Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 638226 (stock# ICHI 120)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 PLEASE INQUIRE  A magnificent example of the Japanese metalworkers art, this bronze tiger has it all. The tiger's stripes are molded into the body with a slightly on low relief. Every detail of the animal is meticulously modeled - the mane, the musculature, even the paws. The bronze measures 12" long by 5 1/2" high by 3" wide. It is signed with the impressed signature "Meizan" on the bottom of the stomach. There is a wooden stand that fits the the dimensions of the tiger but does no ...click for details

Japanese Bronze Okimono of an Oni - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1920   item# 531090  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $625.00  A highly detailed metal sculpture of a Japanese. We believe the piece is solid bronze from its weight and looking at it closely at the boom of the robe. Yet, there is a small patch on the right side of the oni just under his elbow that is lightly scraped and it looks as if the piece might be of a heavy metal that has been bronze plated. It does not attract a magnet - so we know it is not steel or iron based. Whatever the metal, it is a superb portrayal of an Oni holding a four legged pot on his ...click for details

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