Bronze — Oriental

Antique bronze head of Buddha, mounted on stand, total height including stand 37 cm head only 27 cm high, private collection Brisbane

Fine pair of antique Japanese bronze dragon vases, with seal mark to base, 40 cm high Meiji period (2)

A Chinese bronze censer, squat circular shape with two mask handles issuing from the side, the brown patinated bronze flecked with gold splashes; Xuande six character reign mark framed by a medallion of a pair of dragons under the foot ring. Diameter 13 cm

A Chinese silver inlaid bronze plate marked Shisou, decorated with a phoenix, and an Indian silver inlaid bronze plate with fish, both 17 cm diameter and a small vase (3)

A Tibetan bronze figure of Tara, 19th century, seated on a lotus throne with lotus flower spray and set with blue pastes 18 cm high

A Japanese bronze figure of a samurai, signed Toyoshi, Meiji period, the figure standing in an alert manner holding a wooden pike (replaced), 30 cm, on a realistic carved wooden base, 40 cm high overall

A small Japanese bronze figure of a sage in robes holding prunus blossom, and two Chinese bronze figures of Fo lions, Ching dynasty,one with traces of gilt, all 9 cm high (3)

A Japanese bronze slender mixed metal vase, Meiji period, Nogawa Company of Kyoto mark, inlaid with silver bamboo 18 cm high

A pair of Japanese slender bronze mixed metal vases, Meiji period, inlaid in silver, gilt and copper depicting cockerels perched amongst prunus blossom 12 cm

A Japanese bronze mixed metal vase, Meiji period signed Kyoto Kuroda Zo and Koven Kaku, inlaid in silver depicting bamboo and a lappet band to the shoulder 12 cm high

A Japanese bronze hand beaten bowl, marked touroku shouyan and heian ryuya, engraved with a scrolling dragon 30 cm diameter

A Japanese patinated red bronze mixed metal plate, Meiji period, Nogawa Company of Kyoto mark, inlaid with silver and bronze depicting a cockerel perched amongst prunus blossom 27 cm diameter

A Japanese bronze figure group Meiji period, of a fisherwoman seated on a large anchor a basket at her feet and watching a boy playing before waves on a shore line, 40 cm wide, carved wooden stand 33 cm high overall

A Japanese parcel gilt bronze figure of a fearsome Kabuki actor, Meiji period, the standing snarling figure dressed in robes highlighted in gilt mon and holding aloft a dish, the figure 44 cm high on a large carved wooden platform overall 60 cm high

A bronze figure of a Japanese lady in a kimono, inscribed Lorenze 5191, on a stepped marble base 26 cm high

A Japanese bronze figure group of tigers attacking an elephant, Meiji period, signed indistinctly, possibly Tsuneaki Zo, the elephant with ivory tusks and raised trunk, a tiger on his back and another under his foot 23 cm high

A Japanese bronze slender mixed metal vase, Meiji period signed Shungyo Koku, inlaid in silver, gilt, and copper depicting two cockerels perched amongst prunus blossom 18.5 cm

A pair of Japanese bronze figures of elephants, Meiji period, one walking, the other trumpeting with with a raised trunk, both with ivory trunks, 12 & 21 cm high (2)

A Japanese bronze dish, Meiji period, signed Mitsumoto, in the form of a duck by a pond 14 cm wide

A Japanese bronze mixed metal censor and cover, Meiji period signed Shu Koku, inlaid in silver, gilt and shibuichi with a goose flying in a full moon, the reverse with prunus blossom, two rising loop handles 18 cm high

Pair of Japanese bronze Shi Shi dogs C1900 (29 cm high)

A substantial Thai gold-lacquered bronze figure of a monk, Bangkok period, 19th century, seated on a tiered triangular throne, the details finely cast, the face serene, 78 cm high

A finely cast Tibetan bronze prayer drum, 19th century, 19 cm high

A Japanese bronze figure of Kanon, seated on a lotus throne, 18/19th century, 20 cm high

A large Indian bronze figure of Dakini, 19th century, 22 cm high