Antique Japanese Sentoku Sword Knife Kozuka, 19th C

Early 19th century Japanese sword knife (kozuka) handle made of sentoku (alloy consisting of copper, zinc and tin) with inlaid scene of two birds on the riverbank by rocks, grasses and a woven rattan

One 19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with low relief decoration of sarumawashi - a traveling monkey trainer - on the front, and the back with incised monkey dressed as a Sambaso dance

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting butterflies in flight among vines with leaves and double gourds. Excellent crisp work, beautifully textured ground te

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting a night scene of crescent moon with a bird in flight by a stone temple lantern and a stream. The body is made out of

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle depicting a lobster and some fishing implements including a straw raincoat and a woven ring. Superb crisp work - see the fine textures of the crustace

19th century Japanese kozuka (sword knife) handle with multimetal inlays depicting a night scene of crescent moon with a bird in flight by a stone temple lantern and a stream. The body is made out of

Early 19th century Japanese sword kozuka (sword knife) handle depicting a dragon wrapped around a temple sword with Buddhist thunderbolt handle, all on a punched ground. Excellently designed clever pi

Early 19th century Japanese sword kozuka (sword knife) handle imitating a tsuka (actual Japanese sword handle) with relief decoration of a dragonfly. Excellent design, superb crisp detailing - see fin

Early 19th century Japanese bronze kozuka (sword knife) handle with relief decoration of a Nio with billowing scarf above his head, all on finely textured ground called nanako, which means “fish

ANTIQUE Japanese WAKIZASHI Sword with Kozuka, 23" long. 19th century or early

Title: Mixed metal Kozuka handle, Edo Origin: Japanese Date: : Pre 1900 item #1352763 Materials: Metalwork Kozuka, Japanese knife handle, 19th century, Edo. Mixed metal, bronze or copper with traces o

19th century or earlier signed sentoku (copper alloy with zinc, lead and tin) floriform Japanese sword tsuba inlaid in various metals with an owl seated on one of the rice sheafs by bamboo grass and u

19th century sentoku (copper alloy with zinc, lead and tin) Japanese sword tsuba with multimetal inlaid decoration of a scholar in a boat, a fan in his hand as he watches a crane in flight, all by a r

Reserve Reduced! 19th century sentoku (copper alloy with zinc, lead and tin) Japanese sword tsuba, its front with inlaid scene of samurai rats walking along a trail in daimyo procession carrying a lan

Reserve Reduced! 19th century sentoku (copper alloy with zinc, lead and tin) Japanese sword tsuba with low relief decoration of meditating Daruma (Boddhidharma - the founder of Zen Buddhism) enveloped

Reserve Reduced! 19th century Edo period Japanese kashira (metal pommel at the end of the hilt of a sword) with multimetal inlays depicting ayu (sweetfish) swimming among seaweed. The material of the

Antique Japanese mixed metal Kozuka, Meiji Period (19th/20th c.), the gilt, patinated bronze and copper hilt relief decorated with figures swimming beside a palace, the steel knife blade inscribed in

Pair of early 19th century good size Japanese sword menuki each depicting an undulating dragon in different attitude. Excellent design, bronze with fire gilding, superb casting and detailing, beautifu

A JAPANESE ANTIQUE CARVED SWORD, 19TH CENTURY . L: 15 1/2in. 39.3cm

This is a Japanese Wakizashi sword with antique mountings. Features an ornate tsuba and wooden grip. A Kozuka handle by-knife slots into the sheath. Total length without the sheath: 19 1/2". From tip

Pair of early 19th century Japanese sword menuki depicting shishi in different attitudes frolicking among flowering peonies. Wonderful design and detailing, gilding to the shishi, and silvering to the

19th century or earlier unsigned iron Japanese sword tsuba depicting a fisherman holding a long fishing rod and wearing a wide rain hat, a basket at his waist and various grasses around him, as he loo

19th century or earlier unsigned iron Japanese sword tsuba with inlaid gold and silver decoration of a heron wading through a stream with water lilies and various plants above it. Very nice piece with

Very unusual 19th century Japanese mixed metal water dropper (vessel for diluting ink used in painting and calligraphy) made out of two fuchi - hilt collars between the handle and a hand guard of a Ja

Antique Japanese samurai sword tsuba depicting a pastoral scene with gold inlay. Date: c. early to mid 19th century (possibly older). Measures 2.5” in diameter. Please note that this lot has a reser