An extraordinary example of camphor burlwood, natural organic wood for tea table and desk. Hand crafted from a rare golden camphor wood root and burl, in the old chinese tradition. Would make a spectacular accent for home, office, or high end store decor and serve as a potential functional display for your treasures and keepsakes….
Find here a gorgeous, elegant pair of “Lotus Flower” Bronze lanterns from Showa Era (mid century) Japan, newly electrified for immediate use! Sizable at 19″h x 14″w, they were finely handcrafted and signed underneath one of the top sections: Hamano Koji for ancestors, Showa 43, Autumn 1963. Wonderful patina and attractive surface engravings of waves,…
For your special garden setting or indoor display space Beautiful deep resonating ring tones await the new owner of this big one-of-a-kind antique bronze master work from Japan. Its beautiful blue patina makes it an attractive and desireablwe work of art. This distinctive dragon headed bell called ryuzu and remarkable protrusions called chi chi or…
From Old Japan, a lovely and unusual early 20th century attached collection of five graduated large to small scale bronze gong bells engraved/ inlaid with hand painted “butterfly and chrysanthemum flower” decorations. This is a handcrafted group attached to a sturdy old cord for suspension and is accompanied with a fine hardwood striker. These unusual…
An all original work of art signed on side with date 1890 The craftsmanship and details are superb. Dimensions: 9.5 inches high and 13.5 inches wide and 8 inches deep Hand crafted and hand burned using pyrographic techniques. History of Norway’s Tine Bentwood Box: Bent wood boxes have a long and colorful history. Many different…
Beautiful heavily cast double bronze bell from Iran, used in camel caravans for location and security purposes. 19th C, with original patina, 11″ tall from the top of the bell to the bottom of the inner bell, giving a pleasant ring. Wonderful to hang in your garden, or in your home as a conversation starter,…
This monumental Chinese “Chaji” camphorwood tea table was carved from one giant burl in Fujian Province, China. (28″h x 60″l x 38″d) Fashioned as a tea table with tea cup clouds and a spout, this is the last one left in our inventory, and provides a fabulous handsome organic element to any interior design. ON…
Wonderful for your autumn gatherings! Heavy Cast Japanese Owl Lantern, Showa period, mid 20th c, with fine original patina,fine craftsmenship, 5″ tall, 4″ wide. Bottom section twists off to insert candle or oil light.
Remarkable and unusual, a pair of beautifully decorated red lacquer Hibachi Bowls, lined with bronze, suitable also for planters. 9″h x 13″w, lovely old patina, from an early 1900’s old Kyoto collection.
This rare find is 18 feet long, a communal prayer bead necklace consisting of over 800 handcrafted rosewood beads with large central “Guru” bead”, strung on woven natural fiber. Lengthy necklaces such as these were often used in Buddhist ritual prayer and sometimes carried by Samurai as protective amulets.
From Taisho Period Japan, comes this fine two-panel silk screen Byobu of serene ocean side beach & boats, trees, mountains, and village life – professionally brush stroked on cream ground silk, in a serene, peaceful finely detailed composition of boats, shorelines, trees and and mountain village vistas. It is signed Kougyou. Taisho two panel screens…
This lovely Dali Dreamstone, depicting mountains amidst masses of cherry blossoms, comes in 24″ x 36″ framed splendor. The slice of stone itself is appx 1/4″thick, and was formed amidst the Dali, China mass of special marble discovered in the 10th C., and sliced artfully by a contemporary stonecutter artist in Yunnan Province, China.
“Lovebirds”, charming Eva Fritz Lindner substantial hand pottery piece, 1992, 12.5″ tall. Lindner’s unique design and coloration give this conjoined pair of doves real pizzazz!
Late Meiji Period antique Japanese stone Pathway Lanterns (30″tall x 8.5″diameter) come in two well proportioned handcarved pieces, with a classic Minka house style top portion, and a square cut crane leg pole. Pairs and multiples are available, as are oil candles thatfit inside the lantern box, to light your garden path, pool, porch, front…
Wonderful green patina, great detail, 13″tall, 13″ diameter. This striking and well proportioned old solid bronze is fashioned as thatched roof kasa and light chamber, or base Hibukuro or kiso, all with patina from good age. From an old Kyoto garden.
Our Japanese antique scrolls are all signed by the artist, one of a kind, and flexible when it comes to gracing a narrow wall space, or rolling up to for ease of moveability. We have at present a great variety of themes: flowers and birds, garden, animals, calligraphy, tea related. The one above, “Red Crane…
As with the ages old Victorian Cabinet of Curiosities, and the Netsuke Vitrine in “Hare with the Amber Eye”, Schneible Fine Arts presents some of our best in unique and custom handmade Asian antiques from our shop and warehouse, for your unique, one of a kind holiday gift giving!
This year, we will host a Tensin Korin Sai, Fire God and Goddess Festival at our gallery gardens in Shelburne, VT, on the shores of Lake Champlain, Nov 3-4, 2019, 5-7 pm, reservations only. Come join us to celebrate, and view our latest collection of original Japanese antique lanterns and sculpture! The origin of Tensin…
This old 19th C Spirit Lantern “Obakedoura” was hand carved in Japan about 125-150 yrs ago. Coming from an old Nagoya garden, it was made from rare red kurama granite, in the old style.
Master Sculptor Koga Tadao sculpted this muscular 94″ man in bronze, holding high a small child. Signed by the artist at the base, dated 1961. Truly majestic and celebratory! Fabulous for the garden, public or private. Currently gracing our gallery garden in Shelburne, VT.
