Cloisonné Enamel Cane

About Auction

Live

The 2022 Cane Masterpiece Auction

By Kimball Sterling

Dec 3, 2022

Set Reminder 2022-12-03 13:00:00 2022-12-03 13:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : The 2022 Cane Masterpiece Auction https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/kimball-sterling/the-2022-cane-masterpiece-auction-11295
The European Masterpiece Cane Collection Kimball Sterling kimballsterling@earthlink.net

View Full Catalog (93)

• Lot Description
  -Ca 1890 -Large Shippo enamel handle with a flattened ball knob on its integral long and tapering stem profusely decorated on the top with four stylized chrysanthemums blooms and floral elements and on the stem with a coiling dragon all in matching bright colors on a black background. The encircling fabled animal with a scaled reptilian body, mighty paws and strong claws, has the usual large and frightening head with horns and long whiskers and an air puff suggesting a fiery breath. -The handle is executed in the ancient and traditional Far-Eastern love for the detail perfection, and comes with a fine silver collar on an ebony shaft and horn ferrule. -With the great popularity of canes and growing demand for decorative items, walking stick manufacturers of the western world, European as well as American, began to import cane handles and other items from the Orient in the second half of the 19th century. Japan and China were major suppliers for excellent carvings and great metalwork like this cane. -H. 9 ¾” x 1 ½”, O.L. 38 ¾” -$300-$400 -A Japanese dragon, also known as ryu or tatsu is a mythical animal from Japan. -Like other creatures called dragons, the Ryu is a big, fantastic animal that looks similar to a serpent, and is related to the Chinese lóng and the Korean yong. Like all these Asian dragons, it is shown without wings, has legs with claws, and usually lives in the ocean, the clouds, or heavens. Japanese dragons do not fly as often as the Chinese one, which is the reason why they usually appear much more like serpents. The ryu in art has only three toes, instead of the lóng’s five or the yong’s four. -Japanese dragons usually live in the sea. This is because Japan is an island, and the sea is present in most of its geography. -Ryu originated from China and is one of the four creatures from heavens of Japanese mythology (the other three are the phoenix, turtle and tiger). It has often been the symbol of the Emperor or of a hero. -In China and Japan chrysanthemum is an emblem of full and long life, of scholarship and contentment. It was thought to hold the key of eternal life. The Japanese have adopted it as a national emblem and as the badge of the imperial family. -The Imperial Seal of Japan or National Seal of Japan, also called the Chrysanthemum Seal
• Shipping Info

  • Each auction has different shipping terms but the buyer always pays. Shipping will be delayed in this auction due to delay of customs.
     
    Canes:
     
    After payment has been received we will contact you.

• Buyer's Premium
  • 23.00 %