Antique Japanese Edo Period Gilt Copper Menuki Pair of Wasps Suzumebachi In High Relief Hardware Hasui honed his craft

Hasui honed his craft

a round sunken compartment is ingeniously designed to hold a bamboo cuspidor

and shelving designed for functional household use

This exquisite piece of antique 100+ year old Japanese hand woven

This is a pair of vintage Japanese vases inscribed by Kiyomitsu and made in the Goryeo Dynasty Korean style

Antique Japanese Edo Period Gilt Copper Menuki Pair of Wasps Suzumebachi In High Relief Hardware Hasui honed his craftA finely detailed pair of menuki (ornamental sword hilt fittings) depicting large wasps (suzumebachi ), cast and chiseled in copper alloy with traces of original gilding. The insects are rendered with lifelike accuracylarge compound eyes, articulated wings, and the characteristic narrow waistshowcasing the remarkable realism and natural observation typical of late Edo kink () craftsmanship. The wasp was a favored but relatively rare motif in samurai