Text only | Text with Images

Chinese Ceramics & Antiques Discussion

Antique Chinese Ceramics => Antique Japanese & Korean Ceramics => Topic started by: smak on Sep 27, 2016, 22:20:18

Title: Iron Candle Holder/ Lantern with Tokugawa Symbol
Post by: smak on Sep 27, 2016, 22:20:18
Hi guys!

Need your assistance! What are your thoughts on this piece? It is missing covers and one of them is damaged.

When was this made?
Did it belong to the Tokugawa Clan?
Is this Authentic?


tinypic.com/r/1zwowg8/9
tinypic.com/r/34odp1i/9
tinypic.com/r/2pt7zua/9
tinypic.com/r/2805w0w/9
tinypic.com/r/2q3z0c8/9

MANY THANKS!!!
Title: Re: Iron Candle Holder/ Lantern with Tokugawa Symbol
Post by: Stan on Sep 28, 2016, 00:32:38
The quality is not what you would see on imperial ware and the green looks artificial to me from these photo's.
Title: Re: Iron Candle Holder/ Lantern with Tokugawa Symbol
Post by: Stan on Sep 28, 2016, 00:37:37
These are bronze, not Iron, iron rusts where as bronze oxidizes green over time.
Title: Re: Iron Candle Holder/ Lantern with Tokugawa Symbol
Post by: Stan on Sep 28, 2016, 00:56:20
Another thing that is important, Imperial ware used the best craftsmen for their items, in my opinion real imperial bronze would have used mixed metals, this was one thing that at the time was mostly used in Japan, they somehow were able to mix bronze, silver, gold, copper, brass together and to this day some of their techniques are unknown as to how they did it.
Title: Re: Iron Candle Holder/ Lantern with Tokugawa Symbol
Post by: smak on Sep 29, 2016, 00:59:22
That is a good point, since their silver/ gold samurai coins are mixed metals as well!


Thanks again Stan!
Text only | Text with Images