Chinese antique lattice and glass door cabinet, beautiful geometric pattern grillwork, old flower basket design on bronze fittings, nice finish, size: 72.75"H 38.25"W 17.75"D, Ching Dynasty, late 19th century.
Antique Chinese wardrobe cabinet, made with nice hardwood paneling and inlaid with light boxwood carved scenes depicting scholarly figures in a garden like setting with animals in the trees, calligraphy inlaid on upper portion of each door panel, 19th century.
Size: 65 1/2" high x 36 3/4" wide 23" deep
An antique Chinese chest made of hardwood and featuring 2 side by side drawers with removable 2 doors and separator. Used as a side table, it has spacious storage space behind the doors. Original metal hardware.
Age: 19th Century
Dimensions: 37" Wide by 32 1/2" High by 16 3/4" Deep
Antique Tibetan bronze vajra dorje. The handle has three heads topped with a horse. The vajra connects the hilt to the head of Makara where a three edged blade is attached. It was made in Tibet in the 19th/20th century, obtained in Kathmandu in the 1960s. It measures 12" long.
Three antique heavy copper inscribed Yantras.
Undated, estimated to be19th century or earlier.
Sizes from left
21x18 cm
21.5 Dia
21x20.5 cm
Can be viewed in central London and shipped
worldwide with insurance and tracking.
Indian painting. Water-colour on card of a Pathan tribesman. In a hand carved brass inlaid frame. 37 x 31 cm. undated estimated to be c.1900.
Antique Korean single section cabinet made with elm wood and hardwood burl panels. Hardware is made of brass. Beautiful rich patina. The upper portion has four small drawers in a horizontal row along the very top. The body of the chest is mostly made up of two large compartments opened by hinged doors.
19th century
Dimensions: 46 3/4" high x 43" widest (40 3/4" wide in middle) x 21" deepest (20" deep in middle)
19th century Indian teaching diagram. Coloured inks on paper. 50 x 65 cm. Areas of restoration. Framed. Can be viewed in central London by arrangement, or deframed and shipped worldwide.
Joseon Dynasty Ton-kwe (Korean Coin Chest). Coin chests are highly prized by collectors, as their purpose required that they be the largest, heaviest, and most well constructed piece of furniture in the home of an aristocrat. Paper money did not exist in Yi Dynasty Korea, and the coins were of very small denominations. They had to be strung together in large quantities to have any worth, so a strong money box was obviously a necessity...
Authentic 1858 coloured antique steel engraving of Jawahar Singh and his entourage from the watercolour attributed to William Carpenter in the Kapany collection. Inscription on reverse dated circa 1845. Image size 32x22 cm. Laid down on card. Image in good condition, background card with creases and tears.
Examples of sales of this engraving can be found on abe books. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide with insurance.
Albumen print of Ellora caves taken by Lala Deen Dayal.
1890's. British Library number 430/35(30). Photographers stamp and pencil location on reverse. Strong tonal contrast. 28x20 cm.
Drawing of a girl holding a fan, Indian or Persian, mounted on marbled card, Undated, estimated to be 19th century, page 24x17.5cm, can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide
Small Korean rectangular stand made of elm wood, elegant lines and design, beautiful patina with traces of red lacquer, very simple and useful, 19th century.
11" high x 19 1/4" wide x 13 3/4" deep.
Indian miniature painting. Hyderabad 19th century. Gouache on card.
22x15cm. Text on reverse.
Antique Korean beautiful personal chest, 3 sets of cabinet doors open to 3 small compartments, 6 small drawers, 2 open display areas, beautiful elm wood burl on cabinet doors, beautiful brass hardware, late 19th century.
Size: 21" high x 36 3/4" wide x11" deep.
Rare, Museum Quality 19th Century Medicine Chest (Yakjang) with Paulownia Doors. This is the finest work of Korean antique furniture we have ever offered, and likely the only example of this type anywhere outside of Korea. Antique medicine chests with doors are extremely rare even in Korea, and this is probably the best known condition among the very few left. Each drawer has the name of the medicine inscribed on it. Perfectly proportioned at 100 x 75 x 33 cm, 39.5 x 29.5 x 13 inches.
The classic yongmok samcheung-jang (Korean zelkova root chest with three levels) is probably the most-widely imitated type of Korean antique chest among the reproductions that are all over the internet. This exquisite and genuine 19th Century Joseon Dynasty yongmok samcheung-jang will surely be the showcase piece in any collection...
A Very Fine Korean Mother of Pearl/Shagreen Inlaid/Phoenix/Dragon Low Table-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, late 19th century...