All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1940 item #1413605
Large Indian yantra , 89x85 cm. red ink on paper. Reinforced with gummed tape on reverse. Damaged corners as shown. Undated,estimated to be 19th/20th centuries. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Pre 1940 item #859464 (stock #308)
A 1930s Art Deco style "bisque" porcelain figure from Dresden, Germany. Condition - very good. No damages...
Hazel Atlas Glass Company made Cloverleaf from 1930-36. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1940 item #422034 (stock #1123)
A Pair of Glass Borzoi Dogs (Russian Wolfhounds) from the 1930's, probably by Duncan Miller. Dimensions 7.5" wide x 6" high. Excellent condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1940 item #1114034 (stock #G0490)
A pair of early 20th C. Chinese famille rose porcelain fairy figurines, in excellent condition(one of the hand is detached). Marked. H:6-3/4" $245
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1940 item #1472400 (stock #13725)
Hanten with sashiko (quilting) which is made in Shonai in Yamagata prefecture in Tohoku District, which is made of hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye. It has 2 layers of cloth with sashiko. The collar cloth is also hand-spun and vegetable indigo dye cotton with stripes. In excellent condition. The first half of the 20th century. W:88cm, L:75cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1096052 (stock #G0458)
A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese paper fan with a beautiful painting by a famous Chinese painter. Paper has some tears please see the photos. L:31cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Pre 1940 item #1226350
A very rare "Cheerio" cocktail shaker in ruby glass with its original chrome top and recipe holder. The recipe holder contains a series of twelve cards that illustrate recipes for different cocktails. The recipes are far more varied than most recipe shakers, and include directions for a Hula-Hula, Princesse,Bamboo, Blackthorn and Aldo-Tropical. The cards have a patent date of 1934.

Origin: America, ca. 1934...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Pre 1940 item #960416 (stock #G0172)
A pair of early 20th C. small Chinese Famille Rose vases. In excellent condition. Signed. H: 5".
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1434299 (stock #Hasui499)
Kawase Hasui
Bird's Eye View of Kiyomizu Temple in Snow
Date: 1930s.
Size: Approximately 5.675 x 3.675 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's oval seal at lower right.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-59.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
This marginless print is from a mid-century collection that included another marginless Hasui print.
Most examples are found with margins, so it may have been trimmed or issued in this state.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1411381 (stock #Ohara223)
Ohara Shoson (Koson) (1877~1945)
Rabbits under bush clover and full moon.
Date: 1931.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the Watanabe C (sausage) seal, which was in use between 1929-1942 and is consistent with a first/early edition.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15 x 10 inches.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Reference: S41.7 in Crows, Cranes & Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Scandinavian : Pre 1940 item #1469311
Stoneware vase by Arne Bang around 1940, with an applied twig of flowers and a very light matte glaze. Signed with the AB monogram and 184, the model number in Bang's sketch book. Height "3 ½ / 9 cm: Condition: some roughness to the underside of the second flower, otherwise fine.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1463054 (stock #Hasui578)
Kawase Hasui
Autumn at Shiobara
Date: 1930s.
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.75 x 5.0 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's oval seal at upper right.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-36.
Provenance: The Robert O. Muller estate.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Top corner margin has original drying pinhole.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Wood : Pre 1940 item #1047561 (stock #NC-3)
Kashigata (wooden sweet mold,) Hi No De Tsuru (Rising Sun Crane) motif. Japan, early 20th C. L.7.0"(18cm) x W.3.75"(9.5cm) x H.1.625"(4cm). The Crane symbolizes long life, as does the Tortoise, in many Asian cultures. In Japan, it was a popular traditional motif for celebratory events such as weddings, New Year's, and birth. This particular example shows the rising sun, a symbol of Japan, behind the crane...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : French : Pre 1940 item #68210 (stock #2-2-074)
Exquisite R.Lalique art glass opalescent bowl molded with a flower pattern. Signed on the bottom. Circa 1930.
Measures: approx 6.5" (16.5 cm) diameter X 2.75" (7 cm) height.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1940 item #930936
Japanese Fukagawa porcelain vase decorated with the double arched bridge (Nijyu-bashi) of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Singed by the artist、Zippo Araki (1872-1944), in underglaze blue beside his two red seals. This bridge was the one of first place to have electric lights from gas lights in Japan. Mt. Fuji logo of Fukagawa on the base, with inscribed original wood box (tomobako). 8 1/4" (hight) x 7 1/8" (width)
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Wood : Pre 1940 item #1048027 (stock #NC-10)
Kashigata (wooden sweet mold) with a dynamic image of a minogame (mino = "straw rain cape," kame/game = "turtle/tortoise.") Early 20th C., Japan. L.13"(33cm) x W.5"(12.5cm) x H.1.125"(2.75cm,) 1 piece paddle type mold. Some minor insect damage to back of mold (see enlargements 4 & 5.) The tortoise is a symbol of long life in Japan, and in Asia in general...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1940 item #1414152 (stock #1406)
Dark glaze covers this beautifully crafted Koro from Kawai Kanjiro dating circa 1936 enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 11.5 x 9 x 8.5 cm (4-1/2 x 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches) excluding the lid and is in excellent condition. The lid is of exotic hardwood with an agate finial, and is a later addition (Kanjiro did not make lids for his koro). For similar examples see the Katsukawa collection published in the biblical tome by the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art...