All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900
item #780685
(stock #J123)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$950.00
$950.00
This is a beautifully detailed Japanese lacquer screen with exceptional quality Maki-e work used to highlight the details. The front depicts a landscape shore scene, complete with a crab stretching upward, a monkey after the fruit in the tree, and the makers signature. The rear has 3 cranes in flight.
Excellent condition, no loses. 7 inches high and 9.5 wide including the stand.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1920
item #831680
(stock #ZM128)
The Chinese ethnic minority Miao are very fond of silver and would use any festival to display their ornate silver jewelry. This dragon necklace was used by a young girl child from one of the many Miao villages around the hills of Kali. The pendent is 6.5 inches wide, childs' size, but the decorative chain is long enough for an adult to wear. Because the pendent is hollow, it is comfortable to wear. As one moves, the necklace makes a soft tinkling sound.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1910
item #1281068
(stock #TC535)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$325.00
$325.00
This finely carved small 3 hole flower (plant) antique Ikebana type vase was sourced in China but design quality is very Japanese...Deeply carved dark dense,finely grained hardwood, possibly walnut, or zitan...feels wonderfully smooth...approximately 5.5 inches x 5.5 inches x 1.5 inches....
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Folk Art : Pre 1900
item #820312
(stock #TC239)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$125.00
$125.00
This antique pair of wooden spoons were hand carved and delicately shaped. The handles are deeply arched and the ends are painted with a gilded paint. They were heavily covered with a clear lacquer finish.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1920
item #1125215
(stock #TC380)
Toward the late Qing and early Republic periods, footbinding in urban centers became less common. But women were still concerned with fashionable footwear. This pair of beaded strips are actually shoes parts which would have been sewn with other matching beaded fabric parts to form a pair of beaded shoes.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1910
item #1067673
(stock #EMT136)
The variety and types of embroidery stitches on this antique Chinese hat are old typically Miao minority. Probably done by dotting grandmother. The silver ornaments, the butterfly, the bubbles are symbolic of the Miao myth regarding the birth of the human race. The hat shows some dirt but is otherwise in good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Sri Lanka : Pre 1900
item #724084
(stock #ZMisc107)
This Buddhist sutra book was from Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka. The front and rear wooden covers painted red with random gold paint spatters. The sutra book contains 16 handwritten pages made from palm leaves, which are held between the covers with cord.
Measurements 25" x 2"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1900
item #1404791
(stock #TC576)
In some regions of China, women made separate pairs of heels for their lotus shoes. That way, the heels could be worn with different pairs of lotus shoes, depending on the occasion, or mood. The heels had loops for straps which were used to tie the heels into place on the shoe...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1837 VR
item #812916
(stock #TC227)
White Marble from China was referred to as Chinese Alabaster because of its grain and translucent quality. This small simple inkstone is both beautiful to see and to touch. There is a very worn rim surrounding the grinding surface and inkwell and 4 very worn feet on the bottom of the ink stone to raise it slightly off the surface.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1900
item #905962
(stock #TC272)
These Chinese woman's Lotus shoes are from Shanxi province and are from the mid 1800's. In Chinese culture, to have, wear or use something from an ancestor (parent, grandparent,etc) was considered as a talisman and gave an element of protection to the user. This pair of lotus shoes was passed to a younger generation whose embroidery skills were, well, not as advanced as the original maker. But clearly the child left her mark on the shoes with the added embroidery of the birds etc.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1900
item #1266197
(stock #T193)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$125.00
$125.00
This small hand painted picture on cloth, called a Tsakli was used for Buddhist religious instruction and rituals in Tibet. The back of the card has Tibetan writing...Obvious condition issues...This card and others listed on this site were all antique cards when they were brought out of Tibet in the 60's...roughly 3.75 x 3.5 inches
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1920
item #1169973
(stock #ZEMT159)
This textile wallet would have been used to keep sewing supplies Each page is made from heavy hand paper, hand painted decoration and folded in such a way that numerous pockets and flaps are available for storage of small bits of fabric, snipes of thread, needles, etc. the outside of the wallet is covered with homespun fabric which now attests to the age and use of the piece. This wallet is from the Dong ethnic minority of China, and would have been passed down from one generation to another...
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$135.00
$135.00
Animal horns carved and shaped this way were used by herders and farmers to give a sick animal liquid medicine. This yak horn was bought in China but was probably made used the Tibetans. Judging from its size, this horn is from a mature (older) Yak...The tip is carved into a delicate animal head ...there are a few surface growth stress cracks on the under side which would be common for a large older animal. horn from tip to end is 11 inches and has good translucence
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Edged Weapons : Pre 1920
item #1097459
(stock #SEA139)
This knife sheath would be hung from the woven shoulder strap by the hill tribe hunter. This one was brought back from the border region by a friend. Now heavily patinated with use and age, it was beautifully hand made many years ago and was both light weight and serviceable. It is a wonderful artifact of an age and culture that is rapidly disappearing.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Folk Art : Pre 1900
item #881410
(stock #TC264)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$190.00
$190.00
These antique iron stirrups probably belonged to a low level horse soldier of the Chinese army during the Qing dynasty. They are well patinated.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900
item #1301345
(stock #TC549)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$175.00
$175.00
Spectacles were only affordable for the very wealthy in China during the 1800's. The lenses were ground from crystal of various shades. Because of the cost, if a lens or frames were broken the remaining pieces would be refitted into a replacement set...as happened with this pair of antique Chinese eyeglasses. The vestiges of the original fitting remain on the left lens.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1910
item #992641
(stock #T120)
Tibetan woman wore their hair in long braids which were slipped into elaborately embroidered textile sleeves for festivals.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Folk Art : Pre 1910
item #1060014
(stock #EMT135)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$195.00
$195.00
This pair of traditional short boots were made and worn by the Miao women of Anshun. They are in very good condition but the upper boot areas have some soiling and the soles show signs of wear.