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All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1980 item #1434088 (stock #WN290)
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A Tibetan ewer beautifully worked in silver alloy, probably with later gilding. The compressed body with two cartouches showing the subject of "the four harmonious brothers" and a monk sitting under a tree among animals and treasures. The lid with a vajra-shaped knob and decorated with Buddhist symbols. Silver tested. Condition: few traces of usage, areas with little oxidation. Dimension: c. 15 cm long, 12.5 cm high, weight: 321 g.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1980 item #1422375 (stock #WN250)
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$780.00
A beautiful Chinese stone carving in the shape of a tripod censer on a fitted pedestal, the exterior with high relief of lotus flowers and a pod. Carved from agate, a grey stone with some brownish and green inclusions. Condition: fine. Dimension: total height: c. 11.2 cm, diameter: c. 11 cm, weight: 1145 g.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Textiles : Pre 1980 item #1210343 (stock #SK 548)
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$220.00
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Coarse cotton fabric painted and printed with two leopards. These cloths were used in Afghanistan for a special hunting technique of partridges. Please refer to the article about these textiles in "Asian Textiles: NEWSLETTER OF THE OXFORD ASIAN TEXTILE GROUP", No. 40. From an old Swiss collection. Condition: very good. Dimension: approx. 78 cm x 105 cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Western Artists : Pre 1970 item #1049610 (stock #4231)
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$430.00
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Original woodblock print by Clifton Karhu (1927 - 2007) titled “To†depicting a head of a tiger. The print is pencil-signed, titled, dated 71 and numbered 13/100 at the bottom of the circular image. Printed on very thin paper. Condition: fine impression and color, slightly creased. Dimension: 30.7 cm x 32 cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970 item #1086114 (stock #4338)
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$480.00
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An original color woodblock print in the oban size by the Japanese Sosaku Hanga artist Kiyoshi Saito (1907 - 1997). Unlimited, dating from the 1960's. Hand signed in white ink and sealed. Condition: fine, very good impression and color. Dimension: image: 25.9 cm x 38.6 cm, paper: 29.3 cm x 43.8 cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1970 item #1213568 (stock #SK573)
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$480.00
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Two iconic ornaments worn by the people of Sumba island in eastern Indonesia. Made of different metals. One decorated with cocks. Cf.: Rodgers, Susan "Power and Gold: Jewelry from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines" from the Collection of the Barbier-Muller Museum Geneva. Dimension: 6.5 cm and 6.7 cm long. Condition: some dents and granulation loss, one cock's eye lost.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970 item #1086220 (stock #4339)
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$480.00
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An original color woodblock print in the oban size by the Japanese Sosaku Hanga artist Kiyoshi Saito (1907 - 1997). Unlimited, dating from the 1960's. Hand signed in black ink and sealed. Condition: fine, very good impression and color. Dimension: image: 26 cm x 38.7 cm, paper: 29.3 cm x 43.7 cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1970 item #1213192 (stock #SK572)
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$440.00
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Iconic ornament worn by the people of West Sumba island in eastern Indonesia. This particular mamuli type is called "pewisie", the motifs at the bottom are stylized horse heads. Silver tested. Cf.: Rodgers, Susan "Power and Gold: Jewelry from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines" from the Collection of the Barbier-Muller Museum Geneva, similar piece no. 124. Dimension: 7.8 cm long, weight: 28 g. Condition: few dents and granulation lost.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1960 item #1385864 (stock #WN148)
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$450.00
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A charming porcelain group modelled as a Budai seated with five Children, climbing on his arms and legs. The base with an impressed mark. Condition: fine, some wear to gilding, base with some rust traces. Dimension: c. 24.5 cm high x 21 cm wide, weight: 1065 g.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Metalwork : Pre 1960 item #1414796 (stock #WN235)
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A water vessel with long neck, made of patinated brass with cast relief decoration of butterflies and floral motifs. Similar examples of this type of water bottles in the "Tropenmuseum Amsterdam". Condition: some traces of usage. Dimension: c. 29 cm high, diameter base: 10.6 cm, weight: 1.4 kg.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1372032 (stock #WN078)
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$350.00
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Two old hair ornaments from China, made of a gilt silver alloy, with carved leaf-shaped jade top. One marked "14K". Condition: few traces of usage, gilding worn. Dimension: c. 11.8 cm and 9.6 cm long.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1214755 (stock #SK589)
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$230.00
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An octagonal brass mold of an Oriental silversmith producing traditional jewelry. Country of provenance might be Afghanistan. Cf. Janata, Alfred: "Schmuck in Afghanistan" ISBN 3-201-01150-9, page 187. From an old Swiss collection. Condition: labeled with color. Dimension: 4.3 cm x 4.6 cm x 0.8 cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1458498 (stock #WN357)
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$350.00
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A small Chinese hardwood stand in the shape of an altar table, the pierced apron with lingzhi mushroom. Condition: few traces of usage, small restored crack (see photo No. 3). Dimension: c. 25.5 cm long, 10.3 cm wide, 15.2 cm high, weight: 515 g.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1212619 (stock #4825)
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$280.00
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Jewelry for the headdress of a Turkmen woman, made of silver alloy and set with two flat carnelian cabochons. From an old Swiss collection. Cf. Schletzer, Dieter and Reinhold: Old Silver Jewellery of the Turkoman: An Essay on Symbols in the Culture of Inner Asian Nomads. Berlin: D. Reimer, 1983, pages 174 - 175. Condition: some traces of usage. Dimension: total length: 81 cm, pendant with carnelian: 14 cm x 7 cm, weight: 120 g.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Textiles : Pre 1960 item #1156238 (stock #SK 229)
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$280.00
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A man's cloth or beti by the Atoin meto people from West Timor, woven in three parts and sewn together lengthways. In the middle an antromorph pattern in warp ikat, both ends with fringes. Condition: good, faded, some stains. Dimension without fringes: 173 cm x 108 cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1960 item #1376768 (stock #2252)
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$550.00
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Nicely carved Chinese agate group showing two birds on a rock with flowers. Dating to mid 20th century. With matching wooden stand. Condition: base of the carving with a tiny flake (not visible), right bird's beak with a tiny chip (see photo No. 11). Dimension: carving: c. 10.8 cm high x 13.5 cm long x 4 cm deep, height with stand: 14.2 cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1960 item #1399925 (stock #WN198)
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$480.00
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A hardcover folio containing 40 lithographs after woodcuts by Modern Chinese Artists like Li Hua (1907-94), Niu Wen (1922-2009), Shi Lu (1919-1982) and so on. Published and printed in 1956 by the "Foreign Language Press" in Beijing, first edition. An interesting time document, complete. Dimension: 35.5 cm x 26.5 cm. Condition: little wear to folio, plates fine and clean...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1387006 (stock #4198)
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$220.00
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Worked in filigree silver and enamel, set with jade, tourmaline, garnet cabochons and a pearl. The reverse with a secure pin back assembly and a "silver" mark. Condition: pin a bit bent, the jade beads with piercing. Dimension: 8.6 cm long. Worldwide shipping by registered Swisspost shipping included.