All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1900 item #1413600
Indian yantra. Red ink on paper. 26x23 cm. Black text on reverse. Undated, estimated to be19 th century or earlier. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1274692 (stock #GD-014)
Ming Dynasty Blue and White bowl with darl blue pattern. The rim is quite rough to the touch with three chips present. Diameter: 6.50 inches, height: 3+ inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Pre AD 1000 item #1485947 (stock #R404)
A lovely ancient Egyptian Scaraboid, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1920 item #1458008 (stock #J665)
Wood Sumikiri-bon with red urushi. Summikiri means a tray whose four corners are cut. Four sides have painted in Negoro style which has partly black urushi. Used and some scratches and chips in both sides . Late 19th to early 20th century. 36.5cm x 36.5cm x 3.5cm
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #33381
Ornate sterling silver meat serving fork, the handle decorated with shells, scrolls, roses and beads, and the matte-gilded tines decorated with bright cut engraving. The reverse is marked "925Sterlin1000", a marking frequently seen on American sterling silver before silversmith's were required to identify their work.

Origin: America, circa 1895. Condition: excellent, period monogram "G". Size: 7-3/4" long.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1408525 (stock #J540)
A pair of choku with mesh design which can be used for either sake or tea. One is in ecxcellent condition and the other has two minor hair line but no problem for use. 19th century. Diameter:6cm H:6cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Pre 1900 item #1484236
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.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1480506 (stock #41)
Found in the Philippines. This plate features an underglaze motif in animal form with a Chinese character in the center. Measurements: diameter is 17cm (across). Condition: there is some fritting around the edges but overall in excellent condition. Photos by: The Oriental Room®️
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1403621 (stock #EW3139)
An oak leaf shaped moulded dish of six-sun size in “Ko Sometsuke” style decorated in underglaze blue with three seated figures sitting around a low table with a typical Chinese style landscape of mountainous islets in a costal setting with a Ting, small pavilion in the foreground. The reverse decorated with prunus blossom sprigs and a seal for the Kameyama kiln in the centre of the foot-ring. Dating late Edo, Tenpo era...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1195727 (stock #2557)
An unusual very heavy and coarsely potted Imari shallow dish of gong shape form decorated with a central motif of a Kirin within an arabesque of foliage surrounded by a diaper band. The rim decorated with roundels, marumon, and wreath shaped medallions in underglaze blue with enamel details. The dish is further decorated with gambolling shishi with cash symbols in enamels.The reverse is similarly decorated as the interior...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1229996
Distressed Japanese Iki mask with crystal eyes. Gofun finish over dry lacquer composition. Details including veins, wrinkles and furrows. The surface is in a distressed state with significant losses and some 'alligatored' texture possibly from exposure to elements. Would make a worthy conservation project for someone with the patience to recoat and touch up losses (the missing left ear being most challenging.) Length, about 9 1/4 inches (23.49 cm)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1471416
A large and finely patinated bronze opium weight of the 20 Tical, square base, c. 1750-1780.

Sharp 9-ray verification / currency mark. Beautiful green patina and a super attractive specimen!

Weight: c. 310 grams = 20 Tical

Condition: Good very fine!

Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c. 250 Opium weights, hand-picked from 1991-2006, by the collector from German British and Danish dealers...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1910 item #1417750
This Bajo Hai style Sake cup made in Japan about 120 years ago. Size H: 60mm x W:58mm (2.4"H x 2.30" W) Condition Overall good, no cracks and no chips Original box is provided
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Pre AD 1000 item #1484519
Quite detailed and with a nice patina.

Size: 32 mm. tall.

Comes with original ID card from the Oberländer collection and imprint!

Provenance: Gustav Oberländer (1926-2012), Oberländer aquired his massive and important collection of seals between 1985 - 2000s, bought at reputable dealers and from old collections...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Metalwork : Pre AD 1000 item #1491286
Darkage-Viking silver pendant in a Lunar or crecent shape with a loop, c. 600-900 AD.

Attractive and wearable today with decorations on the surface.

Size: 26 mm. tall.

Condition: Intact.

Ex. German Private Collection.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1491947
A rare type dated in newer research to the Neolithic period of Eastern Anatolia / Northern Mesopotamia, 7th.-6th. mill. BC.

Drop or leaf shaped amuletic seal with tiny gritt patterns and loop at the top.

Size: 24 mm. long and 11 mm...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1483927 (stock #20231001-01)
Offered is a lovely pair of 18th Century Japanese Arita Porcelain Awabi Dishes, made for use in the Kaiseki (懐石) or kaiseki-ryōri (懐石料理), a traditional multi-course Japanese dinner. Each dish is molded in the form of an abalone shell (Haliotis Gigantea, Abalone or Sea-ear - Awabi in Japanese). These dishes are decorated in underglaze blue as well as overglaze enamels of green, red and aubergine, further enhanced with gilding...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Near Eastern : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1416742
A beautiful seal carved in a dark serpentine. Finely polished oval base engraved with a Ram or stagg and a three in front.

Size: 12 mm. X 11,5 mm.

Ex. German Collection (Berlin), collected from the 1980s and onwards. Comes with collectors own notes and photos mounted on filt with a hard wax impression.