A vintage Japanese 2 section Tansu chest made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original bronze hardware with straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nail construction. 3 drawer top section and 2 drawer bottom section. Both sections can be separated for use and display in different rooms of a home...

This is a beautiful and gorgeous book titled "Textiles: The Soul of India" by Hiroko Iwatate who is a prominent collector and researcher of antique and modern Indian textiles for about 40 years. There was a highly reputed exhibition of her Indian textiles collection at Japan folk Crafts Museum ( Nihon Mingei-kan ) in Tokyo in 2007 as well as in other museums in Japan. It has 207 pages with full color pictures and captions and descriptive texts in Japanese as well as in English...

A porcelain vase hand painted in traditional Chinese style with a continuous mountain and river landscape and accompanying poem. This item was probably made, circa 1950-1975, during the third quarter of the 20th Century. Condition: the base has been drilled for a lamp conversion; no further damages and no restoration. 33cm (13inches) high

 

Bamboo and rattan ikebana basket (hanakago), rectangular format stretched in its height and Chinese style. Thicker bamboo braids on the four sides. Includes a bamboo sheet vase intended to receive the floral arrangement.

Ikebana or Ka-do (the way of flowers) is a traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. Contrary to Western floral art, ikebana does not aim at highlighting only the beauty of flowers and the harmony of colors...

Chinese carved Turquoise Ornament or Tassel with Chinese Characters, and Macrame knot, 7/8" high-maximum height, and 1/2" high, 3/4" wide, 3/8" thick for carved Turquoise only, two(2) round Turquoise beads on top and bottom together, the carved turquoise pendant is before 1920's. The condition is good.

Chinese yellow Beijing glass rectangular container. All four sides carved with lotus blooms.

Age: Late Qing Dynasty

Size: 1-3/4 high by 5" length by 3-3/4" wide

Condition good, no breaks or cracks (The actual colour of this is a very nice deep yellow. The pictures are washed out)

Note: Included copy of appraisal done in the 1970's.

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Large EARLY ANTIQUE VENETIAN Cased OPAL White with Green, Yellow and Blue FENICIO Double Handled URN VASE!!!! Similar to the STRANGA design from Fratelli Toso. I would date this in the early 1890-1920s!!! There is NO damage (chips, nicks, or impact marks). In MINT Condition!!!

Measures 9 1/4" tall x 4 3/4" across ….. International Buyers WELCOMED!!! ........ Questions? Don’t hesitate to ask!

The Parson - Royal Dolton collector's plate from the Occupational Professionals series. Size: 10.5 in. 20th Century. Nice condition.

Measuring 10.5" high x 10.5" deep x 6.5" wide at the widest point, this very unique, circa 1940's, pharmacy, ALKA-SELTZER advertising piece displays just wonderfully!

Cleverly conceived and constructed, this display combines a very, visually-pleasing, accessible medicine display that promoted spur-of-the-moment purchases at the drug store cash register, along with a tape dispenser for use by the pharmacist and his employees! Quite clever--- as it guaranteed that the display would remain in use...

An unusual late 19th or early 20th Century Italian vase in clear glass with a light dusting of internal gold aventurine, brown inclusions and applied yellow "drapery." Unsigned. Stray bits of ash in the glass date it as pre-1950s. 5.25" tall. In excellent condition. For more photos, please email us or see our website PlanetGlass.net.

Pair of Japanese keyaki wood carving of the fortune gods, Ebisu and Daikoku. Ebisu and Daikoku are both known in Japan as the gods of fortune and finance. Both have been worshipped together by businesses in Japan. The work contains a signature on the back, Atsushi. Age: 20th century.Size: length: 6.5" Width: 5.5" Height 17.5"

This is one of the original works of Tokisada Nakamura, who signs as Masatoshi in this miniature sculpture that depicts Oni, the little demon, crossing a river in the company of a Man and a Woman. The Oni is carrying a skull ended mast, and he is holding on to the woman's arm. The man is carrying, over his left shoulder, a large Mokugyo and a couple of giant lotus flowers. He is picking up his robe to prevent it from getting wet...

The Months of Japanese Ladies for 1904 (26 pp. inc. covers)
Date: 1902. This edition February 7, 1903.
Published by T Hasegawa Tokyo (38 Yotsuya Hommura) and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London.
26 pages including covers.
Size: 7.0 x 5.0 inches.
Artist: Arai Yoshimune
These charming, profusely illustrated books consist entirely of woodblock prints on creped paper bound with ties and glue...

1930's Japanese Mixed Metal Brass Match Safe with Koi Fish Underneath Waterfall & Waves

It is 2.1 inches (5.3 cm) tall by 1.3 inches (3.5 cm) wide. It is 19.7 gram.

It has rubbing of gold, tarnished metal, oxidation, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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This really pretty pink Sharon Cabbage Rose depression glass 9 Ounce 4 inch high Thin Flat Water Tumbler was made by Federal Glass from 1935 to 1939. This Tumbler measures 2 3/4 inches in diameter across the top. It is in very good condition with no chips or cracks. Be sure to search our other Sharon available. We guarantee all items to be as described. THANK YOU.

Formal Indian Sari (just like the ones you see in Bollywood movies), worn for weddings or important religious occasions. This has never been worn. I acquired it from an estate where it has been sitting in a trunk for the past 20 years, and the inside humdity, which caused the brown dye to bleed into the embroidered border somewhat. Please examine images. This L: 5m x 1.4m and is handloomed silk. It was woven in Banaras in the two toned Tanchoi style and silver thread “jari” embroidery...

A terrific first standard (950/1000 pure) silver tastevin by the acclaimed Dijon silversmith Marc Parrod. Though working in the very early 20th century, Parrod was fond of creating tastevins in fantasy styles of the 18th and early 19th centuries...