All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1960 item #1405172 (stock #ZEMT168)
Vintage Woman's Jacket from Miao Ethnic Minority of Southern China. Indigo Dye fabric, covered with intricate batik pattens. lower panel on back has rows of hand woven decorative tape... comfortable to wear or use as great wall decoration. 36 inches long x 21 inches across shoulders. Fits med size woman...field tested...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1042298 (stock #8116)
Trikomsa Art
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A Japanese Bronze Vase, Meiji Era. Height approximately 20.4 cm. The vase has an old repaired at the base. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #1303033
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$295.00
Keris board with Wayang figure carved and painted wood Java similar piece in the Staatliches museum Munich . Illustrated boards like this one serve as settings for a Keris imbued with magical powers . The board is decorated with the figure of Antareja , son of Bima who lives under the sea in the underworld. size h 27 " w 14 "
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1980 item #1189619 (stock #J237)
Haruko Watanabe
$160.00
This is a pair of bamboo ornaments with carved Chinese-style poetry, however some Chinese characters are not readable, so its meaning is not clear either. In good condition. W:9.5cm, L:94cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre 1960 item #1450053
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$465.00
Fine Vintage Momo Coral carving of a seated Pug French or Japanese, well carved in a seated upright position with beautiful detail no damage signature or holes. Weight is 5.3G and is 23mm h 20mm deep .
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Sculpture : Pre 1930 item #1348254 (stock #177)
Asia of Old
$6,795.00
A pair of Chinese blanc-de-chine 'heron' candlesticks each perched among folliage with flowers and other wildlife.

Size: Height: 19.75 inches, Width: 7 inches, Depth: 5 inches

Age: 19th Century

Condition: Good condition. One of the herons has the top of his crown broken off and there are small areas of chips and cracks which are normal for this size and age.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Textiles : Pre 1980 item #1139336 (stock #KC001)
Galerie Ariana
$110.00
A child's cap from Indus Kohistan which is part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as NWFP). Some of the finest embroidery of this region comes from the area between Patan and Komila, where small settlements beside tributaries of the Indus produce embroidered costume and small bags worked in minute cross stitch and tent stitch. This cap with its beaded tassle is very typical of the region in its use of pompoms, buttons, white beading, and incredibly fine petit point stitch in silk thread...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Wood : Pre 1940 item #1458496 (stock #1-1294)
A fine Noh mask, with strong features, representing the character of Ayakashi, the malign aspect of a general killed in battle. Wood, with polychrome and gold painting, eyes made of brass. The mask is signed. Japan, early 20th century. Height: 21.7 cm. The mask is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Very good condition. NOTE: The name "Ayakashi" also refers to an apparition with mysterious spiritual powers, or a vengeful sea-dwelling spirit...
Japanese woodblock print of a dark, rainy nighttime scene. Two figures walk with umbrella and lantern past a temple shrine. Signature in bottom righthand corner with chop.

Size: 17.75" L x 11.75" H
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1970 item #1400111
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$195.00
Palm Wine Drinking Cup, 20th Century Lele people; Democratic Republic of the Congo Wood; well carved portrait with some interior staining from use. Size h 8.5" w 6"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950 item #1420740 (stock #Hasui475)
Kawase Hasui
Nakhwa Puyo (Fuyo Rakkagan). From the series Eight Views of Korea (Chosen Hakkei).
Date: 1939.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.5 x 11.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe H seal at right margin used 1942-1945. Printer Ono Gintaro seal at lower right margin...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Ceramics : Pre 1930 item #1435067
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$1,250.00
Cambodian Rare Khmer Lug Handle pot with a thick green black glaze. The body in a grey stoneware with heavy banding covered in a wonderful thick black green glaze that dripped down the lower body. The pot is undamaged thick heavy with a nice feel. From the collection of BBC news personality Victoria Graham collected in China prior to 1983. H 6" W 6"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1970 item #960917 (stock #G0175)
A beautiful mid-century Chinese spinach green Jade pendant with Chinese character "Longevity". Mounted on silver and in excellent condition. D:1-1/2"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1970 item #1297608 (stock #TRC1527)
This attractive e-Shino bowl (“e†meaning picture) bears a pine-needle motif on the front surrounded by fields of dazzling ochre and white.

Fired in the kilns of Kato Kageaki (1899-1972), this Shino bowl is from one of the oldest traditions in Japanese pottery. Kageyaki was the 12th generation of Mino potters known for their distinctive styles of Shino and Oribe pottery...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920 item #1325113 (stock #Ohara110)
Ohara Koson
Leaping carp
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (54)
Reference: K39.3 and plate 97 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent with slight toning on the back. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1950 item #1264087
ART CHINA LEGACY
$3,000.00
This hanging scroll of Yang Yuhuan, a Tang Dynasty Royal Consort, as attributed to Fu Baoshi (1904-1965), is both rare and skilfully executed. Its painting subject is based upon the of-quoted love story between Li Longji, the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, and his royal consort and soul-mate, Yang Yuhuan. The painting portrays Yang, before ascending to Heave on her white horse, awaits to see her lover Emperor Xuanzong the last time. She looks beautiful but terribly sad...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #1379143
晚清精美翠玉珠鏈 重量:155克 長度:16英寸 (101.6 cm) An Exquisite Vintage Green Jade/Jadeite Prayer Necklace Length: 40 inches (101.6 cm) Weight: 155 grams Medium: Jade Date: Late Qing/Republican Period Condition Report: Hand-Crafted, Good Condition Provenance: Property of a MA Family collection
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1960 item #1249571 (stock #JHbirdVaseMk)
June Hastings
$890.00
A lovely Chinese porcelain vase featuring a pair of birds sitting on rock with 3 young birds flying above. In excellent condition, no chips, no hairlines, no cracks. It measures 13 3/8 inches high. Mark on bottom. Poem on side.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Pre 1960 item #523223
This Native American watch cuff has 2 turquoise sea-foam nuggets in a blue-green color with lots of pitting and an irregular surface. It also has a piece of red coral. Both the turquoise and the coral are set in toothed bezels. It has the letters "BS" incised in the back of the bracelet.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1950 item #1283808 (stock #HP/Ma583)
Himalaya Primitive
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Joker mask, thin but very hard red wood, H 29 cm , wide 27 cm More information on request
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1950 item #1381404 (stock #TRC213308)
Conceived by 20th century master ceramicist Kawai Kanjiro (1890 - 1966), the combination of “shinsa” (cinnabar glazing) and “tsutsu-gaki kamon” (raised-relief slip-trailing floral design) used in the creation of this work is one of his most recognizable motifs.

Like so many great artists throughout history, Kanjiro refused to confine himself to one genre...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1950 item #1457770 (stock #JHwakRouBox)
June Hastings
$150.00
An unusual small cylindrical Wakasa lacquer box. Dating Late Taisho, Early Showa Period, it measures 3.5" diameter, 1.25" high. Has some micro abrasions from surface wear on the bottom.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1950 item #1430732
The tiny frog has black eyes and is made of bamboo.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Pre 1950 item #936920 (stock #1-0591)
Reliquary figure carved in the shape of a standing female, with typical coiffe, serene face with scarifications on forehead, conical breasts, hands joined at abdomen level. The statue is resting on a large wood lid, on which it is affixed with soil material. The reliquary box itself is missing. Wood, with partly encrusted dark patina. Africa, Gabon, Punu Peoples. Height: 18 3/4" (47 cm)...
Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled "Temple in the Wood" depicting deer at a shrine deep in the woods around Nara by Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950) dated Showa 15 (1940). Posthumous memorial edition as marked in the upper left margin. The artist's black ink stamped signature and red seal is at the lower left. The print is block titled and signed in the lower margin. Illustrated in "The Complete Woodblock Prints of Yoshida Hiroshi," Abe Publications, color plate #237...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1960 item #44691
Asian Art By Kyoko
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Taiko bashi (arched bridge) in very beautiful red! The condition of this Japanese wedding gown is very new. The measurements are: 51"w x 71"long

Please see my other Japanese wedding gowns.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1950 item #1386607 (stock #10965)
Small covered box in the shape of a clam shell. Cream-colored stoneware with translucent brown glaze, partially covered with opaque beige-colored glaze with blue and purple streaks. Bottom left unglazed. Takatori style. Japan, first half 20th century.

H ca. 1-1/4 x L 2-1/2 inches

Fine condition

Paper collection label with no. 106. From a private FL collection of incense boxes, water droppers and other antiques

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #1482319
1930s Japanese plastic kushi (hair comb) with embedded gold tone metallic flower design and 2 types of mother of pearl inlays depicting magical rain hat and and Daikoku’s mallet, design continuing on the back. Very well made, wonderful work in Japanese taste, 2 losses to inlays (handle of the mallet and a leaf on the back), otherwise in great condition. Length 3.82 inches. Part of East Coast collection of Japanese hair items.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1970 item #1343692 (stock #0339)

Please check our new category 'Vintage Tea Bowls', where we present once in a while high quality vintage chawans. This is a vintage Japanese hand-shaped pottery tea bowl of Seto ware, which was made about 50 years ago...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1980 item #1446407 (stock #13433)
Hand-woven silk sakiori obi (sash) whose weft is bunch of mixed color of silk yarn and warp is off-white silk yarn. Generally sakiori is hand-woven of recycled strips from old cloth for wefts , however we call the one also sakiori whose wefts are bunch of yarns. In good condition but has folded line along the length. 20th century. 25cm x 3m42cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1960 item #1203874
Blue Chinese fencai vase with a french blue background with four various landscape views painted within the circular medallion sections of the vase. The vase contains a maker's mark on the bottom which reads: Guangzhen Gongxi xingzao. Age: 20th century. Size: height 14.5" diameter 5.25"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1930 item #1223423

Japanese Sterling Silver Toyokoki Box with Engraved Cherry Blossoms

Description & Size: 4.44 x 8.89 cm (1.75" x 3.5") height & wide; Weight: 171 gram (6.03 oz)

Age: Early Showa Period 30'; Material: Sterling Silver 950; Production: Handcrafted & Etched; Condition: Excellent

This Japanese sterling silver 950 box by Toyokoki. It is constructed with heavy silver gauge with nicely etched cherry blossom flowers & etched grove lines around the bottom & top lid. ...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1980 item #1348556
Beautiful vintage Japanese sodenashi (work vest) made with indigo sakiori (rag weave) cotton, woven with multicolor areas to create a lovely patchwork effect, edged in solid indigo cotton, reinforced along the back, sides, and back of the neck in sashiko stitching. These vests were traditionally worn by workers in mountainous regions.

Early Showa period

Size: 13" W x 29" H
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Okimono : Pre 1960 item #1455198
This is a vintage large rare Maneki Neko (beckoning cat) made in the Tokoname kiln region of Japan. Entirely hand painted and hand made, it is a very large size to bring an abundance of good luck to its owner. Designed as a coin bank, its original paper coin stopper is still intact. Raising the left paw, it is beckoning family, friends and happiness its way. Its right paw is holding a gold coin bringing also fortune and prosperity upon its owner.

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All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Textiles : Pre 1960 item #882901 (stock #ZMisc137)
This man's beaded hat aka skullcap is typical of the Pashtun people in the region of Southern Afganistan. Because of the extensive beading pattern, it is rather stiff and heavy.

Presumably, the interior layer of fabric was from pieced of fabric from other garments.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1950 item #1431205 (stock #7911)
A Javanese Dance Mask. Representing a diseased or deformed person used in Wayang Wong performances of the Hindu epics. Java mid 20thc. Height: 8 1/2" (21.0 cm). Condition: wear
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1940 item #1200378
Zentner Collection
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Beautiful pair of Chinese rectangular stands made of camel bone. This pair are carved all over with different types of scrolling vines. The top of one is carved with a dragon and phoenix with a ball of fire between them floating in clouds. The other stand top is carved with a pair of dragons with a ball of fire between them floating in clouds over waves. Age: Republic Period, early 20th century. Size: 36.5" Height x 13.5" Length x 10.5" Width.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Glass : Pre 1940 item #975954 (stock #G0209)
A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese overlay peking glass snuff bottle with Qianlong mark, but I believe it's early 20th C. copy. In excellent condition. H:3"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1980 item #1445432
Zentner Collection
$2,900.00
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An original limited edition Kiyoshi Saito woodblock print entitled Flower and a Girl (10) printed in 1971 and numbered 14/80. Rare print in a low edition of a girl in profile viewing a colorful flower.

Print size including title: 21 1/4" High by 14 7/8" Wide. Total size including border approximately 24" High by 18" Wide.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Wood : Pre 1980 item #1301028
A wonderful statue of the Bodhisattva Kwan Yin carved from precious aloeswood. The distinct and pleasant fragrance of aloeswood is the result of a special kind of mould and is highly treasured for its use in incense and perfumes among various Eastern religions. This Kwan Yin has been decorated with gold and silver pigment. Small losses. Republic period. Size: 18" height, 6" width, 5.5" depth Weight: 1829 grams, 4.05lbs
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1950 item #1393743 (stock #J510)
Haruko Watanabe
$250.00
Basket made of bark of hiba, a family of the Japanese cypress. It is used by a mountain worker, and tools, lunch or collected mushrooms are put in. In good condition except for a few breaks in the rim. The first half of the 20th century. W:28cm H:31cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Wood : Pre 1920 item #1408646
Zentner Collection
$1,000.00
An antique Chinese nam gua tray.

Date:Republic Period (1910-1920)

Dimensions: 10.75" X 7.25"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1980 item #1269664 (stock #0181)

We can offer you a rare and wonderful chinese zisha pottery teapot made by world famous Zhou Guizhen.

The Tea Pot has a smooth surface, a round body and it is very fine carved with a bamboo shape handle and a bamboo shape spout.

The cover inside and the bottom center is marked with the master name Zhou Gui Zhen.

Size: 7,2'' height x 5 3/8'' bottom diameter.

Please watch a video of the artist on youtube, click youtube.com/watch?v=BZU_PNKIEgQ

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All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1970 item #1358187 (stock #TRC19877)
Done in the Annan style which is a Japanese adaptation of porcelain-wares imported from a region of ancient Imperial China (now part of Vietnam) from the late Muromachi period (1392 - 1573). At the time this type of pottery was hugely popular among tea devotees and this enthusiasm continues into the modern day. The scene portrayed on the tea bowl is the classic image of the “shichikenjin” or the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.

Although reports vary, it is generally thought that...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1970 item #1210804
A finely done Japanese bamboo basket used as a flower container made by the second Shochikusai. The handle is done in a way as if the vine appears to grow out from the basket and fine strips of bamboo are woven throughout the vase. Fine woven bamboo baskets require the highest skills to create the rhythmic geometric patterns and form. Age: Showa Period Size: length 10" width 6.5" height 18.75"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1201775
1971 was a big year for Haku Maki He did over 100 different images of Japanese prints. Some, like this one, were big prints--this one, Poem 71-91, is 30.5 Inches x 15.25. It is 68/108. This is the abstract kanji for Mu or Nothing and he titled it Nothing The kanji starts at the top then cascades down to the final four strokes at the bottom. From a distance it appears to me like the steps going from top to bottom of a building on a Chinese hill on the Yangzi. Rare and dramatic,fully restored....
Part 2 (showing 9) of a large collection of 15 different Himalayan wooden printing blocks from Tibet/Nepal. all good condition, undated, estimated to be early to mid 20th century. One showing Nepalese wax export stamp. Unpacked weight 10 kilos, contact me to discuss shipping options.Sizes in cm: 39x16 46x9 44x8 46x9 43x9 43x12 52x12 35x18 41x19 42x22 37x10 48x18 52x6 36x14 25x20 (double sided).
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #1299475
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$195.00
Late 19thc Japanese Meiji Dynasty bronze altar set vase and Pricket, very well detailed and cast the matching set is in near perfect condition the vase is signed . Size pricket is 6.5" vase 3" by 2.25" wide
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Glass : Pre 1930 item #1449576
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$295.00
Early Chinese Possibly Han Dragon Fly or Eye Bead in blue and opaque white. Nice bead stable and wearable with no restoration size .5: by .5"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1930 item #1200937 (stock #HP/AF492)
Himalaya Primitive
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Interesting Yoruba figure from Eshu cult Bottom is damaged otherwise the figure is safe H 62 cm more information on request
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1385293
Zentner Collection
$4,000.00
A contemplative and artistic rendering of a lotus leaf bowl with deteriorated edges. The lotus is a symbol of purity, beauty and a metaphor in teaching Buddhism. The lotus bowl has a small frog sitting on the leaf's edge with outstretched leg. The underside of the leaf bowl has 3 characters of the artist's signature.

Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 9" x 8 1/2" x 1 3/4" H
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1297130
A framed screen print titled "Soroban 305-S" (soroban means abacus in Japanese), number 38/50 in its series, signed by artist Yoshio Sekine (1922-1988). Dated 1973. Size: (entire frame) 25.5" height, 19.75" width, (artwork only) 19.25" height, 13.75" width
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1930 item #1334177 (stock #3A114B)
Japanese black lacquered on woven Bamboo Trunk, with red lacquered wooden frame on the bottom, Ca. 1920's, 14 1/2" high, 27 1/4" x 15 1/4" wide, two(2) black iron lock compartment on the side and large handles in front and back and corners are wrapped around with black iron. Wooden stretchers on the bottom to support for strength, blue rice paper lining inside the top and the bottom. Some black lacquer loses on the surface and corners are worn.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1950 item #1464745 (stock #05401)
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$350.00


COCOON BAG

Bag made of washi Japanese paper used to contain silkworm cocoon balls so-called Mayubukuro, Showa period, 1940s, Japan, approx. 145 x 80cm (57.08 x 31.49in)


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All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1980 item #1465911
A framed lithograph entitled "Horse" by the artist, Kaiko Moti (1921-1989). Moti was born in Bombay, India. He studied at the Bombay School of Fine Art and spent time living and working in Paris. He is most famous for his images of horses. This lithograph is signed in pencil and numbered 15 of 100. Framed.

Age: mid 20th century

Dimensions of frame: 23" high x 28 3/4" wide
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Central Asian : Textiles : Pre 1980 item #1159059 (stock #KK009)
Galerie Ariana
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The traditional embroidery of Kandahar ("khamak" in Pashto) is exquisitely fine and extremely labor intensive. A piece such as this one may take up to three months to complete due to the exceptionally detailed stitching technique. This is a panel from a man's shirt from Kandahar province, Afghanistan, and dates to the mid 20th century. Measuring 38.5 x 42 cm, the fine geometric designs are densely embroidered in a mustard silk thread with discrete cobalt highlights. The relief effect of the mon...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1950 item #1168150 (stock #HP/GH461)
Himalaya Primitive
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Flat model , H 29.5 cm For more information please request.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1930 item #1463750 (stock #gy6596)
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Old Japanese Silver Presentation Bonbonniere Box with Plum Blossom Crest Marked Jungin 純銀

It is 0.87 inch (2.2 cm) tall by 2.3 inches (5.9 cm) wide. It is 29.9 gram.

It is tarnished and has surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1960 item #1485185 (stock #498)
Chinese porcelain vase. Enamelled background in a beautiful deep red-orange. Decor of plants and flowers painted in "Famille rose" enamels. Probably Chinese work but perhaps Japanese. Below, no mark allowing precise dating. 20th century or earlier. Good condition, slight wear from use. Height: 145mm Diameter: 120mm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1940 item #1386699 (stock #TRC230122)
Unlike many of the pieces in the genre of Kyo-ware, this tea bowl is decidedly demure in appearance. Milky, flowing glaze pools in places along a backdrop of ivory and coral pink sides, contrasting nicely with the rough, unrefined clay of the base. In the center of the kodai is a decorative swirl pattern reminiscent of the yin and yang.

The potter, Kanpu Kawanabe (1873 - 1947) was born into a family of weavers but went on to be trained in many of the arts related to tea ceremony. A...