All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1366024
清 王鑑 仿梅花道人吳鎮水墨山水圖 水墨紙本立軸 1657年作 款識:乙酉春仿梅道人筆似舜翁老年臺詞宗正,王鑑。鈐印:王鑑之印、湘碧。王鑑是與“初清四王”,即王翬、王原祁、王時敏畫名並重的有清一代山水大家。他明末時曾任廉州府知府,世称“王廉州”。他早年由明代畫家董其昌親傳畫技,董其昌對其畫作評價曰“學畫唯多仿古人”。 Ink-Painted Landscaped in Style of Yuan ...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1332894
A lovely early 20th century Imperial Russian wooden Easter egg with polychrome decoration of a young peasant couple engaged in a kiss. The image is very sweet and nicely detailed. The back side of the egg bears the gilt letters “XB” for “Christ is Risen.” Careful examination of the drill holes in the egg show even oxidation of unpainted surfaces and the paint has typical aligatoring, supporting a very late 19th or early 20th century age...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Pre 1900 item #1478166 (stock #3326)
A rare and wonderful Chinese 18th century porcelain vase depicting male children usually given to newlyweds for their wedding. Measuring 14” x 10” from the Qing dynasty era
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1445156
Antique Japanese pottery Kiyomizu bowl made by the 3rd Rokubei Kiyomizu (1820-1883). The seal of the potter is stamped on the bottom.

The Rokubei family is one of the most influential pottery clan from Kyoto leaded by 8th generation now with over 240 years of history.
Rokubei III became the head of the family business in 1838 after his father, Rokubei II, retired.
He is known to revive Kyoto ceramic industry after 1868 when the capital moved to Tokyo.
In 1879, he was...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1900 item #1387269
Indian Jain bronze figure of Vishnu with Lakshmi seated on his knee. Six other figures are present including 2 attendants on the bottom. The figure on the bottom is their friend and vehicle, Garuda. Incised with writing on the base and back.

19th century

Dimensions: 5 5/8" high x 3 1/4" wide x 2 1/2" deep.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1370418
Antique Chinese low rectangular table (kangshuo). Made of huanghuali wood with dramatic grain. The apron is carved on all sides in a rounded scrolling vine motif.

19th century

Dimensions: 11" high x 30 1/4" long x 16 1/4" wide
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1044493 (stock #8129)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 12.2 cm, height approximately 7.4 cm and diameter approximately 7.8 cm. A 0.7 cm hair line inside the rim of the cover and few brown color at the cover and the body. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1406596
Chinese Jumu hardwood coffer cabinet. A coffer is a strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. The front of the cabinet holds two drawers with hardware for locks. The lower portion has 3 panels.

Date: 19th Century

Dimnensions: 35" tall X 35" wide X 18" deep
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1900 item #491428 (stock #01-020js)
This is a Chinese Export blue and white Canton pattern porcelain pot de creme with cover, circa 1810-1820, having an entwined-strap handle decorated with gilt on blue floral terminals. The porcelain cover has a fruit-sprig knop. Measurements: 3 1/2 in. H; Condition: rim chips, small hairlines, wear to gilt.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900 item #1366370
王雲為王翬(清)所製 蟠龍鈕雞血紅石套印 印文:松風、竹影、盒底刻:石谷所有。 Two Chiken-Blood Red-Stone Seals in a Dragon Box Made by Wang Yun (1652-1735) for Wang Hui (1632-1717) Qing Dynasty The seal set was made for Wang Hui (1632-1717), the leading master of "Four Wangs of Early Qing" and "Painting Sage of Early Qing". Since Wang Hui's courtesy name is Shi Gu, the seal box bears a carved mark of Shi Gu SuoYou, meaning Property of Shi Gu...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1042478 (stock #8121)
A Chinese Bronze Censer, Qing Dynasty. Diameter approximately 15.6 cm (across handles), height approximately 6 cm and weight approximately 610 gram. The censer has a dent at the base. Good condition. Note: Buyers from China have to get ready for special arrangement since custom requires import lisence for items more than $150.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1048589 (stock #8140)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 20.3 cm (the tipspout to the handle) and height approximately 15.3 cm. There are spots on the teapot. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1450994
An antique Korean Nong (side chest) made of a burl hardwood book-match. Beautiful Camelia blossom motif on the hinged doors. Nickel hardware with a aged patina. Scholar's taste in design, this chest would work well as a side table or an accent piece.

Age: 19th Century (circa 1850-1890)

Dimensions: 33 1/4" Wide by 24 3/4" High by 15" Deep
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1044451 (stock #8127)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Height approximately 8.8 cm. Length approximately 15.6 cm (tipspout to handle) and diameter approximately 9.3 cm. Few chips inside the cover and the cover rim. The cover not freely when rotated. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Organics : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1317506 (stock #1108)
A trinket box made from Bog Oak - a partially fossilized wood formed as a result of immersion in Irish peat bogs for approximately 5000 years. The wood has been turned and finely carved with Shamrock leaves and a central Trinity Harp and was made in Ireland in the second half of the 19th Century during the reign of Queen Victoria. Condition: excellent - no damages or losses. 7.5cm (3 inches) diameter; 6cm (2.3 inches) high.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1900 item #1407744
An antique Chinese seal chop of soapstone with an image of Hotei. Chinese seals are used with red ink or cinnabar paste (zhusha). A seal in an East is a general name for printing stamps and impressions which are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents, office paperwork, contracts, art, or any item requiring acknowledgement or authorship. The process started in China and soon spread across East Asia.

Date: Early 20th Century

Dimensions: 2" tall X 1" square
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1310260
A Peach Bloom Taibaizun Pot with Six-Character Mark of Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi Condition Report: Good Condition Provenance: Property of a NY collector Dimensions: Height: 3 3/4 inches (9.53 cm) Medium: Porcelainware
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1042288 (stock #8115)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Width 21.6 cm (tipspout to handle) and height 11.6 cm. The teapot has few chips at the cover and the filter. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1042286 (stock #8114)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Width 16.3 cm(handle to tip spout) and height 9.5 cm. The teapot has a small chip at the tip spout. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1310259
A Very Rare Blue-White Vase with a Portrait of Lao Tzu, Founder of Taoism and Mark of Ming Dynasty Emperor Chenghua Reign The vase is exceptional in both its design and figure-painting motif...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Americas : American Indian : Pre 1900 item #633302 (stock #E001)
Southern Plains Beaded Hide Doll probably Comanche Kiowa, c. 1900. She has yellow ochre high-top moccasins, yarn hair, and an ink-drawn face. She is 12" tall.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1048590 (stock #8141)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 21 cm (the tipspout to the handle) and height approximately 14 cm. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1900 item #1270482
Charming Jadeite carving of three bamboo reeds, trees, and little bear eating leaves. Excellent detail with fine carving. Circa 1910 Dimensions: 8.5" Tall X 4" Wide Stand Dimensions: 8" Long, 2.5" Tall, 6.5" Wide
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : Chinese Export : Pre 1900 item #494241 (stock #01-033js)
This is a Chinese Transitional blue and white porcelain jar painted with figures on a continuous mountainous landscape below a band of flowers,on carved wood stand; Marked with lucky symbol figure of a rabbit in underglaze blue on bottom; late 17th century. Condition: lacking cover, hairline crack, rim chip Measurement: 7 _" h x 6 _" dia.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1304160 (stock #74)
This is an excellent hand-carved Japanese Netsuke depicting Shoki, the demon queller, in his usual standing position, with his sword drawn. Although he appears to have captured one of them, the other Oni is playfully standing on his shoulders while pulling one of Shoki's ears. Outstanding detail and form symmetry characterizes this miniature sculpture...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1296733
A Rare Bronze Mirror with Archaic Motifs Diameter: 7 inches (17.8cm) Condition Report: Good Condition Provenance: Property of a MA Collection
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Pre 1900 item #1444016 (stock #1177)
Miniature watercolor Portrait of Louis XVI in a beautiful gilded bronze Picture Frame measuring 5 x 3“
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #1147522 (stock #1186)
A Hand Painted Limoges Porcelain Fish Set by Theodore Haviland, Consisting of a Extra Large Platter (23.5" x 10" and 8 plates (9" in diameter). Signed by the artist, "L. Martin". Circa 1900 and in excellent condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1408875
An antique Chinese summer undergarment made of bamboo tubes for cooling. The garment was used to prevent silk from sticking to the skin during the hot summer months.

Date: 19th C

Dimensions:25.5" wide X 58" long
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #1415041 (stock #Kuniyoshi002)
Kuniyoshi
Exiled Nichiren in Snow at Tsukahara, Sado Island
Size: Approximately 13.75 x 9.0 inches.
Date of first printing by Iseya Rihei: 1830-35.
Here is a rare limited edition (numbered 182) of this famous design...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1408559
A 19th century Chinese canopy lacquered bed of cypress and elmwood (ju-mu). The bed rail has a turned spindle gallery with a low relief carving of scrolling floral panels as the back splash. The canopy spandrel has turned hook-spindles for holding drapes or clothing. The main canopy lattice pattern has a centralized floral medallion. The bed platform stands on a carved gadrooned bun foot on stretcher. The facade apron has framed low relief carvings of a floral motif...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1366023
清 王翬 深山索居圖 水墨紙本鏡心 款識:巘邊石室低臨水,戶外雲峰半入天。伏暑蒸人,退處湖村。小築清風洞,越蕉竹交陰。偶採唐句。戲寫巨然筆法,劍門樵客石谷子王翬。鈐印:八十老人王翬、耕煙散人、太原、臞樵雅趣。Mounted Painting of Recluse Life in Remote Mountains / Wang Hui (1632-1717) of Early Qing Dynasty 32 1/4 X 20 inches 82.6 X 50.8 cm Ink on Paper Inscribed and signed with four artist seals...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1900 item #1411656
A lovely set of six sterling silver demitasse spoons in the “Wild Rose” variant of the “Vine” pattern. The bowls are in the elongated shape often seen in Tiffany demitasse spoons and are enhanced with soft matte gilding. Each is stamped with the Tiffany hallmark used 1873-1891. The spoons are accompanied by a Tiffany felt bag of more recent vintage.

The “Vine” pattern was created by Tiffany’s chief designer, Edward C. Moore, in 1872...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1445182
Antique Japanese Shino ware Chawan made by Kato Gorohachi (?-1900.
The potter signature is written on the bottom.

There is not much information about this potter available even in Japan and his birth year is unknown.
He worked in the Hinno kiln of Aichi Prefecture in late 19 century.

Size
Diameter 12.7cm
Height 7.6cm
Weight 245g

Condition
Good.
No chips, no cracks
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Pre 1900 item #1450907 (stock #1500)
Hard paste decorated Meissen porcelain cup and saucer made in Dresden, Germany in the late 19th Century. The overall decoration is of springtime floral bouquets and garlands with gold leaf decoration around the lip of the cup as well as the rim of the saucer. The fact that the gold is not worn away or chipped indicates that this cup and saucer is in near mint condition. The handle of the cup is fashioned in the form of a swans neck and beak...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Apothecary : Pre 1900 item #1464093 (stock #M1428)
Offered is a very handsome apothecary MORTAR & PESTLE from the 19th century made from lignum vitae wood.

This stunning example measures 11.5 inches high with the pestle in place and is 5.5 inches in diameter...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Folk Art : Pre 1900 item #1269511
A Rare and Exquisite Jadeite Table Screen with Hand-Carved Motifs. The green jadeite table screen depicts a traditionally dressed man standing amid bamboo and plum-trees, with two cranes dancing along. Its jadeite quality, color, and carving skills are amazingly superb. Qing Dynasty Styled. Height: 4½" (11.43 cm) Width: 9½" (24.13 cm) Height with Stand: 10¼" (26.04 cm) Highly collectible and in an excellent condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Accessories : Boxes : Pre 1900 item #340872 (stock #784)
Lovely footed round box, the hinged top picturing cherubs around a woman. It measures 5" tall and 5 1/2" wide and is in perfect condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Instruments and Implements : Time Pieces : Pocket Watches : Pre 1900 item #583236 (stock #T 1529)
ON HOLD. Articulated Antique Victorian Fob with brass 'swivel' clip, dark MOP triangle, square, half moon, ending in a pink pearlized drop that resembles a petrified molar! Perfect for the dentist gift! Worn in the past as a watch fob, today you can wear this as a pendant, why don't you! 5 1/8" X 1 1/4". Fab preowned condition...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1334137
元青花一把蓮紋龍雲如意碗 A Rare Yuan Dynasty Blue-White Bowl with Dragon-Lotus Motifs. The bowl is characteristic of refined Yuan Dynasty porcelain-making craftsmanship. Diameter: 5 1/2 inches (12.2 cm) Height: 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) Condition Report: Good Condition Provenance: Property of a CT Collection
All Items : Vintage Arts : Instruments and Implements : Pre 1900 item #1329073 (stock #be111rh)
This is a lovely rosewood music box with a cylinder that plays six tunes. The cylinder can be replaced and others added, but we only have this one for the box. There is no list of the songs it plays, but it has one of the loveliest sounds of any music box we've had. It measures 27 1/2" long x 11 3/4" wide x 8" tall.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1366037
元釉里紅鴛鴦蓮池螭龍耳扁方瓶 A Rare Yuan Dynasty FLask with Underglaze Red Motifs of Mandarin-Ducks in Lotus-Pond and Four Chi-Dragon Ears The flask boasts of both its ingenious design and superb workmanship. Dimensions: Height: 8 7/8 inches (22.23 cm) Medium: Porcelainware Date: Yuan Dynasty Condition Report: Good Condition Provenance: Property of a LA collection
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1334582
A very fine 19th century Imperial Russian wooden Easter egg with polychrome decoration of Christ Pantocrator in the traditional double gesture of blessing and teaching. The figure, especially the face, is beautifully detailed. The back side of the egg bears the gilt letters "XB" for "Christ is Risen." The egg is completed with its original ribbon, appropriately brittle with age...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1269595
Diameter: 3½ inches (8.89 cm)Height: 4¼ inches (10.8 cm). This ingeniously designed white glazed wine-cup is composed of two parts, locked with each other...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900 item #1445180
Very Rare Edo Period (1603-1868) Ki-Seto Tokkuri Sake Bottle.

Seto pottery, dated as early as the 13th century, produced around Seto city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
It is also considered as one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.

Size
Diamter 10cm
Height 16cm
Weight 470g

Condition
Good, used.
No chips, no cracks.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1048799 (stock #8148)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 15.6 cm (the tipspout to the handle) and height 11.2 cm. The teapot has chip at the tipspout. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #1263783 (stock #Kobayashi007)
Kobayashi Kiyochika
One Person, Six Faces
Date printed: 1884
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 9.75 inches.
Reference: "Kiyochika, artist of Meiji Japan", Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1988, page 62.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Light creasing.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Instruments and Implements : Medical : Apothecary : Pre 1900 item #1370869 (stock #J1253)
This is a scarce collection of 22 Homeopathic Medicine bottles complete with contents, corks and labels dating to the turn of the 19th century. Each vial sports an applied label that indicates the contents plus a cork with hand-written ingredients noted. The vials measure between 2 - 2.5 inches high x 1/2" including the cork. Hard to find in any condition.

*****Group #1*****

Some History:
Although homeopathy has its roots in ancient Greek medicine and in the work of the 16th-century ...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Lighting : Lamps : Pre 1900 item #1242149 (stock #be1009r)
This great lamp is pictured in the book "19th Century Patterned Art Glass Chamber Lamps", pages 168 & 169. It is all original with the exception that it has been electrified. It is in beautiful condition with no breaks, chips or repairs. It measures 23" tall without the chimney x 11" wide and lights from both top and bottom.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Cut Glass : Pre 1900 item #340903 (stock #650)
Stunning cut glass compote from the brilliant period. I can't find a signature, but I'm sure its identifiable to an expert on patterns. It measures 8" tall x 6" diameter at the bottom, and has a tear drop stem. There is one TINY flake at the top, but other than that it looks to be in perfect condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1049397 (stock #8157)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Diameter approximately 13.8 cm and height approximately 7 cm. There is chip inside the cover rim. Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1900 item #1044457 (stock #8126)
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Height approximately 8 cm and length 12.3 cm (tipspout to handle) and diameter approximately 8 cm. A soft small chip inside the cover rim. Theres a 2 cm hairline at the rim (not appeared from inside teapot). Good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1366020
清 光緒皇帝(傳) 五蝠靈芝圖设色纸本立軸 1892年作 款識:光緒壬辰五月中浣御筆。鈐印:天清玉潤. 題跋:芳樹層層綴嫩芽,碧叢翠朵盡丹砂。驅馳驛路難消夏,試薦雕盤艷落霞。 臣張百熙恭題。鑑藏印:張百熙印、慈禧皇太后之寶、大雅齋。此畫亦有和明朝思想家王守仁後人、中國近代書畫家王同愈的題跋。A Painting of Bats, Rocks and Blooming Lingzhi-Flowers (Auspicious Symbols of Happin...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #1454383 (stock #Yoshitosh014)
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
The Moon on Musashi Plain
No. 91 from the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon"
Date: Published April 1892.
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.375 x 9.5 inches.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon. Seals in margin.
Carver: Yamamoto.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Left margin partially trimmed. Backed with paper. Fading.
- "The Musashi Plain west of Edo, now Kanto Plain on which To...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900 item #1322548 (stock #TRC1602)
Like many pottery traditions in Japan, Karatsu takes its name from the city where it originated. As early as the 15th century, Korean potters heavily influenced the development of this form—helping to endow it with the earthy, simple, and natural qualities it is so appreciated for. With crackled glazing and a beautiful gold repair along the top rim, this tokkuri is quite attractive and a pleasure to use.

Housed in its own fine kiri wood box, this piece is 4.3 inches in diameter at...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : American : Cut Glass : Pre 1900 item #340905 (stock #651)
This beautiful brilliant bowl seems to be unsigned, but it is truly beautiful and extremely heavy. There is one tiny flake at the top of one of the teeth. It measures 9" in diameter.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #1381901 (stock #Kobayashi015)
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Shrouded Moon Over Takanawa, Ushimachi.
From the series Famous places of Tokyo (Tokyo Meisho).
Date: 1879. This edition 1896.
Signed by the artist in black at lower left.
"Shiba" collector's seal on verso.
Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujiro (successor to Fukuda Kumajiro).
Size: Oban. Approximately 13.25 x 9.25 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good color and condition. Original center fold reinforced at back.
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