All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1900
item #806461
(stock #TC236)
A properly dressed Chinese woman would wear a pair of leggings that would cover her foot bindings from her lower leg to the top of her lotus shoes. The leggings would be tied into place with a hand woven sash made specifically for that purpose. These lotus shoe accessories are now rare and very hard to find.
This pair of silk sashes were were woven with a floral pattern using 2 colors of brightly contrasting threads. The long warp end threads are braided into tassels...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Enamel : Pre 1900
item #1475512
(stock #J223)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
Price on Request
Price on Request
beautiful old hand mirror...
small amount of deteriation to mirror silver back....typical for mirror of this age..
total length 9.5 inches width 3.5 inches at widest point and .5 inches thick at the handle...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Dolls and Puppets : Pre 1920
item #753507
(stock #TC209)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$85.00
$85.00
This Chinese doll was made with a wire body covered with fabric padding and then silk clothing. His heads, lower arms and feet are made from some kind of composition material and then painted. Because of his wire construction, his arms, legs, and body etc can be carefully repositioned. The feet are wired together to provide a more stable base...it is a theory which frankly does not always work well...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1900
item #981063
(stock #ZTC312)
This antique Chinese box would have been used during the Qing dynasty, possibly by a scholar or shop keeper. The bottom of this box has covered compartments for seals, chops,calligraphy brush, ink sticks and a built in inkstone. There is an abacus built into the lid.
The original hinge pin was lost and has been replaced. The box was made with large dovetail joints and from a hard wood of unknown origins. The outside is dirty and I have not cleaned it...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Folk Art : Pre 1900
item #1278966
(stock #TC533)
This traditional Chinese antique tea container was made from bamboo. The outside has a carved rib design. This tea caddy would have been used regularly by family and friends during the Qing dynasty. Some minimal loss of finished surface on top ...to be expected with age and use...9.5 inches high
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Dolls : Pre 1900
item #1107345
(stock #J166)
I call him sweet face...a bit dirty with age... Japanese hina aka girls day doll from late Edo period. lost his drum..6inches high including hat
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Lacquer : Pre 1900
item #780958
(stock #SEA116)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$1275.00
$1275.00
This box would have been used to display sacred Buddhist Sutra or text book. The importance of the contents is indicated by the viewing windows on front, back, top and sides of the box. The exterior of the box is covered with black lacquer and over-painted with gold. It is painted red on the inside.
There is some minimal paint loss, which is to be expected in a piece of this age. 24 inches(60 cm) long 5 inches (12 cm) high
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Glass : Pre 1900
item #1097435
(stock #TC370)
This antique Chinese glass bead was used as a toggle during the 1800's. I measures 1.25 inches in diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1920
item #1214444
(stock #ZEMT162)
This is an old traditional style top shirt which would have been worn by a young girl of the Yi Chinese ethnic minority from Yunnan Province. the fabric is made from home grown cotton, hand spun, and hand woven. The collar surround and cuffs are trimmed with an intricate batik pattern and the tiniest embroidery stitched I have ever seen. The shirt has its original buttons. Good size for framing 14 inches across the chest.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1920
item #1053665
(stock #EMT134)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$310.00
$310.00
This pair of antique Miao boots were made by a young woman from Song Tao to be worn for festivals. The thick sole has iron hob nails to make walking easier on the hills and terraces. The vamp is made from cotton fabric and is heavily embroidered with cottton thread using satin and chain stitch techniques. The upper part of the boot is also made of cotton fabric.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1920
item #1137461
(stock #EMT151)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$295.00
$295.00
Clearly made by an adoring grandmother, this antique Dong Minority hat is covered with a variety of ornate embroidery stitches including both wrapped thread and couching techniques. The hat is topped with silver half beads representing bubbles and a large top knot.. It is a bid dirty which would be expected in a childs hat of this age and use.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1800
item #936644
(stock #J145)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$950.00
$950.00
This old Japanese Noh theater mask has the expressive face of an old man. The mask is carved from paulownia wood and dates to middle Edo period, around 1750. The patina is wonderful.
Mask measures approx 8 inches high and 6 inches wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1920
item #871444
(stock #M133)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$650.00
$650.00
For festivals including her wedding, a Yao girl of marriageable age would wear the traditional "celestial crown" clipped to her hair on the top of her head. This traditional ornament was common among the Yao of Laos, Thailand and China's Yunnan Province. Upon reaching puberty, the Yao girl would be expected to make her own crown following traditional patterns and methods of her local region...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Lacquer : Pre 1900
item #777469
(stock #TC227)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$225.00
$225.00
Using these Chinese lotus-shaped lacquer tea saucers simplified passing and serving hot tea. Traditional Chinese symbols are delicately painted with copper color over a black lacquer background. There is a double happiness symbol at each end along with clouds, water waves and lucky bat symbol in the center. The back side is traditional Chinese red.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1920
item #913236
(stock #ZMisc140)
This elaborate antique embroidery panel is from Gujrat India and would have been used as a dowery quilt. It is backed with soft aged (now muted) cotton fabric, leaving a 4 inch border surrounding the embroidery. The gold and silver metallic threads are also somewhat subdued and blended giving the panel a soft and somewhat muted appearance which is very pleasing...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1910
item #1453622
(stock #TC589)
Yes, contrary to Western myths, lotus shoes were worn by all classes of Han Chinese women....
This pair of Chinese peasants lotus shoes were made from scraps of blue indigo dyed cotton fabric
Clearly they were well worn, which is part of the reason that peasant shoes are rare...
They are from the southern part of China...just under 5 inches...
The body of this antique Miao Chinese powder horn is carved with large spider web, small foo dogs, and clouds. The stopper is carved into a lotus blossom. The Miao believe that passed relatives take the form of spiders to visit and watch family members, so spider webs are left undisturbed in the home. This horn is from Kali area and is in excellent condition. It is 80-90 years old and approx 9" long.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1007197
(stock #ZTC330)
This old Chinese stoneware ceramic pipe bowl (smoke chamber) would have been placed onto the smoking pipe to allow for a small piece of opium to be smoked. The tiny opening at the top would allow the smoke to be drawn into the stoneware chamber and cooled before being inhaled by the smoker.
The piece has 2 different makers marks which are clearly stamped into each side of the clay underside of bottom hole.