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Asian Art and Furniture For Sale
Item Ships From: Amsterdam
Japanese Kantô kannon’biraki ishô’dansu 衣装箪笥 (chest of drawers with doors)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Remarkable wooden Kantô kannon’biraki ishô’dansu (cabinet of drawers with hinged doors) in two sections equipped with striking iron hardware. Fully restored, cleaned and waxed.
The drawer fronts are made from indigenous kiri (paulownia) wood, and the frame from Japanese hinoki...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese all-matching Japanese gold lacquer ô’yoroi (great suit-of-armour)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A striking all-matching Japanese gold lacquer ô’yoroi (great suit-of-armour) with vibrant orange cords, a multicoloured and light orange hem (kin’urushinuri hi’ito hi’suso tôsei gusoku ô’yoroi).
- 28-plate black lacquer koboshi'bachi kabuto (helmet with small seated rivets) with decorative plates between with a reticulated chrysanthemum (kiku) design. Large short and broad kuwagata-antlers placed in u-shaped hardware with an elaborate reticulated chrysanthemum design surmounted by an en-suite circular maedate. Wide 5-tiered chrysanthemum-shaped tehen’no’kanamono (decorative apex fitting), 3-tiered gold lacquer ‘kiritsuke kozane’-plate shikoro (neck guards) transcending into large back-bending fukikaeshi (face guards) covered with light decorative ‘smoked leather’ and fitted with circular appliques with a chrysanthemum flower head design.
- Black lacquer ‘angry man’-facial mask (resseibô) with a ruffled brown moustache and goatee, separate nose-piece, and 4-tiered gold lacquered ‘kiritsuke kozane’-plate gorget (yodarekake).
- Sode (shoulder guards), ô-type, rectangular of shape constructed with 6 rows of ‘kiritsuke kozane’-plates. Equipped with long light orange silk cords with decorative tassels.
- Kote (bracer), shino-type, gold lacquer metal pieces connected by Japanese mail (kaushi-gusari), placed over purple silk with orange and pink chrysanthemum (kiku) design. The hand guards (tekko) are decorated with various flower-emblems in relief.
- Dô (cuirass), ‘môgami’-type, gold lacquered ‘kiritsuke kozane’-plates laced with orange silk cords. In front two, and in the back one kiku-shaped cord ring, the latter with a large age’maki (decorative silk tassel). 7-parts of 5-piece ‘kiritsuke kozane’-plate kusazuri (tassets).
- Haidate (thigh armour) of 5-rows of 12 gold lacquered ‘iyo’-plates, matching silk and decorative ‘smoked leather’ borders.
- Suneate (shin guards), tsubo-type, gold lacquer form-fitting metal plates continuing in a wing-shaped top, fastened by matching silk tateage.
- Pair of kegutsu (fur shoes...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
An Indian part-gilt silver-clad ceremonial sceptre or mace with a tiger’s head
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Northern India or Deccan, late 19th century
L. approx. 82 cm (excl. stand)
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom
This remarkable gilt-silver soonta (ceremonial sceptre) also known as choba (ceremonial mace) with a tiger's head stands out as an unparalleled example. It has a wooden base, clad with thick sheet part-gilt silver and has fine details such as teeth and a curling tongue. Especially with the inlaid glass eyes, in combination with the grand sculptural design, it would have been integral to an Indian maharaja’s attire, known as lawajama in North India and biruthus in South India, as referenced by Jackson & Jaffer. They would symbolise authority, power, and sometimes an attribute of various deities, particularly those associated with strength or combat. For instance, the Hindu god Hanuman, known for his immense strength, is often depicted holding a mace (*chob* or gada in Sanskrit). Similarly, the god Vishnu and his avatar Krishna are also frequently depicted with a mace among their other attributes.
Courtiers would raise these sceptres wrapped in rich brocades, with the head visible, during processions, signalling their association with the monarch. Alongside fly-whisks and standards, they were indispensable in ceremonial parades, underscoring the ruler's prestige. Terlinden notes that a soonta berdar was tasked with carrying the sceptre. These individuals, proficient in courtly manners, played key roles during audiences, from managing entrances to introducing guests. Their esteemed position often earned them generous rewards, including land grants. See for a depiction of sceptres in use the top right of a painting in the collection of the V&A, titled Processional scene with Amar Singh, ruler of Thanjavur (Tanjore), and Sarabhoji, from circa 1797.
For a very comparable piece, but with an elephant’s head, see the collection of the Indian Museum, Kolkata. For other less similar examples, see the V&A Museum London.
Sources:
A. Jackson & A. Jaffer, Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, London, V&A Publishing, 1999
Christiane Terlinden Serra, Mughal Silver...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Rare Antique Kangxi 1662–1722 Chinese Porcelain Plate Galloping Horses
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and rare thinly potted antique Chinese porcelain plate, fully decorated. 5 galloping horses, 1 in the centre, 4 in the border. The border also has 4 endless waves.
Handcraf...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes in the style of Ni Zan. These rock were treasured by Chinese ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes in the style of Ni Zan. These rock were treasured by Chinese ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes in the style of Ni Zan. These rock were treasured by Chinese ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th c Chinese Dream Stone Scholar Literati Poem Inscribed Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Landscape Dream Stone. Inscribed with a poem in the 19th century. The stone reminiscent of the Yuan landscapes in the style of Ni Zan. These rock were treasured by Chinese ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Bronze Statue Candle Holder China Zhong Kui and Child 19C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
BRONZE top level Chinese statue/candle holder. Depicting Zhongkui and Child.
Besides being a vanquisher of evil, Zhong Kui has the power to bring good fortune. He is associated wi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
19th / 20th c Bronze Netsuke Squirrel with a nut Japanese Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
19th / 20th c Bronze Netsuke Squirrel with a nut Japanese Japan Signed
Condition
Period
20th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912)
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Japanese Bronze / copper Statue Incense Burner Fisherman on a fish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
a very nice statue of a fisherman on a fish
Condition
40 x 35 cm. Good condition with sign of ware.
Period
19th century
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Samurai Warriors Statue Japan Meiji era (1868-1912) Gyokko studio
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
BRONZE top level Japanese statues. Samurai with flute and sword.
Both with weapons intentional. Gyokko studio
Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Condition
Statues some wear, but cl...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Japanese Bronze / copper Statue Incense Burner Quaill
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
a very nice statue of a fisherman on a fish
Condition
Good condition, the mouth seems to have been filled. 12cm
Period
19th century
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Seiya-sei for Genryusai Seiya Bronze Man and Monkey Statue Japan Meij
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
BRONZE Seiya-sei for Genryusai Seiya Man and Monkey figure. Marked on base
Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Condition
Condition is Perfect: Size 33.5 cm high
Period
19th century ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Large Takachika" & "Kakuha sei" Bronze Elephant Herd Statue Japan Meiji era
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nice statue of a Elephant Herd. 66cm with double mark "Takachika" & "Kakuha sei"
Kakuha Kanzaemon IX (角羽勘左衛門), real name Kakuha Zenjirô (角羽善次郎), was a member of a lineage of ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Huge Antique Meiji Japanese Bronze Shou Lao - Jurojin and Deer Incense Burner
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very large and top quality Meiji period Incense burner of Jurojin - Shou Lao and a deer
God of longevity associated with the Canopus star of the South Pole. Usually represented as...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Large Seiji Saku Bronze Archer Figure Statue Japan Meiji era (1868-1912)
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
BRONZE ARCHER FIGURE Japan, Meiji Bronze period. H. ca. 38cm. The figure is kneeling, dressed in a haramaki and robes decorated with kamon and wheels, with a bow in his hands, signed...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Edo Period 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Kakiemon Jar Flowers Enamel
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Kakiemon jar with handles
Edo period (late 17th century)
The Jar or pot is of great and delicate shape and decorated in iron-red, blue, green and yellow enamels with different ki...
Category
18th Century Japanese Qing Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Contemporary Japanese Cloissoné Copper Vessel Shippo Vase 4 by Yochiya Studio
By Yochiya
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Yochiya explore the untapped possibilities of cloisonné by combining improvisational and serendipitous modern techniques such as welding and hydraulic pressure, rather than relying s...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Contemporary Japanese Cloissoné Copper Vessel Shippo Vase 5 by Yochiya Studio
By Yochiya
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Yochiya explore the untapped possibilities of cloisonné by combining improvisational and serendipitous modern techniques such as welding and hydraulic pressure, rather than relying s...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Contemporary Japanese Cloissoné Copper Vessel Shippo Vase 3 by Yochiya Studio
By Yochiya
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Yochiya explore the untapped possibilities of cloisonné by combining improvisational and serendipitous modern techniques such as welding and hydraulic pressure, rather than relying s...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Heavy, Japanese bronze temple bell 梵鐘 (bonshô) of traditional shape
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Heavy bronze temple bell (bonshô) of traditional shape with an appealing echoing sound when struck. Its surface is a rich brown, complemented by a hint of light green aged patina.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Edo-period gosho’ningyô 御所人形 (palace doll) of plump, seated child
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A charming gosho’ningyô (palace doll) of plump, seated child with a brilliant white skin and a small delicately elegant face, reminiscent of a young noble. The doll is playfully rais...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paste, Silk, Paint
Tall, Japanese two-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with gold leaf & crane design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A gorgeous, tall two-panel byôbu (folding screen) with shiny gold leaf above a refined painting showcasing a very large sedge of cranes (tsuru) huddled up on an island and surrounded...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Very large Japanese bronze 4-tiered trumpet vase with intricate wave design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Remarkable and very large bronze 4-tiered trumpet vase intricately designed with a motif of tumultuous waves.
It’s crafted to give the impression that the trumpet-shaped chalice, is ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A small Dutch colonial Indonesian tortoiseshell betel box with gold mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Jakarta (Batavia), 18th century, apparently unmarked
L. 14 x W. 9.5 x H. 4.7 cm
Before settling down to business in the former Dutch East Indies, sirih had to be offered in the mos...
Category
Late 18th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold
An extremely rare, possibly unique, Sri Lankan ebony child's armchair
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Probably Sri Lanka, 2nd half 17th century
H. 55 x W. 40.5 x D. 40.5 cm
Seat height 27.5 cm
The chair is overall densely carved with a scrolling flower motif on four connected turne...
Category
Late 17th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ebony
A Dutch colonial ebony box with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Batavia (Jakarta), or Sri Lanka, circa 1680-1720
The document or money box is densely carved with fine scrolling vines and lotus flowers. It has a charming heart- shapes silver lock...
Category
Late 17th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
A rare Japanese Namban export lacquer coffer with Mon emblems
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Late Momoyama period, late 16th century
The coffer is decorated in black lacquer, urushi, on cedar wood, decorated with gold dust and silver, maki-e, and nashiji, mother-of-pearl, r...
Category
16th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver, Copper
A large Dutch colonial ebony cabinet with brass mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Dutch colonial ebony cabinet with brass mounts on contemporary black steel frame
Batavia (Jakarta), 2nd half 17th century
The cabinet has two ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Japanese lacquer suzuri’bako 硯箱 (writing box) with shishi & Hotei design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A captivating lacquer suzuri’bako (writing box) of rounded rectangular form depicting a pair of shishi (temple lions) and the lucky god Hotei 布袋 on a rôiro’urushi (black lacquer) gro...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Tall, Japanese lacquer byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) by Mitsuo Takana 高名光夫 (1956)
By Mitsuo Takana
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Refined, tall two-panel byôbu (folding screen) completely adorned with ‘Wajima Ryûsaku’ lacquer by the Nitten award winning artist Mitsuo Takana (1956).
Featuring five refined image...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Tall Japanse 2-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with samurai
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Striking tall two-panel byôbu (folding screen) covered with a pair of separate hanging scroll paintings (kakejiku) depicting samurai (warriors) paired with poems. The one on the righ...
Category
1870s Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Antique ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma Vase Richly Decorated Marked Miniature
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A Japanese Satsuma teapot and cover marked base, miniature
Condition
Overall condition restoration to rim. Size 60mm high
Period
19...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Capital Japanese Imari-verte porcelain vase with bijin 美人 design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An imposing, capital Japanese Imari-verte porcelain vase with hand-carved hard wooden cover.
The vase, in a baluster shape, showcases a vibrant and continuous scene of elegant ladie...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Perfect 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Jingdezhen PRoC Lidded Jar Famille Rose
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely Chinese Porcelain Lidded Jar, amazing colors and patterns.
Bought in Hong Kong in 1978Lovely Chinese Porcelain Ginger Jar.. marked base
Condition
Overall condition, per...
Category
20th Century Chinese Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Lovely Antique Chinese Yongzheng / Kangxi Period Imari Dinner Plate Qing
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated Qianlong dinner plate. Dating to circa 1710
5-6-18-AR-557
Condition
Overall condition with rimfritting and a restored reglued chip size 268mm
P...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Plate 17th Century Porcelain Ming Tianqi Transitional Boys
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with 2 boys. 1 boy observing the other one holding a lotus leaf umbrella, also a solitary spot which should be the moon or sun.
a dish with this scen...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 17th Century Porcelain Ming/Transitional Plate Boys with Bird
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate.
A late Ming Ko-Sometsuke porcelain dish, Wanli or Tianqi period, 1600-1627.
This Kaiseki blue and white porcelain serving dish is decorated with two ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese low 2-panel byôbu 屏風 of a dragon by Shioya Shinsen 塩谷深仙
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Striking low two-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a detailed painting of a dragon (ryû) leaping up from the sea holding a flaming pearl in his claws. He flies towards the rough sky,...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Porcelain 19th Century Chine De Commande Dish Eagle History
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Dish
China
c.1850 or later
Height 22 mm, diameter of rim 141 mm.
Dish on footring, straight rim. Decorated in underglaze blue with a large displayed eagle clasping in his right talons two arrows and in his left two leafy vines, above his head a indecipherable motto inscribed upside down. The reverse, washed in a pale celadon, is undecorated. Marked on the base with a square shop mark in underglaze blue.
This Chinese export porcelain saucer...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 17C Porcelain Ming/Transitional Kraak Literati dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Rare and nicely decorated dish. Very unusual decoration and superb quality of painting and potting. Ca 1595-1645. Truly nice cobalt blue color
See: Maura Rinaldi: "Kraak Porcelain...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Ming Wanli / Tianqi Playing Go Landscape Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
15-7-19-1-2
Typical late Ming landscape dish. A very nice example!
Condition
Overall condition A (Very good) rimfritting, filled chip and 2 hairlines. Size 160 mm
Period...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 17th C Porcelain Ming/Transitional Plate Blue Tianqi Chongzhen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very nicely decorated plate. A late Ming porcelain dish, Wanli or Tianqi Period 1620 – 1645. Very nice with a scene.
Condition
Overall Condition B (Good used) Rimfritting, some sm...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese lacquer tea caddy 棗 (natsume) showcasing a pine tree forest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Pretty lacquer tea caddy (natsume) with refined hiramaki-e (low-relief lacquer design) showcasing a pine tree forest (matsu) at the base of a mountain.
Executed in shades of gold lac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
A Chinese export reverse-glass painting after an English print in original frame
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Canton, late 18th century
In original hardwood frame with ruyi-shaped metal mount for suspension.
H. 38.7 x W. 44.3 cm (incl. frame)
H. 31.8 x W. 37.5 cm (image)
Chinese reverse glass paintings for export are known since mid 18th century. By the 1780's the copying of European, mainly English, engravings came into vogue in Chinese paintings on glass...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
Large pair of Japanese ‘Jyôka’ 常花, sets of gilded lotus flowers and -leaves.
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A spectacular pair of black glass vases each adorned with 13 large handmade gilded wooden lotus flowers and -leaves with refined details.
Such a set is known as ‘Jyôka’, and are typically positioned on or beside an altar in a Buddhist temple.
The lotus flowers are at different stages of their life (unfurled lotus leaves, buds and blooms) and symbolize the journey towards Buddhist enlightenment.
What sets this pair apart is its size; it is considerably larger than many similar sets, making it a rare find. As well as that it has such an extensive array of gilded flowers.
The flowers, which are detachable, allow for customizable arrangements within the vases.
Period: Japan – lotuses...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Lacquer
Rare, Japanese Kyûshû 九州 ishô’dansu 衣装箪笥 (chest of drawers)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Rare and richly adorned wooden Kyûshû ishô'dansu (cabinet of drawers) in a single section, on a plinth.
Fully restored, cleaned and waxed.
The drawer faces are made of indigenous k...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Low Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A nice, low, very decorative 6-panel byôbu (folding screen) features a continuous genre painting capturing various facets of daily life during the Edo period. It includes scenes such...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Pair of large dark brown patinated bronze Japanese lanterns 灯籠 (tôrô)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of amazing, large dark brown patinated bronze Japanese electrified lanterns (tôrô). The pagoda-shaped top crowned by a hôju (sacred jewel...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Capital Chinese bronze figure of a standing bodhisattva Guanyin
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Impressive, capital Chinese bronze figure of a standing bodhisattva Guanyin, revered as the Goddess of Mercy, also recognized as Avalokiteshvara or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with mountainous landscape
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An attractive and "quiet" large six-panel byôbu (room divider) with a refined painting on silver leaf of a mountainous landscape with farms and trees scattered over the mountains.
T...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass, Silver Leaf
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with Edo genre painting
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Remarkable and large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a detailed genre painting on gold leaf of different scenes of the town Yoshida, one of the Tôkaidô road stations. It shows ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Lovely Antique Satsuma Lamp Vase Set with Cranes and Turtles, Japan 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice quality with superb decoration of cranes and turtles. With elephant handles. Both lamps are working!
The additions are bronze
Condition:...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
A Japanese Nagasaki-e print depicting the arrival of Dutch ships in Nagasaki
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Published by Bunkindõ han, circa 1801
Colour woodblock print, H. 32.5 x W. 48 cm
Under this view of Nagasaki Bay, the text states that the first Dutch ships arrived in Nagasaki in ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
A Chinese huanghuali, wumu and mother-of-pearl watch holder
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Canton, 2nd half 19th century
H. 22.5 x W. 30 x D. 12.5 cm
The pocket watch, an antique Swiss triple calendar Moon phace pocket watch in gunmetal case, dating from around 1860-1900...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Porcelain Plate 17th Century Lotus Fishing Ming Dynasty Tianqi/Chongzhen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A blue and white late Ming or Transitional plate with a nice and rare decoration
15-7-19-1-14
Condition
Overall condition good rimfritting and 1 chip and 1 hairli...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Japanese export lacquer box with depiction of the Grand Hotel, Yokohama
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Meiji period, circa 1873-1887
The black lacquered box decorated in maki-e and hiramaki-e gold, with on the lid a European style building complex and several Japanese and European figures walking along a street in the foreground. The sides are finely decorated with several insects and the inside with several compartments and nashiji decoration.
H. 7.4 x W. 29 x D. 25.7 cm
After the Americans forced Japan to open their harbours to the outside world and take part in international treaty and trade around the mid 19th century, the formerly feudal society rapidly changed. Japan was now focussing on an industrial future. One of the major international ports was Yokohama with its foreign embassies and warehouses - which attracted a great number of visitors of all sorts. For the higher society visiting Japan for the first time a new and ‘Western’ hotel had to be realised; hence the construction of The Grand Hotel on Kaigandori.
The hotel was opened on August 16, 1873 (Meiji 6) and was soon considered the height of Western culture and elegance in Japan. The building probably depicted on this box, designed by American architect Richard P. Bridgens (リチャード・ブリジェンス, 1819 -1891), is the original hotel...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold
Antique and Vintage Asian Art and Furniture
From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.
Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.
With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.
For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.
“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.
In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.
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