Asian Marionette
1950s Asian Handcrafted Wood Burmese String Opera Marionette Wall Decor
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Exquisite Vintage 1950s Handcrafted Wooden Marionette with Burmese String, Reflecting Asian Opera
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$450
H 15.5 in W 9.5 in D 3 in
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Eac...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face, a wonderfully fabulous hairdo, and an original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
1950s Pair of Oriental Puppet Marionettes with Original Dress
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s pair of Oriental puppet marionettes with original dress.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Silk
$4,584 / set
H 19.3 in W 6.7 in D 4.34 in
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Eac...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Eac...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early, 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired from a collector. Eac...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll, Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face, long grey beard, and original textile garment.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acquired fro...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Chinese Opera Theatre Marionette, Green Silk Robe, Pink Pom Poms
Located in New York, NY
Chinese opera marionette male doll, circa 1920s. The head of this puppet is carved in a soft wood
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Silk
Chinese Opera Theatre Marionette, Red Silk Robe, Pink Pom Poms
Located in New York, NY
Chinese opera marionette male doll, circa 1920s. The head of this puppet is carved in a soft wood
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Silk
Chinese Peking Opera Theatre Puppet Marionette Doll with Dragon Robe Early 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face and original textile garment/ robe with a dragon symbol.
From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets, we acq...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
$495
H 18 in W 8 in D 4 in
Handmade Rajasthani Kathputli Dancing Puppet Couple Jaipur India 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
craft of village folk puppets in Asia. What sets marionettes apart from conventional puppets is their
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Textile, Silk, Wood
$750 / set
H 29 in W 8 in D 5 in
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Unusual 20th Century Burmese Buddhist Monk Marionette, Myanmar
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Unusual marionette in the form of a traditional Burmese monk with original details and carved and
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Sculptures and Carvings
Pair of Asian Marionettes from the 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Asian marionettes from the 19th century. Measures: 43cm x 16cm x 16cm.
Category
Antique 19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Tapestry, Wood
Ornate Asian Marionette Mobile Puppet Sculpture
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning authentic Burmese ornately hand crafted Diety marionette puppet on display stand. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinese Export Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Fabric, Silk, String, Wood
Paul Jacoulet Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Marionettes Chinoises Chinois 1935
By Paul Jacoulet
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic original woodblock print by famed French artist Paul Jacoulet titled "Marionettes
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Showa Prints
Materials
Paper
H 21 in W 17.5 in D 1.5 in
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Korean Embroidered Military Rank Badge Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean embroidered silk rank badge (Hyungbae in Korean) from late Joseon Dynasty circa the end of 19th century. The badge features a design of double leopards above the Li-sui wave...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Korean Other Textiles
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Wood
Antique Chinese Carved Canopy Bed with Alcove
Located in Buffalo, NY
Mid to late 19th century, elaborately carved, antique Chinese bed Chambers was used to greet visitors and usually was furnished with two chairs and a center table: from which tea, wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Gilded Peacock Sculpture in Porcelain and Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain
one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made
with shiny porcelain, hand-painted with 24-karat gold and preciou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Tiffany Studios Bronze Desk Lamp on Circular Fluted Base, New York. Circa 1920
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Charleston, SC
Tiffany Studios bronze desk lamp with original iridescent shade, scrolled bulbous harp, and resting on circular fluted base with the original five ball feet. Shade is etched LCT on r...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Wire
$12,000
H 13 in W 9.5 in D 5.75 in
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Category
Antique 1720s Spanish Baroque Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
$34,691
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Horse Skeleton (Equus Caballus)
Located in Diest, BE
Fully assembled horse skeleton. Circa 1950 from a training school for veterinarians.
Category
Vintage 1950s Belgian Taxidermy
Materials
Bone
Framed Korean Official Portrait Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A hyper realistic portrait of an official with watercolor on silk bordered panel, framed in dark wood, from Korean late Joseon dynasty, circa 19th century. The beard man sitting with...
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Other Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
Tiffany Studios Spider Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Tiffany Studios geometric leaded glass and bronze table lamp features the iconic Spider shade and its original complementary Mushroom bronze base. The unique form of the spider ...
Category
20th Century American Art Nouveau Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Amazing Tiffany Style Dragonfly Fish Table Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in Aachen, NW
Stunning and amazing table lamp in the manner of Tiffany Studios.
Very impressive handmade lamp with a wonderful blue libelle base.
Very fine handwork, colourful glass. In the man...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Table Lamps
Materials
Breccia Marble
Faux Bamboo Chinoiserie Decorated Bar Cabinet on Stand
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic contemporary faux-bamboo dry bar cabinet mounted to a gilt stand embellished with chinoiserie Asian motifs. The cylindrical top is crafted from wood veneers and features a ...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Dry Bars
Materials
Brass
Tiffany Studios “Curtain Border” Floor Lamp 1899-1920
By Tiffany Studios
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Tiffany Studios
“Curtain Border” Floor Lamp
1899-1920
"Scroll" Senior floor base and "Pig Tail" finial
leaded glass, patinated bronze
78 in. (198.1 cm) high
24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm) dia...
Category
20th Century Floor Lamps
Materials
Glass
Girl in beautiful Dress, Antique German Dollhouse Doll Toy 1900s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This rare and exquisite miniature antique German Bisque Head, Arms and Leg Doll is a must-have for Dollhouse and Doll collectors and enthusiasts alike. With its beautiful Outfit, it ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Porcelain, Fabric
18th Century Altar Modell, South Germany, with Original Painting, Wood
Located in Epfach, DE
18th century Altar Modell, South Germany, with original painting, wood
A rare altar model with original painting, in the middle Jesus Christus and on the top God the father
and two...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Models and Miniatures
Materials
Wood
$6,755
H 22.05 in W 18.12 in D 2.76 in
Old Metal Pharmacy Cabinet Medicine Cabinet Glass Industrial 1960s
Located in Poperinge, BE
Old pharmacy cabinet, medicine cabinet, made of a white painted metal frame and glass, has 3 new ground shelves made of 6mm tempered glass, marked Spoina Lublin, made in Poland in th...
Category
Vintage 1960s Polish Industrial Vitrines
Materials
Metal
$1,262 Sale Price
25% Off
H 70.08 in W 37.01 in D 18.12 in
Japanese Fortune Manekineko Lucky Cat Object 1980s Showa
Located in Paris, FR
This is a manekineko cat object. It is made with porcelain and it was made around 1980s in Showa era.
Dimensions.
8 x 8.5 x H13 cm
The maneki-neko is a common Japanese figurine ...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Hirate Clan Samurai Armor with Signed Kabuto Helmet
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This is a truly exceptional set of 18th century Samurai armor that is sure to impress any collector or enthusiast. The patinated iron used in its construction has aged beautifully, g...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Iron
$24,067
H 18 in W 21.66 in D 19.69 in
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Asian Marionette For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Asian marionette for your home. Each Asian marionette for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using fabric, wood and paint. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Asian marionette — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An Asian marionette, designed in the Folk Art style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.
How Much is an Asian Marionette?
The average selling price for an Asian marionette at 1stDibs is $495, while they’re typically $265 on the low end and $4,404 for the highest priced.
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