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Japanese old wood stand / Exhibition stand wabi-sabi / primitive wood stand /
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This display stand is made by combining old wooden sleepers with a newly made tabletop.
The top of the display stand is finished with cashew paint, like lacquer, and has a jet blac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Primitive Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Wood
1960s Chinese Cloisonné Egg Black Enamel Inlay Chrysanthemum & Butterflies
Located in Andernach, DE
Intricately detailed Cloisonné egg of ''regular'' size in black, pink, golden yellow & greens.
The metal filigree in brass: beautifully detailed with a b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$177 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Koto Wakizashi Sword
Located in Dallas, TX
Japanese Koto Wakizashi Sword
Japan
Ca. 1400-1600s
Length: 24.25” Blade
Total Length: 27.25
Nagasa: 18.5”
Koto wakizashi, with wild midare (Soshu?) hamon, including wild boshi. Hada indeterminate, with Shakudo & gold dragon menuki, beehive design fuchi kashira...
Category
16th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Steel
1920s Chinese Export Silver Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver box; an addition to our collection of boxes and cases.
This exceptional an...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Jin Dynasty Cizhou Ware Crouching Tiger Pottery Pillow, 12th-century, China
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chinese Jin Dynasty 12th Century Cizhou Ware Crouching Tiger Pottery Pillow .Tiger pillow, Jin dynasty, 12th century (circa 1150)
The pillow is assembled ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
$14,720 Sale Price
62% Off
Porcelain Japanese Circular Blue and White Box with Cover
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful round porcelain dish or circular box with a cover in blue and white. This circular chinoiserie box with a cover is finely decorated with a crisp blue and white hue. This di...
Category
20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Traditional Japanese Inro box with five compartments
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Traditional Japanese Inro Box with Five Compartments
Traditional Japanese inro box with five compartments. Classic design with dark lacquer and gold ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Black Wooden Box 1860s-1900s/Sofa Table Tansu Mingei Storage
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old Japanese black wooden box. It is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). The material is cedar. This is black and beautiful. Afte...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan: a Rare, Old ‘Bridal Crown’ 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan: a rare, old ‘bridal crown’ made of silver, gilded in parts, with turquoise coloured ornamental stones, glass, coral, and many pend...
Category
20th Century Uzbek Modern Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Rectangle giltwood carved wood pagoda Wall Mirror Chinoiserie French circa 1900
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Gilt hand-carved gilt gold wood Italian chinoiserie pagoda shape mirror depicting etched figural scenes of monks, archers, temples and Chine...
Category
Early 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Metallic Thread
$2,120 Sale Price
78% Off
Antique Tibetan Wooden Tea Table or Chest or Storage Box
Located in New York, NY
Completely handmade Tibetan chest made from beautiful hardwood with lots of patina, surface markings, and cool vibe from over a century's use in Tibet. This was used as a tea table o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Chinese Carved Pale Caledon Vase and Cover
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese carved pale caledon vase and cover
Carved in the form of a "mythical chicken" standing erect with long plumage, front neck has a very unusual...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Celadon
Chinese Spinach Green Jade Figure of a Beauty
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Spinach Green Jade Figure of a Beauty
The lady in elegant attire with a flowing robe, her left-hand holds a floral blossom, in her right a fan, on a wood stand.
. Height 11 ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Jade
Chinese Jade Group of a Female Deity Ascending the Heavens
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
CHINESE JADE GROUP OF A FEMALE DEITY ASCENDING THE HEAVENS
The white jade deity with two young attendants amidst the clouds, before a spinach jade forested mountain with a leaping d...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Jade
Chinese Celadon Glass Snuff Bottle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Celadon Glass Snuff Bottle
Oval with flattened mask and ring handles at the sides, on a raised foot, agate cap with scoop.
Height 3 in.
Condition Report
Good condition.
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Japanese Edo-Meiji Period Satsuma Incense Burner (Koro) and Wooden Support Table
Located in North Miami, FL
Japanese 19th century Edo-Meiji Period Satsuma stoneware incense burner (Koro) with small wooden support table
By: unknown
Material: ceramic, stoneware, wood, enamel, paint
Techniqu...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Enamel
Bronze Model of a Heron Maiden Holding a Fish Basket Japanese, Meiji Period
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A bronze Model of a Heron Maiden holding a fish basket
Japanese, Meiji Period
late 19th century
realistically rendered, all finely patinated, Signed
Height 18.87 in. (46 cm.)
Category
19th Century Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Celadon Glass Snuff Bottle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Celadon Glass Snuff Bottle
The spherical body with out-turned neck and raised foot, textured brass cap with mineral cabochons, (two cabochons lacking) and metal scoop.
Heigh...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Fine Chinese Jade Snuff Bottle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Fine Chinese Jade Snuff bottle
Qing Dynasty
finely carved in low relief with a Buddhist lion frolicking, the stone of even greyish color,...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Jade
1900s Russian Silver Basket
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique Russian silver basket; an addition to our diverse ornamental silverware collection.
This fine antique Russian silver basket has a circular rounded form onto a circula...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Other Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Small Chinese Cloisonne Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A small Chinese cloisonne vase
Qing Dynasty, 19th century
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enamelled to the body with flowers interspersed with smaller flowe...
Category
19th Century Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Extraordinary Antique Japanese Embroidered Tapestry
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An extraordinary antique Japanese embroidered tapestry depicting an autumn forest scene with thatched cottage along a riverbank and Mt. Fuji in th...
Category
1890s Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Chinese Carved Jadeite Figure of a Phoenix
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese carved Jadeite figure of a Phoenix
Perched on rockwork, the pale mottled lavender stone with splashes of bright apple-green and russet, wood ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Jade
Rare Fine Hand-Carved Wooden Buddha Head Sculpture – Serene Expression – India
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and one of a kind Buddha sculpture.
An exquisitely hand-carved wooden sculpture of the Buddha's head, this piece exudes serenity and craftsmanship. Originating from India, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Tang Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Italian/French Enamel and Silver Snuff Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian/French Enamel and Silver Snuff Box.
Late 19th Century, the interior lid impressed 22, no other visible marks. The rectangular hinged box with an interior gilt wash, the lid ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Painting of Guanyin Qing Dynasty 19/20th Century Color on Silk
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A painting of Guanyin
Qing Dynasty 19/20th century
color on silk;
The deity depicted floating, attired in long robes, adorned with jewels and wearing...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silk
Sino-Mongolian Jade and Hardstone-Inlaid Silvered Copper Presentation Censor
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Sino-Mongolian jade and hardstone-inlaid silvered copper presentation censor
Early 20th century
The sides inlaid with jade plaques, all beneath a wide lip and supported on elepha...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Jade
Japan 1890 Meiji Shibayama Round Urn in Gilded Wood and Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Shibayama urm from the Japan meiji (1858-1912) period.
Gorgeous piece of art, created in the imperial Japan during the Meiji period, circa 1890. This is a little urn with a lid crafted in gilded wood, shibayama panels and sterling silver. Composed by a four footed round vase with two sterling silver handles in the shape of trees and the lid on top accented with the figure of a crab in sterling silver. The gilded wood is decorated with flowers, sea patterns and the imperial flower...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold Leaf
$5,588 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Carved Jade Box and Cover
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese Carved Jade Box and Cover, carved in the form of a horned mythical tortoise standing on four balls, the cover with a small tortoise and o...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Early Joseon Period White Ceramic Lotus Blossom Bowl, Late 14th Century
Located in London, GB
A finely thin potted white glazed bowl, with incised lotus blossom pattern decoration from the Joseon period, Korea, circa 1400.
It has an old colle...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Korean Other Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
$5,484 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Chinese Carved Carnelian Mini Vase
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Mini Antique Chinese Carved Carnelian Vase
Mini antique Chinese carved carnelian vase. This delicate piece features an intricate design, with floral motifs carved into the surface of...
Category
20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Stone
Good Chinese Agate Snuff Bottle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Good Chinese Agate Snuff Bottle
The shaped rectangular body with russet to gray and clear mottling, the sides with flattened mask and ring ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Glass
15th Century Majaphit Holy Water Vessel, Shipwreck Salvage
Located in Richmond, VA
Earthenware holy water recipient from Java, Indonesia. The vessel is also known as “kendi”, and go back as far as the 13th-15th century, when some indigenous groups were still Christ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indonesian Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
1870s Antique Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver card case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection
The anterior surface of this rare Chinese silver card case is ornamented with chased oriental figures amidst bamboo and foliate designs, accented with a fenced area and simplified structures, all on a matte background.
The ornamentation incorporates a vacant shield shaped cartouche.
The posterior surface of this silver card case is embellished with an exceptional chased decorated segmented iconic Chinese dragon design amidst clouds, also all on a matte background.
The rounded sides of this antique silver cigarette case...
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Agate Snuff Bottle Chinese, Qing Dynasty
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An Agate snuff bottle
Chinese, Qing Dynasty 19th century, of ovoid shape with rounded shoulders carved with lion-mask ring handles on the shoulders...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Agate
Chinese Rock Crystal "Ladies" Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese rock crystal "Ladies" Snuff Bottle
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
of rounded rectangular form, carved in relief with calligraphy to one side, the other delicately carved, sto...
Category
19th Century Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Japanese Porcelain Gilt and Enamel Pitcher
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Japanese Porcelain gilt and enamel pitcher
Signed
Measures: 8 by 8 in. (20.32 x 20.32 cm.).
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Baramon, Bugaku Mask
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Baramon - Bugaku mask
This mask for the Bugaku dance depicts a long eared (wisdom) Baramon, the Japanese way of saying Brahmin, the highest or priestly ca...
Category
1840s Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Antique 18th Century Chinese Fencai porcelain plate, Kangxi
Located in Delft, NL
Antique 18th century Chinese Fencai porcelain plate, Kangxi
With decoration in the middle of a vase with flowers surrounded in octangle line with flo...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved Lapis-Lazuli Vase and Cover, 19th / 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese carved Lapis-Lazuli vase and cover, 19th / 20th century,
flanked with elephant head handles supporting loose rings, side carved with a low relief carved dragon the other u...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
1910s Turkish Silver Coffee Jug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Turkish silver coffee jug; an addition to our Asian silver teaware collection.
This exceptional a...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Carved Agate Snuff Bottle Chinese, Qing Dynasty
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A carved agate snuff bottle
Chinese, Qing dynasty
of spherical form well-hollowed, carved in low relief to one side with a boy throwing a fishing ...
Category
19th Century Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Chinese Polychrome-Decorated Carved Wood Figure of a Bodhisattva
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese polychrome-decorated carved wood figure of a Bodhisattva
Standing regally with her hands in vitarka mudra, a five-pointed diadem set on her head, the angular face with bro...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Blue and White Decorated Porcelain Plate, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE DECORATED PORCELAIN PLATE, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
the underside with impressed signature, with a tightly scalloped edge, border of stylized motifs, the cen...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese blue and white porcelain vase
Of baluster form, decorated with floral patterns, flanked by leaf formed handles.
Measure: Height...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Koro and Cover
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Japanese Satsuma earthenware Koro and Cover , the seal by Matsumoto, Meiji period (1868-1912), painted with a bird and flowers, all reserved on a blue ground decorated with a gilt ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
A Chinese Mataban Stoneware Storage Jar
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese Mataban Stoneware Storage Jar
18th century
The baluster body set at the shoulder with lug handles
brown glaze
Height 12.87 in
Catalogue note
The glaze is influenced by the...
Category
18th Century Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Stoneware
A handsome antique Japanese bronze centerpiece
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A handsome antique Japanese bronze centerpiece for an altar table in the form of a spherical covered urn with a dragon head handles, raised pedestals base, and expressive Shishi tem...
Category
19th Century Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
A Japanese Bronze Ceremonial Samovar with Cover Meiji period, late 19th century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Japanese Bronze Ceremonial Samovar with Cover
Meiji period, late 19th century
of round section with wide shoulders tapering towards the tall, splayed foot, the neck with foo-dog h...
Category
19th Century Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Framed Nepalese Textile Wall Hanging in Acrylic with Gold Standoffs
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Pink, black, green and orange Nepali Dhaka Topi hat. Sandwiched between two custom cut acrylic or Lucite pieces. Lucite has bored holes at each corner for...
Category
1950s Nepalese Tribal Vintage Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Metal
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Chinese Carved Lavender Jadeite Figure of a "Phoenix"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large Chinese carved lavender Jadeite figure of a "Phoenix"
(damages)
The body carved with a high relief bird perched on rockwork with an elongated ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Jade
Chinese "Sang De Boeuf" Glazed Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese "Sang De Boeuf" glazed vase
Late 19th/early 20th Century
Measures: Height 18 in. (45.72 cm.)
Width 9.5 in. (24.13 cm.).
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Lapis Lazuli Snuff Bottle
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese Lapis Lazuli Snuff bottle
20th century
Carved in the form of a leaping carp, has stopper
Measures: 6.3 cm, 2 1/2 in.
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Chinese Export Blue and White "Cranes" Charger Qing Dynasty
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese export blue and white "cranes" charger.
Qing dynasty, with a tightly scalloped edge, border of stylized motifs, the center recess representing two cranes in a stylized mar...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Grey Jade Imperial Style Bowl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese grey jade imperial style bowl.
The mottled grey stone with white and dark speckles and cloudy inclusions, worked with deep rounded sides rising fr...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Jade
Antique Chinese Export Silver Christening Mug
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver christening mug; an addition to our silver christening gifts collection.
This exceptional antique Chinese export silver mug has a tapering cylindrical form.
The surface of this impressive christening mug is embellished with embossed and chased decoration depicting Asian figures in a grass terrain village setting performing chores and meditating in prayer.
The scene incorporates a multitude of indigenous plants in addition to a stylized peony tree encasing a shield shaped vacant cartouche.
The upper rim and base of the mug are encompassed with applied moulded borders.
This Chinese export mug...
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Antique Turkish Silver Goblets
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive pair of antique Turkish silver goblets; an addition to our range of wine and drink related silverware
The...
Category
1880s Turkish Antique Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
1920s Indian Silver Sugar Bowl
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian silver sugar bowl; an addition to our silver teaware collection.
This exceptional antique Indian silver sugar bowl has a circular rounded, compressed form.
The body of this silver bowl is embellished with a chased scene depicting a rural setting with iconic wild, indigenous animals.
The decoration to the body is flanked with simplified leaf decorated borders to the upper and lower portions.
The raised flared shoulders of the sugar bowl are encompassed with an applied moulded border accented with leaf designs.
This antique sugar bowl...
Category
1920s Indian Vintage Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Large Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Platter by Shunzan
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Large Japanese Satsuma earthenware platter by Shunzan, meiji period (1868-1912)
of shallow oval form, painted in enamels with calligraphy on ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Carved Jade Figure of a Phoenix
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese carved jade figure of a phoenix
Third quarter 20th century
Perching atop rockwork with the finely incised wings
Measures: height 5 in. ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Antiquities
Materials
Jade
Unknown antiquities for sale on 1stDibs.
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