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Period: Early 20th Century
Rare Antique Indian Hindu Silver Pendant Ritual wearable collectible Asian
Located in London, GB
Large rare Antique Indian Hindu Silver Amulet Pendant
Period 19th century
Heavy High grade silver
Pendant Length 11 x 7.5 cm weight 65 grams
Condition: Fine.
Category
Indian Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Japanese Antique Kanzashi chrysantheme 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Japanese Kanzashi.
Kanzashi is a hair ornament used in traditional Japanese hairstyles.
These hair ornaments are made in about 1920s in Taisho era.
Two-piece stick-shaped...
Category
Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Plastic
Jumu Wood Low Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Simple Jumu wood low table with framed cane top, beautiful wood grain and texture.
Category
Chinese Ming Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Art Deco Moon Gazing Chairs
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of Chinese Art Deco deck chairs/ moon gazing chair made of Hongmu wood (blackwood).
Paneled seat with slightly curved armrests.
Great craftsmanship. O...
Category
Chinese Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
20C Chinese Soapstone Foo Dog Carving
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely 20C Chinese soapstone foo dog carving.
Made in China in the early 20th century circa 1930.
This is a small green and brown ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Soapstone
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, Circa 1930, Amaranth and Rooster
Located in Kyoto, JP
Amaranth and Rooster
Artist unknown
Hanging scroll, ink, mineral pigment and gofun on silk.
Painting inscription: Tojo ??
Painting seal: Tojo ??
circa 1930
Dimensions:
Scroll:...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century, Showa, A Pair of Japanese Bronze Vases with Artist Sign
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A pair of Japanese bronze vases with artist sign, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.
Artist signature is on the last photo.
Age: Japa...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Early 20th Century Red Lacquered Leather Trunk with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese antique lacquered leather trunk from the early 20th century, with brass hardware and fabric lining. Created in China during the early...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Wood
Small Betel Nut Box, Maranao, Southern Philippines (Mindanao)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Small Betel Nut Box, Maranao, Southern Philippines (Mindanao).
Bronze with bordered silver inlay design overall of a symmetrical floral tendril vine pattern referred to as “the okir ...
Category
Philippine Tribal Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Two Antique Japanese Hand Painted Double-Sided Triptych Table Screens
Located in Big Flats, NY
Two Antique Japanese Hand Painted Double-Sided Triptych Table Screens.
9 1/2" x 12 5/8" x 3/8".
A beautiful set of two antique Japanese hand-painted table screens, each featuring a t...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
China Set of Three Silk Hand Painted Rigid Fans 'Pay-Pay', circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Set of 3 delicate silk hand painted rigid fans (Pay-Pay) from China with floral and birds decoration.
China
End of 19th beginning of the 20th century.
Some tiny holes in the silk...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
"Usu", Hande-carved, Wabi-sabi, Early 20th Century, Japan
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
"Usu" is a traditional Japanese tool with a deep cultural significance, particularly in the culinary arts. This unique item typically features a large wooden or stone bowl with a fla...
Category
Japanese Folk Art Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Wooden Bowl 1910s-1940s Primitive Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba, Chiba
This is a Japanese wooden bowl.
It is a folk craft that was used in daily life.
I don't know what kind of wood it's made of, but it's sturdy.
Since it is made by hand, it has a dist...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
A Japanese Bronze Buddha
Located in Savannah, GA
A large Japanese bronze sculpture of seated Buddha, circa 1920s.
16 inches wide by 13 inches deep by 18 inches tall
Category
Japanese Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Miniature Antique Japanese Satsuma Pottery Censer or Koro
By Kinkozan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Satsuma pottery incense burner.
With a cream ground and an extensively gilt exterior.
There are numerous cartouches around the censer with each having a un...
Category
Meiji Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Gilt Carved Wood Gilt Seated Temple Shrine Thai Siam Asian Serene Buddha
Located in Studio City, CA
A finely carved and detailed seated wood temple shrine Buddha. Likely Northern Thai or lower Burmese.
This particular Buddha has a wonder...
Category
Thai Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer, Wood, Giltwood
Antique Japanese Satsuma Pottery Bud Vase
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Japanese Satsuma pottery vase.
In the form of a bud vase with a round base and narrow, tapered neck.
Decorated throug...
Category
Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Antique Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style Reticulated Fruit Bowl
By Samson & Cie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique reticulated porcelain fruit bowl.
By Edmé Samson et Cie.
With a reticulated rim and decorated throughout with painted flowers i...
Category
French Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Jade Nephrite Bi
Located in Pomona, CA
This Nephrite Bi has hand carved pearls on both sides. Very detailed carving works and beautiful hand crafting tectonics. Overall it is in very good antique conditions with some norm...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Jade
Japanese Small Wooden Box with Beautiful Wood Grain Made of Mulberry
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a small storage box for storing old Japanese tea utensils.
It is called [kikyoku] in Japanese.
This wooden box comes in a variety of mate...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Other
Chinese Lanzhou Gourd Carving with Macrame Cord on Root Stand Sculpture
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese Lanzhou Gourd carving with macrame cord on root stand sculpture.
Early 20th century large engraved and carved Chinese Lanzhou gourd. Dramatic des...
Category
Chinese Folk Art Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Lacquered Harvest Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
It is easy to imagine someone, long ago, gathering a harvest from their garden or strolling to the market with this beautiful basket tucked under their arm. The round basket has been...
Category
Chinese Rustic Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Willow
Fine Chinese Enamel Famille Rose Plaque Early 20th Century, Signed
Located in Norton, MA
A Chinese Famille rose
Porcelain plaque
Early 20th century
Signed Chinese Famille rose porcelain plaque of two men watching a crane in flight. Two seals at lower right. Nicely...
Category
Asian Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Burmese Silver Offering Bowl
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A SILVER OFFERING BOWL WITH SCENES FROM THE VIDHURA-PANDITA JATAKA, LOWER BURMA (MYANMAR), DATED 1901.
A hammered repoussé Buddhist beggar’s bowl form with high relief design depicting scenes from the Vidhura-Pandita Jataka on the upper row of cartouches and beneath neat rows of semicircular lappets each depicting various auspicious human and animal forms with scrolling acanthus leaf backgrounds. The overall concept is similar to the layered effect of a Burmese court costume. The circular etched design on the base is of Punnaka astride his magical horse mid-stride holding the white umbrella and Vidhura pleading behind. All surrounded by an inscription, translated as, "Mr Saw Marn's silver bowl. Year 1263 [1901 CE]".
Excellent condition.
11 3/4 in. (30 cm) diameter x 5 7/8 in. (15 cm) high.
38 troy oz., 2lbs. 10 oz. (1175 grams).
Provenance:
The Noble Silver Collection.
Bonhams New York, 24 March 2022, The Noble Silver Collection Treasures from the Burmese Silver Age, lot 942.
Published:
David Owens, Burmese Silver Art: Masterpieces Illuminating Buddhist, Hindu and Mythological Stories of Purpose and Wisdom, 2020, p. 76, no. S81, fig. 3.57.
Bonham’s Footnotes:
In the Vidhura-Pandita Jataka, the bodhisattva that will later become Gautama Buddha perfects the virtue of truthfulness (sacca), at once a keen perception of the true reality of things and an unwavering commitment to imparting this truth. Reborn as a renowned advisor to a virtuous king, the bodhisattva uses undivided speech throughout the story—even when it puts him in harm's way—thereby preventing disputes among rulers, offering amnesty, and ultimately saving the antagonists who initially conspired to kill him.
Burmese Silver Ceremonial Offering Bowls were produced in great numbers, the finely decorated ceremonial offering bowl is the quintessential Burmese silver artwork...
Category
Burmese Other Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Medallions Design Vase
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese footed enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with polychrome medallions representing floral, foliage, foliate scroll, butterfly and Phoenix bird ornamen...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Large Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Green Floral Cherry Blossom Vases
Located in New York, NY
A pair of identical Japanese enamel over copper vases. Each vase has a globular shaped body and a wide neck with a fluted mouth. Each vase is enameled with a polychrome design repres...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Highly decorative Chinese Coromandel Screen
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
Late Meiji period Chinese Brown and Polychrome Coromandel Lacquer Eight Panel Screen.
Charming continuous village screen with gorgeous brown lacquer and polycrhomed village scene ...
Category
Chinese Meiji Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Japanese Bamboo and Paper ''Uchiwa'' Fan, 20th Century
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
A rare example of a traditional Japanese uchiwa fan, featuring a bold green and cream graphic composition. The rigid flat surface, crafted from bamboo spokes and paper overlay, retai...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Paper
Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Vases with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille verte.” Named for a palette of o...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Fencai Porcelain Figure Playful Sitting Child/Boy c.1926 ROC
Located in Richmond, CA
Near antique Chinese famille rose porcelain figurine of a playful, smiling child in a sitting pose, hands holding a golden object likely a instrument, bottom with impressed markings:...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Wooden Low Table, Japanese Antique, Wabi-Sabi, Mingei
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an antique wooden low table from the Meiji period.
It was used as a workbench by craftsmen at the time.
It is made of high-quality Japanese zelkova wood and finished with l...
Category
Meiji Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Coffee Table, Primitive, Wabi-Sabi, Early 20th Century
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
A Japanese antique furniture coffee table produced in the Taisho period.
It was made by applying traditional techniques used in Japanese shrin...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Oak
Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Chrysanthemums & Morning Glory Flowers, Ca. 1900
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Two-Panel Screen with Chrysanthemums & Morning Glory Flowers, Ca. 1900
PERIOD
Meiji/Taisho Period – ca. 1900/1920
DIMENSIONS
Width: 54 inches
Height: 53.5 inches
Category
Japanese Japonisme Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Qing Porcelain Famille Rose Covered Ginger Jar Vase
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This antique Chinese ginger jar, from the Qing Dynasty, is beautifully decorated in the Famille Rose palette, known for its delicate pinks, greens, and intricate detailing. The jar d...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Enameled Porcelain Teapot C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
79124Antique Chinese Enameled Porcelain Teapot with Rams Horns, Foliate Elements and Characters C1920
Measures - 9 1/4"h x 7 1/4"w x 5"d
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Embroidered Textile Custom Pillow
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Chinese embroidered textile made into a custom lumbar pillow. Antique blue woven silk textile featuring center dragon motif.
Pillow is made of Scalamandre iridescent celadon green silk with brushed fringe and gimp trim...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Vintage Chinese Poster
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This vintage poster from the 1930s melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the Craft of color lithography. These advertisement posters, depicting fashionab...
Category
Chinese Art Deco Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Japanese leather chair, Primitive Chair, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an antique chair from the Showa era.
The deep-colored genuine leather has a unique texture and soft feel that comes from years of use. You can enjoy the changes in the leath...
Category
Japanese Showa Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Leather
Chinese Unusual Porcelain Pedestal Lotus Flower Bowl
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual antique Chinese porcelain pedestal lotus flower shaped bowl hand painted in bold solid colors believed to date from the early 20th century or possibly earlier. The lot...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Low Kang Opium Bed Coffee Table with Chow Legs and Hand Carved Frieze
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large antique Ming Dynasty style kang opium bed from the early 20th century, with bulging chow legs and hand-carved frieze in scroll pattern. Created in northern China during the e...
Category
Chinese Ming Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paint
Japanese Antique Storage shelves Black Shelf Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba, Chiba
This is an old Japanese storage shelf.
The ink-like black color gives it a very nice atmosphere.
I also think the combination of the double doors and sliding doors is nice.
It is di...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of 20th Century Temple Jars with Dragons, Marked
Located in Lomita, CA
This distinctive pair of dragon temple jars is worth collecting. The blue pattern and design on black ground of dragons are characteristic of the jar...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Tansu Taisho Two Tone Lacquered 47"
Located in Somis, CA
This beautiful Japanese Tansu from Taisho era is lacquered in striking two-tone black and reddish burnt orange, embodying the elegance of traditional craftsmanship. A pair of sliding...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Small storage shelf Display shelf Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba, Chiba
This is an old Japanese small storage shelf.
The shelves are made of cedar wood.
Over the years it has taken on a very tasteful appearance.
It can be used either on the floor or on a...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Rugs Azerbaijan 'Jajim' Red Striped Handmade Flat-Woven Textile
Located in Wembley, GB
Rust-orange, brown, red and ivory make up the main colors in this elegant wool Jajim. Wove by hand with a stripe geometric design. Both the color and pattern make this piece easy to ...
Category
Azerbaijani Country Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
Antique Chinese Carved Rosewood Side Table or Plant Stand
Located in New York, NY
Finely carved antique side table or plant stand depicting monkeys climbing among vines of fruit.
Category
Chinese Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Chinese Silver Coin Opium Tool Set
Located in Chicago, IL
A small Chinese chatelaine tool set strung with a petite white brass tools, including a spoon, a scraper and a pair of tweezers. The small tools hang from short chains linked to a si...
Category
Chinese Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver, Brass
Antique Store Counter with Marble Top
Located in San Francisco, CA
The Antique Store Counter, featuring a Marble Top, offers ample storage space with spacious shelves. It comes with a vintage Coca-Cola bottle ope...
Category
American Classical Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Marble
Pair of Collectable Antique Persian Hand Painted Oriental Scenes on Silk Framed
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of circa 1880-1900 Persian hand painted silk wall hangings depicting oriental scenes.
A very...
Category
French French Provincial Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Paint
Japanese Painting, Hanging Scroll, 'Playful Cat' by Hirose Toho, 1920s Taisho
By Hirose Toho
Located in Kyoto, JP
Playful Cat
Hirose Toho (1875-1930)
Hanging scroll, ink, mineral pigments and gofun on silk.
Painting inscription: Toho Sha
Painting seals:
Upper - Hirose Hitoshi
Lo...
Category
Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Chinese Antique 8 ft Altar Table with Carved Dragons
Located in Somis, CA
A fantastic Chinese altar with fine, detailed carvings depicting dragons flying in the clouds. The table has a beautiful, reddish top that is made of a single solid board. Its raised...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
20th Century Antique Tibetan Bronze Bodhisattva Tara Statuary
Located in Pomona, CA
In Buddhism, Tara is a savior deity (savioress) who liberates souls from suffering. She is recognized as a Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism and as a Buddha and the mother of Buddhas in Esoteric...
Category
Tibetan Tibetan Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Foo Dog Hardwood Hand Carved and Signed, Qing circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese hardwood foo dog, sometimes called a temple lion that we date to the late Qing period, circa 1900.
The piece is hand carved as a fierce dog or lion sat on a...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Floral Cloisonné Enamel and Ormolu Vase for Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Chinese Floral Cloisonné enamel and ormolu vase for Islamic Market
Chinese, early 20th century
Dimensions: Height 21cm, diameter 24cm
This beautifu...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Antique Japanese Meiji Enameled Garden Scene Cloisonne Charger with Heron C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Japanese Meiji Enameled Garden Scene Cloisonne Charger with Heron C1920
Measures - 9 3/4" x 9 3/4" x 1"
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Decoys with old Japanese paper attached/Bird ornaments/20th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I would like to introduce an old Japanese figurine covered with paper.
This is probably a duck figurine that was originally made as a decoy.
Decoys are not only found in Northern Eur...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Japanese Antique Low Table, Wabi Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This antique low table was made in the Taisho era.
The tabletop is made of a single piece of high-quality zelkova wood. The legs are lathe-turned.
It is unified with a ginkgo surfa...
Category
Taisho Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
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