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Red Lacquer Wedding Container
Located in Greenwich, CT
Red lacquer wedding container with painted garden motif top and metal bracket
Category
Chinese Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Archaistic Copper Repousse Bird Form Rirualistic Vessel
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese archaistic copper repousse ritualistic vessel with a ram's head spout and phoenix bird handle and body. A beautifully crafted piece in the ancient style with intricate detail...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Important Enameled Stoneware Baluster Vase, Bien Hoa, Indochina / Vietnam
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Enameled Stoneware Baluster Vase, Bien Hoa, Indochina / Vietnam, Early 20th Century
Features:
Origin: Bien Hoa, Indochina (Vietnam), early 20th cen...
Category
Vietnamese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Asian Archaistic Copper Vessel With Boar's Head and Elephant's Head
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese archaistic copper repousse ritualistic vessel with a boar head spout and elephant head handle. A beautifully crafted piece in the ancient style with intricate detail througho...
Category
Chinese Archaistic Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Pair of Satsuma Vases Porcelain with Lid
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
Pair of Satsuma vases porcelain with lid.
Category
Japanese Other Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Plate
Rare Heliograph of the Government House in Colonial Singapore, 1907
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Image of the Government House, Singapore, of over 100 years old. Very rare.
The Istana (English: The Palace) is nowadays the official resi...
Category
Dutch Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Scholar Rock Black Taihu Stone on Display Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
The slender Taihu scholar rock of an upright form is displayed on a custom carved wood stand. Wonderful and well-balanced form, the rock has a near mirage image between the front and...
Category
Chinese Other Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Heliograph of Tin Mining in Tronoh, Perak and Tambun in Sabah, Malaysia, 1907
Located in Langweer, NL
Three views of the Mining Industry in Malaysia around 1907.
1. Lankshuts at Tronoh, Perak
2. Puddling Machinery, Tambun in Sabah
3. Shaking Machinery at Red Hill
This helio...
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Large Oriental 19th Century Decorated Brass Vase
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Large Oriental 19th century decorated brass vase
This is a large piece decorated in 3D with fierce Dragons and it has a very clear seal on the...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chinese Famille Noire Porcelain Ovoid Ginger Jar with Lid
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage Chinese Famille Noire porcelain ginger jar with lid, c. 1920-30s.
Impressive ovoid shape jar hand painted with vibrant colors on matte black glaze. Each side features a pict...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Snuff Bottle in Overlay Cameo Glass Finely Carved, circa 1920s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle, which we date to circa 1920s.
These overlay glass cameo snuff bottles are very decora...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass
Early 20th century Antique bronze Nepali Aparmita Buddha statue
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Antique bronze Nepali Aparmita Buddha statue
Material : bronze
37,4 cm high
24,4 cm wide and 19 cm deep
Fire gilded with 24 krt. gold
Dhyana mudra
Late 19th / early 20th century
Inl...
Category
Burmese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Speckle Glazed Onion Shape Bottle Shaped Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality Chinese onion shape bottle vase decorated in mottled glazes dating from the latter 19th or 20th century. The stoneware vase stands raised on a narrow round foot and ha...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Carved Lapis Lazuli Duck and Lotus Flower Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A well carved Chinese Lapis Lazuli figure of a duck with a Lotus flower probably dating from the latter 19th or early 20th century. The figure is h...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Antique flower stand, Wabi-Sabi, Japandi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This antique stand made of ash wood has a modest yet beautiful presence.
The combination of the rustic tabletop and the delicately turned lathe legs is impressive.
Although it is no...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese polychrome enameled ceramic roof ornament, early 20th century
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese polychrome enameled ceramic roof ornament, early 20th century, These figurines were designed to ward off evil spirits and protect the owners. It ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Early 20th Century, Burmese Vintage Bronze Figure of Athlete
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Burmese vintage bronze figure of athlete.
Age: Burma, Colonial, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 25.8 C.M. / Width 13.8 C.M. / Length 20.5 C.M.
S...
Category
Burmese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Bobyrug’s Wonderful Square Silk Manila piano Shawl Embroidered
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and decorative early 20th century silk embroidery from Manila, with a Chinese style and beautiful floral design and nice colors, entirely hand embroidered with silk on...
Category
Philippine Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Vintage Hu Boxiang Cigarette Calendar Poster, c. 1931
Located in Chicago, IL
The famous commercial advertising artist Hu Boxiang created this advertisement calendar poster for the British American Tobacco Company in 1931. Unlike other poster artists, Hu was k...
Category
Chinese Art Deco Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Rose Quartz Dragon Dogs Vase, China
Located in New York, NY
A substantial pink rose quartz vase or vessel, circa early-20th century, China. Piece has hand-carved dragon dogs chasing a snail around exterior, polished smooth. A beautiful standa...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Quartz
Small Bell in Agate, Sculpture, Made in China Early 20th Century, Gray Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Small bell in Agathe. This object was made in China at the beginning of the 20th century. It is a small sculpture, which also serves as a bell with a ball e...
Category
Chinese Chinese Chippendale Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Agate
Lacquer Craftsman's Work Drawer / Antique Work Table / Wabi-Sabi Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have a unique Japanese aesthetic sense.
And only we can introduce unique items through our purchasing channels in Japan and the experience we have gained so far, in such a way tha...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Antique Chinese Rose Medallion Porcelain Charger, circa 1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Chinese Rose Medallion charger offers porcelain construction with garden scenes having butterflies and flowers, en verso signed as ph...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Taishō Early 20th Century Red Lacquer Coffee Table with Carved Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Taisho period coffee table from the early 20th century, with red lacquer, textured effects, splaying legs and carved apron. Created in Japan during the Taisho period which...
Category
Japanese Taisho Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Hand-Carved Backstrap Loom with Tribal Engravings from Timor Island, Indonesia
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Hand-carved from Iron Wood this is a wonderful example of a Backstrap Loom, an essential component of Ikat textile weaving. The Curved section would fit around the weavers back not o...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Indian Low Wooden Prayer Table Stand with Carved Angular Legs
Located in Yonkers, NY
An Indian antique low wooden prayer table from the early 20th century, with carved legs. Created in India during the early years of the 20th century, thi...
Category
Indian Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Early 20th Century Lacquered Armoire with Gilt Carved Warrior Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
Early 20th century Chinese lacquered wood armoire with hand-carved gilt panels, doors and drawers. Created in the early years of the 20th century, this Chinese armoire features a linear silhouette accented by a natural wood patina. Two small doors in the upper section are adorned with four exquisite gilded scholar scenes panels protected behind glass. Two larger doors below are decorated with gilded warrior fight scenes, standing out beautifully on the black background. These doors open to reveal two inner shelves with hidden drawers. The lower section of the piece showcases two drawers with simply raised panels. The armoire is resting on four straight legs. With the grand purity of its lines, exquisite gilt décor and contrasting colors, this early 20th century Chinese armoire...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Kinrande Imari Octagonal Zodiac Bowl, Taisho Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A striking Japanese kinrande type Imari porcelain octagonal "fukuju" bowl with zodiac images, Taisho period, early 20th century, circa 1915, Japan.
The octagonal bowl features a sho...
Category
Japanese Taisho Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Famille Rose / Jaune Porcelain Figure - Marked
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Chinese porcelain scholar figure decorated in rich yellow, red, blue and green enamels across its surface. Fruit across the upper ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Priests of Pallas Festival Kansas City Chinese Cloisonné Card Tray, 1906
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and scarce Chinese attributed Art Nouveau cloisonné card tray made for the Priests of Pallas Festival in Kansas City in 1906. The Festival wa...
Category
Chinese Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Ito Tozan I "Basket and Frog" Ceramic Vessel, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
By Ito Tozan I
Located in Austin, TX
A large and whimsical glazed stoneware "Basket and Frog" vessel or basin by Ito Tozan I (1846 - 1920), Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. Impressed maker's mark to the underside readin...
Category
Japanese Taisho Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique Chinese Lapis Lazuli Relief Carved Snuff Bottle on Stand c.1920
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese hand carved lapis lazuli snuff bottle, relief carved with a boy figure to one side, and a flying bat to the other side, havin...
Category
Chinese Qing Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Large One of a Kind Oceanic Art Antique Hand Wood Carving
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional museum quality antique solid wood hand carving, of a beautiful female standing, looking forward, softness and gentleness
Facial expression. This wood sculpture is antiqu...
Category
Oceanic Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Asian Grain / Rice Measurement Container
Located in Greenwich, CT
Asian grain / rice measurement container for merchant used for the weighted the grain or rice.
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Medicine "Kanban" 'Shop Sign', Late Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Medicine "Kanban" (Shop Sign) with mirror, Meiji Period.
The Medicine being advertised is a soothing cream used to relieve itchin...
Category
Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century, Showa, Antique Japanese Wooden Hand Painted Pot 'Hibachi'
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Antique Japanese wooden hand painted Hibachi.
Hibachi is a traditional Japanese heating device.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 18.7 C.M. / Width 27.5 C.M...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Bamboo table Folk art Wabi-Sabi
Located in Chiba, Chiba
This table is made entirely from bamboo, combining various types of bamboo.
It is a folk craft item made by hand by people in the past.
There are two shelves underneath the tabletop ...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Indian Phulkari Wedding Textile, Silk & Cotton Embroidery, Punjab, 1900s
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This strikingly coloured Phulkari is from Punjab, India. It was hand-crafted from silk and cotton, with silk being used for the embroidery. Phulkari’s are a form of wedding shawl and...
Category
Indian Other Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Pair of Petite Chinese Famille Rose Longevity Vases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual for the petite size, this pair of vases is a beautiful example of famille rose enamelware, also known as fencai ware, meaning "powdery color." Manufactured in the Qing court’s imperial workshops, this technique of overglazing porcelain with enamel gets its name from the white, opaque enamels used to create color gradients and a soft, pastel effect.
Each vase depicts a meeting of Shoulao, the God of Longevity...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Persian Hand Painted Earthenware Vase with a Hen and Cockerel
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a small collection of five Persian hand painted pottery vases is this stylish earthenware bottle shaped vase hand painted with a hen and cockerel amidst flowering stems and dati...
Category
Qatari Islamic Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Chinese New Year Painting, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In celebration of the lunar New Year festival, it was traditional all over China to hang special decorations. In a city called Wuqiang, local artists made lacquer scroll paintings laden with symbolism. This framed and finely rendered early 20th century folk painting from Wuqiang features an imperial court official and his family dressed in their best silks. The young boy is dressed in a wonderfully patterned yellow robe to offer Shou Xing...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
QING DYNASTY 20th Century Carved Tiger's Eye Foo-Dog Censer With Cover Lid
Located in Miami, FL
An early 20th century censer from the Qing Dynasty.
This is a beautiful highly detailed small censer, created in the early 20th century during the Qing Dynasty, circa 1910. The cens...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Antique Chinese Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle, 20th Century
Located in Norton, MA
A fine and beautiful carved peking glass snuff bottle, a deep carving interior with block glass inlay objects.
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Agate, Rock Crystal
Chinese Carved Cinnabar and Brass Hand Mirror
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese cinnabar lacquer hand mirror, with floral and rustic garden fences as decoration, all carved in deep relief. Topped by a round knob also with f...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Foo Lion Dog Sculpture Decorative Object, circa 1930s
Located in New York, NY
A single ceramic Lion Foo dog decorative object, circa early-20th century, 1930s, China. This Lion Foo Dog is green and yellow with dark brown accents and base. Piece and makes a great decorative object for a desk, shelf, library, cocktail table, etc. Dimensions: 5.75" Height.
Agate dish...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of cloisonné vases attributed to Hayashi Kodenji
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of vases decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamels on a midnight blue ground, worked in silver and gold thread attributed to Hayashi Kodenji. The hexagonal body depicts sparro...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Early 20th Century, Showa, Japanese Bronze Vase
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese bronze vase.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th century
Size: Height 40.2 C.M. / Width 27.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall.
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Rare Heliogravures of Singapore and Johore, Published in 1907
Located in Langweer, NL
Rare views of early Singapore and Johore in 1907.
1) Swiss Rifling Club
2) Woodlands Station
3) Johore
These heliogravures are on one leaf from the extremely rare boxed Ma...
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Zabihi Collection Chinese Blue Scatter Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
Scatter-size Chinese Peking rug in blue from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century.
Measures: 2'6" x 4'2''
Category
Mongolian Folk Art Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wool
Rare Ikat Textile from Timor Stunning Tribal Motifs & Colors, Indonesia c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
An exceptionally old and fine example of a west timor ikat textile. This particular textile is incredibly old, easily over a century old with a wonderful fading of color and aging th...
Category
Indonesian Other Antique Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Yarn
Thai Bronze Buddha, Phra Phuttha Chinnarat, Early 20th century, Thailand
Located in Austin, TX
A well cast smaller scale bronze reproduction of the famous golden Buddha known as Para Puttha Chinnarat, housed at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, mid 20th century, Thailand.
A faith...
Category
Thai Vintage Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Path Marker, c. 1908
Located in Chicago, IL
Happening upon an intersection, a traveler in Qing-dynasty China would have been grateful for the guidance of this limestone path marker. Still bearing traces of its original pigmentation, each side of this marker is inscribed with directions. One side directs towards the Zhen De Teng household, another towards the Liang family, and a third towards the North East Road. The fourth inscription announces the year of its construction, the 33rd year of Emperor Guangxu (1908). This second-to-the-last emperor...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Zabihi Collection Chinese Peking Scatter Size Early 20th Century Rug
Located in New York, NY
Scatter-size Chinese Peking rug in blue from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century.
Measures: 2'2" x 4'4''
Category
Mongolian Folk Art Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Silk Chinese Motifs Textile, ca. 1900
Located in Ferrara, IT
This is a small antique silk Chinese textile woven during the beginning of the 20th century circa 1900 and measures 50 x 47CM in size. Its design is centered around a man that is hol...
Category
Chinese Other Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese antique child's tricycle by Nichibei Fuji bicycle, early 20th Century
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Antique Child's tricycle by Nichibei Fuji bicycle company, a predecessor company of Fuji bikes.
The wheels still works - but please consider this as a decor object.
the handle grips & saddle material (probably made of lubber) got harder by age, not being crumbly.
Actual item weight : 9.26 lb (4.2 kg)
Shipping from Japan...
Category
Japanese Showa Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Steel
Chinese Dou Rice Measure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, a traditional Chinese unit of volume. The rice measure has a square form with tapered sides...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Indonesian 'Wayang Kulit" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It features movable arms, controlled by outer bamboo rods. It was used in Wayang...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Japanese Brush Pen Holder, Black Color, Engraved in Wood, 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Brush holders, or pen holders, from Japan made of wood at the beginning of the 20th century. Characters and landscapes are engraved in the wood, the color of which is black and the d...
Category
Japanese Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
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