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Place of Origin: East Asian
1970s Gunnar Cyrén for Dansk Silver Plate Elephant Figurine Paperweight
1970s Gunnar Cyrén for Dansk Silver Plate Elephant Figurine Paperweight

1970s Gunnar Cyrén for Dansk Silver Plate Elephant Figurine Paperweight

By Gunnar Cyren

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Dansk Mid-Century Silver Plate Animal Elephant Figurine Paperweight. Vintage Dansk silver plate elephant figurine paper weight. Marked Dansk Designs Japan. Dimensions: 1.75ʺW × 2.25ʺ...

Category

Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Silver Plate

Art Deco Gray Stone Chinese Stamp with Hand Carved Guardian Lion Motif
Art Deco Gray Stone Chinese Stamp with Hand Carved Guardian Lion Motif

Art Deco Gray Stone Chinese Stamp with Hand Carved Guardian Lion Motif

Located in New York, NY

This beautiful Art Deco stamp was realized in China, circa 1925. It features a volumetric rectangular body crowned with a hand carved guardian lion (a Chinese leitmotif) and accompan...

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1920s Art Deco Vintage East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Jade

Circa 1970 Solid Brass Golf Ball Show Horn Desk Paperweight
Circa 1970 Solid Brass Golf Ball Show Horn Desk Paperweight

Circa 1970 Solid Brass Golf Ball Show Horn Desk Paperweight

Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA

Vintage 1970s Solid Brass Shoehorn Desk paperweight. Nice patina

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20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Carved Jade Grape Cluster
Mid-Century Carved Jade Grape Cluster

Mid-Century Carved Jade Grape Cluster

Located in Pasadena, CA

This is a charming mid-century Chinese Export carved cluster of jade grapes. The jade is of excellent quality and color and the cluster is in excellent overall condition. The cluster...

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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Jade

Oriental Cast Bronze Elephant Sculpture with Trunk Up
Oriental Cast Bronze Elephant Sculpture with Trunk Up

Oriental Cast Bronze Elephant Sculpture with Trunk Up

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Beautiful Oriental Japanese Meiji period style bronze sculpture of a walking elephant with his trunk up. Well casted metal art, heavy, bronze elephant in a dark brown copper finish. Elephant figurine statue in a triumphant pose, will make an excellent display ornament. Created with the traditional technique of the lost-wax that allows a great precision and finesse in the details, this bronze sculpture charms is with its exquisite depiction of a trumpeting elephant. Heavy bronze presents striking detail and cool copper tones with a hint of natural bronze. Raising its trunk skywards, the elephant will grace any desk as a paperweight or display case. This is a delightful vintage elephant statue...

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Mid-20th Century Meiji East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Tiffany "Box and Bow" Porcelain & Crystal Trinket Boxes by Tiffany & Co.
Pair of Tiffany "Box and Bow" Porcelain & Crystal Trinket Boxes by Tiffany & Co.

Pair of Tiffany "Box and Bow" Porcelain & Crystal Trinket Boxes by Tiffany & Co.

By Tiffany & Co.

Located in San Diego, CA

Gorgeous pair of iconic Tiffany "box with bow" crystal and porcelain trinket boxes by Tiffany & Co. circa 1990's. The pair are in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Crystal

Sculptural Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry
Sculptural Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry

Sculptural Jack / Jax Bookend / Paperweight in the Style of Bill Curry

By Design Line, Bill Curry

Located in San Diego, CA

A nice sculptural jack / jax bookend, door stop or paperweight the style of Bill Curry for Design Line, circa 1970s. The piece is in good vintage condition with a nice patina and mea...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Chrome

Monumental Metal Paper Clip
Monumental Metal Paper Clip

Monumental Metal Paper Clip

By Think Big

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Giant metal paperclip slightly under 1.5 ft tall. Quirky accent piece or wall art. Good weight to object. Slight wear to metal exterior. Good vintage condition. Two available. Priced...

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1980s Vintage East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Metal

Dansk Modernist Bear Animal Figure Paperweight Silver Plated by Gunnar Cyren
Dansk Modernist Bear Animal Figure Paperweight Silver Plated by Gunnar Cyren

Dansk Modernist Bear Animal Figure Paperweight Silver Plated by Gunnar Cyren

By Gunnar Cyren

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

DANSK Modernist Bear Animal Figure Paperweight Silver Plated by Gunnar Cyren. Vintage Dansk Modernist Bear Animal Figure Paperweight Silver Plated designed by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk designed in circa 1970s. Wonderful modernist silver plated bear...

Category

Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Silver Plate

Vintage Hand-Carved Jade Stone Statue
Vintage Hand-Carved Jade Stone Statue

Vintage Hand-Carved Jade Stone Statue

Located in Dallas, TX

Vintage hand-carved jade stone statue was cleverly sculpted to depict fully laden grapevines, combined with a naturally colored rouge segment below creating the illusion of a gnarly grapevine root...

Category

Early 20th Century Anglo-Japanese East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Stone

Glass Aquarium Paperweight with Fishes
Glass Aquarium Paperweight with Fishes

Glass Aquarium Paperweight with Fishes

Located in Oirlo, LI

Glass Aquarium Paperweight with Fishes Additional information: Dimensions: 7 W x 7 D x 7 H cm Period of Time: 1960 Condition: Good

Category

20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Wall Street Dollar Sign and Bull Brass Desk Paperweights
Wall Street Dollar Sign and Bull Brass Desk Paperweights

Wall Street Dollar Sign and Bull Brass Desk Paperweights

Located in New York, NY

A set of Wall Street brass paperweights or decorative objects; a brass dollar sign and bull, circa mid to late-20th century. Great desk accessories. Dimensions: Dollar sign: 2....

Category

Late 20th Century Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Blue & White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600
Blue & White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600

Blue & White Ming Scale Weight Drum, c. 1600

Located in Chicago, IL

This small porcelain object is a scale weight from the late Ming-dynasty (1368-1644), a dense counterweight for a tabletop balances used by merchants to ...

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Early 17th Century Ming Antique East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Speckled Green Brush Rest, c. 1800
Chinese Speckled Green Brush Rest, c. 1800

Chinese Speckled Green Brush Rest, c. 1800

Located in Chicago, IL

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This early 19th...

Category

Early 19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Articulated Copper Lobster
Japanese Articulated Copper Lobster

Japanese Articulated Copper Lobster

By Myochin Hiroyoshi

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Japanese articulated copper spiny lobster sculpture on a solid rock Lapis Lazuli. Every single body parts are in working condition and no missing ...

Category

1890s Meiji Antique East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Copper

Contemporary Large  Aquarium Murano Cenedese Style Egg-Shaped Glass Paperweight
Contemporary Large  Aquarium Murano Cenedese Style Egg-Shaped Glass Paperweight

Contemporary Large Aquarium Murano Cenedese Style Egg-Shaped Glass Paperweight

By Barbini, Cenedese

Located in London, England

An impressive large egg-shaped aquarium Chinese paperweight made in the Murano style. This beautiful and unique paperweight made in the "sommerso" technique style depicts an aquarium...

Category

2010s Mid-Century Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Glass

Louis Vuitton Mini Trunk Sculpture – Louis Vuitton Decorative Box VIP Gift
Louis Vuitton Mini Trunk Sculpture – Louis Vuitton Decorative Box VIP Gift

Louis Vuitton Mini Trunk Sculpture – Louis Vuitton Decorative Box VIP Gift

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

This very exclusive Louis Vuitton item was designed in winter 2025 for the campaign called " Le Voyage des Lumières". It is an ultra limited edition and was never sold in store as it...

Category

2010s East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Steel

Brass Starfish Paperweight, Vintage Decor, Wall-Mountable, 1970s
Brass Starfish Paperweight, Vintage Decor, Wall-Mountable, 1970s

Brass Starfish Paperweight, Vintage Decor, Wall-Mountable, 1970s

Located in North Hollywood, CA

Brass starfish paperweight. It has a hook on the back so it can also be hang on the wall.

Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Amber 3.5" Buddha Figurine
Amber 3.5" Buddha Figurine

Amber 3.5" Buddha Figurine

Located in Pasadena, TX

This Buddha is made of Amber resin. Amber resin possibly from Baltic area.

Category

20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Resin

Chinese Robin's Egg Peach Water Dropper, c. 1900
Chinese Robin's Egg Peach Water Dropper, c. 1900

Chinese Robin's Egg Peach Water Dropper, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

This porcelain peach is a traditional Chinese water dropper, a calligraphy accessory that would have been found upon a scholar's painting table a...

Category

Early 20th Century Qing East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Zinc Plated Elephant Paperweight in Box by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk
Zinc Plated Elephant Paperweight in Box by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk

Zinc Plated Elephant Paperweight in Box by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk

By Gunnar Cyren, Dansk

Located in San Diego, CA

A nice zinc plated elephant paperweight by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk, circa 1970s. . The piece is in very good condition and signed on the underside. #4989

Category

Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Zinc

Antique Serpentine Paperweight, Chinese, Soapstone, Marble, Desktop, Victorian
Antique Serpentine Paperweight, Chinese, Soapstone, Marble, Desktop, Victorian

Antique Serpentine Paperweight, Chinese, Soapstone, Marble, Desktop, Victorian

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique serpentine paperweight. A Chinese, stone and marble dragon fish figure, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Distinctive...

Category

Late 19th Century Early Victorian Antique East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Stone, Marble

Cut Crystal "Playboy Bunny" Commemorative Paper Weight, Original Box
Cut Crystal "Playboy Bunny" Commemorative Paper Weight, Original Box

Cut Crystal "Playboy Bunny" Commemorative Paper Weight, Original Box

Located in Miami, FL

Cut Crystal "Playboy Bunny" Commemorative Paper Weight, Original Box Offered for sale is a 1960s commemorative cut faceted crystal paperweight with a Playboy Bunny etched on it. The...

Category

1960s Vintage East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Crystal

Pair of Plated Animal Paperweights by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk
Pair of Plated Animal Paperweights by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk

Pair of Plated Animal Paperweights by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk

By Gunnar Cyren, Dansk

Located in San Diego, CA

Pair of plated animal paperweights by Gunnar Cyren for Dansk, circa 1970s. The cat and pig are made of plated zinc and are signed on the underside. Please see my other Gunnar Cyren ...

Category

Late 20th Century Scandinavian Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Zinc

Chinese Green Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850
Chinese Green Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850

Chinese Green Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This 19th-centu...

Category

Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Yellow Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850
Chinese Yellow Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850

Chinese Yellow Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This 19th-centu...

Category

Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Porcelain

Shell Sculpture Paperweight by Mikasa
Shell Sculpture Paperweight by Mikasa

Shell Sculpture Paperweight by Mikasa

By Mikasa

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Intricate hand blown glass shell sculpture with silver specks / Made in Japan by Kurata for retailer Mikasa, circa 1980s Original sticker on the base ...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Blown Glass

Set of 3 Trays. From The Tempera series
Set of 3 Trays. From The Tempera series

Set of 3 Trays. From The Tempera series

By WKND Lab

Located in Miami Beach, FL

The Tempera series is made with upcycled duck egg yolk discarded by the pharmaceutical industry which is bio-degradable. Every piece is hand-made, color and measurement may slightly ...

Category

2010s Modern East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Shell

Decorative Paperweights '8' in Black / White / Red Terrazzo
Decorative Paperweights '8' in Black / White / Red Terrazzo

Decorative Paperweights '8' in Black / White / Red Terrazzo

By Bentu Design

Located in Paris, IDF

'8' paperweights in terrazzo (Black / white / red). Brass detail. Set of three pieces. Measures: 8.3 x 6 x 6 cm Bentu design furniture and lightings derive its uniqueness fro...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Industrial East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Brass

Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850
Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850

Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850

Located in Chicago, IL

This 19th century weight originally used its heft domestically to protect a child. A simple yet ingenious concept, the stone anchored the baby’s swaddling cloth to the bed so the chi...

Category

Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Bone Stamp, 18th-19th Century
Chinese Bone Stamp, 18th-19th Century

Chinese Bone Stamp, 18th-19th Century

Located in Aalsgaarde, DK

Chinese bone stamp, 18th-19th century Measures: H. 7 W. 10 cm H. 2.7 W. 3.9 in.

Category

18th Century Antique East Asian Paperweights

Materials

Bone