Asian Folk Art
Color: Blue
Place of Origin: Asian
Long Blue Silk Vintage Ikat Scarf Custom Lumbar Pillow with Down Fill
By Jim Thompson
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Purchased on a trip to Thailand in the 1980s, this beautiful blue vintage scarf is created from silk and showcases an ikat pattern with white detail. Paired with a silk backing, this scarf has been transformed into a (very) large lumbar pillow...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Down
Vintage Toy, Small Motorcyclist, Made in Japan, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
This Wind up Boy on Tricycle is an original vintage toy.
Vintage friction toy representing a motorcyclist on his bike.
Small toy made in tin in Japa...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Child's Tricycle From Burma
Located in New York, NY
An adorable antique Burmese child's tricycle with parcel carrier and original blue paint. The embossed Burmese characters on the back and side of the carrier add authenticity and int...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Handmade Turkish Folk Rug With A Distressed Appeal In Turquoise
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Turkish Sparta rug that has been overdyed teal with hand-knotted raised piles to form the 'pseudo' medallion, spandrels, and border of this modern folk piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Chinese Robed Puppet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand puppets, like this one from China’s Zhejiang region, have been a popular form of entertainment for centuries. In the late 19th early-20th century this tiny robed gentleman proba...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Asian Folk Art
Materials
Silk, Wood
Tibetan Turquoise Beaded Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful contemporary Tibetan round beaded box incorporating thousands of turquoise glass beads and a circle of shells on the lid handstitched onto a black...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
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Early 20th Century Mechanical Toy from Kobe, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Early 20th century mechanical toy from Kobe, Japan.
This small mechanical toy was made in Kobe, Japan. This is the classic doll of a man chopping an...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Charming French Papier Mache and Wood Large Antique Horse, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
With original leather bridle, saddle, head-dress and accompanying booklet.
A wonderful thing, beautiful patina.
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood, Paper
Antique Oushak Carpet, Turkish Handmade Oriental Rugs, Coral, Orange, Light Blue
Located in Port Washington, NY
West Anatolia is one of the largest weaving regions in Turkey. Since the 15th century, Turkish rugs have always been on top of the list for having fine Oriental rugs. size 17x23.
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19th Century Oushak Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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Sumatran Beaded Boxes, Group of 9
Located in New York, NY
Sumatran beaded boxes, a group of nine (9) rectnagular and square boxes from the villages of Benkulu and Lampung in South Sumatra, Indonesia, each with geomet...
Category
20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Beads, Shell
Swedish Folk Wooden Dala Pig Toy, circa 1960
By Nils Olsson
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Handpainted Swedish wooden traditional Dala pig toy.
Designed by Nils Olsson in Sweden, circa 1960.
Materials:
Wood
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age...
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1960s Folk Art Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Putaway, Vintage Toy Chest in Lacquered Metal, circa 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Putaway, vintage toy chest in lacquered metal, circa 1960.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Original New Old Stock Circa 1900 Liberty's London Marionette String Puppet
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare, new old stock Liberty's London Marionette string puppet
A lovely example and a great size, it is ...
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Early 1900s Mid-Century Modern Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Pine, Oak
H 14.57 in W 12.41 in D 3.94 in
Memento Mori, Wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Unique sculptured wooden Skull from Innsbruck, Austria,
from around the 1920 ties,
extremely fine sculptured piece of Artisanal work,
looks like a real skull...
Category
1920s Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Fruitwood
Art Deco Traditional Wooden Hand Large Artist Mannequin Scale Model
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A handmade wooden Artist mannequin hand model - all joints move as they should. Found on an Estate sale in Vienna, Austria.
Shows some minor wear - but looks beautiful on display! So...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
San Francisco Trolley Toy Friction Car. Japan, circa 1950s
Located in Incline Village, NV
San Francisco trolley toy Friction cable car; made of all tin; important to note because this was the first of it's kind having been made in the 1950s. They were all tin (no plastic); 7 1/4" long (not shorter); green (not red or multi-clored); "Bay and Taylor St" placard; #504" and most importantly the figures are actual FIGURES made of formed pressed steel and then hand painted and lithographed. Cheaper later models were simply lithographed into the flat sheet steel. Also, my example works (see video). It is a friction toy...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Six Kobe Toys, Japanese, Meiji Period, circa 1900
By Kobe Toys
Located in Incline Village, NV
Kobe Toys are very mysterious and not much is known about them. They were created and hand made during the Meiji period in Japan, which covered the years 1868...
Category
Early 1900s Folk Art Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Ebony
Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Folk Art
Materials
Silver
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Tibetan Turquoise Beaded Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful contemporary Tibetan round beaded box incorporating thousands of turquoise glass beads and a circle of shells on the lid handstitched onto a black...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Shell, Beads
Tin Litho "Bump N Go Car" Windup Japan C1960
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous windup tin Litho car in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. Very colorful with the driver steering the car, when it hits something it...
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1960s Folk Art Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Burmese Oil Painting of Boats Sailing in the Sea
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Burmese oil painting of boats sailing in the sea (Artist: Lu Yaung Saung).
Age: Burma, contemporary, early 21th century
Size: Height 91.6 C.M. /...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Chinese Oil Painting of American Navy Ship, USS Lancaster, 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A turn of the century 18/1900 oil painting of the American vessel USS Lancaster. Painted in China where the captains of these merchant and navy sailing ships ordered paintings from l...
Category
1890s Romantic Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
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1950's Coin Vending Toy Mechanical Bank
Located in Incline Village, NV
Named "Savings Bank" "Coin Vending Machine" this toy would be in the category of a toy mechanical bank. Push down with a penny and deposit the coin into the depressed gray coin slot ...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Persian Blue Green Glazed Pottery Stoneware Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous piece wonderfully designed, glazed and colored.
A fantastic addition to any collection or setting.
We are listing as 20th century but could be older.
Dimensions:...
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20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
"Bear and Dog On A Swing" Japanese Wind-Up Toy, circa 1960
Located in Incline Village, NV
Classical Japanese wind-up toy indicative of those made and imported from Japan in the late 1950s-early 1960s. Manufactured by Yone "S.Y." (see logo mark...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Tin
1960s Japanese Friction Bat Mobile by Asc Aoshin
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and collectable toy tin friction car by Asc Aoshin of japan, circa 1966.
Presented in original unboxed condition. Some very minor bumps and sc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial Asian Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Minimalist Blue Kilim Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This minimal Kilim rug has a dark navy field with a wide, lighter blue border. Small human and animal figures are spaced widely over the surface.
Con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Wool
Japanese Shibori Textile
Located in Milan, IT
A visually stunning cotton textile with the pattern obtained by means of the 'tie and dye' technique, where the tied fabric is immersed in a bath of natural indigo dye.
The 'Shibori...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Asian Folk Art
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A Giant Wedding Cake Has Us Looking at Portuguese Tiles in a New Light
At Waddesdon Manor, artist Joana Vasconcelos has installed a three-tiered patisserie inspired by the narrative tile work of her homeland. We take a look at the cake sculpture and how Portuguese tiles have been used in architecture from the 17th century to today.
Why Jules Chéret Was the King of the Modern Poster
The streets of fin-de-siècle Paris were set aglow with colorful poster ads, thanks to the printing techniques invented by Jules Chéret. Now, the Milwaukee Art Museum is celebrating this undersung talent in America's first solo show dedicated his exuberant works.
Why the American Flag Has Had So Many Different Star Patterns
Expert Jeff Bridgman explains the history and meaning behind the twinkling constellations that have graced Old Glory.
Peggy Guggenheim Loved Modernism, but She Also Collected Tribal Art
The iconoclastic style setter displayed African and Oceanic art, as well as works by indigenous peoples of the Americas, alongside pieces by such major modernists as Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.
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