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Place of Origin: Asian
Antique Persian Baluch Bagface, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Baluch Bagface Rug, Late 19th Century
Additional information:
Dimension: 2'9" W x 3'0" L
Origin: Persia
Period: Late 19th Century
Condition: Good condition with a s...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Afshar Bagface, c. 1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Persian Afshar Bagface Bag, c. 1900
This highly graphic Afshar bag face draws a large central indigo-blue hexagon against a complimentary contrasting terra cotta field. Both...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
The Virgin Mary Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Virgin Mary House' No2
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
In Christian mythology, she is the mother of Jesus, also known as the Virgin Mary.
Weight: 1,5 kg
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of the wo...
Category
2010s Classical Greek Asian Folk Art
Materials
Statuary Marble
Red Afshar Sumak Salt Bag, Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Red Afshar Sumak Salt Bag, Late 19th Century
A central white diamond is highlighted in white cotton on this Afshar salt bag. Throughout the field, geometric scarab-like elements ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Elegant Terracotta Standing Court Dignitary, Tang Dynasty, EU Passport
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Elegant Standing Court Dignitary with joined hands in blue robes and a bird headdress. Polychrome Traces.
When China was unified again, first briefly ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tang Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Caucasian Antique, 1880s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The antique Caucasian rug in reds and greens is a captivating masterpiece that reflects the rich cultural heritage and artistic traditions of the Caucasus region. This rug is a testa...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
"Untitled" by Moshe Katz Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in San Diego, CA
Highly textured portrait of a jewish man. This piece is fascinating, original and signed.
Moshe Katz was born March 2, 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. With his parents, he fled the Nazis...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Superb Large Antique South Indian dowry box Interior Design Décor
Located in London, GB
A Superb Large Antique South Indian Kerala dowry box
This Fine example shows a vast amount of patinated brass ornamentation decoration . internally there is one sub division. The m...
Category
1880s Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Japan Fine Pair “Moon Gazing" Rabbits, Blue Gilt Patina
Located in South Burlington, VT
For your special garden spot - rare pair blue gilt Moon Gazing Rabbits from Japan!
This is a harder to find matching pair (2) of solid and finely cast ef...
Category
1920s Taisho Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage Turkish Tulu Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Tulu Turkish rug from the mid-20th century. A wide plain saturated marsala colored border with a beige open field. No ditzy ornamentation. Totally graphic with a very long ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Azerbaijan Blown Art Glass Vase
Located in Pasadena, TX
Azerbaijan Russian art glass fluted vase. Measures: 12.75".
Hand crafted art work features multiple layers of hand blown glass in shades of red and amber, rimmed in blue.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Asian Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass
Zabihi Collection Persian Malayer Pictorial Square Size Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
One-of-a-kind early-20th century decorative Northwest Persian pictorial rug.
3'7'' x 3'11''
Category
Early 20th Century Revival Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Azeri Arts & Crafts Turkey Hand Knotted Large Rug, 1980
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rug made in Turkey, circa 1980.
Hand knotted Azeri 218 x 280.
Category
1980s Heriz Serapi Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Blue Chinese Pictorial Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century Chinese pictorial throw-size rug
Measures: 2'8' x 5'.
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mercurius Hermes Bust Statue Made with Compressed Marble Powder, Istanbul Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Hermes is the messenger god in Greek mythology. He is the quickest and most clever of the gods. The original is displayed in the Istanbul Archeological Museum.
Hermes, a descendant ...
Category
2010s Classical Greek Asian Folk Art
Materials
Statuary Marble
Gianni Versace Collection Rug Wild Barocco, Gold Leopard Animal Print, 1980
By Gianni Versace
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rug designed and manufactured by Atelier Versace
Wild Barocco
Measures: 220 x 220
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use
A vintage Gianni Versace home...
Category
1980s Baroque Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Japanese Old Vintage Pair Mahogany Rabbits
Located in South Burlington, VT
Good mahogany patinated garden candidates with old Japan labels
This Japanese pair (2) of larger scale solid hand cast rabbits usagi with a mahogany pat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Asian Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Persian Sultanabad Carpet Green, Coral-Red, Light Blue, Gold and Ivory
Located in Port Washington, NY
In 1883, Ziegler and Co., of Manchester, England, established a Persian carpet manufacture in Sultanabad, Iran, employing designers from major Western department stores, like B. Altm...
Category
19th Century Sultanabad Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Rare 32 Carat Carved Lapidary Opal Native American Indian Chief
Located in New York, NY
A vintage opal Indian head carving, weighing 32.10 carats, featuring an intricate piece of lapidary artistry. Crafted from opal, a gemstone known for its iridescent play of colors, t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Opal
Vintage Persian Oriental Handmade Wool Carpet Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition
Dimensions: 1”H x 74”W x 60”D
Style: Persian Style
Category
1950s Other Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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
Nepalese Sandalwood Buddha Tree, 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
The sculpture, expertly carved from fragrant Nepalese sandalwood, stands as a testament to the rich tradition of wood carving in Nepal. The medium itself adds a sensory dimension to ...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Sandalwood
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
Rattan Basket Dayak Tribe Hand-Woven from Kalimantan, Borneo, Mid 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This mid-20th century hand-woven basket originates from the Dayak tribe of Borneo crafted with rattan fibres. These baskets were used to carry leaves, fruit, grain and wood and featu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Asian Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Vintage Hand Made Tribal Turkish Kilim Rug
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original Vintage Condition
Style: Persian
Category
1960s Other Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’
Located in London, GB
A Finely Carved Gandhara Head of ‘Atlas’
Grey schist
India
3rd - 4th Centuries AD
SIZE: 19cm high, 11cm wide, 12.5cm deep - 7½ ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 5 ins deep
References
Pratap...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Schist
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Located in London, GB
An Openwork Copper Alloy Garment Pin
Superb colour and patina
Bronze
Eastern Iran or Central Asia
2000 BC
SIZE: 35cm wide - 13¾ ins wide
A similar pin in the Louvre-France, was exh...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Black David Bust Made with Compressed Marble Powder 'Florence Accademia G.'
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
Height: 11.8'' (30 cm) / Weight: 4 kg
-Produced from pressed marble powder.
-Produced from the original molds of the works from the museum.
-Can be used indoors and outdoors.
Category
2010s Classical Greek Asian Folk Art
Materials
Statuary Marble
Bearded Hermes, Made with Compressed Marble Powder, İzmir Museum
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
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Lagu's special selection brings the most important sculptures in world history to your living spaces with the best materials. Hermes, a descendant of the Titans,...
Category
2010s Classical Greek Asian Folk Art
Materials
Statuary Marble
Zabihi Collection Vintage Persian Tabriz Pictorial Scene Carpet
Located in New York, NY
1930s Persian Tabriz rug with a pictorial scenery design
rug no. j3838
size 10' x 12' 10" (305 x 391 cm)
Pictorial rugs are some of the most over-the-top examples of the artistry, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tabriz Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Large vintage Shiva lingam stone Indian Asian Art Sculpture Interior Décor
Located in London, GB
A multi-coloured stone Shiva Lingam, a elongated egg shaped stone used for Shaivite worship in Hindu rituals These heavy stones are sacred and come from the Narmada River in In...
Category
1880s Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Japanese Lacquered Wood Bowls 19th Century Asian Antiques 中国古董
Located in London, GB
Fine Pair Japanese Lacquered Wood Bowls 19th Century Meiji
Beautiful and elegant example of Japanese lacquer ware with and gold gilt, Rice bowls with leaf motives in gold
Circa / 19t...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Mid Century Japanese Tin Litho Toy Car Ford Falcon Friction C1960
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Ford Falcon Japanese Tin Litho Friction Toy Car C1960. In excellent vintage condition with minimal, if any wear. Came from a large lot of toys that were properly wrapped up...
Category
1960s Industrial Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century figurine is hand-carved of bone to depict an Indian soldier holding a musket rifle. Modeled after Sowar cavalrymen who served under the British East India Com...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Paint
Mid Century Japanese Tin Litho Friction Toy Car Chevrolet Station Wagon C1956
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic Japanese tin litho toy car from the mid to late fifties. A Chevrolet Station Wagon in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, practically unplayed with. Friction mot...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Gianni Versace Collection Rug Wild Ivy, Gold Zebra Animal Print, 1980
By Gianni Versace
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gianni Versace collection rug wild ivy, gold zebra animal print, 1980
Rug designed and manufactured by Atelier Versace
Wild Ivy rug
Measures: 200 x 300
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use
A vintage Gianni Versace home...
Category
1980s Baroque Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Petite Bone Carving of an Indian Soldier
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century figurine is hand-carved of bone to depict an Indian soldier holding a musket rifle. Modeled after Sowar cavalrymen who served under the British East India Com...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Bone, Paint
Mid Century Japanese Tin Litho Friction Toy Car Chevrolet El Camino C1956
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic friction motor and tin liho body in excellent vintage condition. C 1956 Chevrolet El Camino in red & black with a drop down tailgate. Japanese from the mid fifties. Believe...
Category
1950s Industrial Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Mask, West Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century Tribal mask, West Nepal
A mask from West Nepal with slanted almond shaped eyes, very small ears and an oval mouth showing carved upper and lower teeth o...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
The Virgin Mary Bust Made with Marble Powder No1 Statue Small
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
This sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary, who is known as the mother of Jesus in Christian mythology. Weighing 1.5 kg, this sculpture is produced from pressed marble powder and made us...
Category
2010s Classical Greek Asian Folk Art
Materials
Statuary Marble
Vintage Ethnic Himalayan Tibetan Turquoise Coral Necklace
Located in London, GB
Vintage Ethnic Himalayan Turquoise Coral Necklace
A beautiful necklace of large Tibetan Turquoise beads
interspersed with natural red coral beads with silver clasp
Period 2nd half ...
Category
20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Coral, Silver
Mid Century C1960 Japanese Tin Litho Friction Toy Car Chevrolet Corvair
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fantastic tin litho friction Chevy Corvair c1960 in very good condition, near mint. Ralph Nadar of course made the Corvair infamous in his book, "Unsafe At Any Speed" which led to th...
Category
1960s Industrial Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Ancient Indus Valley cup bearer Fertility figurine C (2800-2600 BC).
Located in London, GB
Ancient Indus Valley cup bearer Fertility figurine Circa (2800-2600 BC).
A rare female pottery cup bearer figurine in terracotta with pointed facial features and applied diamond sha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Terracotta
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Tribal Mask, West Nepal
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th-early 20th century Tribal mask, West Nepal
A mask from West Nepal with a sharp straight nose, squinting eyes and a square mouth showing upper and lower teeth. There are re...
Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Old Toraja Group of three Basketry Wrapped Coconut Containers, Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Group of three pieces. Two old used finely wrapped basketry enclosed coconut containers and one cup from the island of Toraja, Indonesia. The tall one has a flat wood stopper with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Vintage Andean Peruvian Fine Large Manta Cloth South American Textiles Decor
Located in London, GB
Vintage Andean Peruvian Manta Cloth South American Vintage Textiles.
A very fine Vintage Manta cloth from the High Andes region of Peru Woven in came-lid fibre (Llama wool )beautiful...
Category
1960s Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dog Roof Tiles, Bizen Kiln, 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Large Japanese Ceramic Shi-Shi Dogs roof tiles, Bizen kiln, 20th c.
Bizen kiln is one of the oldest and well known kilns in Japan. This is a very unusual pose of Shi-Shi Do...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Fine Antique Japanese woven copper box basket Asian Antiques Ikebana 中国古董
Located in London, GB
A fine a rare Japanese box masterly woven in copper, the box with lid and handles
dates to 19th century Meiji Period, and it imitates the Ikebana bamboo basketry style
Height 17...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Old Toraja Tall Bamboo Rice Container with Wood Top, Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Old well used tall rice container carved from bamboo, with wood top from the island of Toraja, Indonesia. Early to mid 20th century or earlier, with deep dark patina from traditiona...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material
Zabihi Collection Reindeer Vintage Turkish Rug
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th Century Turkish Pictorial Rug depicting 4 deers predominantly in brown
5' x 7'9''
Category
Mid-20th Century Agra Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
A Fine Mesopotamian ‘Eye Idol’
Located in London, GB
A Fine Mesopotamian ‘Eye Idol’
Red Quartzite
Northern Mesopotamia
Circa 3200 BC
Size: 3.5cm high, 3cm wide, 2cm deep - 1½ ins high, 1¼ ins wide, ¾ ins deep
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Quartz
Large South Indian India Asian Original Pichwai Painting of Elephant Procession
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous, quite large and decorative, engaging South Indian Asian (India) Pichwai and/or gouache painting in a heavy two-sided acrylic frame featuring an evening Maharaja roy...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Textile, Silk, Paint
Antique Indian Hand Painted Brass Figural Gauri Head Sculpture Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of antique Indian hand-painted figural brass head religious sculptures.
Hand-crafted in the Maharashtra or Karnataka region of India in the late 19th / early 20th century, d...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo Raj Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Ararat Rugs The Simonetti Mamluk Carpet 16th C. Revival Rug, Square Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book How to Read - Islamic Carpets, Walter B. Denny, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014 fig.61,62. The five-star-medallion carpet was d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
1927 Cat Japanese folk Ema Shrine votive wooden tablet
Located in Chiba, JP
EMA OF CAT – Anonymous Japanese Shinto folk art piece of votive wooden tablet offered for the shrine so-called ‘Ema’ (lit. ‘Horse picture’) with such a lovely cat drawn by its worshi...
Category
1920s Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ararat Rugs Mina Khani Rug, 19th Century Persian Revival Carpet Natural Dye
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.2. This was an exclusive example of a Mina Khani lattice...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Ararat Rugs Dragon Rug, Antique Caucasus Museum Revival Carpet, Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Caucasian Carpets, E. Gans-Reudin, Thames and Hudson, Switzerland 1986, pg.37. This luxurious and varied work is known as the Cassirer drago...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
19th Century Brass Pendant on Yellow Multi-Strand Beaded Necklace, Naga, India
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th century brass pendant on yellow multi-strand beaded necklace, Naga, India
A graceful necklace of small yellow glass trade beads bead...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Brass
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