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Item Ships From: Europe
Place of Origin: Asian
Vintage Indian Bidriware Ewer, 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Indian Bidriware Ewer is an original decorative object realized at the end of 20th century by Indian manufacture.
This artwork is decorated with a silvered inlay.
This beautif...
Category
20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Art Deco Samarkand Prestige Rug with Flowering Antique Chinese Vases
Located in Milan, IT
Woven during the Art Deco period, rugs of this type were commissioned by the nobility and the high ranking officers inhabiting the Tarim Basin in eastern Turkestan, which is the heartland of the oasis of Khotan, Yarkand and Kashgar. The rugs of these oases have a long standing tradition, and have been collected and cherished in the West with the traditional, old-fashioned term of Samarkand.
Here we see a pattern depicting antique Chinese flowering...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Toy Motorbike by Oriental Metal Industries, India, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental Metal Industries Motorcyclist is vintage mechanical toy, realized in 1970s.
Vintage metal toy representing a big motorcyclist on hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Rare Vintage Mohair Blanket Kilim Rug Turkey Beige Brown Grey Black
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
This is an example of the rare and hard to find tribal Mohair blankets. The bottom side is straight woven like a Kilim, the upper side has wool standing out of the blanket. This keep...
Category
20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Mohair
Wooden Buffer for Printing Fabrics, India, Early 20th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Wooden pad with trefoil patterns used to decorate fabrics.
India, early 20th century.
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Bobyrug’s Nice Vintage Long Tribal Kurdish Kilim
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful long Kilim mid-20th century, with a geometrical design and an orange field color, entirely handwoven with wool on cotton foundation.
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Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Fine Jelutong Wood Borneo Dayak Kliau or Shield, First Half of the 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Jelutong wood Dayak Kliau or shield
Indonesia, Borneo, Kalimantan, first half of the 19th century
Measures: H. 126 x W. 36 cm
The kliau or klebit is the most popular ...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Cotton Dhurrie Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The weaving of flat-woven cotton carpets known as dhurries is cited in Mughal chronicles of the 15th century. Probably one of the earliest forms of floor covering, dhurries were wove...
Category
Early 20th Century Agra Asian Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Elegant Bronze Sculpture Showing a Hoop Dancer Original Patina 1978
Located in London, GB
Elegant Bronze Sculpture Showing a Hoop Dancer Original Patina 1978
A beautiful sculpture in bronze with original patina showing a figure of a hoop dancer performing a very flexible ...
Category
1970s Minimalist Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Early Papua Korwar Ancestor Figure, Early 19th Century, Deep Black-Brown Patina
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An extremely rare Papua wood sculpture of a Korwar
Papua New Guinea, Cendrawasih Bay, Wandammen, early 19th century
Measures: Height 24 x Diameter 18 cm
Finely carved in th...
Category
Early 19th Century Tribal Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Rugs Caucasian Kazak Rugs, Blue Geometric Hand made Carpet
Located in Hampshire, GB
Kazak rugs have primarily been produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces and the rugs of the Caucasus typ...
Category
Early 20th Century Kazak Asian Folk Art
Materials
Organic Material, Natural Fiber, Wool
Antique Central Asian Fur Rug
Located in Milan, IT
This is a rare example of a 'postak', used by the Kirghiz people inhabiting the Pamir mountains, made up of strips of animal fur hand-stitched together to form a pattern. It represen...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Fur
South Indian Bronze Dancers Ritual Breast Plate on Stand
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and wonderful antique South Indian bronze breast plate mounted on a purpose made display stand believed to date from the 17th or 18th century. The...
Category
Late 18th Century Other Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Black Tribal Felt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woolen structures made by mankind, some of the earliest we know were found in the 'kurgans' of Central Asia, decorated by a variety of zoomorphic motifs typ...
Category
20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Ethno Design Standing Human Skeleton Sculptured in Wood, South East Asia
Located in Leuven , BE
The sculpture dates from the beginning of the 20th century and has a wonderful patina.
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Rare and Unusual Antique Uzbek Geometric Julkhyr Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Julkhyrs are the long-piled rugs of the Uzbeks of central Asia and are representative of an ancient weaving tradition, when carpets were woven by the people living in the freezing hi...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Huge Pinkish Quartz Crystal Covered Rock
Located in Leuven , BE
This Pinkish Quartz crystal covered rock either comes from India or the Himalaya mountains and weighs over 20 kg. Measures: 82 cm.
Category
20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Rose Quartz
Large Early Ivory Minimal Tulu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and relatively early example of monochrome Tulu rug, distinguished by a completely open field embellished by almost calligraphic touches of natural brown wool. Tulus of this t...
Category
1920s Tulu Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Rare Silk Embroidered Antique Suzani from Private Collection
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
This is not a simple beautiful embroidered susani: it's a museum specimen.
This ancient piece was embroidered in the surroundings of the ancient central city of Bokhara, on the Sil...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Rare Antique Bergama Kiz Rug Turkey Red Grey
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
This is an example of the rare and hard to find tribal Turkish Bergama Kiz rugs. The color is often referred to as Turkish red. The condition is very good with vibrant colors.
Berga...
Category
20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Fine Central Asian Embroidery
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very fine and beautiful antique embroidery probably for a cloth sleeve. Entirely hand embroidered with silk.
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Category
Late 19th Century Tribal Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Vintage Central Asian Minimalist Kilim
Located in Milan, IT
A rare flat-weave from the Uzbek tribes of Central Asia woven with natural, undyed wools with a pattern composed of horizontal dark brown stripes alternated at irregular intervals wi...
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Wooden Indian Sculpture.. or Personal Guard!
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Impressive antique Indian warrior, from Gujarat. ( N. 811.)
Gujarat o Gujrat, antique town in Indian (now Pakistan) region of Punjab. It was an importan...
Category
Mid-18th Century Other Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Kurdish Polychrome Wool Flat-Weave Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Perdehs were used as tent dividers by the Kurdish tribes of Eastern Anatolia. Each flat-woven wool panel is individually dip-dyed and subsequently hand-stitched to the other panels. ...
Category
1930s Minimalist Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Shepherd's Tulu Hand Knotted Wool Rug Coat
Located in Milan, IT
An original Anatolian Tulu pile rug hand knotted with natural, undyed wool and tailored into a coat. This was used by the shepherds inhabiting the area of Karapinar, in central Anato...
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Important Stoneware Sculpture by Kato Reikichi
By Kato Reikichi
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Large modern irregular shaped ceramic black vase with a ribbon-like decoration in gold, silver and red called "sho (hovering)" by Kato Reikichi (1953, Japan) from Seto, Aichi Provinc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Beaux Arts Asian Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Bandirma Prayer Rug
Located in Lohr, Bavaria, DE
Wonderful antique Turkish Bandirma rug with classic prayer design. Very good condition, minor area of lower pile. All 4 sides in very good original condi...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Tulu with Chequerboard Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
The Tulu rugs represent one of the earliest forms of nomadic pile weaving, typically knotted with a medium-high pile as they were meant as bedding rugs for the tent. Woven in the Kar...
Category
1940s Tulu Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Central Asian Felt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woolen structures made by mankind. Some of the earliest we know date from the 5th century B.C. and were found under ground in the frozen kurgans of Siberia....
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Early Anatolian Kilim Fragment
Located in Milan, IT
A stunning early Kilim from Central Anatolia distinguished by a rare apricot background, by a spectacular array of early colors including aubergine and by a bottom compartment decorated by stylized carnations (or Mother Goddess fertility figures...
Category
1750s Kilim Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Set of Five Blue Glass Earrings, Bang Chiang, South East Asia, 200AD-4000BC
Located in Schellebelle, BE
Set of five blue glass earrings from Ban Chiang culture, South East Asia
Measures: Different heights in stands 14/12/12/11/9 cm.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Glass
Antique Cappadocian Zili Flat-Weave
Located in Milan, IT
Woven in a complex flat-weave technique known as Zili, this superb example originates from the area of Sivrihisar, located in Cappadocia. The background is entirely in wool and the a...
Category
1880s Tribal Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Kirghiz Embroidered Tent Band
Located in Milan, IT
A rare complete tent band, embroidered in wool on a felt background, embellished at its bottom by polychrome tassels. The Kirghiz people of Central Asia empl...
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Asian Folk Art
Vintage Embroidered Central Asian Felt Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Felts are among the first woollen structures made by mankind. Some of the earliest we know date from the 5th century B.C. and were found under ground in the frozen kurgans of Siberia...
Category
1930s Tribal Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Mid-Century Modern Central Anatolian Kilim Rug with Stripes
Located in Milan, IT
An unusual flat-weave from the Karapinar region in central Anatolia decorated by vertical stripes in the tones of ivory, grey, camel, yellow and black.
Category
1950s Tribal Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Emerald Green Fine Antique Indian Agra Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A highly refined and elegant Agra carpet, woven on a rare emerald green background and framed by a widely spaced lemon yellow border. Agra represents the pinnacle of the decorative c...
Category
19th Century Agra Antique 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
Set of 8 Russian Matryoshka Dolls Hand Painted Khokhloma, Early/Mid 20th Century
Located in Andernach, DE
Antique set of 8 Nesting Dolls, known as Matryoshka, placed in the 1920s to 1950s.
The original set contained of 10, the 2 smallest have gone travelling the world!
Completely hand cr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Pine
Indian vintage kantha
Located in BORDEAUX, FR
Vintage indian quilt called « kantha »
Traditional technique of block print
Very Nice bed cover or spray
Unique pièce
Category
Late 20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Mongolian Buddhist Vase in copper with Brass decoration
Located in London, GB
A fine Antique Mongolian Buddhist Vase in copper with Brass decoration with moving circular top piece
Period 19th century
Condition : Minor damages to base
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Beautiful Vintage Tribal Baluch Afghan Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very nice mid century tribal rug with beautiful design and nice natural colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation.
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Vintage Caucasian Floral Qarabagh Rug in the St. Petersburg Style
Located in Milan, IT
The floral ornamentation typical of French and English carpets of the 18th-19th century has influenced specific oriental carpet families. In the Caucasus this style became extremely ...
Category
1930s Bessarabian Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
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