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Place of Origin: Asian
Vintage Sarkoy Kilim Rug, Western Anatolian Turkish Carpet, Balkan Style Unique
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Vintage Unique Sarkoy (Sharkoy or Şarköy) Kilim rug from Western Turkey with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sarkoy kilims are very finely woven in slitweave in a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Group of Four Toraja Wood Offering Bowls, Sulawesi, Indonesia Dark Patina
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Group of four Toraja wood offering bowls, from Sulawesi, Indonesia with dark deep patina from use.
Created from native hardwood and with horn rings in the center portion (except on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Emperor and Empress Sculptures - 2 Pieces
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exquisite pair of Chinese hand-painted porcelain emperor and empress sculptures, featuring intricate detailing and vibrant traditional attire.
We sell items as acquired, without r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Complete Set of Fifteen Japanese Hinaningyo Dolls In Excellent Condition
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A complete set of fifteen vintage Japanese hina ningyo. These ornamental dolls are displayed for the Girls Day Festival Hinamatsuri, on the 3 March each year in Japan. The set repres...
Category
20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Feathers, Textile
Semi Old Vintage Handwoven Wool Mut Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Anatolian Vintage / Semi-old Handwoven Kilim from the town of Mut in Mersin Province, located in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Turkey. These kilims are renown...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber
Semi Old Vintage Handwoven Wool Mut Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Anatolian Vintage / Semi-old Handwoven Kilim from the town of Mut in Mersin Province, located in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Turkey. These kilims are renown...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Cotton
Semi Old Vintage Handwoven Wool Mut Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Anatolian Vintage / Semi-old Handwoven Kilim from the town of Mut in Mersin Province, located in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Turkey. These kilims are renown...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Seichur Kuba Rug Caucasian Antique Kazak Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Tapis du Caucase - Rugs of the Caucasus, Ian Bennett & Aziz Bassoul, The Nicholas Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon 2003, nr.90 and Oriental R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Semi Old Vintage Handwoven Wool Mut Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Anatolian Vintage / Semi-old Handwoven Kilim from the town of Mut in Mersin Province, located in the Mediterranean region of Anatolia, Turkey. These kilims are renown...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Natural Fiber
Chinese Folk Wood Dance Mask with Smiling Expression Traces of Paint from China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood dance mask from China with smiling expression, large square hat or headdress. Traces of many layers of paint, including red, blue, black and white pigments. Darkened pat...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Antique Canakkale Rug Anatolian Carpet Turkish Golden Plate Design 19th Century
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique golden plate design Canakkale Rug from the Canakkale region, western Anatolia, Turkiye.
Çanakkale is a city and seaport in Turkey on ...
Category
Late 19th Century Oushak Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
New Handwoven Wool Ushak Oushak Fine Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian 'New / Not Used' Handwoven Fine Kilim from the Ushak region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This is a new kilim from Uşak (Oushak, Ushak), W...
Category
2010s Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Asian Woven Grain Basket
Located in Greenwich, CT
Asian woven grain & rice basket
Category
Early 1900s Qing Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Reed, Willow
Vintage Batik Fabric Painting Tribal Folk Wall Art
Located in Barrington, IL
Vintage Asian Batik hand painted fabric art. The beautiful batik is a collection of various scenes of human figures and animals set on a red fabric with designs in blue and black. The batik is a wonderful example of a hand painted wall art.
Batik is one of many methodologies of fabric art in a long and rich folk textile tradition around the world. It is a wax-resist type of dyeing operation where certain sections of a textile are pigmented while others are tied-off and shielded from coloring. Batik designs are created in various geometric motifs that have certain symbolism and convey status within society, but now too they use batik methods to achieve what in essence are paintings on fabric.
Dimensions: 26” x 32”
Date of Manufacture: 3rd Quarter of the 1900s
Place of Origin: Indonesia
Material: Textile
Condition: Wear consistent with age and use
The Persian Knot, SKU: 2262
Vintage Batik Painting...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Shifting Spectrum Cocoa Brown & Tobacco 150x240 cm Hand Tufted Rug
By JAIPUR RUGS
Located in Milano, IT
Like a canvas painted with vibrant strokes of contemporary allure, our Modern Hand-Tufted Rug emerges as a masterpiece handmade in rural India. It unfolds a playful symphony of soft ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Southeast Asian Patinated Bronze Mythical Garuda Bird
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Garuda is a mythological human-like bird on which the Lord Vishnu rode in both Hindu and Buddhist culture. It is a simple of ferocity and intelligence.
Reference is made to a similar Garuda sculpture...
Category
19th Century Tribal Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Kurdish Herki Rug Eastern Turkish Anatolian Carpet Handwoven Natural Dye
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique Kurdish Herki runner rug from the Eastern Anatolia and Northern Iraqi region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Iraqi Kurds ...
Category
Early 20th Century Oushak Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Polychrome wooden statue depicting Guanyin Bodhisattva, Ming, 16th century
Located in Milano, IT
In a realm where time stands still, there exists a 16th-century masterpiece, a sculpture of unparalleled beauty that transports you to the heart of the Ming dynasty. Here, in a place of reverence and artistry, sits the Chinese Bodhisattva Guanyin, the embodiment of compassion, enshrined in a form of breathtaking elegance.
Guanyin's divine presence is unveiled as he is seated in padmasana, the lotus position, a symbol of purity and enlightenment. His regal robes...
Category
16th Century Ming Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Persian Shiraz Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Shiraz nomadic rug from the mid-20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Antique Amber Necklace Yemen Afghanistan 18/19th Century Islamic Art silver
Located in Leuven, BE
Unique And Exceptional Antique Yemen Afghanistan Amber Necklace
A museum quality jewellery piece which I never have seen before and even in museum collec...
Category
18th Century Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Silver, Other
Nepal Mahakala Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Fierce Mouth Teeth
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved wood smaller dance mask from Nepal with powerful expression, open eyes and open mouth with carved teeth and fangs, representing the Buddhist Mahakala, the demon chaser. The to...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Zabihi Collection Northwest Persian Square Room Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
an early square intermediate northwest Persian rug in pretty blues and greens
Details
rug no. j4076
size 7' 5" x 8' 11" (226 x 272 cm
Category
Early 20th Century Malayer Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
19th Century Carved & Painted Figure of a Gentleman in Elaborate Costume
Located in Nantucket, MA
Painted, carved wood figure of a gentleman in jeweled robe and turban standing on a platform and with hands extended possibly an offering gesture. Possibly a ceremonial or procession...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo Raj Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Middle Eastern Turkish Arabic Copper Dallah Coffee Pot
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Asian traditional Turkish ottoman copper Dallah coffee pot.
Coffee pot hand-hammered and chased tinned copper with riveted brass finish a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Islamic Asian Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Zabihi Collection Antique Persian Tabriz Room Rug
Located in New York, NY
Room size 1920s Persian Tabriz rug . 1 end border has red wool. rest of the border is in ivory. Intentionally done by the weaver
rug no. j4097
size 9'2'' x 12' 4"
Category
Early 20th Century Tabriz Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Chinese Green and White Porcelain Quin Yan Sculpture
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elegant Chinese Green and White Quan Yin sculpture, featuring intricate detailing and serene design, perfect for refined decor.
We sell items as acquired, without restoring or rep...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
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 and an iron wood frame. These baskets were used to carry leaves, fruit, g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Asian Folk Art
Materials
Rattan, Wood
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
Early 20th Century Other Asian Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Antique Konya Kilim Rug Wool Old Central Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Central Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Konya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special colors and tex...
Category
Early 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Vintage Old Malatya Cecim Jijim Runner Kilim Rug Anatolia Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Eastern Anatolian old runner Cecim Kilim from the Malatya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Beautiful jijim is applied to the soft vertically long ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Memling Gul Kazak Rug, 19th C. Caucasian Revival Carpet Natural Dyed
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of the rug comes from the book Tapis du Caucase – Rugs of the Caucasus, Ian Bennett & Aziz Bassoul, The Nicholas Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon 2003, nr.24 and Oriental R...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
Ulo Tribal Akha Woman's Headdress with Framework of Bamboo and Beads
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Ulo Akha woman's Tribal headdress adorned with framework of bamboo, beads, pompons, seeds and other unique items. Immerse yourself in the rich cultural tapestry of Northern Thailan...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Beads
Large Southeast Asian Burmese Thai Jeweled Giltwood Figure On Horse Sculpture
Located in Forney, TX
A large and most impressive Southeast Asian carved giltwood figure of a horse and mounted rider.
Early 20th Century, likely from Burma (present day Myanmar) or Thailand, possibly Hi...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Asian Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Vintage Old Sivas Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Natural Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Old Kilim from the Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sivas In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city known as Sebastea, the capital of Armenia Minor. Flourishing under Byzantine rule, Sivas reached a peak of prosperity under the Seljuks, only to be plundered in the fourteenth century by Tamerlane, as it was an important venue on the Persian and Iraqi trade routes. The Sivas region is inhabited by Turkish and Kurdish people, and until the genocide wrought by the Turks early this century, many Armenians dwelt there as well. Sivas gained certain fame as the site for the Sivas Congress of September 1919, convened by Mustafa Kemal...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Collection, Mamluk Wagireh Rug with Flower Lattice Natural Dyed Carpet
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
The source of carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. This rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamluk Sultane of Cairo, Egypt. It is exhibited at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Austria. The interpreted design is composed of a flower lattice pattern taken from a part of the MAK Museum’s rug...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Organic Material, Natural Fiber
New & Not Used Handwoven Wool Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian 'New / Not Used' Handwoven Kilim from the Kayseri region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The earliest recorded occupation of Kayseri dates b...
Category
2010s Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
New & Not Used Handwoven Wool Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian 'New / Not Used' Handwoven Kilim from the Kayseri region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The earliest recorded occupation of Kayseri dates b...
Category
2010s Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Ararat Rugs Palmettes and Flowers Lattice Rug Antique Revival Carpet Natural Dye
By Ararat Rugs
Located in Tokyo, JP
This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug from the Bidjar region, Eastern Kur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Revival Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Vintage Kurdish Tapestry Kilim in Turquoise, Aqua, Green, Yellow, Red, Navy
Located in Barrington, IL
Vintage flat-woven Kurdish kilim with one of the most beautiful and “ultra-modern” designs in brilliant colors of turquoise, green, yellow, ivory, red, and brown from the early 1900s...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Kula Prayer Rug Western Anatolian Turkish Mihrab Carpet Rare Design
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an antique prayer (mihrab) rug from Western Anatolia, Kula region with a very rare and beautiful color composition.
Kula rugs, also known as Kula prayer kilims, are handwoven rugs that originated in the Kula region of western Turkey. Kula is a town known for its rug-weaving tradition and is renowned for producing high-quality prayer rugs.
Kula prayer rugs...
Category
Late 19th Century Oushak Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber, Organic Material
Important Chinese Pyrography Painting of “LUK YU” Famous Tang Dynasty Tea master
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a panoramic pyrography painting on panel: “Master Tea Ceremony” by then Living Treasure Fang Tzun or his workshop (1930-2000)
Inscribed “This year mid summer he painted in new
section of Yuan Ming...
Category
20th Century Arts and Crafts Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Old Vintage Esme Kilim Western Anatolian Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Western Anatolian vintage Kilim from the Esme ( Eshme ) region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This type of large Esme Kilims often features hexagonal medalli...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
New & Not Used Handwoven Wool Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian 'New / Not Used' Handwoven Kilim from the Bahcecik Village, Kayseri region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The earliest recorded occupation ...
Category
2010s Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Vintage Maras Old Kilim Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet Wool
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Eastern Anatolian Old Kilim from the Maras region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Vintage Sarkisla Sivas Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Sharkisla Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian Old Kilim from the Sarkisla - Sivas region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Sivas In the third century, Sivas was a Roman city known as Sebastea, the capital of Armenia Minor. Flourishing under Byzantine rule, Sivas reached a peak of prosperity under the Seljuks, only to be plundered in the fourteenth century by Tamerlane, as it was an important venue on the Persian and Iraqi trade routes. The Sivas region is inhabited by Turkish and Kurdish people, and until the genocide wrought by the Turks early this century, many Armenians dwelt there as well. Sivas gained certain fame as the site for the Sivas Congress of September 1919, convened by Mustafa Kemal...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Chinese Folk Wood Dance Mask with Open Eyes Red Lips Traces of Paint China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Carved hard wood dance mask from China with powerful expression, open eyes. Traces of many layers of paint, including red green black and white pigments.
Ex- private collection in C...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Ornate Mirror From India
Located in Asheville, NC
This beweled dressing mirror will make a wonderful addition to an eastern style room, with gold painted trim, jewels, and pressed tin, it is highly decorated and sits on four ball feet.
Category
20th Century Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Beads
Old Vintage Beluch Carpet, Cental Asian Baluch Beluchi Baluchi Baluchistan Rug
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Asian Old Beluch ( also called Balouch, Balochi, Baluchi, Baluch, or Beluchi carpets) Carpet from the Baluchistan region with a rare and beautiful color composition and high-quality materials like; wool & dyes.
These carpets were woven by the nomads of the Baloch tribes. Baloch rugs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Oushak Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Midnight Majesty Sky Blue Smoke Blue 150X240 cm Hand Tufted Rug
By JAIPUR RUGS
Located in Milano, IT
Enchant your living space with the allure of this stunning hand tufted rug from our Mythos collection, it's a masterpiece that seamlessly blends intricate design with an exotic color...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Asian Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Antique Malatya Kilim Rug Anatolia Old Turkish Carpet South Eastern Anatolian
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a South Eastern Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Malatya region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This kilim is large and has two pieces joined from the center. A...
Category
Early 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
3x4.7 Ft Vintage Turkish Colorful Kilim. Bed, Floor, Sofa Cover or Wall Hanging
Located in Spring Valley, NY
This lively handwoven rug was produced by Kurdish villagers in Central Turkey for daily use in third quarter of the 20th century. These splendid vintage weavings were used in various ways such as wall-hangings, bedding covers...
Category
1970s Kilim Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Rare Mandau Sword Dayak Peoples of Borneo
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An exceedingly rare Museum Quality traditional Men’s Sword of the Dayak Tribal Peoples of Borneo, Indonesia. An older, traditional piece made from Carved Wood, Steel, Antler, Inlaid ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal Asian Folk Art
Materials
Iron
New & Not Used Handwoven Wool Kayseri Kilim Central Anatolian Rug Turkish Carpet
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Central Anatolian 'New / Not Used' Handwoven Kilim from the Kayseri region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
The earliest recorded occupation of Kayseri dates b...
Category
2010s Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique Kurdish Runner Rug, Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet Multi Medallion
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is an Antique Kurdish Runner Rug from the Eastern Anatolia region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Anatolian Kurdish rugs are handwoven rugs that originate from the...
Category
Early 20th Century Oushak Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Old Vintage Esme Kilim Western Anatolian Turkish Carpet Cotton & Wool
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is a Western Anatolian vintage Kilim from the Esme ( Eshme ) region a historic kilim production area, with a rare and beautiful color composition.
Old kilims from this town com...
Category
Late 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Cotton, Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique Painted Indian Dog Gates Wall Hanging
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming pair of antique Indian teak "dog gates" with iron bars from the early 20th century that were skillfully repainted at some point with elephant and l...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage Asian Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Antique Reyhanli Kilim Rug Wool Old Eastern Anatolian Turkish Carpet Natural Dye
Located in Tokyo, JP
This is Eastern Anatolian Antique Kilim from the Reyhanli region with a rare and beautiful color composition.
This highly collectible antique kilim has wonderful special colors and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Kilim Asian Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Natural Fiber
Antique 19th Century Indian Kalighat Painting of Krishna Milking Cow
Located in New York, NY
Antique late 19th Century Indian Kalighat natural pigment watercolor painting of Krishna milking a cow under a Pipal tree. The cow is smiling at Krishna, with divine love. The cosmic dance of life represented in a symbolic message within the painting.
Framed in gold painted carved wood frame under glass.
Origins of Kalighat painting
According to legend, Lord Shiva, the god of dance and destruction, was deep in meditation on Mount Kailash when he received news of the death of his consort, Sati, an avatar (or human manifestation) of the goddess Kali. He wandered for days with her body draped across his shoulders and his inconsolable grief threatened to ruin the earth. Lord Vishnu, the Preserver, was called upon to intervene. To relieve Shiva's burden, he shattered Sati's body into 51 pieces. The little toe of Sati's right foot was said to have fallen at the site of the Hooghly River...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Asian Folk Art
Materials
Paper
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