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Place of Origin: Asian
17th century apothecary's ivory mortar - Indo-Portuguese
Located in Bruxelles, BE
17th century apothecary's ivory mortar
Apothecary's ivory mortar 9
Indo-Portuguese
17th century
Cites certificate number IT/CE/2023/MI/01108
11 x 9,5 cm
Category
17th Century Renaissance Antique Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ivory
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Iron Shabbat Candlesticks by David Palombo
By David Palombo
Located in New York, NY
Small iron Shabbat candle holder crafted in brutalist style by David Palombo. Made for three candles, the holders come together in their middle, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Iron
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Peranakan Djati Wood Miniature Bed for an Anak Ambar, a Miscarried Fetus
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Peranakan djati wood miniature bed for an Anak Ambar, a miscarried fetus
Indonesia, Peranakan Chinese, late 19th century
Measures: H. 41 x L...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
20th Century Israeli Defense Forces Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
A brass Hanukkah lamp made by Israeli Defense soldiers features nine bullet and shell cartridges in form of candleholders. The bullet cartridges are screwed onto a shell cartridge, i...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Black Silk Lotus Slippers with Plum Blossoms, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These pointed slippers, beautifully embroidered with light blue plum blossoms on black silk, were shaped to resemble a lotus bud and enhanced the diminutive shape of bound feet. A practice that began in the Tang dynasty and reached the height of its popularity during the Qing dynasty, foot binding was a painful process intended to make a woman's feet as small as possible by restricting bone growth from an early age. The smaller the feet the more attractive and erotic they were, giving elite women a mark of elegance and a distinctive - albeit tortured - gait of small, light steps. These beautifully preserved lotus slippers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
Mid-20th Century Israeli Silver Kiddush Goblet by Moshe Smilovici
Located in New York, NY
Hand-hammered silver Kiddush goblet, Moshe Smilovici, Tel Aviv, Israel, circa 1950.
On round base engraved with leaves and tall stem. Upper wine section is engraved with the temple ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
$980 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Indian Brass Shabbat Hanging Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Brass Shabbat lamp, India, early 20th century.
A circular Shabbat lamp, with seven spaces for hanging small oil cups. The lamp is suspended with three rod...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Turkish Betel Nut Cutter
Located in Dallas, TX
Turkish ottoman inlaid turquoise beads semi precious stones betel nut cutter. Circa 1820, very rare.
Category
1820s Antique Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Bronze
$1,150
People's Republic of China Porcelain Group, circa 1965
Located in Paris, FR
Porcelain group of the Chinese revolution, representing a soldier and peasant allies to the future.
The inscription in Chinese means "army and peo...
Category
1960s Vintage Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Robert Frank - Flower Is
By Robert Frank
Located in New York, NY
Flower Is… “is one of Frank’s great books (which means it is one of the greatest of photobooks), demonstrating magisterially, as he himself says in the boo...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
$7,700
Architectural Model of the Ostankino Tower, Moscow, circa 1967
Located in London, GB
Architectural model of the Ostankino Tower, a radio and television tower in Moscow, that was distinguished by its record-setting height 1,772 ft (540.1...
Category
1960s Vintage Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Aluminum
Japanese Sculpture Okimono of a Dutchman, Dutch Colonial, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An extremely rare wood Japanese Okimono of a Dutchman playing with a bat
Edo period, 18th-19th century or earlier
The Dutchman is standing and h...
Category
Early 18th Century Edo Antique Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Boxwood
Portal II made in Pure Brass
Located in Kolkata, IN
The portal to unknown realms of the intangible. A gentle reminder of our soul cravings. Portal III is made in natural and pure brass, creating that bond between the earth and the vas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
$2,594 / item
Antique Chinese Porcelain Pillar Blue & White Dragon Snuff Bottle
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese porcelain dragon snuff bottle, unusual cylindrical pillar form with no neck, unglazed top and bottom concentric grooved base, narrow aperture, painted in under glaze cobalt b...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
A Kerala Hand-Carved Wood Boat Prow with Lovely Curved Fleur-de-Lis Accents
Located in Atlanta, GA
A South Indian (Kerala) wooden boat prow from the mid-20th century. This exquisite example of a hand-carved boat prow from Kerala features a steeply pointe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
Carved Wood Boat Prow from Kerala, South India with Natural, Elegant Wave Shape
Located in Atlanta, GA
A South Indian (Kerala) wooden boat prow from the mid-20th century. This hand-carved boat prow from Kerala is adorn with curling volute and decoratively cu...
Category
20th Century Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Metal
1985 Indian Artist Hyperrealist Relief Painting of a Pitcher Using Gold Gilding
Located in Marbella, ES
1985 Indian artist hyperrealist relief painting of a hand drawn pitcher using vivid colors, including gold gilding.
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Early 20th C Pair of Indo-Persian Mother of Pearl, Brass and Nephrite Knives
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fine pair of steel knives with single edged curved blade mother of pearl and brass inlaid handles, and a hard stone butt we believe to be nephrite.
Age related wear and abrasions...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass, Steel
A highly important Mughal Indian Cannon captured at Copal Droog, 1858
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A highly important Mughal Indian Cannon captured at Copal Droog, 1858 This remarkable cannon is cast overall with a zig-zag design, often representative of ripples in water. The cen...
Category
18th Century Antique Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Price Upon Request
Elaborate Sailor Souvenir of Washington Crossing the Delaware, circa 1885-1912
Located in York County, PA
Elaborate sailor’s souvenir embroidery from the orient with a beautiful hand-painted image of Washington crossing the Delaware, surrounded by a large eagle, federal shield, crossed flags, a cannon, cannonballs, and anchor, circa 1885-1910:
Between roughly 1880 and 1915, American sailors visiting the orient could obtain beautiful needlework embroideries on shore, with patriotic American themes. These extraordinary works of art were acquired as mementos of a long voyage, often with the hope that they might be presented as gifts for loved ones and friends.
Using silk floss, elaborately embellished with both silver and gold metallic bullion thread...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silk
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