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Item Ships From: Australia
Period: 20th Century
1930s cubist still life from Paris
Located in DARLINGTON, WA
1930/ signed cubist still life painting
Category
1930s French French Provincial Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
West African Tribal Mask, Early 20th Century
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A highly decorative carved wood West African tribal mask decorated in blue and red polychrome colours on a black ground.
In very good condition wi...
Category
Early 20th Century African Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1950s French impressionist Painting
Located in DARLINGTON, WA
1950s signed french impressionist painting with thick textured brushstrokes.
measures 38cm x 30cm
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Vintage North African Clay Darbuka
Located in LYON, FR
Handmade North African Clay Drum. A delight to see, touch and play. Made in the traditional method with a spun clay shell, claf skin and hand painted floral ...
Category
1960s Moroccan Folk Art Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Clay
Hellesens Advertising Pocket Knife
By Stocker
Located in East Geelong, VIC
Designed as a copy of their dry cell battery, this Hellesens advertising pocket knife measures 49 mm (2 inches) in length, is 17 mm (2/3 rds of an inch) w...
Category
1930s German Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Baby Carrier Dayak Borneo Vintage
Located in Point Lonsdale, AU
Dayak baby carrier from Borneo, Indonesia, estimated made in mid 1900’s. Colourful bead work depicting tradition mother goddess hand-stitched on rattan gr...
Category
1960s Indonesian Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Wood
Complete Set of Fifteen Japanese Hinaningyo Dolls
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 Japanese Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Feathers, Textile
Vintage Japanese Red Lacquer Cabinet with Magnolia Design, Showa Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A Japanese red lacquer cabinet with a design of magnolias on a black background across the two double doors. The surface is textured, with the doors opening to reveal internal shelvi...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Bronze Glazed Stoneware Bust 'Mathilda' Probably Sweden, circa 1940s
Located in Melbourne, AU
An exquisite and mysterious portrait bust has come into our possession. Her name is Mathilda.
The bust has been sculpted from earthenware clay and fired with a Bronze glaze. Given...
Category
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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Oaxaca Black Clay Tzinacan Decorative Burnished Polished Fired Oxygen Reduction
By La muerte tiene permiso
Located in London, GB
Tzinacan is the Nahuatl word for bat, and it is our gift for the bats represented in many ceramic pre-hispanic pieces.
Bats have been part of the mythology of the cultures of pre-Hi...
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2010s Mexican American Colonial Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intruiging advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
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1960s French Art Deco Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
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...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Stunning Vintage Metal Advertising Letter A
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A stunning vintage metal advertising letter A.
The patina on this item is sensational.
Category
Mid-20th Century British Industrial Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Antique Clock Advertising Sign
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique hand-painted advertising sign in the shape of a large pocket watch showing the name BB Thorp.
Category
19th Century Antique Australia - Folk Art
Indonesian 'Wayang Golek" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This “Wayang Golek” is a visibly old shadow puppet carved using soft wood and cloth. It features an articulated head and arms connected to rods, the dress...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Fabric
H 23.63 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Vintage Tobacco Advertising Sign, Belgium, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
1950s Advertising Sign for the Belgian Tobacco Brand VDC - Deinze.
This Litho Cardboard Sign has lots of colors due the different packages and types of tobacco flavors.
Made in Brussels - Belgium by J.De Grève and co.
This Vintage Sign can stand as a Counter Display Sign ( standing system has never been used before ) or can be hung as Wall Decoration - Wall Art
It's a New Old Stock Sign, so in very good condition. Only the left upper corner has a small trace due storage through the time.
Tobacco collectables - vintage signs - retro wall decoration...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intruiging advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Indonesian 'Wayang Kulit" Shadow Puppet, Java, Indonesia, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This flat shadow puppet depicts a mythical bird. It was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It was used in Wayang puppet...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 18.51 in W 17.33 in D 0.02 in
Rare Pair Fine Old Vintage Black and Brown Garden Cats
Located in South Burlington, VT
Beautiful garden pair with serene faces
A charming pair (2) antique Japanese cats with wonderful mesmerizing original hand painted green and br...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Vintage French Christian Dior Advertising Statue, 1960s
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Beautiful and intriguing advertising statue for Christian Dior.
This would have been used on a shop counter or to draw attention in a shop windo...
Category
1960s French Art Deco Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Plaster
Mexican Antique One of a Kind Flower Pot Clay Dolores Porras Ceramic Vase
By Dolores Porras
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
Dolores Porras Enríquez is widely known throughout Mexico and the world for being the creator of a technique rooted in the land of Oaxaca: pottery in natural color, glazed and decora...
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1980s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Enamel
H 8.67 in W 8.67 in D 11.82 in
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Art Deco Figurative Ceramic Tile of Nymphs Dancing
Located in Prahran, Victoria
An unusual hand sculpted ceramic tile depicting a pair of dancing nymphs, signed Amada in the bottom left and corner. It is washed with an uneven green glaze that highlights the thre...
Category
1930s Japanese Art Deco Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Antique Sepia Oil on Canvas Bloodhound After Sir Edwin Landseer, Signed 1915
By Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Located in Melbourne, AU
A wonderful large portrait of a bloodhound, painted in sepia tones in oils on canvas, signed and dated 19 May 1915. The painting was produced in Australia. This date and location is significant to the symbolism of the painting.
After Sir Edwin Landseer...
Category
1910s Australian High Victorian Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood
H 24.22 in W 20.08 in D 1.58 in
Antique Japanese Noh Mask 'Noh Men', Taisho Period Circa 1920
Located in Prahran, Victoria
An antique hand-carved and hand-painted Japanese Noh theatre mask, depicting a young female character (onna men). Noh masks have been described as bei...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Cypress, Paint
Antique Japanese Noh Mask 'Noh Men', Taisho Period Circa 1920
Located in Prahran, Victoria
An antique hand-carved and hand-painted Japanese Noh theatre mask, depicting a young female character (onna men). Noh Masks have been described as bei...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Cypress, Paint
Hardwood Bust of Young Woman in Headdress 1930s Bali or Surabaya Indonesia
Located in Melbourne, AU
A dignified and detailed ethnographic portrait bust of a young woman. This dates from the 1930s.
It has an almost photorealistic quality and appears to be a carefully observed in...
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1930s Balinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Hardwood
H 7.88 in W 6.3 in D 3.94 in
Antique Japanese Boro Futon Cover Made from Indigo Cotton, Early 20th Century
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A Japanese Boro futon cover made from hand-dyed, hand-loomed indigo cotton. It has been repeated patched and mended. Boro textiles derive from the Japanese term boroboro, meaning tat...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
H 55.12 in W 43.31 in D 0.2 in
Bronze Thai Teppanom Kneeling Angel Buddha Statuette, 1940s
Located in Melbourne, AU
An exquisite vintage gilt bronze figure of a kneeling Thai 'Teppanom' Buddha. In Thai mythology this is an angel Buddha, celebrating the Buddha's enlighte...
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1940s Thai Hollywood Regency Vintage Australia - Folk Art
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H 9.45 in W 2.96 in D 3.15 in
Mid Century Modern German Pinball Machine “Firecracker” Art by Jerry Kelly, 1971
By Bally
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Very impressive art work by Christin Marche, A special version was produced for Germany with the same project number and project release date. 2800 Units made.
Product by Bally and design by Harry...
Category
1970s German Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass, Wood
H 69.69 in W 22.05 in D 51.97 in
Antique Japanese Ceramic Wall Hanging with Erotic Underside, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Antique Japanese hand modeled and painted pottery wall hanging in shape of Daruma with Shunga erotic design underside
Dimensions: H 14cm x W 1...
Category
1910s Japanese Meiji Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
H 5.52 in W 4.34 in D 1.97 in
Vintage Japanese Statue of Hotei with Erotic Underside, circa 1920s
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Vintage Japanese terracotta statue of Hotei with an erotic image of two entwined figures on the underside, circa 1920s. Hotei is one of the seven l...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Australia - Folk Art
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Terracotta
African Makonde Lipico mask, c1930-1940
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Makonde Lipico helmet/mask, set with human hair, pre-war c1930 - 1940 Southern Tanzania
These masks were worn as part of initiation ceremonies called Lipiko, marking the transitio...
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1930s Tanzanian Vintage Australia - Folk Art
Materials
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