All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1260727
Beautiful bronze flower vase, long and cylindrical. Has a gorgeous boss relief of carp emerging from water in a delicate sweeping motion around the vase. From Meiji Period (1860-1912) Dimensions: 12" High X 4.75" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1900 item #1260721 (stock #0334)
Ca. 1800s or earlier

The stone is a creamy tone with pale russet flecking mainly seen on the back. A darker brown veining can be seen on the lower leg. It is carved overall, including the underneath showing one leg folded under. The polish is an even soft gloss like that produced from years of handling. Good condition, with no chips or restorations.

Length: 1 ¾ in., Width: 1 3/8 in., Height: ¾ in.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1260658
This is Shibori Kimono produced in Akita Asamai area for Edo period. As for this, a pattern is Eba-gara. A carp swims in spray like a brick. The lower part is expressed in dark indigo dyeing Shibori in Shirakage-Shibori at the upper part. This cotton is spun by hand...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1920 item #1260642
Charming Kiri (paulownia wood) lacquered Japanese Container. Inlaid on branches with mother of pearl. Decorated elegantly with blooming cherry blossoms, with bird perched on a branch. Has a pleasing deep mahogany-like lacquer finish. Taisho Period (1912-1926) Dimensions: 7.25" High X 3.25" diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1260588
Antique Chinese table, made from huanghuali with a beautiful, glowing grain. Around its sides are carved spirals designs over a large border panel. The front and back panels are carved with the calligraphy symbol for double happiness in between two dragons with clouds of billowing smoke around their bodies and two phoenixes flying on either side. The table's side panels are without dragons but otherwise the same with carved double happiness symbol and smoke detailing...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1260575 (stock #1035)
A finely crafted three piece Altar garniture comprising two bronze Chinese "Gu" form flower vases and a small bronze Koro (incense burner).Condition: excellent.Vases : 9.8cm (3.9 inches) high.Censer: 4.5cm (1.75 inches) high.Total weight: 1.08kg (2lb 6oz)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1260451
This is Sashiko Hanten which the leader of certain occupation group of Edo period wore. A technique to be called very high Sagara embroidery is used for this. This embroiders all by hand. The cotton thread used for embroidery is spun by hand. The thread is dyed with plant dye. It is clothes to identify social position promptly even if anyone looks. The part of the collar has a kanji of Toudori...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1900 item #1260340 (stock #0159)

We offer this fine antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Kyoto lidded teapot decorated with a dragon curled between eleven Immortals and dating around 1880. This well decorated earthenware teapot stands on a narrow rounded unglazed foot with a recessed base and is of rounded shape with the dragon tail forming the handle and the neck and head forming the pouring spout. The teapot has a further smaller dragon forming the finial to the cover...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1920 item #1260266
Antique Chinese carved jadeite with hues of white and light green, with apparent areas of bright apple green. It is carved into a smooth cylindrical shape and would have been used as a thumb ring in archery. 19th century, Qing Dynasty era Size: 1" height, 1.25" width, .25" thickness
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1260236
The exterior of the deep rounded sides carved with a band of petals rising from the foot to the flat everted rim, and the interior decorated in the center with two molded fish, covered overall with a glaze of guan type sea-green tone except for the foot rim burnt reddish-brown in the firing 12 cm diam. 1 cm crackline on the rim No chips or cracks and free from restoration.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Enamel : Pre 1900 item #1260213
These extremely decorative pair of food containers are beautifully ornamented. A turquoise background, these cloisonne containers model a beautiful array of blue, yellow, and red shades of swirling chimera and flower design. Made of bronze, The containers have one compartment each. Lid opens at top. The "shou" symbol on lids represent longevity. Turn of the 19th century. Dimensions: Height 12 in. 13.5 in. Long 7.25 in. Wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Scholar Art : Pre 1920 item #1260200
Used antique Chinese calligraphy inkstone in the shape of a melon, with carvings of vines and leaves at its top near the most shallow point. It comes with a hardwood box with a light reddish-brown tone and darker areas. Early 20th century. Size: 5.25" length, 4" width, 1" thickness
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1260148
Diameter approximately 10 cm/each. Height approximately 7 cm/each. In good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1260129 (stock #0333)
Ca. 1800

This porcelain bowl, molded in chrysanthemum form, is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels in red, green and gold. The center of the interior is painted with a 16-petaled flower in underglaze blue, and the well is painted with various plant and landscape scenes. The exterior is surrounded with an underglaze blue floral pattern, and the base is painted with a Chinese “Chenghua” mark, as is often seen on 18th and early 19th Century Imari dishes...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1260114 (stock #576)
A lovely, small, rare, middle Ming dish ( fifteenth century ) decorated in underglaze blue with a bird. The representation of the bird very attractive and swinging. The extraordinary strong resp. deep Cobalt blue of this dish is very nice. Diameter : 9,7 cm. Condition : No chip, no crack, the glaze of this excavated piece slightly degraded by aggressive soil.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1260048
Pair of Japanese antique abumi (horse riding stirrups), made of iron with silver inlay all over in beautiful designs of vines and leaves, the bottom of each stirrup is decorated with a bamboo motif, the foot areas are lacquered black, each abumi is inlaid with writing: Kaga Ishikawa Prefecture, Mori Hei Saku (artist's name and "signed by") lived in Komaki. Edo Period (18th century). Size of each: 9 1/2" high x 11 1/2" long x 5" wide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1260020 (stock #1350)
A Very Fine and Old Korean Painting of Grass and Insects (õ®õùÓñ-ÃÊÃæµµ)-18th -19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 18th to early 19th century. signed. This painting paited by a literary painter on the cloth in ink color in early period, with beeds, a big frog, autumn plants and flowers on silk? or cloth, has a red seal on the lower right but unfortunately unclear...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1492 item #1259955 (stock #1140)
15th Century Gilded Tibetan Manuscript Cover. 28 x 11 inches.