All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1837 VR item #1481117
This is a Japanese antique Edo Period tsutsugaki fireman sashiko coat textile. It is an item with the long and thickness that is very firm. Sashiko-cloth is sewn on the back and collar to represent affiliation and status. His position is sub-chief. It has a taste of the Edo period's long-term use.A bold rain dragon design. It is said that the dragon summons rain and extinguishes great fires. There are light stains ,fading and scuffs from age, but they are not noticeable...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1332847 (stock #1089)
Chinese Xing ware ewer, 10th-12th century. 20,8 cm high. Ewer has some repair at the top part and little bit at the handle (please see at the pictures).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1837 VR item #1421054
This is tsutsugaki & handwriting fireman's cotton coat sashiko hanten coat of a splendid firefighter of the late Tokugawa period of the Edo era(1800-1867). This is a very advanced technique. And the entire surface is stitched with sashiko. The lining is indigo dyed...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1352457
A Chinese tomb figure of an equestrian horse, made with gray clay, its body showing age with old pigment remains and tomb dirt. Lifelike hand sculpted form.

2nd century Han Dynasty.

Size: 12" L x 3.5" W x 12.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Religious Artifacts : Buddhist : Pre 1900 item #1481030
An antique Japanese Buddha statue of Shaka Nyorai standing on a Lotus stand made of wood and finished in gilt. The Buddha has the Vitarka Mudra hand gesture symbolizing the wisdom and teachings of Buddhism. The nimbus has 7 sitting Buddha in meditation surrounding Shaka Nyorai.

Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)

Dimensions: 30 1/2" High by 9" Wide by 9" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR item #1476716 (stock #437)
Pair of hard porcelain vases, enamel decoration of butterflies, birds and flowers. Dragons chasing the sacred pearl surround the collar inside and out. Golden details. The flared shape is elegant and very rare, the enamels are of excellent quality, the patterns are well drawn and the presence of dragons is also rare on this type of porcelain which, almost always, was intended for Europe. Good general condition, no restoration...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1141607
Exquisite Rare Japanese cho-bako or account box made out of keyaki (zelkova Hardwood). The interior is made from kiri (paulownia) wood. Splendid Iron hardware including round locks and Original key. Wonderful Original finish and condition. Age: Edo period, circa 1840s. Size: Length: 17" Width: 12.25" Height: 13.25"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #941559
Beautiful Japanese antique 2-section merchant's chest, made of hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood, copper hardware including warabite shaped drawer pulls and corner bracing on each drawer, top section as 4 sliding panels with rounded horizontal slats which cover a large compartment with a single shelf (removable), the bottom section has four rows of four medium sized drawers under which is a single row of 3 larger drawers (total of 19 drawers), Meiji Period (1868-19120. Size: 65 3/4" high x 7...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Swords and Related : Pre 1900 item #1431972
An unusual shorter length Japanese tanegashima (gun rifle) with working original matchlock mechanism. Made of hardwood with original dark lacquer finish. Iron barrel has a silver inlaid sasa mon (bamboo leaf crest). Elaborate brass work includes many chrysanthemum florets.

Comes with custom iron stand to aid in display. (In the group picture, this tanagashima is the second from the front.)

Age: Edo Period (c...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1364284 (stock #1164)
Chinese Qing dynasty bronze censer or incense burner. Xuande mark .14 cm body diameter. 1032 gram weight. Good conditions.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1435863
Japanese antique choba tansu (merchant's chest) with locking bars and safe box. Made with keyaki (zelkova) wood frame, hinoki (cryptomeria) wood drawer fronts, sugi (cypress) wood top and side panels. The upper portion has three large full-width drawers held into place with a locking bar. The lower portion has two medium sized drawers held in place with another matching locking bar. The lower right hand side has a safe box opened by a hinged door...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1388591
Japanese Antique keyaki (em) wood isho tansu (clothing chest) from the Sendai area. Top portion of the chest has two small drawers (a rare configuration). There are 7 exterior drawers of various sizes and a safe box with a hinged door (with key) covering three small interior drawers. Hardware includes large lock plates with chrysanthemum mon and ornate pierced carved leaves.

Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 35" high x 46 3/4" wide x 17" deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Enamel : Pre 1900 item #1293658 (stock #chicken1-12)
This is a wonderful pair of early cloisonne vases. The rich enamels and designs used appear to be that of early Namikawa Sosuke. Each vase features a different roosters and a hens. The vases stand 13 inches tall. Condition overall is excellent. Upon close inspection a 1 inch line can bee seen along with two over sized pits.The owner would consider splitting up this pair.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1431583 (stock #1250)
Rare Chinese Song - Yuan dynasty Qingbai figure of frog water dropper. 10,5 cm long. 4,5 cm high. 5,5 cm wide. Good condition except lost of finger nail at back foot.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : African : Sculpture : Pre 1920 item #1413988
Extremely fine and rare mask, made of hardwood. Warm glossy patina and beautiful age wear. Early 20th century. H. 22 cm. Comes with a patinated brass stand. Provenance: private collection Lanaken, Belgium - private collection Breda, The Netherlands.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1800 item #1489085
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Startled to enlightenment, this is a large Edo period figure of a Rakan (Sanskrit: Arhat), a Buddhist saint kozutsucarved in the Yosegi-zaiku method of joined blocks of wood. Originally covered in polychrome colors, much has grayed and flaked away with time, a fitting aspect of the image. He has glass eyes which seem to burn violently with realization. The image is 43 x 36 x 51 cm (17 x 14 x 20 inches) and is in solid condition. The head is removable, slotted into the body at the collar...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1426233
Antique Japanese screen painting in 6 panels. Painted to resemble a samurai encampment space divider. The simple graphics of the curtain-like camp divider are painted in black and white and displays the kamon (crest) of the Takiyama Family. Narrow slits between the white and black sections of cloth were for the wind to pass through, preventing the curtain from becoming a sail. Thick striped rope securely ties the curtain to tall stakes in the ground...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1085143
Antique Chinese scroll painting of 5 large carp swimming in pond with lotus and other water plants. Painted in ink and light colors on paper. Artist signature and seal by Li Fang Yin (1696–1755), known as one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. Inscription reads "Qianlong 8th Year, third month, Li, Fangying of Qingjiang". Size of painting: 49 1/4" high x 24 3/4" wide Size of scroll: 75 3/4" high x 31" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1399412
Antique Japanese 2 section 6ft Mizuya with dark red lacquer frame made of Hinoki (cypress) wood, with Sugi (cedar) sides, and Keyaki (elm) burl hardwood front panel drawers and sliders edged with black lacquer frame. From the Kanazawa region. Kanazawa is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, on Japan’s central Honshu Island...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Sculpture : Pre 1700 item #1440815
Antique Thai figure of seated Buddha Shakyamuni. Made of bronze and seated with his hands folded in meditation (Dhyana mudra). Downcast eyes with lids barely open, a gentle smile on his face, he exudes a sense of calm. With lovely patina and traces of gilt. Age: Ayutthaya (1350-1767 A.D.) Dimensions: 10 3/4" high x 7" wide x 2 1/2" deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1330043 (stock #TRC19325)
Based on a classical tale adapted into a popular Kabuki performance in late Edo, the story of the Fuji Musume or “Wisteria Maiden” is an often employed motif in Japanese art. In the story, the Wisteria Maiden is depicted in a painting holding a wisteria branch, until one day she becomes smitten with a young man passing by and steps out of the painting in an effort to capture his attention. Unfortunately, her attempts are futile...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1488833 (stock #515)
Buddha in bronze cast with lost wax and gilded with mercury. The walls are very thick, the statuette is heavy. The gilding is original, certainly baked several times to obtain a nice thickness. The reverse of the dress is chiseled with stylized flowers. The base is closed by an incised copper plate of Vajra. The base does not appear to have been opened. The two arm bracelets were originally to have stone beads, today replaced by a colored coating. In the palm of the hand, we can see a hole left ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1920 item #1269376
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Chinese white jadeite coupe, carved into a large, cupped lotus leaf with reticulated stems running around a seated goose, sporting extremely detailed feathers with tiny etchings, neck craned upwards with open beak and a vine running through it. 20th Century Size: 6.5" length, 2" height, 4.5" width
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1464484
Width: 36.4 cm (14.7 in)
Height: 6 cm (2.4 in)

Chinese porcelain Kangxi Period famille verte charger; main central panel depicts two boys supporting candles either side of a lantern; borders of ruyi and roundels of iron-red florals inside the rim; Kangx six character mark on the reverse along with iron-red florals; old wire frame still attached; good condition
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : English : Pre 1900 item #1431891
Rare Georgian "Dear-Regard" ring set in 15K gold. The center motif of a flower is set with a "R"uby, "E"merald, "G"arnet, "A"methyst", "R"uby, and "D"iamond, the first letters of the stones spelling "Regard". The groups of stones on the cusps of the band are set with a "D"iamond, "E"merald, "Amethyst", and "R"uby, the first letters of the stones spelling "Dear". Historically the rings given as a token of love were either "Dearest" or "Regard". This ring is a combination of both sentiments.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Ancient World : Egyptian : Stone : Pre AD 1000 item #1332392 (stock #AR315)
Relics of the Nile is thrilled to present this amazing and extremely rare limestone Amarna relief. This is a finely incised talatat fragment dating to the Amarna Period (18th Dynasty, 1344-1344 B.C.) and depicts a hand and arm of Akhenaten and rays from the solar disc. Faint traces of red pigment remain within the rays. Images showing a similar complete scene are attached. This is an extremely rare and affordable opportunity to acquire a detailed piece of an Amarna relief. The relief measur...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Glass : English : Pre 1800 item #1080436 (stock #ag285)
A superb and true English heavy baluster goblet, having a round funnel bowl with a solid base containing a small tear. Just below the bowl the stem begins with a large, teared, triple annular knop, continuing into a teared straight section above a basal knop, all above a domed foot.

This wonderful example has a gutsy presence, standing 7 1/16" tall, with a bowl diameter of 3 1/8" and a foot diameter of 3 1/2". Excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or restoration. Great color, striations, ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1244914
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Beautiful Chinese porcelain vase sculpted in an imperial shape, painted and glazed in white and blue in traditional qingbai style with floral patterns. (18th-19th century). It comes with a tomobako. From the estate of Josephus Simmons Beard II, former president of IBM World Trade Corporation Asia and US Navy Lt. Cdr., WWII and Korean War. Size: (vase) 5.25" tall, 3.25" wide (box) 7" tall, 6.25" wide
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Pre 1837 VR item #1445765 (stock #1883)
Important Aesthetic Movement Settee Original William & Morris Style Fabric circa 1870s/1880s. measuring 55” in length 34 inches in height, 22 inches deep. Beautiful original condition finally card medallion of a peacock and ornate patterns.
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1427159
This romantic amethyst 18k necklace has a smooth and sultry snake chain that feels as good as it looks. The glittering large five amethysts fall symmetrically about the chain and always fall perfectly on the neck, with the central largest amethyst positioned exactly at the center. The clasp is hidden in the chain and remarkably easy to attach as it slides right in and holds firmly and securely. The necklace can easily be clasped by the wearer. Amethysts were very popular in Georgian times and be...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Jewelry : Pre 1800 item #1180645 (stock #SR2044)

Unusual 15K gold memorial ring depicting an urn in hair paint, surrounded by alternating rose diamonds and amethysts. The enameled band reads "John Jenkins died 20 Feb 1780". The back of the ring is engraved "In loving one sincerely there is great merit".

Condition: excellent
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1332475 (stock #DC381)
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A pair of Song stoneware olive green vases decorated with gods around the vase and the flying dragon on top of each vase. Each lid decorated with birds on the top.

Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 13th Century
Measurement: Height 88.5 C.M. / Width 19 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1469625 (stock #OC064)
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An exquisite porcelain vase decorated with a delicate depiction in over-glaze enamel of plum and bamboo by Suwa Sozan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Gosai Bichiku-e Kabin (Vase with Plum and Bamboo in Five-Color Glaze). A rare work reflecting his roots in Kutani ware. It is 29.5 cm (11-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Suwa Sozan I (1852-1922) was born in Kutani country, present day Ishikawa prefecture, where he initially studied before moving to Tokyo in...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1920 item #1470340 (stock #OC046)
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An iconic work with dynamic floral pattern in pale white on pink by Kiyomizu Rokubei V enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Taireiji Ichirinsashi. It is 19.5 cm (7-3/4 inches) tall and in excellent condition. The vase retains the original wood stand and stamped cloth pouch. Undeniably Taireiji was the most important development by this innovative artist, and pieces are exceedingly rare.
Kiyomizu Rokubei V (Shimizu Kuritaro, 1875-1959) initially studied painting and decorati...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Prehistorical item #1394179 (stock #LS201901)
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This jade skull is yellowish green and is from the Hongshan Neolithic Culture. It was dated to 6700BP-4900BP. It is 1 7/8" long and 1 5/8" wide. It has marvelous patina and the color is mesmerizing. It is 100% translucent. The jade is extremely fine grained and top quality. This could have been the top of a shaman's staff. BEWARE, this is one of the most reproduced fakes out there, especially on eBay. This one is the real deal. I no longer use "in my opinion" COAs. I use Optically Stimulated Lum...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1490517 (stock #1544)
Pair of 19th Century Korean Hunting Paintings. Unique to Korea, hunting paintings always depict hunters in Mongolian attire. Koreans had great admiration for Mongolian archery and equestrian skills. Ink and colors on paper. Frame: 46 x 22 inches (171 x 56 cm), 34 x 16 inches (86 x 41 cm).