All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1940 item #1454199 (stock #13518)
Meisen kimono with kasuri red and black rectangular pattern. It has red red silk lining, so probably made in 1930s. In excellent condition. 124cm x 154cm
Indiana Glass Company made Lorain from 1929-32. There are in chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1217024 (stock #Hasui143)
Kawase Hasui
Torii Gate in Snow
Date: 1930s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Image size: Koban. Approximately 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Condition: Excellent. Tipped at top and bottom to original cardstock.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1940 item #1305629 (stock #864)
A set of four unusual small dishes enclosed in the original signed wooden box by Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959), one of Japans most famous 20th century artists. Iron reds underlie the pale earthen glaze, with a dollop of Oribe green on one side. Almost as if planned, the pieces have firing cracks filled with black lacquer, adding a fourth consideration to the standard essentials: form, design and glazing. Each dish is roughly 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) diameter...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Textiles : Rugs : Pre 1940 item #1008153 (stock #ga-164)
Add interest to any room with this colorful Chinese Deco Nichols style rug, circa 1930, featuring a floral motif on raspberry background banded by jade and mustard borders. Measurements: 8' x 9' 9". Condition is good with wear to pile in several areas, freckling throughout, small spot. Priced accordingly.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1378243 (stock #Koitsu435)
Tsuchiya Koitsu
Sunset at Maiko
Date: 1936. First and only edition.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.5 x 7.75 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seals on front and back.
Signed and sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-11
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent with surface scratch near bottom.
Wonderfully preserved color, especially the delicate green of the sky.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Textiles : Rugs : Pre 1940 item #1008152 (stock #ga-1063)
Spectacular Chinese Art Deco rug, circa 1930, featuring lush wool pile in vivid colors of raspberry, amethyst, jade green, turquoise, and butterscotch. Measurements: 11' 5" x 8'9". Great condition with age appropriate freckling.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1172671 (stock #Hasui097)
Kawase Hasui
Lingering Snow at Hikone Castle, 1934
Series. Selection of Views of the Tokaido Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
First edition. Bears the Watanabe C seal (sausage seal) used between 1929 and 1942.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.50 x 10.25 inches.
Reference: Hotei #226.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight age toning.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Textiles : Rugs : Pre 1940 item #982530 (stock #ga-1062)
Spring forward with this wonderful Chinese Art Deco rug, c 1930 featuring vivid colors of raspberry, jade green, turquoise, purple, pink and butterscotch. Measurements: 11' 6" x 8' 6". Great condition with age appropriate freckling.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1940 item #1109669 (stock #G0474)
A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese silver lock for child in small size, excellent condition. W:3.5cm H:3.5cm weight:17.6g.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Okimono : Pre 1940 item #1485801
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The cormorant prepares to take flight, wings extended, captured in bronze in a moment of excitement, the shapr eyes focused ahead. Captivating realism with simple Art-deco overtones signed below the tail. It is 32 x 36.5 x 25 cm (14-1/2 x 13 x 10 inches) and is in excellent condition. The cormorant, known in Japanese simply as U, is a migratory bird native to the east Palearctic with a range from Taiwan to the Russian Far East...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1940 item #1192175 (stock #be866r)
This is an exquisite handpainted cup and saucer depicting flowers in blue and gold with just tiny touches of white and pink. It is signed Limoges, France, and alo Raphael Weil & Cie, San Francisco. It is in perfect condition with no chips, cracks or repairs, and the gold is also in perfect condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Pre 1940 item #1172858
A beautiful set of six red-cut-to-clear cocktail glasses designed by Charles Graffart for Val St. Lambert. Graffart was one of the three designers chosen by Val to create their entire exhibit for the 1920 Exposition des Art Decoratifs. The austere angular cutting pattern works beautifully with the overlay.

Origin: Belgium, ca. 1930. Condition: excellent, no chips or cracks. Size: 2-3/4" tall.

NOTE: We also have a matching decanter, signed "Val St...

All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1940 item #71581 (stock #3-2-019)
French Limoges porcelain set comprising covered marmalade dish with plate. Hand painted by "Le Tallec a Paris". Vibrant flower bouquets are depicted within gilded decorations.Circa 1940. Marks on the back "Dessinee et peint entierement a la main par Le Tallec a Paris. Le Tallec: This is a decorating studio located in Paris that has been around since 1930's, and was purchased in 1993 by Tiffany & Company. Company specializes in mainly dinnerware and giftware items...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Okimono : Pre 1940 item #1470055 (stock #O005)
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A solitary thatched hermitage rises on the top of this stony crag set onto a beautifully carved and signed rosewood stand. Together they are 7.5 x 11.5 x 13 cm (3 x 4-1/2 x 5 inches) and in excellent condition. The box is titled Yasegawa-ishi, inside signed Seicho and dated a fortunate day in the second month of 1936.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Ceramics : French : Porcelain : Pre 1940 item #1192174 (stock #be867r)
This beautiful cup and saucer is hand decorated in a pink (almost raspberry) and gold. It is marked Limoges, France and another mark with Raphael Weill & Cie, San Francisco. It is in perfect condition with no chips, cracks or repair, and the gold is also perfect with no wear at all.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1431405 (stock #Yuhan009)
Ito Yuhan
Pagoda at Nikko
Date: 1930s. A pre-war or early postwar edition.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 10.75 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Signed Y. Ito at lower left.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940 item #1407611 (stock #Hasui455)
Kawase Hasui
Sailboat at Yashima
Date: 1930s
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.75 x 5.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-82.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso. Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very slight toning.