All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1394246 (stock #Hasui416)
Kawase Hasui
Heirinji, Nobidome
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1952.
Hasui signature and seal at lower left corner.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6mm seal in lower left margin, indicating a first edition.
Reference: Hotei No. 574.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Original drying pinhole in corner margin. Back margins have tape residue.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Pre 1960 item #1074791 (stock #G0390)
A beautiful vintage Chinese salmon coral beads necklace, in excellent condition. L:40cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1416511 (stock #Ohara229)
Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Group of Egrets
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1927. This edition 1946-1957.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6 mm in lower right corner of image.
Shoson signature and seal.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: S14.5 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Features gauffrage embossing on the birds' bodies...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1101969 (stock #YoshidaT 004)
Toshi Yoshida (1911~1995)
Depicting: Snowy street
Print size: 5.5 x 3.75 inches.
A woodblock print tipped at the top to a Japanese Christmas card from 1953.
Bears the Yoshida seal.
Condition: Excellent.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1459963 (stock #Hasui573)
Kawase Hasui
Chuzenji, Utagahama
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.55 inches.
Date: 1931.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
6mm Watanabe publisher's seal indicating printing between 1946 and 1957.
Reference: Hotei #264.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Original drying pinhole in margin. Pencil note at back bottom margin. A margin crease.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Pre 1960 item #1044581 (stock #G0314)
A very unique vintage Chinese silver ruyi shape brooch with jade, pearl, turquoise, amethyst stones. In excellent condition. L:2-1/4" Marked.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1321260 (stock #1-0930)
Architectural element which was probably the top part of a household altar. This element --- which represents a protecting ancestor head surmounted by a symbolic coiffe --- is resting on a squarish base. The piece is made of wood with a nice age patina. Indonesia, Leti Island. Height: 57 cm. Partial loss on the top, erosion, otherwise very good condition...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1464802 (stock #Hasui582)
Kawase Hasui
Wada Beach in Kagawa Prefecture (Kagawa-ken Wadahama)
Date: 1954.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
A first edition with red, 6mm seal in the lower right corner.
Signed and sealed by the artist at the lower left.
Reference: Hotei #595
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Margin has tone line and discoloration from previous framing.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1370945 (stock #1-1062)
Finely carved chief sceptre with a genie sitting on its top, surmounting a squatting ancestor, under which are geometric relief designs leading to the lower part. Wood, with nice glossy patina. Old porcelain ball attached with a small cotton rope to the top of the genie's head. Indonesia, Borneo Island, Dayak ethnic group. Height: 38,.5 cm. The piece is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Very good condition. A rare piece.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1127143 (stock #738)
A finely carved Striped Ebony (Diospyros ebenum) bust of a lady made in Bali circa 1930-1960. Condition - excellent - no damages and no repairs. 26cm (10.2inches) high; 16cm (6.25inches) wide. Weight 1.6kg.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1310477 (stock #1-0908)
Tattoo ink container of cylindrical shape decorated with a monkey in relief, in a rather aggressive posture, holding the container with its four paws. Wood, with a fine dark brown patina. The piece is nicely mounted on a custom plexi stand. Height (without stand): 6.5 cm. Old restoration on one of the limbs (almost invisible), otherwise very good condition.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1214091 (stock #6590)
Mid-Century Mexican silver six-candle candelabra. Unique design and high-quality construction. Excellently hand wrought and very rare. It measures approximately 20.5" long and 9" tall. Each candle holder portion measures 2.75" in diameter, and the base is 6" in diameter. The base is marked "ORTEGA" "925". It has also an Eagle 8 mark and a serial number of "39637". It is in impeccable condition and weighs approximately 4.6 lbs.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1419892 (stock #Hasui473)
Kawase Hasui
West Gate, Suwon (Suigen), Korea.
Korean Views Supplement Series.
Date: 1940.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Watanabe 6mm seal in the lower right corner, indicating printing between 1946-1957.
Reference: Hotei #444.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Some of the margins have a tone line.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Pre 1960 item #1445292 (stock #1750)
From our African Collection: A Senufo Fertility Figure from the Ivory Coast. Circa 1960. The Senufo people, also known as Siena, Senefo, Sene, Senoufo, and Syénambélé, are a West African ethnolinguistic group. They consist of diverse subgroups living in a region spanning the northern Ivory Coast, the southeastern Mali and the western Burkina Faso...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1960 item #1369339
A Tiffany & Co. sterling silver figural jigger in the form of an 18th century Colonial tankard. The jigger measures 1-1/2 ounces. The bottom is marked "Tiffany & Co./2419/Sterling."

Origin: America, ca. 1950

Condition: excellent, no dings or monograms

Dimensions: 1-7/8" tall

Weight: 41.0 grams.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1084320 (stock #G0427)
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A beautiful old Chinese salmon color beaded coral necklace with silver clasp in excellent condition. Size of the bead is about 6mm each. One L:26" / L:25" $650 pending
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1331122 (stock #Yuhan003)
Ito Yuhan
Avenue of Cryptomeria, Nikko.
Date: 1930s. Printed 1938-1960.
Size: Oban, approximately 16.25 x 10.75 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. Bears the publisher's seal in the left margin.
Sealed Yuhan in Japanese within the image.
Condition: Very good to excellent with slight toning of paper.
This rarely seen print is also signed "Y. Ito" in pencil and titled "Cryptomeria Highway, Nikko" with edition number 12/25.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Pre 1960 item #1106513 (stock #G0469)
A beautiful pair of old salmon red corral earrings with 14k backing in excellent condition. L:3.5cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Pre 1960 item #1055350 (stock #G0335)
A beautiful vintage red coral pendant in excellent condition. W:1.2" H:1"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1480018
Japanese sosaku hanga woodblock print depicting an alert dog lying in rest set against a lacquered patterned background titled "Dachshund (A)" by Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997). Signed in white ink and with the artist's red seal at the lower right. Circa 1950s. Unlimited edition. Paper size: 11 1/2" x 17 1/4” (image size: 10 3/16" x 15 1/8”). Very good overall condition. There are three small areas of tape residue on the back upper edge at the center and corners.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1298912
Framed Japanese woodblock print by artist Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993) Signed in pencil, with inscription and artist's cartouche. Circa 1959. Size: (entire frame) 35.25" height, 29.25" width (artwork only) 22.5" height, 17.5" width
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Metalwork : Pre 1960 item #1164866
Rare and heavy silver necklace with fine floral engravings. This piece was collected in Thailand. H. 16 cm (excl. stand) W. 17,5 cm. Weight 700 gram. Inside diameter 11 cm. Age: early to mid 20th century. Comes with a custom made stand.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Accessories : Boxes : Pre 1960 item #1339915
A nice vintage leather box embossed “Studs” on the top. Most of these boxes are round, but this example is a much more uncommon horseshoe, the lid also embossed with a horseshoe. These boxes were original intended to store shirt studs or cufflinks, but can be used for any variety of gentleman’s accessories.

Origin: probably England, ca. 1950. Condition: excellent. Dimensions: 2-1/2” x 2-3/4” x 1-3/16.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Accessories : Boxes : Pre 1960 item #1108651 (stock #111030)
This box measures 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 2 3/4". The top has a beautiful design with a bezel-set, green / turquoise, bezel set stone "handle." The top is sterling silver. The base is copper with a wooden inlay. The inside of the top is marked STERLING S & E for Sweetser Manufacturing Co. The bottom of the copper base is also marked S & E (with the company's hallmark) numbered 19928. It has a monogram I cannot decipher (which, of course, can be removed by any jeweler)...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1415466 (stock #ItoTakash003)
Ito Takashi
Mt. Fuji from Yamanaka
Date: 1952.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's signature at lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Lacquer : Pre 1960 item #1265670 (stock #1152)
This spectacular and truly one-of-a kind telephone was not only crafted by what was Korea's premier lacquer and mother-of-pearl company in the mid 20th Century (Kimpo Chilgi Gongyaesa), this is the one-off deluxe telephone that they made for themselves to use in their own office, so they put everything into this phone, and there really is no other like it...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1178775 (stock #Hasui 098)
Kawase Hasui
Lake Chuzenji, Nikko, 1930.
Size: Oban, approximately 16.5 x 11.25 inches.
This is a very desirable edition published in the 1950s by Shobisha, which acquired publishing rights from Kawaguchi and Sakai.
Bears the round, red seal used by Shobisha in the 1950s on the verso.
Condition: Excellent. One corner has a light crease at the margin.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1098964 (stock #G0459)
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A beautiful vintage Chinese 22K gold ring with a Burmese jadeite in excellent condition. Signed. Size 6, Weight 6.3g $1400 Pending
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960 item #1395625 (stock #Hasui420)
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at Mukojima
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1931.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Watanabe round 6 mm seal at lower left, indicating a lifetime edition produced between 1946 and 1957.
Reference: Hotei #261.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Pristine. Removed from original folder.
One of Hasui's most loved snow scenes.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1117157 (stock #G0503)
A very cute and small old Chinese enamel silver bird pendant on both sides, in excellent condition. Marked. H:3cm W:2.5cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1082005 (stock #G0413)
Mid 20th C. Chinese red jade carving pendant, in excellent condition. H:5.5cm W:4.25cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1031397 (stock #G0287)
A beautiful vintage lapis necklace with a 14K gold clasp, in excellent condition. Each bead 9mm. L:24" $175
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Metalwork : Pre 1960 item #1228115 (stock #G0682)
A beautiful vintage set of Korean silver enamel salt and pepper containers, in excellent condition and with the original box. It's perfect for wedding gift. Weights:212.6g W:19cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Coin : Pre 1960 item #67692 (stock #2-2-062)
Vintage tray hand-made with silver Guatemalan coins, dates between years 1932-1945. Circa 1950.
Dimensions: 4.72" (12 cm) X 4.52" (11.5 cm)
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1082008 (stock #G0414)
A beautiful old Chinese carved yellow jade pendant in excellent condition. H:4.5cm W:3.5cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1960 item #1425902 (stock #1027)
The solid 14K yellow gold is finely crafted in three bats and three prunus flowers on each sides in the 20th Century, marked “14K.” The old Qing Dynasty jadeite is from the 19th Century, hand-crafted in the Ruyi shape, the front crafted with four traditional Chinese character meaning “longevity with wealth and honor”, the reverse crafted with a deer or a dragon-like mythical beast. It would be a great gift full of blessing. Size: 5.5 cm long, 4.2 cm wide. Condition: Excellent vint...