1890s More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Antique (1890s) Limoges, France porcelain canister marked CFH/GDM, hand painted and signed. This beautiful piece is decadent in design. The porcelai...

Urn Jar carved from Jadeite jade Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). An exceptional carved antique lidded covered urn, from the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) period, circa 1890-1910. They were carved from a single solid piece of natural jadeite white jade exhibiting extraordinary skills and very fine details of organic motifs, a small village, a landscape and a two mythological figures at the sides. It is adorned on the sides, with a pair of rings and two sections of chains connected to a decorative element with organic motifs. They are carved from the same material and hang freely from the top of the wooden frame. The urn has a measures of 197 mm by 102 mm by 51 mm (7.75 x 4 x 2 Inches) and the both parts of the chains raise Inches. The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was the Manchu-led last dynasty in the imperial history of China. It was proclaimed in 1636 in Manchuria (modern-day Northeast China), in 1644 entered Beijing, extended its rule to cover all of China proper, and then extended the empire into Central Asia. The dynasty lasted until 1912. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing empire lasted for almost three centuries and assembled the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest Chinese dynasty and in 1790 the fourth largest empire in world history in terms of territorial size. With a population of 432 million in 1912, it was the world's most populous country at the time. Qing Dynasty decorative arts, many craftsmen worked in the imperial court, producing artifacts for palace use: everything from items of jewelry art to beautiful Chinese lacquerware, including lacquered imperial thrones: see, for instance, the Qing Dynasty Imperial Throne (1775-80, Victoria and Albert Museum, London). The Imperial Household Department managed a number of crafts workshops both within the Forbidden City and outside it. Some of the skilled workers and master craftsmen were on permanent duty, like those in the imperial glass factory established in 1696 under the direction of the German Jesuit Kilian Stumpf (1655-1720). Other experts in gemstones carving, horn and jade sculpture and metallurgy were summoned to Beijing for a specific period of service. Note: Zaichun, Tongzhi Emperor, 1861-1875, Zaitian, Guangxu Emperor, 1875-1908, Puyi, Xuantong Emperor, 1908-1911. Note: The Chinese have revered and carved Jade and Nephrite for generations, and still do. The modern 20th century carvers use all the latest machinery and technology to carve this very hard, brittle material. But all of the antique jade carvings...

An extremely well detailed wood carving of Ebisu, as a fisherman. Beautiful and well detailed sculpture, created in Japan during the Meiji dynastic period (1868-1912) back in the 1890's. This piece represent the god of good fortune Ebisu. Was exceptionally carved and executed from one solid single piece of rose wood, showing a gorgeous face expression, with intricate details in the hands and feets, he's carrying as usual a rod and a fish. Ebisu (yebisu), ???, god of fortune, the ocean and fisherman. In the japanese mythology is one of the seven gods of luck, sichi-fuku-jin, the patron of the fisherman and tradesmen. he is depicted as a bearded, smiling fisherman with formal long court ropes, often carrying a rod in one hand and a tai, symbolic fish of the good luck, in the other. The height is 14.25 inches (36.20 cm) and the base measurements is 6.5 by 6.45 inches (16.5 x 16.38 cm). Meiji period, is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign...

Folding creen with 2 panels in carved, inlaid and lacquered wood. The upper and lower parts are carved with birds and foliage / leaves. The central panels are inlaid on the front...

This remarkable and very finely turned delicate white marble charger was made in India and dates to the late 19th century. It has the thinnest cross section thickness that I have eve...

Late 19th century double-width door panels from Zhejiang province, China. The framework and plain bottom panels are made of Fir wood, while the latticework portion is made of Elm woo...

A lovely pair of late nineteenth century red cinnabar lacquer vases with rectangular handles. The bodies are incised in the traditional manne...

A Japanned Bamboo Victorian Aesthetic Movement Newspaper or magazine Rack/Canterbury with hand painted panels depicting stylised flowers and leaves. The Aesthetic Movement was inf...

Antique Chinese wooden basket. Wooden basket made of sculpted wooden pieces joined together and banded with wire. Rattan wrapped Bamboo handles ...

A wooden traditional altar table from Henan, China, circa 1890. Corner legs, original finish. Detachable center board. Naturally distressed wood with a time-conferred patina. C...

Historical Bell- Immediately Useable First ever to be offered A genuine temple used de-accession 96 inch prayer bell with original wooden handled rope from a shrine in Nakamura Ward, Nagoya, Japan An extraordinary opportunity to acquire, collect, use and display the largest scale 18” temple bell of this kind we have ever seen in private hands- including its original wood and hemp rope pull- a Japanese authentic hand cast copper Shinto Suzu bell. The auspicious temple shrine from which this bell comes, was founded in 1156 to honor Ojintenno, who was the 15th emperor of Japan. It was commissioned in part by Minamoto no Tametomo, who was a famous Samurai, who is known as possibly being the first samurai to commit Seppuku. Its big 18" high and 12" diameter bell including a massive hand carved wooden pull handle measuring 17 inches in length shows patina from great age, dates to the late 19th century, and was formerly rung outside a Nagoya Temple great hall where it was enjoyed by members of Japan's local Shinto communities. This bell was authentically rung at this temple shrine. We will include the original 96 inch rope pull with massive 17 inch long hand carved wooden handle. In total, this is an extraordinary copper bell which includes its rare original wood and hemp rope pull. Important: Please view the actual insitu photograph of this amazing relic before it was deaccessioned. This huge old bell dates to the late 19th century period, displays an impressive patina from age, and sounds impressive. It's lower half portion has been purposely hand-hammered by design to improve its sound- this is not damage. The Suzu Shinto bell...

A small storage shelf made in the Meiji era in Japan It was used in an old house in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. I don't know what it was used for. Convenient for storing small sh...