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Technique: Hand-Crafted
Transcendence 1 by Ango, Handcrafted Diaphanous Cloud Pendant Light
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
Transcendence 1 is a sophisticated pendant light first launched at Maison et Objet, Paris in January 2023. Flux lines of luminescence that have been created in a new composite Material developed by Ango are formed into a diaphanous cloud realised with light. The random configurations and differing intervals and intensity of the gossamer light Material beautifully modulate the light from the central light source.
The new composite Material, is the culmination of years of experimentation where tree bark fibre is combined with a unique natural plant derived stabiliser that has been lightened with a small amount of white pigmentation.
Extremely lightweight, durable and washable
Product name: Tanscendence 1 (per piece)
Type: Main voltage modular pendant light...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Organic Material
Cascadence Ceiling Light by Ango – Handcrafted Silk Cocoon Sculptural Pendant
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
Cascadence Ceiling Light by Ango is a refined sculptural pendant handcrafted from natural silk cocoons, designed to bring softness, movement, and quie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Organic Material
19th Century Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Floor Lamp
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th century antique Japanese Meiji bronze floor lamp.
This finely cast, well composed, pedestal lamp depicts mythical creatures on the base, cranes in high relief on the stem are...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Tobacco Water Pipe, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Despite common belief that water pipes such as these were used to smoke opium, water pipes such as these were more commonly used for smoking Tobacco. The h...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie Table Lamps Vintage Circa 1950’s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set of two vintage 1950’s Frederick Cooper Chinoiserie table lamps.
Vintage Frederick Cooper Asian tea tin canister turned int...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Mughal Silver Chased Collectible Box Trinket Pandan Box, North India
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique handcrafted unique silver collectible box North India.
Antique Raj Mughal silver box with hand chased and repousse fine decoration.
The top of the box is very intricately finely chased panels with a combination of with foliage and flowers repousse decoration and toped with a peacock bird final.
The deep gadroons around the body give this pandan box...
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Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo A Set of 2 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo A Set of 2 with structure
in wood, hand-carved wood, hand-painted wood, hand-lacquered
wood, covered with hand-em...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
$5,587 / set
Anglo Raj Hand-Crafted Game Chess Low Table India
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The board is nicely carved with Rajasthani designs at the rim, the sides and feet are covered with clad silver metal hammered with Moorish Raj designs.
In good vintage condition.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Metal, Brass
Middle Eastern Brass Inkwell Qalamdan 19th C
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A 19th century Middle Eastern, Asian brass decorated Islamic Moorish Qalamdan.
The Qalamdan is an inkwell in solid brass.
It consists of an inkwell and a pen compartment of typical tubular form with an interior cavity to store a reed pen.
Attached to the body is an inkwell with engraved designs with a shell style cover.
The piece measures 9 1/2" inches long x 2" inches high x 2" inches deep.
Great brass decorative Islamic Metal...
Category
19th Century Asian Moorish Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Asian Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box with Hammered Brass Metal Overlay
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Asian decorative wooden jewelry box with brass overlay.
Large ethnic Indian hand painted decorative jewelry wood box with brass metal hammere...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Indian Malabar Dowry Jewelry Box in Lacquered Teak with Handcrafted
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique South Indian Malabar Dowry Jewelry Box, 19th Century Teak with Brass – Kerala, India
A rare and collectible South Indian dowry box from Kerala...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Large Teak Hand Crafted Architectural Model of a Northern Thailand Spirit House
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-800 hand made in teak wood architectural model of a northern Thailand Spirit house.
Category
1970s Thai Vintage Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Hand Painted Middle Eastern Moorish Style Photo Album, 19th Century
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Middle Eastern Qajar style Moorish picture photo album, with hand painted miniatures on the cover.
This fine Middle Eastern Moorish style scrapbook is hand painted with 22-k...
Category
Late 19th Century Moorish Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique 19th Century Turkish Ottoman Tinned Copper Ewer Pitcher
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique 19th century Asian, Middle Eastern style Turkish tinned copper ewer.
Antique Turkish ottoman Islamic Ewer Tombak pitcher brass copper Ibrik.
Nic...
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19th Century Turkish Moorish Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Chinese Signboard with Red Coloured Calligraphy from Hardwood, C. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
With a wood coloured base this signboard (crafted entirely from wood) highlights two large red coloured Chinese Characters. The signboard dates to the early 20th Century and has aged...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese Buddhist portable traveling zushi shrine altar with Amida Buddha (Amitabha) concealed inside the folded wood doors.
This work dat...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Japanese Antique Pottery Jar/1500s/"Shigaraki Ware"/Wabisabi Vase
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a Japanese pottery called "Shigaraki ware".
Shigaraki is a historical kiln located in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. (Shigaraki Kiln is marked with a ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Primitive Wood Chair from Japan 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi Wooden Chair Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old primitive chair discovered in Japan.
Details of this chair are unknown. It is also possible that it was not produced in Japan, but was brought over from East Asia or S...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Qing Dynasty (Ca. 1870), Wood and Bamboo Two-tiered Hat Box, China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Two-tiered Hat Box
China
Qing dynasty (ca. 1870)
Wood, bamboo
H: 20 in x D: 14.75 in :: 50.8 cm x 37.5 cm
The box holds two Mandarin’s cone shaped hats: the summer hat in the top ti...
Category
19th Century Chinese Tribal Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Antique Vases in Southern China / Small Vases / 16th to 17th Centuries
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is believed that pottery baked in southern China in the early Ming dynasty was imported into Japan.
It is a small size.
The upper part is slightly ...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Asian Metal Filigree Opium Pipe
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Asian metal opium pipe with filigree art work in floral designs.
Silvered metal alloy, patinated could be cleaned to be shiny.
Long and unusual decorative collector opium pipe, very ...
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Early 20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
17th/18th Century Wood, Embossed Leather and Brass, Storage Box with Lid, Tibet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Storage Box with Lid
Tibet
17th/18th century
Wood, embossed leather, brass
H: 9.25 in x D: 12.5 in :: 24 cm x 31.75 cm
An exceptional round wood and leather-bound box. The top havin...
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17th Century Tibetan Tribal Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Gilt Lacquer Wood Manuscript Storage Box Burma 19th Century
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Gilt Lacquer Wood Manuscript storage box Burma 19th century.
This wooden box is entirely covered in moulded lacquer-work in relief (known as thayo w...
Category
Late 19th Century Thai Other Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Teak
Paradise by Ango – Sculptural Silk Cocoon Handcrafted Pendant Light
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
Paradise by Ango is a statement pendant light hand-crafted from thousands of natural silk cocoons, creating a softly luminous, cloud-like presence that elevates any interior. Each co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Carved Turkish Figural Meerschaum Moorish Pipe
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Carved Turkish Figural Meerschaum Pipe with Moorish Turkish Bearded head.
Meerschaum pipe is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite, also known as meerschaum. Meerschaum , German for "sea foam" is sometimes found floating on the Black Sea and is rather suggestive of sea foam (hence the German origin of the name, as well as the French name for the same substance, écume de mer).
Meerschaum, also known as curlstone, is a unique mineral mined in the Anatolian province of Eskisehir. Local artisans hand carve the stone into collectibles, most notably tobacco pipes...
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20th Century Turkish Moorish Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate
Japanese antique pottery bowl/[Banko ware] Mie prefecture/1850-1912
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Banko-yaki is a type of pottery that began in the northern part of Mie Prefecture in the middle of the Edo period. (The places marked with red circles on the map are the kilns of Banko ware...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Pottery
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Chinese Rice Measure Basket with Engraved Iron Fittings, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A rice measure container handcrafted more than 100 years from wood and supported by engraved iron edges and an arched handle. There is a wonderful age related patina to the metal and...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Other Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Colorful Insects Under Antique Glass Dome
Located in Munich, DE
The Green Jungle Nymphs called Hétéropterix Dilaltata are form Papua New Guinea, Indonesian province. Set in an antique glass globe with wooden ba...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Organic Modern Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Organic Material, Wood
Chinese Canton Blue and White Porcelain Plater
Located in Norton, MA
Beautiful and rare boat shape Canton B & W porcelain platter.
Dimension: size: 15.5 cm x 19 cm.
Condition: excellent condition, no damage.
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Elm Rustic Farmhouse Primitive Brutalist Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
Dated to mid 19th century, this rustic, farmhouse, primitive and brutalist stool has simple splayed-leg design and well-worn finish. Crafted of northern elm wood with mortise-and-ten...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Large Early 19th Century Antique Hand Carved Wooden Mughal Decorative Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Early 19th century fine antique Indo-Persian carved sandalwood wooden box.
Incredibly intricate, highly detailed and deeply carved beautiful handcrafted and carved wooden box with Mu...
Category
19th Century Indian Agra Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Carved Wood Sculpture of the Hindu Deity Nandi With Pedestal, Circa 1920
Located in Point Richmond, CA
South Indian carved wood sculpture depicting the Hindu Deity of Nandi, a recumbent black bull figure, known within the Hindu faith as the vehicle for Siva, often depicted in sculptur...
Category
20th Century Indian Folk Art Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Tibetan Singing Bowl Hand Hammered E Tone
Located in Somis, CA
A rare 19th century Tibetan singing bowl. The hand made piece is all original, hand hammered yielding a subtle overall pattern of indentation. Beautiful E tone. A meaningful ceremoni...
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
$880 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Early 20th Century Burmese Lacquered Tray, “Pagan Bya”
Located in Atlanta, GA
Burmese (Myanmar) Lacquerware has a long tradition dating back to the 13th century. Lacquer in Burma is called “Thitsi” meaning the sap of a Thitsi Tree (Melanhorrea Usitata). Typica...
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Early 20th Century Burmese Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Japanese Bronze Ikebana Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous Ikebana brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Showa Period. Oval shape. The finish is Murashido, a centuries-old technique that consists in dipping the cast brass in hot oil ...
Category
1920s Japanese Showa Vintage Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century, Large Burmese Betel Box, “Kun It”
Located in Atlanta, GA
Burmese (Myanmar) Lacquerware has a long tradition dating back to the 13th Century. Lacquer in Burma is called “Thitsi” meaning the sap of a Thitsi Tree (Melanhorrea Usitata). Typica...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Chinese Rice Measure Basket with Iron Fittings, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A visibly old rice measure container handcrafted more than 100 years from wood and supported by iron edges and an arched handle. There is a wonderful age related patina to the metal ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Other Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Iron
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Chinese Elm Rustic Primitive Brutalist Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
Dated to mid-19th century, this rustic, farmhouse, primitive and brutalist stool has simple splayed-leg design and well-worn finish. Crafted of northern elm wood with mortise-and-ten...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Fine Tang Dynasty Ox Cart Pottery Statue, TL Tested
Located in Greenwich, CT
An unusual pottery statue of ox and cart on plexi stand, Tang dynasty 618-907, comes with Oxford authentication TL test certificate. Oxford TL test sample ...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
$5,800 Sale Price
22% Off
Japan 1890 Meiji Shibayama Round Urn in Gilded Wood and Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Shibayama urm from the Japan meiji (1858-1912) period.
Gorgeous piece of art, created in the imperial Japan during the Meiji period, circa 1890. This is a little urn with a lid crafted in gilded wood, shibayama panels and sterling silver. Composed by a four footed round vase with two sterling silver handles in the shape of trees and the lid on top accented with the figure of a crab in sterling silver. The gilded wood is decorated with flowers, sea patterns and the imperial flower...
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold Leaf
$5,588 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Painted Tibetan Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 2 panel cabinet is beautifully painted with a pair of dragons, vases and lotus blossoms adoring both the front doors. Both sides of the cabinet are painted with the same floral ...
Category
Late 19th Century Tibetan Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Pine, Paint
American Antique Hand-Painted Birds and Poppies Desk
Located in South Burlington, VT
Love Birds and Poppies
This is an original and beautiful hand-painted and hand incised fall front desk. This unique work of art is hand-painted on front with a roundel of three vibrant and colorful birds against a mountain scape and bouquets and runners of red poppies and greenery on remainder front perimeters, the sides and back are plain.
Inside we find a fitted interior with one drawer and pigeonholes. Two simple shelves...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
White Space by Ango – Sculptural Silk Cocoon
Concrete Floor Lamp
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
White Space by Ango is a refined sculptural floor lamp that pairs the delicacy of handcrafted natural silk cocoons with the quiet strength of a hand-cast concrete base...
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Concrete, Stainless Steel
Geisha Wig
Nô Theater 1 Mask
Located in Paris, FR
Mask Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 1, with real natural hair Geisha wig
on head model and with Nô Theater white painted wood mask.
Measures: Base: 28,5 x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Ethnic Indian Decorative Jewelry Box with Brass, Kerala Nettur Petti
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Teak Jewelry Dowry Box with Brass, Late 19th Century, India.
This Teak Indian Dowry Box is adorned with Decorative Brass, showcasing exquisite c...
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1890s Indian Agra Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Traditional Tribal Chair of the Swat Valley, Northern Pakistan, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Traditional tribal chair of the Swat Valley, Northern Pakistan, 19th century. A chair with low seat height 6 1/2"-inches high to seat, in the typical style of the Swat Valley region ...
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Early 19th Century Tribal Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Early 20th Century Burmese Lacquered Tray, “Pagan Bya”
Located in Atlanta, GA
Burmese (Myanmar) Lacquerware has a long tradition dating back to the 13th century. Lacquer in Burma is called “Thitsi” meaning the sap of a Thitsi Tree (Melanhorrea Usitata). Typica...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Japanese Bronze Vase, Early 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
An elegant brass vase, hand-crafted in Japan, Showa Period. The finish is Murashido, a centuries-old technique that consists in quenching the cast brass in hot oil and smoke it with ...
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1920s Japanese Showa Vintage Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$315 Sale Price
35% Off
19th Century Oriental Bronze Japanese Kagami Handled Mirror
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique traditional Oriental bronze Japanese Kagami handled Mirror.
An exceptional and stunning Japanese bronze handled mirror called Kagami.
Large and heavy bronze handle mirror ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo B Set of 2 Sculpture
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture Samuraï Puppet Musha Nyngyo B Set of 2 with structure
in wood, hand-carved wood, hand-painted wood, hand-lacquered
wood, covered with hand-...
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Early 1900s Japanese Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
$5,659 / set
Monumental "Bigger Than Life Size" Wooden Bodhisattva
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Imposing figure of Bodhisattva sitting in a royal pose with a beautiful serene expression, with semi close eyes expressing beatitude, in very well carved robes and pearl strings on t...
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Late 17th Century Chinese Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Burmese Lacquered Tray Stand, “Dang lan”
Located in Atlanta, GA
Burmese (Myanmar) lacquer ware has a long tradition dating back to the 13th century. Lacquer in Burma is called “Thitsi” meaning the sap of a Thitsi Tree (Melanhorrea Usitata). Typically, bamboo and wood are used as a frame or base in making lacquer work.
This table tray stand called a “Dang lan” and is used to hold dishes...
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Mid-20th Century Burmese Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Antique Chinese Opium Lamp with Round Base that is Multi-lobed
Located in Leuven , BE
Opium smokers used opium lamps to make the vaping and inhaling of the opium easier. These lamps, which contained spirits in their base, were specifically de...
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20th Century Chinese Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of 17th Century Arita Chargers, Hand-Crafted Porcelain, Japan
Located in Hudson, NY
Very fine pair of "Arita" Japanese Chargers of the late 17th century based on the Chinese "Kraak" porcelain design.
They are in beautiful condition with no restorations and no repair...
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Bombay Mughal Style Footed Box With Bone Overlay
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Nice and unusual Indian Mughal style large decorative box, filigree and carved horn.
Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved details throughout with filigree and carved veneered bone plaques with arabesque carving.
Vizagapatam, late 19th century.
History of the Anglo-Indian Boxes
Beginning in the early part of the 18th century, Indian artisans made what came to be known as Anglo-Indian boxes for the English residents living in India, who eventually brought or sent them back to England. At the beginning of the 19th century, India began exporting these boxes commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the 1850s. People valued them so highly that manufacturers of tins copied the designs on them in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Anglo-Indian boxes fall into four groups: Rosewood or ebony boxes inlaid;
sandalwood boxes veneered; sandalwood boxes covered with Sadeli mosaic; and carved boxes often combined with Sadeli mosaic/
The first two categories came from Vizagapatam in East India while the last two came from Bombay in West India.
English traders discovered the rich woods and intricate workmanship of Indian artisans, so colonial government officials began to recognize the work of the Indian artists and craftsmen as a source for satisfying the need for furniture and boxes, which would both serve to enhance English households in India. This gave rise to the cabinetmaking workshops in Vizagapatam between Calcutta and Madras.
Craftsmen made the first boxes to be decorated with Sadeli mosaic of rosewood or ebony, incised to give further definition to the decoration, directly inlaid into the wood. The shape of the early boxes was either sloping at the front with a flatter section at the back, reminiscent of English writing slopes, or rectangular. Artisans inlaid the borders with stylized floral scrolls and the centers with a single floral motif following a circular or oval symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. The edging was ornamental and protective, both helped protect the end grain against the weather.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras
These exotic boxes...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Chinese Hand-Painted Porcelain Fishbowl with Koi and Figural Scenes
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate an interior space or garden with this colorful, vintage porcelain jardinière. Created in China circa 1960, the round bowl features an exterior adorned with traditional Qing-...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese White Porcelain Jar Table Lamp
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Chinese table lamp made from a white porcelain urn painted with a floral red roses design around mounted on a brown wooden base and fi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Traditional Ethnic Woven Ajat Basket Borneo Indonesia
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handmade ethnic aged Borneo Ajat basket made from natural Rattan. Motifs of Burung Kenyalang / Hornbill Bird.
Traditional ethnic Borneo woven natural organic fiber rattan basket
A ...
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1950s Indonesian Folk Art Vintage Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Geisha Wig
Nô Theater 2 Mask
Located in Paris, FR
Mask Geisha Wig & Nô Theater 2, with real natural hair Geisha wig
on head model and with Nô Theater natural wood mask.
Base: 28,5x26,3cm.
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Bronze Vase with 10 Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chinese bronze vase with 10 figures - Not certain of age, but works well in any setting and water tight. A very heavy (17 lbs) piece. Beautifully mad...
Category
20th Century Chinese Hand-Crafted More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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