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Place of Origin: Asian
Pair of Igorot Tribesmen Figural Hunter
Huntress Carvings on Plinths 20th Cent
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Igorot tribesmen figural wood carvings depicting hunter and huntress with companion canines, weaponry, and standing on two circular fluted pli...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
Group of Brass Gazelle / Antelope / Reindeer Sculpture
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Family of patinated brass gazelle / impala / antelope / reindeer sculptures.
Sculptures are made in 1970's in South Korea and been recently covered ...
Category
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$10,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Cloisonné Enamel Dragon Vase, Meiji Period Japan
Located in London, GB
This intricately decorated antique Japanese vase was crafted in the Meiji period (1868-1912). The vase is of circular form and features a waisted base, large, ovoid body and a lid wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Vintage Chinese Oxblood Glazed Ceramic Planter with Flared Rim
Located in Yonkers, NY
A richly glazed vintage Chinese planter featuring the deep crimson tones characteristic of oxblood, or sang-de-boeuf, glaze. The rounded body rises to a slightly flared rim, its surf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Large Life-size South Asian Nepali Gilded Patinated Brass Buddha Head Statue
Located in Forney, TX
A fine quality and visually striking life-size Nepalese Buddha head with beautifully aged warm patina.
Exceptionally executed in brass/bronze with brilliant gold gilt / antique cop...
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Bronze
1980s Dolbi Cashier Brass Vase with Embossed Floral Motif – Vintage Art Deco
By Dolbi Cashier
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This vintage brass vase by Dolbi Cashier, a renowned name in high-quality decorative metalwork, is an exquisite piece from the 1980s that perfectly embodies Art Deco revival elegance...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Chinese Export Canton Blue
White Chestnut Basket
Stand
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Canton Blue & White Chestnut Basket and Stand
Circa 1810-1820
This is a two-piece Chinese Export porcelain set consisting of an oval basket and a matching stand. Both...
Category
1820s Chinese Export Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Old Blue Glazed Chinese Ceramic Rooster Figures
Located in Norton, MA
A large pair of Chinese turquoise glazed porcelain roosters with purple combs, circa 1920.
Category
1920s Other Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Vase with Hand-Painted Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
This large Chinese blue and white porcelain vase, dating to the 19th century during the Qing dynasty, presents a striking hand-painted design in a classic baluster form. Standing at ...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Polychrome Seated Ancestor Figure, C. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often featured painted ancestral portraits or tabletop ancestor figure...
Category
Early 19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Export Silver Bowl, circa 1890
By Tuck Chang
Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver bowl.
This exceptional Chinese Export silver (CES) bowl has a circular rounded form.
The body of this antique Chinese silver bowl...
Category
1890s Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Japanese Bronze Vase, Edo Period
Located in London, GB
A Japanese solid bronze Mimikuchi handled vase with crisply detailed spiral design on a beautifully rounded body.
This rare piece dates from the early to mid 1800's. A very fine example of Japanese Edo period...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Qing Dynasty Famille Rose Chinese Porcelain Vase with Qianlong Marking
Located in Westfield, MA
This antique Qing Dynasty famille rose porcelain vase represents the elegance and artistry of Chinese decorative traditions. The form features a rounded body that rises gracefully in...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Bird Tree Enamel Vases
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large Pair of Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases Hawks on Cherry Blossom Tree
Silver wire High Quality attributed to Hayashi or Ota
A pair of antique Japanese Meiji peri...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Signed Somchai Verdigris Bronze Brutalist Parrot Sculpture on Marble Base 1970s
By Hattakitkosol Somchai
Located in Troy, MI
Modernist parrot sculpture by Hattakitkosol Somchai circa 1970s
Solid bronze parrot on perch with verdigris finish mounted to white marble base
Signed and numbered
5.5 inch width
5 ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Chinese Blue and White Altar Vase with Immortal Figures and Celadon Tint
Located in Yonkers, NY
A tall and finely potted Chinese porcelain altar vase, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue on a pale celadon ground. Standing 17 inches high with an 8.5-inch body diameter and a wide...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
1048 Gram Marvellous Aquamarine Specimen With Muscovite From Nagar, Pakistan
By Deloris "Dee" Giltz 1
Located in Peshawar, PK
1048 Gram Marvellous Aquamarine Specimen With Muscovite From Nagar, Pakistan
Weight: 1048 Gram
Dimension: 12.5 x 12 x 9 Cm
Origin : Nagar Valley, Skardu District, Gilgit Baltista...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Adam Style Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Rock Crystal
Vintage Porcelain Floral Desk Set by Neiman Marcus with Letter Opener and Tray
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Porcelain Floral Desk Set by Neiman Marcus with Letter Opener and Tray. A very nice two-piece brass and porcelain desk set, circa 1970s. The set is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Vintage Sasak Lombok Pumpkin Container in Glazed Terracotta
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A substantial pumpkin jar in glazed earthenware. Hand-crafted by Sasak on the Island of Lombok in Indonesia circa 1980-90. It has this characteristic 'red'ish' brown glaze with black...
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Petite Chinese Celadon Pot, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite stoneware jar from the mid-19th century is decorated with low relief linework of autumn chrysanthemums and crashing waves. With precious scale and a subdued, celadon-grey...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Large Pair of Japanese Cloisonné with Blue Birds signed Gonda Hirosuke
Located in Long Island City, NY
A set of two vases with magnificent flowers and birds decoration, classic form for Japanese works of the Meiji era. The baluster form vases are enameled with polychrome images of blossoming flowers and plants made in the Cloisonne technique on a glossy cobalt blue ground. The base is marked with the mark of Gonda Hirosuke...
Category
Early 20th Century Meiji Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Large Chinese Canton / Rose medallion bowl, 16" diameter, C19th
Located in Brighton, Sussex
This exquisite 19th-century Cantonese Rose Medallion bowl, measuring 16 inches in diameter, showcases intricate hand-painted scenes of courtly life and nature. The bowl's vibrant col...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Polychrome Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Jardinière Urn and Charger
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Chinese hand painted porcelain jardinière urn and charger
Porcelain is decorated with beautiful scenes of cranes, birds, flowers and acanthus leaves. Colors are green, red, ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Rosewood Jewelry Box with Ornate Solid Brass Fittings
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Here is nice large Chinese rosewood jewelry box with ornate solid brass fitting with a round longevity symbol carved in the middle and light peach felt lining inside. Comes with lock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Rosewood
$544 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair Chinese Porcelain Foo Dog Covered Jars, mid 20th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful pair of Chinese famille verte enameled porcelain covered jars with foo lions, circa 1960's, China.
The jars of baluster form and painted in bold and bright famille vert...
Category
1960s Qing Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Japanese bronze statue of Buddha in ascetic practice / late 19th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This bronze statue of Shakyamuni undergoing ascetic practices is thought to have been made between the Meiji period and the early Showa period. Shakyamuni ascetic statues are Buddhis...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Folk Art Dowry Box, Lombok Indonesia, Cowrie, Painted Palm
Bamboo 1950’s Sasak
Located in London, GB
Sasak Dowry Box, Lombok Indonesia, Cowrie & Painted Palm 1950’s
Handwoven and richly adorned, this 1950’s Sasak dowry box from Lombok, Indonesia, captures the ceremonial artistry of...
Category
1920s Folk Art Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Other
60s Mid Century Modern Brutalist K L Hakuli Brass Abstract Art Menorah Israel
By Wainberg Israel, Yaacov Agam
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Beautiful Artisan made, K. L. Hakuli for Weinberg, Israel Brutalist 9 candle Hanukkah Menorah
Piece is off-centered and very abstract with incised v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brutalist Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Early-20th Century Chinese Hand made Cloisonne Dragon Incense Burner
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent, exquisite and rare large Chinese Cloisonne incense Burner has gold gilt dragon on the top of the lid and three gilt ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Japanese Lidded Rice Lacquer Bowls w/ Covers, 19 Century
Located in Norton, MA
6 Sets of Japanese black Lidded Rice Lacquer Bowls with Covers and the original lidded wooden box from the 19th Century. There are a total of 12 pieces.
There is one small paint los...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Mino Yaki Pottery Vase by Kenzo Toen
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage Japanese Mino Yaki pottery vase. Lovely earthy glazes. Made by Kenzo Toen of the Gifu Prefecture, signed on the base.
Category
Mid-20th Century Organic Modern Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Antique Meiji Period Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases
Located in London, GB
These beautiful Japanese vases were crafted during the Meiji period of the late 19th Century, which was referred to as the Golden Age of cloisonne enameling.
The vases are of elo...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Blue
White Soup Spoon, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century porcelain soup spoon is a delicate example of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics. Once used daily as an everyday eating utensil, the spoon's broad form is hand-painted...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Chinese Rose Mandarin Round Box with Lid
Located in Norton, MA
A truly fine hand-painted porcelain round box with lid in figures of Chinese traditional ladies and men.
Category
Early 20th Century Other Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box Cloisonné Enamel, Tobacco Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Vases and Flowers.
French Private Collection
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Late 19th Century Antique Jerusalem Mother of Pearl Shell Carved Plaques
Located in London, GB
A beautiful collection of five shells engraved from the Holy Land depicts a religion scenes, three of them depicts the last supper in Jerusalem, the other two depicts scenes from the...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Spiral Clock a Shiro Kuramata Japanese Zen Minimal Postmodern
By Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Spiral clock designed by Shiro Kuramata. Dial is inside acrylic edge rounded shade.
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Acrylic
Kınık Küpü (Textured Turkish Jar - Small)
Located in Ojai, US
Kınık is a traditional Anatolian pottery technique that blends control and chance to create one-of-a-kind designs on the surface of each piece. This small Kınık Küpü was likely used ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Greco Roman Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
1891-1911 Chinese Cinnabar Stamp Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1891-1911 Chinese cinnabar stamp box. The red lacquer carved with a garden scene & a sage under a tree. Hinged. Sides are fully carved as well. Marked "China". Late Qing Dynasty.
3 3...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Chinese Porcelain Jar with Lid
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Vintage Chinese porcelain jar. It was hand made and hand paint with beautiful Chinese traditional folks art on it. You can see from the pictures that it has ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$399 Sale Price
27% Off
Chinese Asian Antique Rattan and Bamboo Tiered Qing Wedding Basket, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, large, hand-woven rattan and bamboo Chinese three-tiered handled wedding basket.
From a Los Angeles Asian/Chinese art and artifacts collection.
We are listing it as ea...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan, Lacquer
Post-Modern Tessellated Pink Marble and Red Travertine Box by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Post Modern tobacco or snuff box rendered in tessellated pink marble and rosso travertino, red travertine with brass inlay, brown velvet and wood interior by Maitland Smith.
Match...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Travertine, Marble, Brass
$384 Sale Price
61% Off
Antique Chinese Champlevé Enamel Scarab Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Finely detailed champlevé scarab shape box with gilt wash interior. Traces of antique mirror on inner top. Rich colors of blue, turquoise purple finely enameled all around box.
Category
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Akashi-Awaji Pottery Modernist Manipulated Volcanic Drip Glaze Vase
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
This Akashi-Awaji pottery vase, dating to circa 1930, exemplifies the modernist direction and innovative glaze work characteristic of late Awaji ware, particularly after the Sanpei k...
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Pottery
Petrified wood candleholders stone
Located in Vosselaar, BE
Attractive set of 3 candleholders in millenia old petrified wood. The upper surfaces polished.
Category
2010s Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Petrified Wood
Large Carved Wood Sculpture of a Sleeping Child with Pumpkin, Southeast Asia, 20
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This charming hand-carved wood sculpture depicts a serene young child peacefully resting on a large pumpkin. Likely originating from Southeast Asia and dating to the 20th century, th...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP (Mother of Pearl) Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box from circa 1875-85.
Gorgeously detailed and hand-crafted ‘sadeli mosaic’ inlay, from the Bombay Area, with deep greens with silver, pewter, mother of pearl, bone and ebony in geometric patterns.
The box case, is made of sandalwood but completely covered in MOP, bone, faux ivory, ebony and mosaic inlay.
Edged with faux ivory and banded with a different pattern of sadeli mosaic.
Some minor damage to the top (repair is obvious in pics) and ivorine replacements to some edging, but it still a BEAUTIFUL BOX and of real QUALITY!
The mosaic work is FABULOUS!
Box opens to reveal its original blue velvet lining.
It sits on 4 (recently added) silvered button feet.
SADELI MOSAIC: “Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials.
Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color.
The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched.
The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design.
On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent.
The earliest Sadeli boxes...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Green Cut To White Carved Peking Glass Vase.
Located in Chicago, IL
Single Chinese Peking Glass vase depicting flora and fauna. Emerald green cut to white with high relief. Twelve inches tall by five and three quarters inches in diameter.
Category
1960s Chinoiserie Vintage Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass, Cut Glass
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Cloud Jar, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful in its imperfection, this ceramic storage jar from Yunnan province has a crawled glaze finish that reveals the maker's hand. Dated to the 15th/16th century, the sculptural ...
Category
16th Century Ming Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
20th Century Chinese Polished Carved Stone Sex Toys
Located in North Miami, FL
A pair of 20th century Chinese polished carved stone sex toys.
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Persimmon Box in Black Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Persimmon Box
Black Lacquer
Hand Repousse
Copper Base
Limited Edition
Lacquer is a laborious and time-consuming process. After it is tapped from the
trees, lacquer needs to b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar with Peacocks
Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
High Quality Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Blossoming Iris’s Vase
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over gilt copper vase. The vase has an urn shaped body and a fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of b...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Rare Pair of Japanese Samurai Abumi (Stirrups) from the Edo Period
Located in San Diego, CA
A rare and evocative pair of antique Japanese samurai abumi (horse-riding stirrups) dating to the Edo period (1603–1868). Expertly forged in iron, with a silver inlay decorative desi...
Category
18th Century Edo Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Iron
Lomonosov Porcelain Duck Bird Figurine, Hand-painted, 1986-1992
By Lomonosov
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming sitting duck bird figurine is made of porcelain. Highly detailed hand-painted decoration in organic brown and beige palette complements complex, realistic shape of the piece...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain, Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Monumental Imari-Style Orange Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese monumental porcelain orange and floral patterned vases celebrating Japanese Imari ware in both palette and design, with medallions featuring figurative scenes of women in gardens...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Small Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Presentation Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A small porcelain snuff bottle featuring a delicately hand-painted figural scene on the front. The scene depicts traditional Chinese figures in a garden setting, executed in bright e...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Famille Verte Green Ceramic Chinoiserie Floral Motif Gord Vases, a Pair
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pair of ceramic famille verte green chinoiserie vases. Glazed in a beautiful deep green, and decorated with a floral motif of pink chrysanthemums,...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Early 20th Century Chinese Famille Verte Fish Bowl
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality early 20th century Chinese Famille verte Fish bowl, having yellow ground fan shaped panels with classical Chinese warriors in battle, boarders with geometric motifs to...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Asian Antique Brass Betel Nut Pandan Box with Lid, Northern India 19th C.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Asian antique Beaten Brass Betel Nut Pandan Box, Northern India.
Beautiful antique hand hammered Asian round brass betel with a lid and delicate engravings with floral design handle hand crafted by skilled artisans from Northern India.
Indian Beaten Copper Betel Nut Pandan Box with hand hammered beaten floral and incised decoration used to store betel leaf, lime, tobacco and the nut from the areca palm. This mixture of ingredients when prepared and placed in the mouth for long periods gives the user a mild aphrodisiac effect.
The preparation of the betel nut with lime stored in ornate boxes with several smaller internal containers was popular all over Asia and is still a common practice in Myanmar and India and among the hill tribes of many S. E. Asian countries.
Engraved with intricate designs on the lid which has a carved floral design handle and a latch in front for opening or closing the box and for safekeeping.
Nicely hand-hammered with intricate details.
Please check photo #5, there is about 1 inch damage area on the side of the box.
Museum quality Asian Hand-hammered decorative Islamic brass folk art metalwork collector treasure box.
Measures: Diameter 7 in. x Height 4 in.
The box has a rich, deep brown patina.
Quality of Mughal style. A pandan was used to store the pan, or betel quid after it had been stuffed and rolled ready to eat, rather than for the individual ingredients. The chewing of betel is an ancient Asian tradition comparable to tobacco in the western world. Betel consists of three main ingredients: the areca nut, betel leaf and lime paste. Betel was, and still is enormously popular throughout Asia and plays a major role in the entertaining of guests, in courtship and marriage, and in the traditional etiquette of the royal courts, where it often forms part of the state regalia.[1] Research on several pandan boxes has been published by Zebrowski.[2]
Brownrigg, H. Betel Cutters...
Category
19th Century Moorish Antique Asian Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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