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Place of Origin: Asian
Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case Depicting the Bund and the Angel of Peace
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case Depicting the Bund and the Angel of Peace, Shanghai, c. 1930–1940
129 grams, 4.5" W × 3.5" H × 0.33" D (8.75" W open)
A rare and historically s...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Sterling Silver
Important Russian Imperial Photo Album, Gilt Bronze, Onyx, 1907
Located in Benalmadena, ES
This exquisite antique photo album, dating from 1907, is a historically significant piece from the Russian Imperial era. The cover is crafted from gilt bronze with a prominent centra...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1969
Located in Devon, GB
Issued for the first Japanese release of the film in 1969, this fantastically bizarre Japanese B2 poster offers some of the best artwork created to promote the Beatles' 1968 hit psyc...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Ancient Netsuke, Late 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Beautifyl Ancient bone netsuke created in Japan during Edo period, depicting a A small carved mask-like human face with exaggerated features
Hollowed with string holes and a cord st...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Ivory
Vintage Decorative Conch Shell, Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative shell realized in China in the late 20th Century.
The surface is covered with bright enamel-like colors (red, orange, yellow, green) and gilded (gold-colored) raised line...
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Batman
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1966
Located in Devon, GB
Fabulously kitsch and colourful, this rare Japanese B2 poster advertised the first full length feature film of the DC Comics character Batman. Released by 20th century Fox in 1966 as...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Linen, Paper
Perfume burner / Incense burner - oriental ottoman - brass - 18th century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Ottoman brass incense burner with incised and openwork decoration.
The domed lid is topped with a grip, it is decorated with openwork scrolls.
The incense burner rests on a circular base with three feet
The whole is in gilded brass.
Turkey, Ottoman art, 18th century
Burner diameter: 11 cm
Very beautiful decorative object
Can be used to burn incense or diffuse perfume.
Category
18th Century Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
$719 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Export Sterling Silver Walking Stick Handle, circa 1900
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese Export sterling silver walking stick handle, circa 1900. Monogram of the famous ichthyologist Dr. Hugh McCormick Smith, "H...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
$144 Sale Price
36% Off
Russian Silver 1913 Commemorative Icon / Portrait Czar Nicholas II, Inscribed
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional Objet'd'Art, a Russian Silver 1913 Commemorative Travel Icon, is a poignant tribute to the reign of Czar Nicholas II. Made in 1913 to commemorate the Great Pilgrimage of Emperor...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
The Beatles
A Hard Day
s Night
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
A rare and sought after Japanese B2 poster for The Beatles' first full-length feature film 'A Hard Day's Night,' which followed the fab four over an anarchic 36 hours in London at th...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Vintage Persian Bakhtiari Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Bakhtiari pictorial rug from the mid-20th century.
Measures: 3' 10" x 6' 8"
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wool
$2,300 Sale Price
20% Off
Jewish Judaea Silver Shekel – Year 2 of the First Jewish Revolt (AD 67/68)
Located in New York, NY
This silver shekel, weighing 14.32 grams, was struck in Judaea during the First Jewish–Roman War, a significant period of resistance against Roman occupation that lasted from AD 66 t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Imperial Russian Bronze Commemorative Cross of the Crimean War, 1853–1856
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Imperial Russian Bronze Commemorative Cross of the Crimean War, 1853–1856
A rare mid-19th century Imperial Russian bronze devotional cross commemorating the Crimean War (1853–1856)....
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
Russian Silver and Enamel "Mizpah" Sentimental BroochJudaica Interest, C. 1885
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Russian Silver and Enamel "Mizpah" Sentimental Brooch, Judaica Interest, Circa 1880, Unmarked. Museum Quality. 340 Grams of Silver
A finely crafted Victorian-era silver brooch, deli...
Category
19th Century High Victorian Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Raj Era Walking Stick
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-late 19th century Anglo-Indian Raj Era Walking Stick. Malacca with sterling handle. Indecipherable Indian hallmarks on the silver. Brass tip - very worn with joint opened 0.5". s...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dutch Colonial Period Ceylonese Guardian Lion Sculpture – 18th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
18th-Century Dutch Ceylonese Guardian Lion Sculpture with Inlaid Eyes
Sri Lanka (Dutch Ceylon), circa 1700–1790
Hand-carved Nadun wood (Pericopsis mooniana), inlaid eyes
Dimensions: ...
Category
18th Century Dutch Colonial Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Taxi Driver
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1976
Located in Devon, GB
Set amidst the moral decay of New York City following the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal, Martin Scorsese's 1976 psychological thriller "Taxi Driver" starred Robert De Niro as a l...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Qui Etes-Vous, Polly Maggoo?
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for The 1966 French New Wave film
Qui Etes-Vous, Polly Maggoo? This film was directed by William Klein and starred Sami Frey, Grayson Hall and Donyale...
Category
1960s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Rare RM Jewish Judaea Silver Tetradrachm AD 134–135 Hadrian Jewish Uprising
Located in New York, NY
This is a rare and historically significant Roman Provincial silver tetradrachm, minted in Jerusalem during AD 134–135, under the rule of Emperor Hadrian. Struck at the height of the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Chinese Silver
Leather Theatre Opera / Wedding Tiered Phoenix Headdress, 1920s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Silver & Leather Theatre Opera / Wedding Tiered Phoenix Headdress, 1920s
Silvered Metal & leather and embroidered Mandarin hat
This Chinese silv...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
$3,080 Sale Price
20% Off
WWII Japanese Yosegaki Hinomaru “Good Luck” Flag Signed Patriotic Slogans, Names
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
WWII Japanese Yosegaki Hinomaru “Good Luck” Flag – Silk with Leather-Reinforced Corners, Signed with Patriotic Slogans and Names
This authentic Yosegaki Hinomaru (“Good Luck Flag”) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Showa Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Leather, Silk
Distressed Caucasian Rug With A Tribal Design In Rust, Dark Blue, And Cream
Located in New York, NY
An antique Caucasian Kazak rug from the early 20th century. The warm madder red field is divided into four rectangular panels, each with a central motif radiating four serrated leave...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wool
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chinese White Brass Coal Chopsticks, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of white brass chopsticks for moving burning coals in a hibachi or hand-warmer. Such chopsticks were also used to safely touch opium pipe bowls or tools that had been heated b...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Antique Exceptional Judaica Stirrups with Star of David Ottoman Empire
Located in Doha, QA
An outstanding 17th century pair of brass,copper and silver inlay Stirrups with David’s Star -each stirrup has two stars hand hammered from lef...
Category
17th Century Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Nora Inu / Stray Dog
Located in London, GB
This is an exceptionally rare very rare original Japanese film poster for Akira Kurosawa's 1949 crime film.
This is not the general release poster but one created for local theatres ...
Category
1940s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
$6,193
Chinese Travel Opium Lamp, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
By the 18th century, opium use had become as central to Chinese social life as taking tea or smoking tobacco, fostering a subculture rich with its own customs, traditions, and exquis...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Mid-20th Century Israeli Brass Hanukkah Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Cast brass made in Israel, circa 1950. Hebrew word "Hanukkah" written across oil jug between two flames. Cast with green patina overlay with gilded accents.
Marked on the bottom "M...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Large coffee sculpture Table Ryosuke Harashima Contemporary Zen Japanese Mingei
By Ryosuke Harashima
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Table or sculpture made by Ryosuke Harashima.
This work is made of antique Japanese antique sled that was used for caring bamboo charcoal at kiln, coper ...
Category
2010s Japonisme Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Copper
Go West
Located in London, GB
This is a ver rare original Japanese film poster for The 1940 Comedy Go West This film was directed by Edward Buzzell and starred Groucho Marx, Chico Marx and Harpo Marx.
This poster...
Category
1950s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
$1,720
Romanoff Arms of the Russian Empire Embassy or Consulate Painted Sign
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Early Embassy or Consulate painted sign. Sign says Legation Imperiale de Russie, this sign was used from 1850 to 1917, it is very rare to find these things with the Russian Empire Ca...
Category
1850s Art Nouveau Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
Vintage Observation Binoculars by Toko, Japan, 20 X 120
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Japanese Ex-navy 20 x 120 binoculars.
A large pair of Japanese ex-navy observation binoculars mounted on a vintage adjustable wooden tripod. The WWI...
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
$20,714 Sale Price
30% Off
A Rare Second Temple Period Limestone Table Fragment, Jerusalem, 1st Century BCE
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Second Temple Period Limestone Table Fragment – Featuring Lions of Judah – Jerusalem, Circa 1st Century BCE – 1st Century CE
A remarkably evocative artifact from the very hea...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Limestone
Petite Chinese Opium Lamp Scissors
Located in Chicago, IL
An elegant pair of scissors once used to trim the wick of an opium lamp. Formed of steel and copper, these petite scissors feature gracefully curved handles and short blades engraved...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Copper, Steel
Rare Bar Kokhba Revolt Jewish Silver Zuz (132–135 AD) — Grapes
Temple Trumpets
Located in New York, NY
This silver AR Zuz, weighing 3.13 grams, was minted during the Bar Kokhba Revolt, a defining moment in Jewish resistance against Roman rule between 132 and 135 AD. Struck in the thir...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Casablanca
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1946
Located in Devon, GB
An exceedingly rare and attractive poster for the first Postwar release of 'Casablanca' in Japan, printed only for use in the three theatres where the film premiered on 13th June 194...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
A Fistful of Dollars
Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
Featuring a stylish photomontage with Clint Eastwood’s surly stare front and centre, this scarce B2 poster advertised the first Japanese release of Sergio Leone's 1964 Spaghetti Western ‘A Fistful of Dollars.’ First released in Italy as ‘Per un pugno...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Chinese Floral Incised Brass Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century handcrafted bronze hand warmer would have been owned by a woman of means and filled with coals so she could warm her hands on cold...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Jewish Bar Kokhba Revolt Silver Zuz (AD 132–135) – Judaean Coin Certified by NGC
Located in New York, NY
This silver zuz coin, weighing 3.30 grams, was minted during the Bar Kokhba Revolt, a Jewish uprising against Roman rule in Judaea from AD 132 to 135. Undated but attributed to the y...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Mid-20th Century Israeli Mezuzah
Located in New York, NY
Early Israeli Mezuzah on velvet mounting with ornate silvered body, and with gilded top and base. Decorated with colored glass and with gilded bell hangin...
Category
1940s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Original Vintage Japanese Movie Poster, 1982
Located in Devon, GB
Steven Spielberg's timeless tear jerking tale of a young boy's friendship with a stranded extraterrestrial was both widely critically acclaimed and enormously commercially successful...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Vintage Israeli Enamel Street Sign – "Rehov HaGaon Eliyahu" (1948)
Located in New York, NY
This enamel-on-iron street sign, produced in Israel in 1948, features Hebrew and English text in a classic blue-on-white design. It marks "Rehov HaGaon Eliyahu," a street named in ho...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Big Eye Japanese Navy Nikon 20 × 120 Binoculars
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Large and powerful binoculars made by the Japanese company Nikon in the 1950s
An elegant and stylish piece for the study or library, and very suitable to take on board your yacht.
...
Category
1950s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Historical Presentation Table Lamp Early Aeronautics Circa. 1916
Located in Fulton, CA
A one-of-a-kind important and historical aeronautical achievement presentation in the form of a lamp. Engraved on what appears to be a brass mortar shell. Presented by the Japanese government to Arthur Smith in 1916. Arthur Smith was a famous American airplane pilot during the early 20th century.
Measures 28.5 inches to top of finial.
This lamp was presented by the Japanese government to Arthur Smith in 1916. Aerial exhibitionist Art Smith barnstorming Japan in 1916, 1917. A 10 year old, Honda Mamamatsucho, pedaling a borrowed bicycle over 10 miles to witness the event. Honda would later cite the experience as one of the most impressive things he"d ever seen which cemented his interest in mechanical objects and motorized vehicles that years later led to the creation of the eponymous company bearing his name.
SOURCE: HONDA MOTOR COMPANY
ARTHUR R. SMITH 1890-1926
Was Fort Wayne Indiana's "Bird Boy." He was a pioneer of aviation, a creative thinker, and a hard worker whose self-confidence and faith brought the thrill of flight to legions of people across the U.S. and Japan.
Just two years after the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Anglo-Indian Art Deco Silver Presentation Casket
Located in London, GB
This Anglo-Indian silver casket is inscribed on a central panel to the front with the following: 'Presented to / Mr. A. L. Guildford, B.Sc. M.I.E....
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
19th Century Hand Painted Greek Orthodox Religious Icon Circa 1885
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered is an authentic 19th century hand painted original icon; hand painted on a wooden panel; in completely all original condition with no touch up paint or restoration of any kin...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Ottoman Bronze Plumb Bob, ca. 1800 – Eretz Israel
Located in New York, NY
This handmade bronze plumb bob dates back to circa 1800 during the Ottoman period in what is now Israel (historically known as Eretz Israel). Crafted with precision, this tool was us...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
Israeli Enamel on Iron Street Sign: Rehov Ba
al-Nes (1948)
Located in New York, NY
This enamel-on-iron street sign, produced in Israel in 1948, bears the name "Rehov Ba'al-Nes" in Hebrew (רח' מאיר בעל-נס) and transliterated into Latin script as "Rehov Ba'al-Nes." T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Rehov Ha-Hail (Street of the Soldier) – Israeli Enamel Street Sign (1948)
Located in New York, NY
This enamel-on-iron street sign, produced in Israel in 1948, features bold Hebrew lettering spelling "רחוב החיל" (Rehov Ha-Hail), translated into English as "Street of the Soldier." ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Large, very fine, and unique Indian gilt-metal and silver sporting shield
Located in London, GB
Large, very fine, and unique Indian gilt-metal and silver sporting shield
Indian, c.1927
Depth 13cm, diameter 68.5cm
Awarded as a polo trophy to a team wh...
Category
1920s Anglo-Indian Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Batman
Located in London, GB
Original Lebanese film poster for Tim Burton's 1989 Batman staring Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger. The artwork on this poster is very dif...
Category
1980s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
$825 Sale Price
20% Off
Gulliver
s Travels
Located in London, GB
This is a ver rare original Japanese film poster for The 1939 Fantasy Animation Gulliver's Travels. This film was directed by Dave Fleisher.
This poster was created for the films fir...
Category
1940s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
$1,032
Chinese 1891-1911 World
s Fair Souvenir Seated Elder Farmer Mud Man Figure
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese 1891-1911 World's Fair Souvenir Seated Elder Farmer Mud Man Figure. Moderate size. Sun tanned skin (tea dyed unglazed pottery). Yellow lined blue coat over blue pants. Note t...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Ceramic
Rehov Elisha – Israeli Enamel Street Sign (1948)
Located in New York, NY
This enamel-on-iron street sign, made in Israel in 1948, displays the name "Rehov Elisha" in both Hebrew and English. The Hebrew inscription, "רח' אלישע," translates to "Elisha Stree...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Enamel, Iron
Yellow Submarine
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for The Beatles 1968 music animation.
The art work on this Japanese poster is unique to the films release in Japan.
The poster is unfolded and conservat...
Category
1960s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
$1,720
Medallion Ashok Hotel Diplomat Enclave New Delhi 5-Star Paperweight Pendant Key
By Alexander Girard
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Named after Emperor Ashoka the Great, this heavy 6 oz. cast metal medallion once adorned the key that opened room No.316 at the Great Emperor's Hotel in New Delhi, India. The Ashok H...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Japanese Antique Wood Juicer, Ric.00033
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese made entirely from wood, this antique was used mainly as a juicer for fruits.
L:25in(63.5cm) H:16in(40.6cm).
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Antique Marble Chinese Calligraphy Horsehair Brush
Located in San Diego, CA
Large calligraphy Antique Chinese brush made of solid marble handle and horsehair beautiful and unique.
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Marble
Taira Clan Saga
Located in London, GB
This is an incredibly rare original Japanese film poster for Kenji Mizoguchi's
1955 historical drama Taira Clan Saga.
This film starred Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizô Ichikawa and Tatsuya...
Category
1950s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
$4,060
Help!
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1965 musical comedy Help!
Starring The Beatles, and directed by Richard Lester.
The art work on this Japanese poster is unique to the films rele...
Category
1960s Vintage Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
$1,307
Tonite Let
s All Make Love in London
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1967 British music documentry Tonite Let's All Make Love in London. This film was directed by Peter Whitehead
and starred Alan Aldridge, Julie C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
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