Asian Antiques

A Japanese gold and silver inlaid cigarette box, late 19th century. Decorated with Mount Fuji, seal mark and 'K24'. Height 4.5cm, width 14.5cm, de...

A Chinese bronze candle holder, 19th century. With an entwined dragon in high relief, height 23cm, width 6.5cm, a Chinese bronze ding, 19th centu...

A collection of ancient Chinese cash coins .Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Blackburn Leach.DOB: 2nd Jan 1872.Leach was born in Norw...

A Chinese bronze silver wire inlaid vase, 19th century. with applied fo dog mask handles, signed, height 15.5cm.Provenance: From the estate of Wil...

A Chinese silk embroidered panel, circa 1900. 57 x 29cm and a Chinese silk and metal thread rank badge, 21.5 x 24cm. (2) ...[more]

Japan interest. Photograph album 'Rambles in Kyushu, Japan, Sept 1913'. Consisting of seventy-one sepia toned and b+w photographs tipped onto thin...

Mongolia interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. A collection of over one hundred b+w photographs showing life in c.1900 Mongoli...

Malaya and Singapore interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. A collection of over one hundred b+w photographs taken on the Malay...

Japan interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. A collection of over one hundred b+w photographs, taken mostly around Kyoto and Be...

Burma interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. Over one hundred b+w photos taken in Burma, showing monks, many portraits, village...

Japan interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. Well over one hundred b+w photographs, showing a bygone era of Japan, including po...

A collection of early 20th century photographs of Shanghai, China. Over one hundred b+w photographs, depicting life in Shanghai including street s...

A collection of early 20th century photographs, depicting life in China. Over one hundred b+w photographs, showing temples, pagodas, country and c...

Japan interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. Over one hundred b+w photographs, taken in Osaka and Kyoto, showing, temples, labo...

Korea interest. Sixty-three early 20th century photographs. Mostly portraiture, depicting labourers, street scenes, people relaxing, children, the...

Early 20th century photographs. Mount Kumgang, Korea. A collection of one hundred and sixteen b+w photographs, showing the 'Diamond Mountain' regi...

A collection of early 20th century Chinese photographic portraiture. Over one hundred b+w photographs in three packs, showing children, families, ...

A collection of early 20th century photographs, showing Beijing. Over one hundred b+w photographs, depicting the 'Forbidden Palace', 'Peking' stre...

Early 20th century photographs of the 'Winter Palace' and 'Summer Palace', Beijing. Seventy-nine images in total, many with graphite notes to vers...

Shanghai interest. A collection of photographic miniatures. A collection of well over one hundred b+w photographs, showing a bygone era of Shangha...

Japan interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. A collection of well over one hundred b+w photographs depicting people, trains, ri...

Hangzhou interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. Ninty-two b+w photographs, mostly depicting country life, including river scene...

Japan interest. A collection of early 20th century photographs. A collection of well over one hundred (mostly) portraits, including men, women, ch...

Korea interest. Early 20th century photographs. A collection of well over one hundred b+w photographs, depicting Korea and Seoul, including street...

Over 100 early 20th century photographs of China. B+w photographs, of which 25 are of beggars, 12 of a funeral procession, and two packs of numero...

A collection of early 20th century photographs, depicting life in China. Eighty-nine b+w photographs in one pack, showing both town and city life,...

A collection of early 20th century photographs of the river Yangtze, China. Fifty-eight b+w photographs, showing traditional river crafts, pagodas...

China interest. A collection of early 20th century postcards. A large collection of thirteen packs, depicting China in the early 20th century, inc...

Japan interest. A collection of early 20th century postcards. A large collection, depicting a large variety of different scenes in early 20th cent...

Four handwritten booklets by W. A. B. Leach on the customs of China. Written by Leach between the years 1902 and 1926, a first hand account of a w...

China interest. 'A Souvenir of...' 'Macao, Shanghai and Hong Kong,' three poscard booklets, thin card wraps, numerous images of early 20th century...

Japan interest. An album of early 20th century postcards. Over two hundred postcards in a contemporary album, mostly all b+w, depicting geysers, s...

J.C. CARTER. 'Familiar Chinese Faces.' 'A Selection of Figure Studies of Everyday Life from Photographs,' McTavish & Co. Ltd., Shanghai, circa 192...

China interest. A concertina album of early 20th century photographs. Sixty-two b+w photographs tipped in with ink descriptions written below, sho...

Six early 20th century maps, four of which depict China. 'Map of Hangchow and West Lake and Environs,' large fold out map in colour, original slea...

'The Ho Hwai Curse,' 'Its Evil Influence...,' special to the Shanghai Times, report on the 'evils' and 'devastation' of gambling in Shanghai durin...

China interest. A collection of glass lantern slides. Over one hundred b+w glass slides in two boxes, with descriptions and numbers, some colour s...

Japan interest. A collection of glass lantern slides. Fourty-nine (mostly) colour glass slides in two boxes, with descriptive lables. (49)Provenan...

The photo negatives of W. A. B. Leach. A large collection of negatives, taken during Leach's travels and time working in Asia between 1902 and 192...

Seventeen boxes of glass negatives taken by W.A.B Leach on his travels around Asia. (17)Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Blackburn Le...

Two Chinese rice paper paintings of a procession. late 19th/early 20th century. each 28 x 132cm. (2)Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur ...

Early 20th century formal group photographs, mostly taken in China. 'Church of Christ Day School,' mounted photograph, taken on Kwenming Road, Sha...

A Chinese travelling trunk, probably pig skin and another smaller. Early 20th century, each with brass mounts, handles red paper label with callig...

A 'Fangzi Teaching Method' examination game. With manual and revision cards, original pictorial car box, [c.1920]Provenance: From the estate of Wi...

Panoramic photographs of 'The Bund', Shanghai, [c.1900] Panoramic b+w photograph of 'The Bund', Shanghai, [c.1900], rolled, nibbles and loss to bo...

Two framed photos taken by W.A.B Leach Taken in China circa 1900 depicting a boy with cow, 23.5cm x 29cm, frame38 x 42cm and a priest in the groun...

W. A.B Leach, postcards, photos and ephemera of his life. In his original labelled/named trunk including his passport with many stamps of his trav...

China interest. Glass plate negatives taken by W. A. B. Leach. Six boxes of glass plate negatives and others taken by Leach during his time in Chi...

Two leather cased cameras used by W.A. B Leach in China. Thornton Pickard Special and a 3A Graflex.Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur B...

Five vintage cameras used by W.A.B Leach. On his travels around Asia and a light meter.Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Blackburn Lea...

A Christy's London silk top hat and a Falcon bowler hat. Both with original boxes and initialled W.A.B.L inside the hat and another hat. (3)Proven...

A Chinese burl wood metal bound cabinet, circa 1900. With a pair of carrying handles, the pair of doors opening to reveal six drawers, on bracket ...

A Chinese carved rootwood figure of Shoulao, early 20th century. Height 39cm, width of base 16cm.Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Bla...

A Chinese brass hand warmer, 19th century, With a pierced floral decorated cover, two Chinese teapots, a burr wood box and stand and three locks. ...

A pair of Chinese mother of pearl and black lacquer panels, circa 1900. Decorated with figures, trees and character marks, 77.5 x 25cm.Provenance:...

A set of ten Chinese rice paper paintings of execution and torture scenes, 19th century. With panels enclosing calligraphy, approx 28 x 41cm. (10)...

A panoramic photographic view of Shanghai, early 20th century. Including Bubbling Well Road, 19.5 x 128cm and another Panoramic View of the Bund, ...

A block print entitled 'Golden Palace Mandalay'. By the 'Bombay Burma Photographic Co. Rangoon 1913', 51 x 64cm.Provenance: From the estate of Wil...

Nine Chinese coloured posters, early 20th century. Many depicting battle scenes, 36 x 54cm. (9)Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur Black...

An album of ninety-five Chinese, Japanese and Middle Eastern postcards. Coloured and black and white.Provenance: From the estate of William Arthur...