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A Superbly Carved Sandalwood Ganesh from Jasailmer Catalogue: New Century: Sculpture: Pre 2000 item# 937221
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $ 1,150
From our Indian Subcontinent Collection, a superbly carved sandalwood Ganesh from the city of Jasailmer in the Rajasthan region of India. Ganesh, the Hindu God of Wisdom, is revered by the entire religion regardless of sect, and is depicted here atop a tiered double lotus throne, in one of his typical incarnations with his easily recognizable elephant head, regal headdress, and accompanied by a snake and his rat transports. ...click for details

A Superbly Carved Sandalwood Buddha from Jasailmer Catalogue: New Century: Sculpture: Pre 2000 item# 937220
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $ 1,050
From our Indian Subcontinent Collection, a superbly carved sandalwood buddha from the city of Jasailmer in the Rajasthan region of India. This buddha sits in padmasana (interlocking lotus position) upon a double lotus base while displaying vitarka mudra with the right hand, and holding what is probably a kalasa pot in the left hand. When we travel to collect pieces, we shop with a very discerning eye. There is a va ...click for details

A Very Rare Kangxi Version of a Transitional Dish Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 937219
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $ 1,950
From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, an exceptionally rare Kangxi Period (1662-1722) porcelain dish made in the Transitional Period style, depicting a man and two boys in the center well, with the border executed in a facsimile of the Border IX Transitional Period kraakware design of 1635-1650. Maura Rinaldi discusses the Border IX design in "Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of Trade" p. 112-115. ...click for details

A Very Rare Kangxi Copy of an Edo Copy of a Ming Dish Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 937218
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $ 1,750
From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very rare Kangxi Period (1662-1722) porcelain dish, which is actually a Kangxi version of an earlier Japanese version of yet an even earlier Ming kraakware design, depicting a flower basket in the center medallion, surrounded by ogival panels of buddhist objects and auspicious symbols in the outer border, all very well-painted in varying shades of good Kangxi blue with an excellent glaze. ...click for details

A Fine and Large Majiayao Neolithic Jar with TL Test Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery: Pre AD 1000 item# 937203
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $2,500
From our Early Chinese Collection, a large Machang Phase jar from the Majiayao Culture (2300 - 2000 BC), originating from what is now Gansu province, China. Of well-known and documented form, this fascinating vessel is approximately 4,000 years old and comes with an Oxford TL test. Larger and better potted than is usually found, it is painted with anthropomorphic designs in purplish-black mineral pigments typical of these wares. The meaning of these designs is still the subject of scholarly deba ...click for details

A Very Fine Qianlong (1736-1795) Nanking Tureen Base Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 937200
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $ 395
From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, a very fine Qianlong Period (1736-1795), blue and white sauce tureen base of rectangular form with chamfered corners, depicting a river scene with fenced pagodas, people, bridges, and boats on water, with a meticulously intricate border design of cash diaper motifs, butterflies, key frets, and other details, all executed in an attractive blue of varying shades upon a body of dense 18th century export porcelain. ...click for details

A Very Fine Indian Miniature Painting Catalogue: New Century: Paintings: Pre 2000 item# 937199
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $ 550 (framed)
From our Indian Subcontinent Collection, a very fine contemporary Indian miniature painting, executed in a colorful but subdued palette of red, green, purple, and blue, with a lavish use of gilt highlights and detailing. Ordinarily we prefer only the antique miniatures, but we thought this one was so well-done that we made an exception. Often painted with single-haired sable brushes or their equivalent, some of the ...click for details

A Stunning Burmese Lacquer Vessel from U Aung Myint Catalogue: New Century: Lacquer: Contemporary item# 937197
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From our Southeast Asia Collection, a stunning and large martaban-type lacquer jar from the famed U Aung Myint workshop in Myinkaba Village, Pagan Burma (Myanmar), from which the British Museum has commissioned pieces for display in London. See Isaacs and Burton, Visions from the Golden Land, Burma and the Art of Lacquer page 222-223. One of several pieces we purchased when last in Burma, we had the honor, privilege, and education of watching artisans in this famous lacquer workshop creating mod ...click for details

An Elegant 19th Century Blue and White Baluster Jar Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1900 item# 937194
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $1,250
From our Chinese Blue and White Collection, an elegant 19th century porcelain baluster jar with cover, decorated with figures in a fenced garden setting with scholar’s rocks, butterflies, and floral sprays. Some collectors tend to be a bit haughty when it comes to 19th century blue and white wares, as it is generally recognized that these blue and white pieces tend to fall off in quality as we get late into this p ...click for details

A Rare Song Dynasty Buddhist Vessel with Oxford TL Test Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery: Pre 1492 item# 937193
click for details		The Bodhisattva Collection $ 2,500
From our Early Chinese Collection, a rare glazed buddhist offering vessel with Oxford TL test from Yunnan Province, Song Dynasty China (960-1279 AD). The reddish-tinged and heavily potted buff body is decorated with a carved lotus leaf pattern in high relief, signifying “purity,” with the entire vessel covered in a rich emerald-green glaze with a few areas of slight iridescence from burial. This offering vessel is ...click for details

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