This is a small, antique Tibetan copper & white metal or silver prayer box and /or portable shrine (Gao) with a small gold colored seated Buddha statue inside.
It dates circa 1890-1930.
It measures 3 1/3 inches tall by 3 inches wide by 1 1/2 inches in de ...click for details
This 18th or 19th century bronze figure of the elephant headed god GANESH is from Northern India or Nepal. It measures 11 1/2 inches tall by 6 1/2 inches wide by 4 inches in depth.
This bronze figure is in outstanding condition. It pictures a standing Ganesh with four arms holding religious symbols, with a Naga mounting it and a large surround behind it with a Nepalese demon/dragon finial.
This Museum Quality silvered bronze Nepalese Figure dates to the 14th century or earlier. It stands 10 1/2 inches tall by 3 inches in diameter. It has exquisite details and very subtle modeling. It is in excellent condition and retains much of it's original silver finish.
A quite similar example can be seen in "Oriental Art: India, Nepal & Tibet" by Michael Ridley, 1970, Plate 37 (listed as 14th Ce ...click for details
This antique copper bowl with a solid silver liner measures 4 inches tall by 9 inches in diameter. The copper bottom is covered with alternating plant and figural engravings.
It dates to the 18th-19th century in Tibet or Nepal.
It is in excellent condition with one shallow, thumb sized indentation near one of the figures (see enlargement ph ...click for details
These two bronze figures date from the 17-18th century or earlier.
Each one represents either Mahakala or Samantabhadra standing on a prostrate human figure surrounded by a ring of fire and wearing a garland of severed human heads.
