A serene 16th Century SHAN STATE BRONZE BUDDHA, Subduing Mara Position. Good overall condition. Original Patina. Size: H.18.4 cm. x W. 11 cm.
A BEAUTIFUL SMILING BRONZE SHAN BUDDHA, SUBDUING MARA. 16TH CENTURY. GOOD CONDITION, SIZE: H.16.2 cm. x W. 9.8 cm. RARE!
Burmese wooden fan with gilded gold and glass.
Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size of fan only: Height 85.5 C.M. / Width 26.2 C.M.
Height including stand: 93.4 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.
A figure of Avalokiteshvara, with four arms, standing, wearing a short "sampot" carved with parallel pleats and secured with a jeweled belt, hair arranged in a cylindrical topknot centered by a diminutive figure of Buddha Amithaba. Weathered sandstone. Cambodia, Khmer period, Bayon Style, 13th century. Height: 53 cm. Mounted on a custom stand.
Arms and legs partly missing, small chips on top, otherwise good condition...
A very large and rare golden sacred bird of Burma inlaid with multi colored cut glass. The beautiful bird duck Hintha remains a beloved symbol of the Mon people.The hintha bird is the symbol of Burma. In India it is the mount of the god Brahma, though it has lost this function in Burma.
Size: H. 59cm.(23 inches) W. 48cm. (19 inches)
Condition: Very good. There is a metal support rod supporting the birds weight...
A gilded bird with stand in relief molded lacquer, gilded with inset colored glass. The bird is the symbol of Burma. Age:late 19th century Size with stand: H.22cm.
L.23cm. W.13.5cm. Condition: No repairs
Burmese bronze Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Measurement: Height 35 C.M. / Width 24.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.
A unusual and nicely made gilded relief dome cover Monk's alms bowl with glass inserts. Most of these types of bowls were made in Mandalay.
Size: H. 19.2cm. W. 11cm.
Condition: No repairs.
Rare 10Th - 14Th Century Bronze Kinari Oil lamp. 15,5 cm wide. 10,5 cm high. Condition: look at the pictures, Free from any repair.
8Th - 12Th Century Bronze Buddha. 6,8 cm high. Original conditions. free from any repair.
An interesting gunpowder horn dating to the 19th / early 20th century. The slightly curved body is made from water buffalo horn, carved with different motifs as tendrils, fisch scales and Singa masks. The suspension area and the closing mechanism with Singa head, the wide end with a wooden stopper. The gunpowder was stored in the Batak house in large gourds, the chief carried his own personal supply in such containers like this one, which he wore suspended from a chain around his neck...
A beautiful gunpowder horn dating to the 19th / early 20th century. Please visti the website of the Metropolitan Museum for a similar Parpanggalahan (www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/316143). The slightly curved body is made from water buffalo horn, carved with curvilinear motifs, and one metal insert. At the center a frontal Singa mask with iron suspension lug, to which a chain would have been attached, the zoomorphic closing mechanism is also ending in a Singa head...
Antique Thai/Burmese Sanskrit book fragments, called a "parabaik", which were once majorly used to document societal information through text and drawings. Made from thick sheets of paper, either blackened for text or whitened for colored drawings, which were then glued and folded together. This book fragment has a central black panel, with religious Sanskrit text in gilt, and gilt pigment figures kneeling in prayer on either side...
A gunpowder horn dating to the 19th / early 20th century. The slightly curved body is made from water buffalo horn, the wide end with a stopper, a zoomorphic closing mechanism and a small iron suspension lug. The gunpowder was stored in the Batak house in large gourds, the chief carried his own personal supply in such containers, which he wore suspended from a chain around his neck. Condition: the closing mechanism plug was broken ( now glued) and has losses...
8Th - 10Th Century Gilt Bronze Buddha. 16 cm high
8Th - 10Th Century Bronze Sculpture. 10 cm high.
8Th - 10Th Century Bronze Head of Buddha. 4 cm high.
Two rare Burmese/Shan small betel containers, 60 to 100 years old with “ku-nan kan byat” patterns and original inner trays. Genuine antique Burmese lacquer is almost impossible to find these days; I picked the larger one up in a small shop Luang Prabang, Laos in 1998. H: 8.7cm/3.4in and W: 10.2cm/4in, and the smaller one, H: 6.7cm/2.7in and D: 7.7cm/3in, in Chiang Mai this year. These have some old repairs, as well as a pleasing craclature typical of antique Burmese lacquer.
Colonial era Philippine Santos of a figure riding a horse, likely 18th century. High-resolution images on request.
An Annamese blue and white shallow bowl with floral design and with dark cobalt blue tone. Good condition with only a tiny chip to unglazed rim, no crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 24.1 cm.
Diameter approximately 38 cm. There is a soft chip at the rim. In good condition.
A Fine Korean Octagonal Wood Box/Lid with Carved Decorations-19th C.:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century...
Colonial era Philippine Santos of Christ, likely mid-19th century. Missing arms/cross. Hi-resolution images on request.
A rare small ancient agate bead made for wearing as a pendent or necklace. These beads date back to over 2,000 years. They have some kind of tiger influence in their shape and stripes..
Size:1.5cm X 1.5cm. Condition: Normal wear,some encrustation from long burial. Can be cleaned
A small striped Pyu carnelian bead with a hole for stringing.
Size: See last photo.
Tai Yai Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.
Tai Yai is a group of tribal people living in Burma. It is difficult to find buddha from this ethnic group.
Age: Burma, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 22.3 C.M. / Width 9.8 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...
A collection of four small stoneware elephants with different celadon glazes from the Si Satchanalai or Sawankhalok kiln in Thailand. Dimension: tallest: c. 10.5 cm long x 8.2 cm high, smallest: c. 7 cm long x 5.6 cm high. Condition: two elephants with slightly chipped ears.
A buff-terracotta vessel, with rounded body, tapering cylindrical neck with ribbed collar in relief and everted molded rim, the shoulder incised with concentric circle bands. Thailand, Haripunchai period, ca. 11th century. Height: 23.5 cm. Very good condition. Provenance: Auction sale Sotheby's New York, June 17th 1993, lot # 370. Related catalog available.
Khmer bronze mirror in circular form with nice bronze patina overall.
Age: Cambodia, Angkor Vat Period, 12th Century
Measurement: Diameter 23.5 C.M. (size excluding stand)
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.
A nicely made ancient gold ring with a Dark Red ruby setting from Southeast Asia. Over 1,000 years old.
Weight: 4.35 grams.
Burmese wooden top of the Buddha's head, with gilded gold.
Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Size: Height 40.4 C.M. / Width 8.5 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 55 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.
An antique set of four Indonesian betel nut cutters. Three of the smaller cutters are made with mixed metals and iron; One with the head of a goose, one with the head of a serpent, and one shaped as a peacock...
Early 20th century large "Yun" lacquered betel box with incised design of royal scenes and dancing girls. The box is divided into three pieces. The bottom part for betel leaves and the top part for lime, areca nuts, clove and other ingredients. Size:H. 23 cm Diameter: 23 cm.
Condition: No repairs, an old chip on upper rim and some age cracks on the two bottoms from age..
A decorated covered bowl from the Arakan State. The bowl is in two parts with three clawed foot stand.These bowls were created mostly for Buddhist votive use. Age: Late 19th century. Size: H. 42.5cm. W. 28.5cm.
Condition: No repairs. Some loss of the glass inserts from age.
A nice repousse silver box from Burma. A beautiful carving of a bust of a woman on the lid. A leaf design surrounding the body of the box.
Size: H: 7cm. W. 7.7cm.
Condition. Very fine. No repairs.
An ornate silver betel box with open-work patterns of curling tendrils. The body and lid each have five panels with high relief work depicting 10 different scenes of ancient Burma. The top of the domed lid has a lotus blossom. The bottom is hammered with the date and occasion for the piece.
Period: Early 1900's.
Size: Height = 14.5 cm (5-3/4 inches), Diameter = 12.5