17th century or earlier Thai bronze head of Buddha mounted on a wooden stand. Excellent casting, beautiful patina with green incrustation on the surface and devotional wear. Wonderful expression of quiet concentration on Buddha’s face, traces of gilding. Height of the head 2 3/8 inches, height with stand 4 1/2 inches.
17th century or earlier Thai bronze head of Buddha mounted on a wooden stand. Excellent casting, beautiful patina with green incrustation on the surface and devotional wear. Wonderful expression of quiet concentration on Buddha’s face, elaborate headdress. Height of the head 2 1/2 inches, height with stand 4 13/16 inches.
17th century or earlier Thai bronze head of Buddha mounted on a wooden stand. Excellent casting, beautiful patina with green incrustation on the surface and devotional wear. Wonderful expression of quiet concentration on Buddha’s face, loss to its headdress. Height of the head 1 3/4 inches, height with stand 3 5/8 inches.
19th century or earlier Indonesian kris (keris) knife handle carved out of staghorn depicting a fierce raksasi (demon) with one leg up. Excellent quality carving, great face with bulging eyes and protruding fangs. Beautiful patina, natural blemishes to the material, in excellent condition, no breaks. Set on a nicely made wooden base. Handle height 4 1/8 inches, height with stand 5 3/8 inches.
15th century small Vietnamese white stoneware jar with underglaze blue painting. The jar comes from an old Japanese collection, and must have been part of a sunken ship cargo, but not that of Hoi An hoard. It is very similar to Hoi An material lifted off Cu Lao Cham, central Vietnam. Beautiful bubbly glaze with fine crackle, central register with excellent free painting of alternating playful birds and clumps of bamboo grass. Pendant leaves around its mouth, Japanese lacquer repair to the mouth. ...click for details
