A beautiful and subtlety carved jade of Quanyin in a standing position holding her prayer beads.She is strung with a bead to be worn as a pendant. Size: L. 6cm. W. 1.8cm. Condition. No repairs or chips.
This is a very rare Lever Brothers' Chinese poster calendar dated 1919. The two women pictured on the calendar are actually men dressed as women as women were not permitted at that time to pose for these posters. Size: Poster. 74 x50.3cm. Frame. 102.5 x 88.2cm.
Condition: Very Good.A few small tears that are not noticeable. Poster is professionally framed under glass.
An elegantly hand-crafted cloisonne obidome of a double-gourd form. The burgundy-colored glass enamelling of the gourd is thickly applied and translucent. The cobalt blue "rope" around gourd has pure gold highlights. Can be used as a pendant.
Size: L. 5cm. W. 3cm. Condition: No repairs.
A black terracotta Buddha amulet in the sitting position in-cased in a stainless steel case from Thailand. Age; Pre 1900 or earlier. Size: H. 3cm.
Condition: No repairs.
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 original Shanghai poster,professionally framed,from the 1930's of Jiang Qing as a young actress. There are many reproductions of this poster, but this is an original that I acquired in China many years ago. Jiang Qing was noted for being Mao Tse Tung's fourth wife and a member of the "Gang of Four." Size: Frame. 85.8 x 69 cm. Poster. 62 x 46 cm.
Condition: Normal ageing cracks and some minor repairs.
A ceremonial cylinder used by Senior Monks to send letters to each other. The animal in the panel is a "balu-gwin"
Size: H. 33.5 cm. Base diameter: 5.8cm.
Condition: Normal wear, no repairs.
A rectangular silver box rich in high relief of dancers in costume. The detailing of the human forms and the patterning on their costumes is finely done. The background of the dancers is done in open-work silver of a pattern of swirling leaves and tendrils. At the bottom of the box is a large hand-hammered mythical Asian chimera (Makara). The box weighs 740 grams. ...click for details
A auspicious colorful carved wedding box with birds and animals in red and gold from tribal Malays.
Age: 1930's.
Size: L. 50cm. H. 25cm. W. 14cm.
Condition; No repairs.
A beautifully embroidered and tassled multi colored cloth from the hilltribes of Southern China. Age: 1930's. Size: L 54cm. W. 27cm. Condition: Very good. No repairs.