Set of Yao ceremonial paintings painted in Guangxi. Dated 10th year of Guan Xu Emperor (1884). Inscriptions on reverse.16 scrolls, 2 masks, 1 long bridge. Mineral colours on bamboo paper. Size of scrolls 114 x 44 cm approx. Purchased in Thailand 1998...

A Chinese carved and gilded wood figure of the seated Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin), probably late 19th century, the Buddhist deity portrayed at 'great royal ease' with serene expression, leaning on his left arm, his right knee raised up to support an outstretched and extended right hand, his head with a high scrolling and plaited coiffure and wearing a jewelled tiered crown or headdress and clad in diaphanous draped robes, the figure gessoed, gilded with traces of pigment Size: 57cm h...

Jamini Roy original painting. Gouache on card. circa 1940's. Still in original frame with partly unbroken backing. Label reattached to back...

A small Bronze circular Chinese mirror with 'Sanskrit Script'. Undated, estimated to be Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368 ). The flat circular knob cast within concentric circles of further characters in the inner and outer fields...

Mongolian (or Tibetan) Buddhist painting. Late 18th century. Gouache on cotton. 32 x 25 cm. Framed...

Nepalese. 18thc. Tantric Yoga position. Opaque watercolours on card. 365 x 220 mm...

Nepalese. 18thc. Tantric Yoga position. Opaque watercolours on card. 365 x 220 mm...

Nepalese. 18thc. Tantric Yoga position. Opaque watercolours on card. 365 x 220 mm...

19th century Indian Pichhavi painting on cotton. 150 x 100 cm approx. Small holes at base as usual on older pieces...

Mid 19th century dated large diagram of a priestly family tree.Titled and annotated. Coloured inks on Indian paper. 100 x 114 cm in custom made Perspex frame...

Large Sri Cakra Yantra surrounded by 12 different yantras. Ink on paper with pencil titles beneath...

Set of 36 Tibetan Tsakli cards with numbers and inscriptions on reverse. Undated, estimated to be late 19th century. Painted on cotton. Unusual frame of simulated bone with doublesided perspex showing front and back of paintings. Size 62 x 58 cm overall, each painting 9.5 x 9 cm...

Genuine large Kalighat painting. A Chalchitra is a painted frieze that goes above a statue of Durga during puja. 24 different figures, lions, elephants and horses. Waterbased pigments on newspaper dated 1963. Diameter 170 cm maximum height of scroll 30cm. Currently in 2 pieces, surface scuffed and edges frayed as shown....

410 X 135 cm. Signs of old repairs, $$faded at base. I cannot read date if contained in central inscription, estimated to be early 20th century or earlier. "Phadas are large cloth folk paintings carried from village to village by bhopas (storytellers) of the Nayak tribe in Rajasthan, Northern Gujarat and Western Madhya Pradesh. depicting legendary tales of famous persons who have usually attained divine status and are given the respect and honor due a divinity. Phada painting is a hereditary p...

Large carved wooden sculpture of Rama. Southern India. Circa 1900 or earlier.Polychrome and gold. Overall size 1m x 60 cm. 2 fingers missing. Detatchable base and bow and arrow. ...