Yao culture shaman's decorated cotton/linen tunic. Metal fasteners. Early 20th century. 1.25 meters wide x 1 metre high.

Yao culture scroll. Coloured paints on bamboo paper. Late 19th cent. 1200 x 490 mm

Yao culture scroll. Coloured paints on bamboo paper. Late 19th cent. 1200 x 490 mm

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. Good condition for type.

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

Tibetan painting of Shakamuni Buddha. On cotton. 18th cent. Mantra on reverse. "Homage to the Sage of Men". 140 x 120 mm. Framed

Four pages (2 double sides) of a Tibetan/Mongolian music manuscript with YANG-YIG GRAPHIC MUSIC NOTATION. Inks on paper. Good condition, finger marks to corners, stain across centre fold, 18 x 15 cm as image. Undated estimated to be late 19th century or earlier. In thick double fronted mount. Such texts would have been used as a mnemonic device by the master of chant. The type of graphic notation of the melody line goes back to the 6th century...

A Tibetan Mandala Thang-ka, circa 1900 Pigment with gold on cloth, the central square medallion containing a cruciform arrangement of repeated Samvara figures, surrounded by a circular lotus border, with further lotuses in each corner, framed, 400mm square

Mongolian/Tibetan drawing of a REFUGE TREE Early 19th century. It has a blind stamp with Russian text. Overall size 48 x 37 cm. Old folds and stains and has the particular smell of burnt Juniper that characterises Mongolian manuscripts...

THAILAND. Original painting, mid 19th century. Pigments and gilding on cloth. 75 x 55 cm in silk mount and heavy gold frame with glass. Good condition. Prince Vessantara and partner walking in the forest. Cartouche at base "WAN PHRA WET 5"

Original 19th century Thai painting on canvas showing a group of people. Beautifully mounted in pink silk and in a gilded frame under glass.53 x 45 cm overall size. Good condition.

Original 19th century Thai painting on canvas showing a group of people. Beautifully mounted in pink silk and in a gilded frame under glass.53 x 45 cm overall size. Good condition.