Small antique Tibetan cup carved of one piece of ivory, the inside of the cup is lined with silver, either side is decorated with a design made of silver with details of turquoise and coral, time has turned the ivory to a beautiful deep yellow-orange color, silver has oxidized with time, 19th century.
Size: 1 1/4" high x 3 1/4" wide x 2" deep.
Antique Indian white marble figure of Garuda in youthful human form, cobras wrapped around neck, shoulders, arms and encircling his head like a crown, hands clasped over the head of a giant cobra, losses of wings and lower portion of body, 16th/17th century.
Beautiful Tibetan storage chest, painted with sacred Buddhist symbols on lotus blossoms, 2 large compartments (top and bottom), sides and top natural color rustic wood, 19th century.
Size: 38" high x 51 1/2" wide x 17 5/8" deep.
Antique Tibetan thangka painting depicting the bodhisatva Manjushri the Bodhisatva of Transcendent Wisdom, he is seated on a lotus with his hands raised in front of his heart in the teaching mudra, his two attributes are each suspended on either side of him in their own lotus flower, to his right is the double edged sword of analytic discrimination which cuts through delusions, on his left is the text of the Transcendent Wisdom (Prajnyaparamita) Sutra, emerging from behind his nimbus above h ...click for details
Wonderful Tibetan antique standing elephant, made of gilt copper repouse, with painted details, 18th century, standing on custom metal base.
Total size: 10 3/4" high x 13 1/3" wide x 4" deep.
