A very seldomly offered and rare SET OF 3 Genuine Antique Siamese Pumpkin Silver Boxes (acid tested) with fine Blue and Green Enamel Accents! Top of each Silver Pumpkin has leaves and a stem! Hand made, 19th Century.
Weight and Size:
Large Pumpkin: 31 gr./ height 4 cm x 6 cm diameter. Medium Pumpkin: 23 gr./ 3 cm x 5 cm. Small Pumpkin: 17 gr./ 2.5 cm x 4.5 cm. Very good condition as they come from a Noble Thai Family Collection! DUE TO RARITY ONLY SOLD AS A SET OF 3 !
19th Century Burmese Bronze Seated Buddha Shakyamuni
It is 18.5 inches (47.1 cm) tall by 8.7 inches (22 cm) wide. It is 8834 gram (19.5 Lb).
It is tarnished and has oxidation, pitting, firing holes, casting imperfection, chips at the tip of the ushnisha, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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A rarely offered, early bronze opium weight of Burmese origin, 1600 AD!
Highly attractive massive bronze weight of the archaic style with a round base with verticals, beautyfully made, depicting a ‘Toe’ or lionbeast – a mythical animal. Added weightmass between legs and a circular verification mark at the front of base...
A Malay Brass Belt Buckle with Niello patterning.
E20thC. Length; 9 1/4" (23.5 cm). Condition; some wear and lac missing, repair to fitting.
A Thai Brass Kettle with an Overhead Handle. Well decorated in relief with birds and squirrels among and below a dense floral pattern. Thai L19thC.
Height to top of handle: 9 1/4" (23.5 cm) Condition: very good, traces of polish
5 matching opium weights in different sizes, from the Late Shan Empire, late 18th.-early 19th. century.
A choice set of the Hamsas with U-tail, no neckridges and only one spike, standing on a hexagonal base. Clear 6-ray verification mark.
Weights represented her:
20 tical (316 grams)
10 tical (162,68 grams),
5 tical (80,07 grams),
2 tical (32,12 grams) and
1 tical (15,97 grams).
Ref.. Gear group 1+2; Mikkelsen p. 145, fig...
Interesting set of two bronze weights including a scarce Arakan weight and another probably Burmese Shan, both early weights for the types probably dating late 18th. century.
The Arakan weight typically crude manifacturing and only 254 grams, the other weight weighs c. 315 grams.
Both with much patina and attractive!
Provenance: John Abrahamsen Collection, important Danish private collection of c...
An impressive spouted vessel, made of bronze, adorned with elaborate relief of animals like frogs, fishes, crabs and Chinese influenced creatures like dragons and Buddhist lions. The movable handle with a crocodile. These kettle were used during festive or ritual occasions. Please refer to "Malay Brassware - A Guide to the Collections of the National Museum Singapore" and compare with object no...
A lovely high patinated 'Gao' prayer box with the Lama Letter and monastery laquer seal inside, the box probably deep into the 18th. century, the letter an early 20th. century addition in english.
Beautiful ancient box with extensive smooth wear and decoration on the front. The letter inside on silky paper, handmade and coloured. Comes with a monastery seal with Budhha.
Size: 10 x 11 cm. and c. 5 cm...
A large Cambodian Silver Repousse Elephant Box which opens. Finely detailed workmanship including an elaborate saddle. Good overall condition, no damage nor repairs. ca. 1920. Size: L. 18 cm. x H. 14 cm. x W. 8 cm.
Burmese metal miniature warship.
Age: Burma, Contemporary
Measurement: Height 95 C.M. / Width 48 C.M./ Length 191 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.
Interesting lot of two bronzeage weapons from the Dong Son Culture, Han Chinese designs of weaponery, c. 300-100 BC.
A very nice consisting of a fine spearpoint with raised shoulds, socket and midrib, and a socketed battleaxe.
Sizes: 9,8 cm for the axe and 12,5 cm. for the spear.
The Dong Son Culture evolved semi-autonomous from the Han Empire in China until the powerful Han-dynasti Nanyue expanded south around 110 BC...
Myanmar silver-work is an ancient industry dating back to the 13th Century. Monarchs customarily used silver and gold bowls as rewards for the ministers
and the attendants' loyalty and faithfulness to the royal family. Silver items were also a symbol of wealth because only the ministers, the generals
and the rich citizens used silver for items such as betel-nut boxes and stands, flower bowls and vases, spittoons, daggers, dagger sheaths,
and regalia and waistbands for the kings...
A splendid ritual silver necklace, southeastern Asian, ca. late 19th. century AD.- early 20th. cent.
The necklace with engraved bib or collar with fish amid scrolled foliates and geometric borders, traditional sides recalling a bird with downswept engraved tips (joined for mounting by circular and elongated links)
The whole necklace is greatly elongated with two hammered fishes, dangling long beads and a large butterfly below...
Nice shape, quite large ( H: 5,2 cm) Bronze.
Burma 18th. century.
Seated Laotian Figure of Buddha. Laos 17th/18thC. Height 18.5 cm. Condition: excellent, original patina. End of usnisa missing.
Fine early Tibet prayer Gau silver and copper box with natural torquise and lapis gemstones, 19th. cent.
Finely patinated and uncleaned for very long.
Size: 9 cm. wide and 8,7 cm. tall.
Ex. Private collection of Ulf Gudmundsen from the 1950s to 2007. An important collection of Tribal African and Asian antiques.
8 - 10th century Indonesia bronze Buddha, condition please see picture detail, size: 6 cm height.