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This old Indonesian black puppet with its large body and titled-back head played the part of a fierce character. It has a blue face with an open mouth with teeth and large eyes. Is wearing a top with beaded detail and fringe along with a long batik skirt. On a wood pedestal 6.5” high x 5” wide xv 3.25” wide Three dimensional puppets are a traditional style of puppet from the Indonesian island of Java. They are usually made from local softwood because it is easy to carve and does not...

This fine small yellow enamel box is beautifully painted with a floral medallion on a white ground, interior with orange and blue floral sprays, base is signed with a crossed pair of blue crossed pointless arrows. Age: mid-late 1880’s. Condition: Signs of age Size: ¾” high x 2-1/2” x 1-3/4” (1.9 x 6.35 x 4.44)

This impressive finely painted ancestral painting is on paper and of a civil official and his wife, dressed in formal robes, seated on elaborate chairs that are draped with animal skin with whiskers. The gentleman is wearing a dark blue robe with a rank badge of a white bird designating his rank and facing the sun which an emblem for the emperor and he has long nails to show that he does not do any physical work. His wife is wearing red robe with rank badge denoting her husband rank and on her h...