Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian (52)

The hands in bhumisparsa mudra. Very serene facial expression. Very thick and heavy casting, so typical for Laotian Buddhas. Excellent age wear and patina. H. 30,5 cm.

A very heavily cast Buddha, his hands in bhumisparsa mudra. Serene facial expression, wonderful age wear and patina. H. 29,5 cm.

Lovely tall sculpture depicting a Deva. Made of lacquered wood with inlaid glass. A typical piece from the Mandalay period. This sculpture comes from the Johan Möger Collection and was published in the book ' Burmese Buddhist Sculpture, the Johan Möger Collection' , by Otto Karow. Condition: age wear, paint loss, loss of inlay, old repair to one of the arms. Please refer to the pictures. H. 74 cm (82 cm including stand)

Heavily cast Buddha, covered with black lacquer and gilded. Stylistically it is between late Ayutthaya and early Rattanskosin, so it can be dated around 1800. H. 28 cm. Very good condition with normal age wear.

Bronze Buddha covered with black lacquer and gilded. Thailand, late Ayutthaya to early Ratanakosin, ca. 1800. H. 29 cm. very good condition, only a piece of lacquer missing at the front.

Seated in bhumisparsa mudra, on a gilded hardwood pedestal. H. 30 cm. Very good condition with expectec age wear and a very nice patina.

Lovely bronze Buddha in the so typical naïve style of Laos. H. 18,2 cm. Very good age wear and nice patina. Ex. private collection The Netherlands, ex. Collection Peter Vredeveld, The Netherlands.

Lovely naïve Buddha from the northern province of Isan. Hollowed out by termites, but miraculously the outside was left intact. H. 45 cm. Original gilding.

Diameter 40 cm, H. 3 cm. This is an excavated piece in very good condition with a wonderful patina. Comes with a custom made stand.

Elaborate headdress or part of a headdress, used by young girls during a harvest dance (niambai). The lower part is made of thick plate silver, from there three poles of woven silver wire go up and end in a wild bush of wire with silver and cotton ornaments at the end. H. 30 cm, W. 33 cm. Very good condition. This piece can be dated in the 19th to very early 20th century which makes it very rare.

Mandalay Period, inlaid with glass. The stand with gilded metal ornaments. H. 51 cm. Ex. Johan Möger Collection. His collection was published in the ' Burmese Buddhist Sculpture' by Otto Karow.

H. 20,5 cm. Excellent condition with normal age wear. Apparently this Buddha was buried consideting the large amounts of soil sticking to the surface.

H. 20,5 cm. Excellent condition with normal age wear.

Lovely weathered piece of folk art this meditating Buddha. It obviously came from a cave temple or it has bern in open air for a long time. H. 45 cm. Condition: see the pictures. 450

H. 23 cm, made of hardwood, covered with black lacquer and then gilded. Bhumispharsa mudra. Very good condition with normal age wear and cracks.

Excavate items with an excellent green patina. H. 12, 10,5 and 8 cm. Including stand. The centre torso was excavated in two pieces and repaired. Provenance: Dutch private collection, collected in the 1970’s.

A female figure holding a child, made of stoneware with a celadon glaze. These figures were often used as offers; during a ritual the heads were broken off. Therefore we find these figures mostly with restored necks. That also goes for this figure. There is a small restoration at the child's legs as well. H. 10 cm.

A female figure holding a fan, made of stoneware with a celadon glaze. These figures were often used as offers; during a ritual the heads were broken off. Therefore we find these figures mostly with restored necks. That also goes for this figure. H. 11 cm.