Mahout Hook or Ankhus South India, for the education and training of elephants. Beautiful wrought iron piece from South India, late 19th century. Height 38.5 cm, width 12.5 cm. In good condition, with[...]
Martaban jars are common stoneware storage pots named after the Arabic pronunciation of the Burmese port on the gulf of Pegu through which many of these vessels were traded. During the Ming dynasty, t[...]
This is a snow or ice bucket that was used in the kitchens of the yamens to prepare sorbets. It is very solidly built like a miniature barrel and circled with a thick copper torus at its base. Origina[...]
Round cricket box in polychrome Chinese porcelain decorated with various characters: servants in procession surrounding a man mounted on a dragon or fantastic animal, probably a representation of Lao-[...]
Polychrome Chinese porcelain cricket box decorated with various figures on the edges: dignitaries, servants and children, as well as flowers on the lid, from the 19th century. This box is in good gene[...]
A rare Chinese saddle of the Yi minorities - China, circa 1900 The Yi minority is an ethnic group living mainly in China in the provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. It is composed of smaller ethn[...]
Netsuke depicting a seated dancer wearing his shishi mask. Wood and lacquer. Very beautiful patina of use. Early 19th century. Provenance: Sagemonoya Gallery
Indonesia, Bali island, 19th century, important and very old betel nut grinder, complete with its "scabbard". The handle is nicely decorated with a bone sculpture representing a bird with a man's head[...]
Bamboo Basket (Hanakago) for Ikebana. Hanakago is a Japanese term meaning flower baskets. These are made using the Japanese bamboo weaving technique, which is a traditional art in itself. They are use[...]
Bird's Nest Basket (Hanakago) for Ikabana Hanakago is a Japanese term meaning flower baskets. These are made using the Japanese bamboo weaving technique, which is a traditional art in itself. They are[...]
Bear's head with open jaw showing fangs, this painted wooden mask gives us a good idea of the dangerousness of the animal. Mask from the middle mountains of Nepal used for village festivals. Beautiful[...]
5 half corozo nuts, openwork and carved, Asian work, 19th century. > slit on the edge on two half-nuts, the rest in very good condition. Price not negotiable. Payment by check or bank transfer. Shippi[...]
Oh I think this spice box is from the 19th century... because the previous owners were also already centenarians... The photos clearly show the articulation of the thick lid, which hides the three spi[...]
Large brass tray engraved with a burin and cut on the theme of luck and good fortune. Originally from China, this object has a large number of symbols and a very beautiful patina, from the end of the [...]
The traditional Chinese wedding basket is known by the Peranakans as Baku Sia or Sia-nah in Hokkien. "Bakul" means basket in Malay and "Siah" means auspiciousness in Hokkien. In Chinese culture, the e[...]
An Indonesian engraved brass Kendi. Well cast and decorated with engraved floral scrolls. Java 19th/20th century.
Height: 16.4 cm (6 1/2").
Condition: Excellent.
See the Singapore Museum for a simi[...]
Cornac Hook or Ankhus South India, for the education and training of elephants. Beautiful wrought iron piece from South India late 19th century height 31 cm width 10 cm In good condition.
- This it[...]
This type of leather shoes sewn with pearls were worn by the Chinese living in Southeast Asia, particularly in Singapore. These Chinese immigrants for centuries are called the Baba Nyonya in China, th[...]
Netsuke representing a dog sitting on a hat and holding the rope of the latter in its mouth. The hat being placed on a Kappa, straw coat. Very beautiful patina of use.
The animal, probably a lion, holds a curved blade in its mouth, used as a cooking utensil. Folk art from the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, 24 cm x 24 cm, late 19th early 20th century
19th Century Moorish taste Brass Brazier standing on tripod base featuring a central turned brass shaft, three cast brass feet at the base, a threaded pin joins the brazier container made of pierced[...]
"Large Ghanta bell with internal clapper in bronze, Shivaite cult, southern India, late 19th early 20th century"
Bell with internal clapper made up of two separate elements, the body and its handle.[...]
Japanese No theater masks in papier-mâché from Japan, 19th century. These masks are in good general condition. The eyes and nostrils are pierced. Please note: one of the masks is relatively fragile.
Noh Theater Mask - Japan in painted wood Meji Era (1868-1912)
Noh theatre masks can be divided into three main families: humans, men and women; ghosts and spirits; and demons, supernatural presence[...]
A charming wooden case, free-form, and its elegant braided basketwork closure, reveals 6 formidable engraved and shaped steel blades. They are compartmentalized in sets of three, in the two parts of t[...]
Pair of red lacquered wooden boxes in the shape of a Stupa, Shan province, 19th century, Burma. In perfect condition, beautiful patina of use. Height 27 cm, diameter 12.5 cm, lid height 20 cm Collecte[...]
Beautiful ritual ewer from Tibet, Himalayas.
Generally placed at the foot of altars, these sober or ornate ewers are used (always) to pour water into bowls to be presented as an offering.
In modest [...]
Netsuke representing a traveler sitting on his bag. There are cracks and under the bag a number written in felt pen is visible. This netsuke is accompanied by a cites issued by the DRIEAT Ile de Franc[...]
Lovely rice basket, in lacquered bamboo and decorated with golden fish, bronze flowers, and calligraphy on the handle and inside the lid. An elegant wrought bronze ring is certainly intended to hang t[...]
A large antique Chinese wicker picnic basket in good condition with well carved panels to the sides depicting female figures
Period - 19th century or early 20th century
Condition - Good condit[...]
JAPAN: Meiji period, 19th century.
Lovely little vase in lacquered and partially woven bamboo.
Floral and plant decoration.
Brass base resting on 3 feet.
Upper edge in woven brass.
For ikebana fl[...]
Netsuke representing a tengu, a mountain deity associated with the samurai, emerging from its egg. The signature, although erased by wear, is still legible.
Netsuke commonly called stone carrier but referred to a disease of the testicles called hydrogen. The characters represented thus are generally blind also hence the closed right eye.. beautiful patina[...]
Bamboo Ikebana vase with its container. It is in perfect condition, without a single lack. Its height: 28.5 cm Base diameter: 8 cm Spout diameter: 7 cm.
Beautiful Japanese Noh theater mask from the 19th century. Please note: -The wear of the paint -The presence of a chip at the back of one of the ears. -The presence of stains on the skull. Dimensions:[...]
Large brazier (hibachi) in paulownia wood (kiri) decorated with a relief pattern in maki-e lacquer in gold, silver and a little red.
The pattern represents leaves.
It contains mother-of-pearl inlays[...]
Superb Japanese objects, naturalists, two vases from brass braiding, in shape of basket bags that fishermen used to bring back crabs.
Entirely braided, resting on a circled and caned oval base, these[...]
Rare coconut shell tattooist's bowl for religious tattoos in temples, black lacquered coconut carved with crowned monkey motif and covered with gold leaf, Mandalay province, late 19th century, Burma, [...]
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