Antique Indian Silver Figural Painted Manuscript, 19th Century

A stunning and rare antique Italian Maiolica pottery triple gourd vase hand-painted with classical stylised figurative and scroll designs in typical ...

A stunning and rare antique Italian Maiolica pottery triple gourd vase hand-painted with portraits set amidst classical and scroll designs in typical...

An extremely fine quality antique heavy gauge Japanese silver incense box, the cover inset with a copper and inlaid metal panel depicting a seated figure drinking from a large bowl a...

An antique ormolu-mounted Majolica twin handled planter or centre piece attributed to Wilhelm Schiller. The Majolica planter is of wide rounded form with a raised ornate rim and with...

An exceptional and stunning Japanese bronze handled mirror within a fitted black lacquered case. The mirror is polished to one side with the other s...

A rare and unusual antique Chinese Yixing teapot of squat rounded form with loop handle and short spout with the top formed like a plate ...

Two Indian miniatures representing gallant scenes, painted with extreme finesse ! Gouache, ink and gold highlights on paper. Dimensions of the miniatures alone : 14 x 20 cm.

Very beautiful and colorful Antique Tibetan Buddhist Thangka. It is all hand painted with Tibetan natural mineral painting material which can last for...

After a 19th century Indo-Persian palace painting scene print on silk in wood gilt frame. Indian Mughal School silk fabric painting or print, illuminat...

A charming painting of Lord Krishna and his paramour Radha painted in mineral pigments (gouache) with gold and silver highlights circa mid 19th century in Jaipur style of painting. Krishna was a god (an incarnation of god Vishnu) who accomplished great feats and defeated insurmountable demons. However, he is also considered the most playful amongst gods and an epic lover of godly proportions. His love story with Radha (a married woman) has been the subject of much poetry and worship for centuries as it symbolized the divine love. Here, the lovers are depicted in a loving embrace offering one another a lotus flower. Radha is often depicted hopelessly resisting Krishna's advances as in this painting. The couple's heads are circled by a halo, signifying their divinity. The setting is typical of the interior modeling in the 19th century with use of heavy curtains...

The Mughal miniature painting, crafted with a single-hair brush on delicate rice paper, vividly portrays an Indian maharaja in his harem courtyard. This exquisite artwork embodies th...

This is a singular piece, a framed vintage Chinese gilt and inkwash miniature six-fold paper screen, that was possibly a salesman's sample, and it is beautiful. This is from the la...