Pair of Antique Monk Statues from Burma

Material: wood 32,5 cm high 30,5 cm wide and 26,3 cm deep Weight: 4.95 kgs Gilded with 24 krt. gold Mandalay style Namaskara mudra Originating from Burma 19th century.  

Material: wood 29,5 cm high Both 23,5 cm wide and 27 cm deep Weight: 4.2 kgs Gilded with 24 krt. gold Namaskara mudra Originating from Burma 19th century Special !.

Material: wood Measures: 30 cm high 21 & 26 cm wide and 31,5 cm deep Weight: 4.75 kgs Goldplated with 24 krt. gold Mandalay style Namaskara mudra Originating from Burma 19th...

Material: bronze Measures: 26,5 cm high 33 cm wide and 42 cm deep Weight: 20.15 kgs Namaskara mudra Originating from Burma Late 19th century With inlayed eyes.  

Material: bronze 37 cm high 20 cm wide and 26,5 cm deep Weight: 19.883 kgs Mandalay style Namaskara mudra Originating from Burma Late 19th century.

Material: wood 27,5 cm high 22,7 cm wide and 24,3 cm deep Weight: 3.310 kgs Gilded with 24 krt. gold Mandalay style Namaskara mudra Originating from Burma 19th century

Splendid statue made of jade in the typically Chinese 19th century. The statue is very beautiful and rests on an oval base made of very fine dark wood. The lower part of the statue ...

This is a very old Japanese "KOMAINU". It is an item from the early Edo period (1600s-1700s). It is carved from cedar wood. A-Un," or "A-Un," is the Japanese word for "guardian dog....

An elegant statue of standing guardian, benevolent facial expression, fine details, Han dynasty 206BC-220AD. Come with Oxford TL test certificate.

These finely carved pair of Indian dolls are known as Marapachi Bommais, which literally translates to ‘wooden dolls’. Marapachi Bommais dolls are an important part of South Indian culture and rituals. These dolls which are usually in a pair as a bride and groom and is a part of the Golu display done in households during Navaratri. Marapachi Bommai hold great sentimental value as they are given as part of the bride’s wedding trousseau and are a legacy passed on from one generation to another in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The dolls are in naked form and are typically decorated with clothes and finery by children as their playthings. The female doll...

An exceptional and large Chinese carved coral figural group / statue of female Immortals. Very finely carved, very large and heav...

A truly magnificent and special work - this beautiful and exceptionally long string of Japanese hand-crafted natural wood (perhaps Rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads. These rosary-type large prayer bead necklaces were used by Buddhist monks in temple prayers/rituals and worn by Samurai as amulets of protection. During the Edo period, Buddhist priests/monks and samurai warriors used to wrap the beads around their bodies and use the beads in their worshipping and meditation ceremonies. After reading the sutra once, one bead would be moved (some sects used them instead of wooden tally counters). It would take a tremendous amount of intense concentration and physical stamina to read the sutra while holding and counting/moving each individual prayer bead as well as a copious amount of time to move all the prayer beads to complete the sutra cycle. We have not come across another set of Juzu beads...