Large 19th Century Antique Indian Hindu Ganesha Figural Votive Brass Oil Lamp

Antique early 19th century Indian Bidriware silver and brass Pandan casket, Circa 1800. Bidriware is credited to the Bahamani Sultans who were the rulers of Bidar in the Northeast part of the state of Karnataka, India in the 14th & 15th centuries, the artform has its roots in ancient Persia and was thought to be brought to India by the 13th century Sufi mystic Mu'in al-Din Chishti. A pandan box...

A fine & rare antique 19th Century Ottoman Tombak (Gilt Copper) Nargile or Hookah pipe, Turkey, circa 1850. A nagile or hookah pipe's history dates back...

A large & important pair of rare antique 19th century Indian Polychromed & hand carved stone Dvarpala (temple door guard) statues, circa 1850. Each statue is hand carved as a male Hindu four armed temple guard, the guards holding a mace (Gada) and one hand on a dagger (Katar), another hand holding a lotus flower to represent spiritual enlightenment. Each guard stands crossed legged on a plinth decorated with an elephant, both statues retaining old and yet brightly colored polychromed decoration, the statues are approximately 3/4 lifesize. They are a true pair facing each other and would have flanked either side of the temple door entrance, they are large and very heavy, each figure weighs about 300lbs. A rare & important pair of carved 19th century stone temple guards...

A very good pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonné vases, circa 1890. This is a very handsome pair of antique double gourd shaped cloisonné vases, one with a blue ground the...

A charming early patinated metal oil lamp, India, 19th century or earlier. Most likely originating in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, richly cast using the renowned ancient b...

A Marvelous and Quite Large 19th Century South Indian Bronze Dancing Female Figure, Tamil Nadu. This Indian bronze sculpture depicts a dancing fem...

Antique 19th century floor bronzed copper large vase. Tall brass Indo Persian vase in a trumpet shape. Handcrafted large sculptural elegant bronzed color metal copper vase. Delicately handmade and etched, hammered and carved with very Fine jungle, animals like elephants and deers and tigers, monkeys and Hindu figures scenes designs. Probably a story from the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana, a text historically popular in the South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures. This summary is a traditional legendary account, based on literary details from the Ramayana and other historic mythology-containing texts of Buddhism and Jainism. Hanuman is one of the central characters of the Hindu epic Ramayana. 19th century collector piece, museum quality, nice dark copper antique patina. Hand-hammered decorative metalwork Hindu Folk Art.

An unusual antique/vintage Indian Khond tribe attributed stylized patinated metal, possibly bronze, seated dog figure sculpture believed to date to the late 19th or early 20th centur...