First Half 20th C, Java Indonesia, Old Topeng Theatre Dance Mask

Original oil painting by the Indonesian impressionist painter G.A. Kadir: educated as a painter by the Danish van Russel (1898 - 1975) and active in the first half of the 20th centur...

The Namur painter and engraver, Louis Decoeur (1884-1960) became a member of “L’Effort” around 1910. This artist’s association provided a free studio for painters in Brussels, on the first floor of a building located at Quai au Bois à Brûler number 31. Here innovative artists who the official salons did not appreciate were given a forum. The members of “L’Effort” opposed academism. Some names of artists who have worked in the studio spaces of "L'Effort" are: Jean Brusselmans...

Opium smokers used opium lamps to make the vaping and inhaling of the opium easier. These lamps, which contained spirits in their base, were specifically de...

Ogoni Karikpo polychromed Dance Mask ,Ogoni Peopme, Nigeria. Provenance:Lefevre 1995 This powerful Ogoni mask features an oval face ,pierced circular eyes, a the cylindrical mo...

Framed, signed and dated.

Drawing is framed, signed and dated.

Original and workmanship traditional Indonesian wood couple of masks. Balinese work. "TOPENG (Indonesian for" mask ") is a dramatic form of Indonesian dance in which one or more pe...

I think this is probably a wooden tray from Southeast Asia. I think it was used with the pointed end facing down and placed on a stand with three or four legs. The material is hard ...

Timor Island sculpted wooden traditional mask (circa 1960s-1970s) on contemporary stand. This is a traditional mask of a figure with male facial features and two holes as eyes and another for the mouth. The island of Timor gave rise to a distinctive practice of creating traditional masks whose precise origins and significance remain uncertain. Portraying both male and female ancestors, they were held by men during dances and other ceremonies, including celebrations of victory in war. Carved sculptures and masks are specific to rural villages. Here the practice of animism, or nature-worship, is incorporated with the carving of ancestral statues and masks, which have a ritualistic function. Some occasions that call for these ceremonies may include asking for successful crop planting, for prosperity, for good...

A yellow lacquer chinoiserie octagonal wall mirror First half of the 20th century The moulded frame decorated in relief with pavillions, swans, flowers and ships. Measures: ...

A thangka depicting the mandala of Avalokiteshvara Tibet, Late 20th century. The central deity, flanked to each side by three Lamas, above a central mandala composed of concent...

A bold and powerful kagura mask of the Shinto deity Sarutahiko Okami by Kiyomi Yokota, Showa or Heisei Era, late 20th century, Japan. The mask depicts t...