Balinese Polychrome and Gilt Wood Sculpture of a Winged Lion

A fine Balinese Suarwood (Albizia saman) sculpture depicting a scene from the Ramayana Gianyar, 1970-1980 Measures: H. 48.5 cm The sculpture depicts a scene from the Ramayana....

A Japanese giltwood sculpture of Kannon Bosatzu Japan, Edo period, Early 19th century H. 50 X W. 58.3 cm Provenance: - The Somerwil Collection of ...

Three exquisite Japanese nineteenth-century bronze sculptures of carp. The sculptures are in excellent state. The set contains three different carp: A large one, a medium-sized one ...

An extremely rare wood Japanese Okimono of a Dutchman playing with a bat Edo period, 18th-19th century or earlier The Dutchman is standing and h...

Wajima lacquer model of a five story-pagoda by the contemporary lacquer master Miyasaki Masahiro. In the original signed box, including a wooden disp...

A carved and painted wood 'TURKOMANIA' sculpture of an ottoman soldier French or Dutch Turkomania, early 19th century Depicted in standing position, with a sword in one hand and a club in the raised other, with a fur hat, long moustache and long coat, on a square base. Measures: H. 58 cm Note: During the Dutch War of Independence from 1568 till 1648, the Dutch and Turks were allies against Roman Catholic Spain and the slogan of the Dutch was “liever Turks dan Paaps” (rather Muslim than Roman Catholic). In 1612 the first Dutch ambassador arrived in Istanbul. Nevertheless, in Holland, there was also the image of the cruel and heretic Turk stemming from the frequent violent clashes between Dutch ships and the pirates from Algiers, usually called the “Turkish pirates”. When the Ottoman armies advanced against Vienna, in the eyes of many Europeans the Islam bent on destroying Christianity. Later in the early 19th century, although the Turkish threat to Europe was long gone, the image of the Turks deteriorated again because of the Greek uprising. The Sultan Mahmud II understood that Turkey had to modernize along West European lines and among other things in 1808 he replaced the “picturesque” oriental clothing...

Chinese pair of wood carved and polychrome sculptures of Chinese warriors.

A carved wood statue of a warrior in traditional clothing, late 19th century-early 20th century. Retains traces of its original painted finish.

A carved wood statue of a male Balinese dancer in traditional clothing, late 19th century-early 20th century. Retains much of its original painted ...

Wonderful, unique hand carved wood and polychrome pair of Indonesian Balinese devotional figures/ statues from the island of Bali. This pair, likely from the early to mid 20th ce...

A carved wood statue of a female Balinese dancer in traditional clothing, late 19th century-early 20th century. Retains much of its original painted fi...

This is truly a wonderful piece with clear age and a nice patina to it. Very unique. We have not seen another quite like it. The monk appears to have glass eyes which gives his expression a very humanistic feel. The head is removable (please see the last image). From a collection of Japanese arts and artifacts. Most likely dates back to the Edo period. Would make for a nice addition to any Japanese or Asian artifacts...