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Style: Anglo-Indian
Indian Jhansi, Bundelkhand Bronze Toy Horse Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A good antique bronze temple horse on wheels toy originating from Jhansi City in Bundelkhand in Northern India and dating from the 19th century. The Hindu region of Bundelkhand is we...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Anglo Indian Solid Silver small Bowl hand made with chased Dieties
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a solid silver Anglo-Indian bowl decorated with seated Dieties and made in India in the late 19th century, circa 1880.
The small circular bowl is made of solid silver and has a low foot.
The bowl has been beautifully hand chased with seated Dieties in different poses within circular panels which form a continuous pattern around the bowl set between a flower and leaf motif, with a lower border below the figures.
The bowl weighs 79 gram.
Overall, a beautiful antique solid silver bowl.
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique 18th Century Pair Indian Hindu Erotic Kamasutra Miniature Paintings 1750
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality pair of antique 18th century Indian erotic Kamasutra paintings, circa 1750.
The paintings most likely North-East India or possibly Nepal, are very finely painted with ...
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Mid-18th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paint
Antique Anglo Indian Elephant Black Ebonized Wood Hand Carved Sculpture
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Black Ebonized Wood Hand Carved Anglo Indian Elephant Sculpture.
Precious black ebonized hand carved wood Anglo-Indian elephant sculp...
Category
Early 20th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
"Thookkuvilakku" Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp Kerala, South India, circa 1800
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A "Thookkuvilakku" bronze hanging oil lamp Kerala, South India, circa 1800, done in a shallow dish with seven spouts, above a drip pan, suspend...
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Early 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Anglo Indian Elephant Ebony Wood Hand Carved Sculpture
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Ebony wood hand carved anglo Indian elephant sculpture.
Gorgeous vintage black hand carved wood ebony Anglo-Indian elephant.
This is a hand ca...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Indian Dhokra Horse and Rider Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely antique Indian Dhokra horse and rider sculpture.
Probably from the late 19th or early 20th century as is evidenced by its natural patina and clear evidence of age.
It depicts an Indian Warrior with a sword in his right hand mounted on his horse/steed.
The warrior is in classical and ancient Southeast Asian Indian attire and he holds the horse’s reins in his left hand.
The body of the horse is a series of lines (in the Classic Dhokra Style) and it has a tribal headdress...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mughal India Round Brass Tray with Islamic Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Mughal Indo Persian fine antique brass round tray hand chased with Islamic calligraphy in Mameluke style.
19th century collector...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Oversized Tall Moorish Mughal Indian Brass Ewer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Oversized 3 feet tall Middle Eastern, Mughal Indian style brass decorative ewer.
Very decorative handcrafted brass Moorish Arabian style coffee pot, wine or water pitcher.
Hand-ham...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
A Large Indian Architectural Gold Wire-Inlaid Wall-Hanging Cabinet Facade
Located in New York, NY
A Large Indian Architectural Gold Wire-Inlaid Wall-Hanging Cabinet Facade Depicting a Mughal Pavilion, Circa 1850
This extraordinary wall-hanging cabinet facade is a remarkable exam...
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Early 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
The Raj Hand Painted India-British War 1857 Game Chess with Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rare – 1987 Franklin Mint ‘The Raj’ Chess Set
"The RAJ" hand painted India-British War 1857, Franklin Mint highest quality metal chess set game year 1...
Category
20th Century Malaysian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Antique Anglo-Indian set of Six Staking Wood Trays with Bone Inlays
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of six antique Anglo-Indian trays that fit into a stack.
The wood is likely rosewood with attractive grains and the trays are inlaid with a star in the center consisting of bon...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Anglo Indian Box Handcrafted with Porcupine Quills
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Anglo-Indian quill box handcrafted and decorated with porcupine quills and bone dots.
Made in Ceylon which was the colonial name for Sri Lanka.
Category
Early 20th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Anglo Indian Wooden Coffee Table with Iron and Glass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Indian style wooden coffee table with iron inset work and glass.
Large coffee table in solid teak wood with nailheads and metal accents support, very nicely carved legs, sides and corners are reinforced with metal iron pieces.
Spanish, Anglo, Portuguese style furniture...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Oatmeal Linen, Khovar Collection, Leaf (Fabric by the yard)
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
This collection takes its lead from the tribal villages of Hazaribagh in Northeastern India, where the walls of the villages’ mud homes are decorated with rambling, figurative murals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Linen
Unusual Indian Khond Attributed Stylized Patinated Metal Seated Dog Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
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...
Category
Early 1900s Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Brass Guardian Temple Lion Figure
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Well cast brass temple lion with fierce open mouth, armored headdress, bold protective stance.
Dimensions: 9" W x 4 3/4" D x 11" H
Condition: brass imperfection at base of tail th...
Category
20th Century Asian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Indian Hand Embroidered Door Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A LOVELY Vintage Indian Hand Embroidered Door Tapestry.
Early 20th Century, circa 1920.
Probably from Central India.
Made of Cotton and hand stitched or embroidered wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Pair 19th Century Indian Throne Chairs
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an extraordinary pair of Indian Throne or elaborate antique Ceremonial Chairs. The chairs are composed of pairs of fully carved lions...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
A Large 19th Century South Indian Bronze Dancing Female Figure, Tamil Nadu
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous and Quite Large 19th Century South Indian Bronze Dancing Female Figure, Tamil Nadu. This Indian bronze sculpture depicts a dancing fem...
Category
1850s Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Indian Carved Wood Storage Chest Box
Located in New York, NY
Hand-carved wooden Indian tribal storage chest box with hand-wrought iron hinges and straps, and handle. Early 20th century, Northern India.
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Anglo-Indian Mughal Hardwood Three-Panel Screen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo-Indian hardwood three-panel Screen.
This is a beautifully carved sculptural hardwood Anglo-Indian Wooden Mughal screen in Victorian colonial Raj.
T...
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Late 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Victorian Colonial Hardwood Carved Frame Daybed with Taupe Upholstery, 1800s
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Victorian Colonial Eastern hardwood hand carved frame daybed with taupe upholstery, 1800s
A carved oak frame with a mahogany foot and headboard.
Measure: Inside width: 175cm.
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Oak, Mahogany
Large Vintage Mughal Raj Silk Painting of a Maharaja Royal Procession
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large vintage Mughal silk painting of a Maharaja Royal Procession, two royal couples on elephant, probably a wedding procession with servant walki...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Textile
19th Century Carved Screen
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a finely carved late 19th century Indian Anglo-Raj Hardwood Screen that was fabricated for the export market. The four-panel screen features four distinctly carved floral panels to the front and four matching panels...
Category
1890s Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Pair Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Carved Stone Temple Guard Statues, 1850
Located in Portland, OR
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...
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Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
Anglo Indian Bone Inlaid Throne Armchair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing Indian bone inlaid armchair featuring a shaped back and cabriole leg.
Fabulous one of a kind throne armchair heavily inlaid with carved recyc...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bone, Horn
Large 19th Century Antique Indian Hindu Ganesha Figural Votive Brass Oil Lamp
Located in Portland, OR
A large antique early 19th century Indian brass votive oil lamp modeled as the Hindu deity, Lord Ganesha, circa 1800.
A finely cast brass figure of Lord ...
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Early 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Burmese Sadaik Manuscript Chest.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The chest is constructed of teak covered in lacquer and gold leaf with a hinged lid and detailed decoration on four sides. The high relief thayo lacquer depicts narrative scenes, bordered by a tendril vine frame with reserve cartouches of birds, beasts or men within. The scenes may be from the Mahajanaka Jataka, one of the last Jataka tales of a life preceding the life of becoming the Buddha. This tale of endurance starts by depicting the rivalry between two brothers fighting for the throne. The lid depicts this great conflict having two battling elephants at center. Half of the surrounding characters are sending the opponents into retreat. The brother that is King is killed. The sides of the chest dynamically continue the story. On the right side of the front scene, the pregnant Queen at the front of the palace is informed of the King’s death by her kneeling subjects. On the left side of the front panel, the Queen is shown in retreat with her riches sacked upon her head. On the left side of the chest the story continues with Saka the Lord of the Dewas offering the Queen a lift upon an ox drawn cart. The right side of the chest depicts the pregnant Queen at her destination of refuge discussing her predicament with her long lost brother who offers protection in the birth of her child, Prince Mahajanaka. The elaborate high relief thayo lacquer is molded and modeled of a putty of lacquer sap mixed with clay, saw-dust, or ash. The interior and back are lacquered red.
Provenance:
From a residence designed by Kalef Alaton.
East & Orient Company, Dallas.
Private collection, Texas.
Lark Mason...
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Late 19th Century Burmese Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pondichery Chair in Green by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Inspired by Punjabi wedding chairs, the Pondichery chair is made with a hand-carved wooden base and hand-painted in a high-gloss green lacquer with a seat upholstered in a floral fab...
Category
2010s French Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Fabric, Lacquer
Monumental 19th Century Indian Building Facade
Located in Chicago, IL
This magnificent building facade was once part of a grand mansion in Gujarat, India. It is entirely made from Teakwood, which is highly resistant to in...
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19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Teak
Anglo-Indian Company School Suttee Watercolour Paintings, C. 1810
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A wonderful and singular set of two early 19th century Anglo-Indian Company School watercolour paintings, likely Murshidabad, depicting 'Sati' or 'Suttee', the historical practice in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre, and the procession to the pyre. The reverses labeled "From an album of watercolours and drawings belonging to Eliza Frederica Salmon and possibly her sister Mary Salmon, daughter of William Orton Salmon who served in India circa 1800...
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Early 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paint, Paper
Anglo Indian Fine Large Silver Embossed Deity Oval Locket Dated 1880
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and large antique Anglo-Indian silver oval shaped locket heavily embossed with three figures dated September 1880. The large hinged locket has an internal recessed compar...
Category
1870s Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Large Brass Pandan Box, North India, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large brass pandan box
North India, 19th century
The body with rounded profile and hinged raised lid
with engraved and punched decoration
centering ...
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Late 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Indo Persian Hand Painted Papier Mache Table Box
Located in Canterbury, GB
Large Impressive Indo Persian Table Box
Handcrafted from Papier Mache
Engraved and skillfully hand painted
Dating from mid 1900's
Good vintage condition with gentle signs of wear c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Kashmir Black Lacquer & Hand Painted Papier Mâché Box, India, Mid-20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage South Asian / Kashmir hand painted papier mâché box with removeable lid - featuring a profuse floral pattern over the top and sides set against a black lacquer background - h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Composition
Anglo-Indian Footed Box with Lidded Compartments, 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Anglo-Indian wooden box fitted with various compartments finely hand carved.
The top is finely hand carved with the Taj Mahal.
The interior with removable hand carved nine-lidded compartments, the front cover has a mirror, the whole exhibiting very fine workmanship.
This fine late Victorian Anglo-Indian box from India is in great condition for it age.
A beautiful example of an Anglo-Indian fine art...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sandalwood
Anglo-Indian Silvered Wrapped Clad Side Chairs a Pair
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of tow Anglo-Indian silvered wrapped clad side chairs.
Anglo Raj wedding palace chair, hand-hammered with repousse silver metal work over wood with carved elephant head finals an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique South Asian Polychrome Wooden Oversized Ceremonial Horse from India
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Southeast Asian Polychrome Wooden Oversized Temple Horse from India.
Large Antique Southeast Asian Carved Polychrome Wood Horses.
Antique Southeast Asian carved wood model of a parade horse.
the body with allover polychrome, saddle and reins carved in high relief, the tail lacquered.
19th century hand carved oversized wooden Indian temple horse...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Indian Asian Lacquered Bronze Dancing Hindu Shiva Nataraja
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine and unusual vintage Asian Indian red lacquered bronze statue of Shiva Nataraja dating from the 20th century. The figure represents the Hindu God Shiva performing a dance. The ...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique 19th Century Indian Hindu Copper Sacred Nandi Bull Water Vessel 1800
Located in Portland, OR
An antique Indian Hindu copper Nandi (bull) lidded and handled water vessel, circa 1800.
In the Hindu faith & culture of India the bull is a sacred animal, the term Nandi means "giving joy" or "delight", the Nandi is the scared bull of one of the most important gods, Shiva, the bull is also Shiva's animal form and also his transport.
This vessel is finely crafted from copper and has a circular lid and hinged handle, the vessel is modeled as a bull by hand hammering using...
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Early 1800s Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Large Antique Anglo-Indian Ironbound Pitara Coffer with Hammered Copper Elements
Located in Morristown, NJ
A large antique traditional Indian coffer known as a Pitara Chest, meaning Treasure Chest (or more literally ‘a box full of treasures’ in Hindi). 19th c....
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Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper, Iron
Antique Carved Tiger, Asian, Teak, Decorative Statue, 20th Century, circa 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique carved tiger. An Asian, solid teak and bone decorative statue, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920.
A prowling, handcrafted Panthera tigris...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Teak
Miniature Mughal of Emperor Akbar And His Wife In His Courtyard, 19th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
The Mughal miniature painting, executed with an exceptionally fine single-hair brush, is a testament to the meticulous craftsmanship and exquisite detail characteristic of Mughal art...
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Late 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paint, Paper
Tibetan Traveling Prayer Shrine Gau
Located in Redding, CT
Tibetan Traveling Prayer Shrine Gau. A large antique Tibetan Buddha shrine or prayer box (also known as Gau) which would encases a Buddha figure...
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Early 1900s Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
Architectural Carved Wood Temple Truss from India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of tall Antique architectural carved wood temple truss fragments from India on stand.
Wooden hand-carved fragments architectural truss temple, ...
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Early 18th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Brass Turtle Vintage Trinket Box with Peacock Finial
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage turtle metal brass box Box with bird finial on wheels.
The large heavy brass turtle shape with a beautiful patina metal box open to a large container to use as a trinket box,...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Anglo Indian/ Burmese Chair Profusely Hand Carved Decoration 19th C
Located in London, GB
Fine Antique Anglo Indian/ Burmese Chair Profusely Hand Carved
Decoration 19th Century
This antique Burmese chair boasts exquisite profusely carved decoration that is sure to add a...
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1860s Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Anglo Indian Sadeli Inlay Lap Desk, with Fitted Interiors
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Anglo-Indian bone inlay lap desk with fitted interiors. Exterior has geometric design. Interior has multiple compartments and folds out ...
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19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bone, Wood
Vintage Indian Tapestry of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a beautiful and iconic vintage Indian tapestry of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
We are of the opinion that this is from the early 20th centur...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Pondichery Chair in Hand-Painted Tortoise by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Inspired by Punjabi wedding chairs, the tortoise Pondichery chair is made with a hand-carved wooden base and features a hand-painted tortoiseshel...
Category
2010s French Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Tortoise Shell, Paint, Fabric, Lacquer
Anglo Raj Hand-Carved Decorative Jewelry Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-carved Anglo Raj early 20th century carved wood box richly decorated overall with arabesques and floral carving.
Hinged lid shallow relief carving with interior lined with red r...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sandalwood
Cast Iron Indian Game with Rider and Horses
Located in Milano, IT
Welded cast iron toy from the Indian 900s depicting a chariot with a square canopy and conical dome. We can identify this toy-statue as a depiction of Krishna’s Rath Gita (Bhagavad Gita...
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Early 1900s Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Asian Large Vintage Burmese Kalaga Beads Embroidered Tapestry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous large Kakaga Burmese bead embroidered adorned with sequins and beads tapestry wall hanging .
This vintage handcrafted needlework wall hanging tapestry shows ten different scenes from the ancient epic Hindu poem, the Ramayana, or from Buddhist mythology.
You can imagine how many hours went into producing this piece of work.
The figures are sewn using a combination of metallic threads and adorned with sequins, beads and glass stones.
Most Kalagas are best hung in a frame but not under glass so that the detail and texture can be fully appreciated.
They can also be hung as-is without a frame.
Such a large tapestry could take months to complete.
Asian figural Kalaga hand embroidered with jeweled tapestry...
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20th Century South Asian Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Textile
Antique Anglo-Indian Rajasthani Painted Mughal Scene Folding Chair
Located in London, GB
Antique Anglo-Indian Rajasthani Painted Mughal Scene Folding Decorative Chair C.1920
A wonderful decorators piece. Structurally sound, missing back support hooks, therefore recommen...
Category
1920s Indian Vintage Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Bombay Mughal Style Footed Box With Bone Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nice and unusual Indian Mughal style large decorative box, filigree and carved horn.
Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved details throughout with filigree and carved veneered bone plaques with arabesque carving.
Vizagapatam, late 19th century.
History of the Anglo-Indian Boxes
Beginning in the early part of the 18th century, Indian artisans made what came to be known as Anglo-Indian boxes for the English residents living in India, who eventually brought or sent them back to England. At the beginning of the 19th century, India began exporting these boxes commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the 1850s. People valued them so highly that manufacturers of tins copied the designs on them in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Anglo-Indian boxes fall into four groups: Rosewood or ebony boxes inlaid;
sandalwood boxes veneered; sandalwood boxes covered with Sadeli mosaic; and carved boxes often combined with Sadeli mosaic/
The first two categories came from Vizagapatam in East India while the last two came from Bombay in West India.
English traders discovered the rich woods and intricate workmanship of Indian artisans, so colonial government officials began to recognize the work of the Indian artists and craftsmen as a source for satisfying the need for furniture and boxes, which would both serve to enhance English households in India. This gave rise to the cabinetmaking workshops in Vizagapatam between Calcutta and Madras.
Craftsmen made the first boxes to be decorated with Sadeli mosaic of rosewood or ebony, incised to give further definition to the decoration, directly inlaid into the wood. The shape of the early boxes was either sloping at the front with a flatter section at the back, reminiscent of English writing slopes, or rectangular. Artisans inlaid the borders with stylized floral scrolls and the centers with a single floral motif following a circular or oval symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. The edging was ornamental and protective, both helped protect the end grain against the weather.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras
These exotic boxes...
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Late 19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Indian Asian Antique Brass Alms Dish with Hamsa Bird Design
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique Asian Indian brass alms dish molded with a hamsa bird design and dating from the 19th century.
The hamsa is believed to be based on ...
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19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Indian Antique Pair Bidri Ware Silver Overlay Metal Vases
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine pair antique Indian Bidri Ware vases of teardrop shape with linear and floral petal designs in silver overlay probably dating from the late 19th...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Anglo-Indian Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
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