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Pair of Vintage Thai Bencharong Lidded Jars, 20th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Pair of Vintage Thai Bencharong Lidded Jars, 20th century. Bencharong enamel decoration with Buddhist imagery on a black background. This porcelain jar and lid form having a raised foot rim and lotus bud on a disk lid finial are richly decorated in bright polychrome enamels in the style of the royal household ceramics favored by the nobility in eighteenth century Siam. This colorful style became known as “bencharong”, a term that derives from two Sanskrit words – panch (‘five’) and rong (‘colour’) and which relates to the number of colors used to decorate such porcelain. These jars and covers are decorated with typical Thai motifs. The sides are decorated with four Thepanom (Buddhist celestial beings) each wearing a broad necklace of petals and seated on a lotus within triangular cartouches that have a coral-red ground. Four Norasingh (mythical forest-dwelling semi-deity with a human head, torso, and arms but with the hind-quarters of a lion and the tail and hoofs of a deer) against black back grounds filled with flaming purple kranok motifs. This design is framed by two floral bands top and bottom. The interior is a covered in a transparent glaze with unglazed lid edge and the gallery interior edge of the lid unglazed. Condition: Excellent Each measuring: 5 in. in diameter x 6 in. high (12.7 x 15.2cm) Each weighing: 1 lb. 5.5 oz. (610g.) 20th century. Provenance: Dr. Philip Gould, New York, NY. Millea Brothers, New Jersey For similar examples see: William Warren & Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Arts and Crafts of Thailand, Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1994, p.33. Bonhams New York, Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, 17 Sep. 2014, lot 180 With the following notes: Bencharong porcelains...
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Wooden Mask, Himachal Pradesh, North India, Mid-20th Century
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Wooden Mask, Karnataka, India, Mid-20th Century Carved wood with fur and pigment decoration.  
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Vintage Bean Beater, Natural Wood Branch, Japanese, Mid-20th Century
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Vintage Bean Beater, natural wood branch, Japanese, mid-20th century A natural branch shaped like a wishbone. A kitchen tool to shuck beans by "beating"...
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Eskimo Wood Carving of a Man with Seal Coat, North Coast, 20th Century
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Eskimo wood carving of a man with seal coat, North Coast, 20th century Crude carving of a man dressed in a seal coat. This miniature sculpture is shown st...
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Large Antique Teak Bowl from Northern Thailand, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large antique round teak bowl from Northern Thailand, early to mid-20th century. Carved from one piece of dense teak wood including its handle. Fine wood grain with rustic patina...
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Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb
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Early 20th Century Native American North West Coast Eagle Comb The eagle has a frog in its claws which is “holding” a whale. Carved with classic Nort...
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