Items Similar to Kalaga Burmese tapestry – dancers and parrots – mid 20th - Burma Myanmar Asia
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9
Kalaga Burmese tapestry – dancers and parrots – mid 20th - Burma Myanmar Asia
$779.97
£578.01
€650
CA$1,065.99
A$1,160.42
CHF 615.95
MX$13,962.37
NOK 7,804.95
SEK 7,151.54
DKK 4,951.24
About the Item
Original Burmese Kalaga-style tapestry, dating from the 20th century.
Tapestry, panel, or wall hanging depicting two dancers and four parrots in relief.
The tapestry is richly embroidered with gold thread, silk, velvet, wool, stones, sequins, and beads on a cotton background.
The kalaga is mounted on a wooden panel. Kalagas are never placed under glass to preserve and enhance the relief of the motif.
This kalaga features a central motif, with two dancers in a circle surrounded by four parrots. To color them, pieces of fabric, velvet, and satin of different colors are cut to match the shapes of the motifs, then sewn onto the contours, which are highlighted with gold thread. Cotton is then carefully inserted between the layers of fabric according to the patterns, creating a quilted, three-dimensional effect.
This kalaga is highly decorative, and the pattern is beautiful. The dimensions are ideal; the kalaga is large.
Made in Burma (Myanmar) - 20th century
Burma is home to one of Southeast Asia's finest artisanal heritages, dating back over a thousand years: the kalaga. Kalaga is the traditional name for tapestries embroidered and decorated entirely by hand with gold thread and precious beads.
Kalaga flourished under the Konbaung dynasty in the 19th century and reached their peak during the reign of Mindon Min. Their creation requires great skill, aesthetic sense, and patience to create a variety of delicate and detailed images and patterns.
The motifs depicted on kalagas often have religious significance and are inspired by ancient tales of Jakarta (Buddha's journey to enlightenment) and the Ramayana (the Hindu epic of Prince Rama's journey).
- Dimensions:Height: 33.08 in (84 cm)Width: 26.78 in (68 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1940
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Beuzevillette, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2663346693252
About the Seller
4.9
Gold Seller
Premium sellers maintaining a 4.3+ rating and 24-hour response times
Established in 2010
1stDibs seller since 2017
306 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Shipping from: Beuzevillette, France
- Return Policy
More From This Seller
View AllKalaga Burmese tapestry – Elephants - Burma Myanmar Asia
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Original Burmese Kalaga-style tapestry, dating from the mid-20th century
Tapestry, panel, or wall hanging depicting two elephants in relief.
The tapestry is richly embroidered with...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Antiquities
Materials
Tapestry, Velvet, Sequins
Kalaga Burmese tapestry - Rider on his Horse - 19th - Burma Myanmar Asia
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Original Burmese Kalaga-style tapestry, dating from the late 19th century.
Tapestry, panel, or wall hanging depicting a rider and his mount, a beautiful horse in relief.
The tapestr...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Burmese Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Sequins
Immortal He Xiangu Painting on Canvas, China, 19th Century Asian Art
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Chinese painting depicting He Xiangu reproduced three times but with a different attribute: up a lotus flower, bottom left a fly hunt and bottom right again the lotus flower, each time surrounded by disciple the one praying right, the one on the left seems to bring him a bowl.
Pigments on linen or hemp,
19th century.
He Xiangu or Ho Hsien-ku, "Immortal Demoiselle He," is an immortal Taoist, a member of the group of Eight Immortals. She is represented holding in her hand a lotus symbolizing spiritual fulfillment, and sometimes also a sheng, a peach of immortality, a wooden ladle...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
Asian Mandala Tanka circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful tanka mandala of the 19th century painted on canvas . Buddha is in the center with the naga on his right arm, surrounded by others arranged like the rays of the sun. T...
Category
Antique 19th Century Asian Paintings and Screens
Materials
Canvas
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
A.Bouverat Chinese Inspired Lacquered Panel Hand-Painted 20th Century
By A. Bouverat
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful rare and large lacquer of Chinese inspiration. Representation of a green space with many plants such as cherry trees and magnolia. A bird crosses the lacquer with its ...
Category
20th Century French Chinoiserie Paintings
Materials
Lacquer
$1,151 Sale Price
20% Off
Khmer Buddha Naga Art, Bronze, Angkor Period, 12 Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Bronze Buddha wearing the monastic garment. It sits on the coiled naga whose body forms the three spirals. The seven heads of the serpent form a canopy to protect Buddha during medit...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
$1,420 Sale Price
20% Off
You May Also Like
Burmese Kalaga Embroidered Tapestry Circa 1930’s
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Burmese Kalaga Embroidered Tapestry
Circa 1930’s
A celestial dancer ‘Apsara’, riding on a white elephant.
Elaborately worked tapestry padded and textu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Other Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Antique Kalagas Burmese Wall Tapestry set in a Custom Newer Frame
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3797 Folk Art wall decoration /tapestry
Hand sewn with beaded sequins and glass balls on dyed cloth
Mounted on acrylic panel with gilt wood frame(old piece mounted at later date)
Ta...
Category
Antique 19th Century Asian Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic, Beads
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Burmese Kalaga Tapestry Pillow Cover Warrior and Horses, 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage 1950s Burmese Kalaga Tapestry pillow warrior and horses.
Elaborately detailed vintage Burmese Kalaga tapestry made into a pillow cover...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Folk Art Textiles
Materials
Velvet
Bali Hindu Textile Framed
Kamasan
Painting, Indonesia C. 1940
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
An early 20th century 'Kamasan' cotton textile painting from Bali, Indonesia. The hand-painted image has great detail and depicts Balinese Hindu mythology. It is stretched over a can...
Category
Vintage 1950s Balinese Folk Art Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Asian Large Vintage Burmese Kalaga Beads Embroidered Tapestry
Located in Moreno Valley, 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...
Category
20th Century South Asian Anglo Raj Textiles
Materials
Textile
Vintage Burmese Kalaga, Mandalay
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Burmese Kalaga, Mandalay.
A wall hanging embroidered tapestry inspired from a scene in the Jataka Tales. The embroidery depicts a prince riding...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Other Textiles
Materials
Textile
