Elaborately Carved Antique Beggar s Bowl Kashkul

An Exceptionally Fine Example of a Chinese Export Hand Carved Bovine Walking Stick of small proportions, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century. This quite rare and exquisite “L” s...

The Beggar's Opera. Written by Mr. Gay, to Which Is Prefixed the Overture in Score: And the Musick to Each Song, by John Gay. Published by Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co. 19...

A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...

A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...

In Indian Buddhism, Avalokiteshvara is a male Bodhisattva, however in Chinese Buddhism he takes the form of the female Bodhisattva, Guanyin - ‘The One Who Hears the Cries of the Worl...

A fine and unusual wooden book or manuscript cover with a carved exterior and painted interior, 15th century, Nepal. The exterior of the manuscript cover exuberantly carved with ...

Exceptional 17th century carved wooden statue of Saint Micheal, European probably from a church or rectory. Naturally patinated and ori...

An opportunity to acquire a handsomely cased duo (2) of monumental hand carved stone swords or sabers from China. These are no ordinary swords. These unusual swords were probably int...

18th century Burmese Shan period stupa with many seated Buddha's set in niches. With original gilding and red and green polychrome. The stupa is a Buddhist architectural monument ho...

A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan. The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other. The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons. The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood. The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...