Details: An extremely rare silver Khmer alms bowl with chased inscriptions on both sides. This is a well proportioned silver bowl that might have been formed in its day by hammering a silver slug heated over a charcoal fire into a disc that would then be hammered over a matrix to achieve the simple rounded bowl shape.
As all ready stated above Khmer silver is extremely rare. Silver was neither incorruptible nor e ...click for details
Details: A handsome and classically Khmer example of a Baphuon style kneeling Deva from a Tantric Mandala, probably centered on Chandra. This attractive bronze Deva is shown kneeling with on one knee with the other raised. His right hand is holding a lily and his left is in the boon giving gesture incised with a geometric design. The figure is clothed in a low cut pleated sampot can kpin that dips below the navel with graceful folds below the belt, and the piece that folds between the legs for ...click for details
Details: A charming example of a 19th century Mandalay seated alabaster lacquered Buddha in royal attire. Buddha is seated in vajrasana on an elaborately decorated low stepped base, his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra while the left hand rests on his lap in dhyana mudra. His face is happy and contented with his eyes trancelike expressing the depth of his meditation. He is wearing the lavish attire of a Burmese king over his well proportioned frame and has a high usnisha covered in gilt. ...click for details
Details: An attractive and finely carved Thai seal from the Rattnakosin period. The seal is carved in the shape of a traditional Thai chedi (stupa), which was usual of most governmental seals of the time. The stamp itself is of a peacock surrounded by flames, a symbol in use by the Rattanakosin era authorities, possibly corresponding to a regiment within a branch of the army.
Details: A quality example of an 11th to 12th century Khmer sandstone Yoni. The Yoni is the iconic form of Devi the Goddess, resembling the female generative organ; often shown united with the Lingam the iconic form of Shiva. The Lingam is a simple stylized phallus that nearly always rests on a stylized Yoni, or female sex organ. Together, the Lingam and Yoni represent the power of creative energy and fertility. The phallic symbol is the main object of worship in Shaivite temples throughout Ind ...click for details
Details: A rare and very attractive example of an early Ayutthaya bronze gilt Buddha from Phitsanulok. Buddha is seated upon a high ornate base, in dhyanasana with his right hand in bhumisparsha mudra, his long petal like fingers touching the earth, while his left hand gracefully rests on his lap in dhyana mudra. He is wearing a plain clinging sanghati over his wonderfully full plump frame which along with the head shows strong Sukhothai influence in this piece. ...click for details
Details: A good sized and unusual example of a bronze seated Buddha from probably the Lang Chang region of Laos. Buddha is seated in Maravijaya upon a high stepped, incised, lotus base. He is deep in meditation with his silver inlaid eyes in trance like concentration above smiling crimson lips. His body is powerful with strong broad shoulders and arms tapering down to a slim waist and muscular legs. His hands are in Bhumisparsha mudra with typically Lao equal length fingers. ...click for details
Details: A charming rare example of a bronze standing Maitreya from the kingdom of Srivijaya. The Bodhisattva is standing with a smiling tranquil face, holding both his attributes of a water phial in his left hand and a sting of Buddhist prayer beads in his right hand. His hair is combed upwards into a tall chingon with the image of a stupa on the front indentifying him as the Bodhisattva Maitreya. He is wearing an ankle length sampot with many pleats and a fish tail flap to the left at his wai ...click for details
Details: A handsome and iconic example of a classical 17th century Ayutthaya gilt bronze standing Buddha. The historical Buddha is standing erect, with both palms held parallel to the side of his body, with his long fingers extended in Abhayamudra. Buddha’s face is sweet, a face reassuring with a serene expression of contented bliss, confidence and understanding.
Abhayamudra, meaning literally the “seal” of protec ...click for details
Details: An attractive, well modeled example of a Laotian Bronze head of Buddha. Buddha’s face is serene with heavy lidded eyes and a content smile over a full and slightly elongated chubby face. The flame finial is one of the finest I have seen on a Lao Buddha, the long flames almost floral in design finishing at the top in the form of a lotus bud. I believe this piece dates form before the 17th century due to the quality as well as the very ornate flame, the slight dip in the hair line at the ...click for details
