PRESENTING AN EXCEPTIONAL, RARE AND LARGE 11C Shiva Tripurantaka Red Sandstone Relief. It features a depiction of Tripurantaka (Tripurantaka Murti) as a manifestation of Lord Shiva. This relief was carved from red sandstone, most likely in Central India, circa 900-1000 AD (the 10th or 11th Century). It sits on a Read more…
PRESENTING A STUNNING AND EXCEPTIONALLY RARE 19C Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Desk Companion Tray on Stand. Another stunning 19C Anglo-Ceylonese piece (see the matching box in this category). Made circa 1880 in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) of Coromandel wood, bone, ebony, silver and various specimen hardwoods. THIS IS A SIMPLY Read more…
PRESENTING A BEAUTIFUL 19th Century Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Shell and Bone Trinket Box from circa 1880. Made in Vizagapatam, India. The box is constructed of sandalwood but covered in gorgeous faux blonde tortoiseshell and faux ivory banding and carved frieze panels on all sides, including the domed lid. The interior is Read more…
PRESENTING A LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Vizagapatam Bone and Shell Domed Stationery Box – ‘Alice’s Box’. Made in Vizagapatam, India, circa 1860-80. We call this one: “Alice’s Box”! It has lived ‘a hard, well used and traveled life’, as is evident from the number of losses and repairs, as is Read more…
PRESENTING a STUNNING piece of SE Asian Antiquity from circa the 4th-5th Century, namely, A Stucco Torso of the Buddha, Gandhara. Ancient Gandhara is located in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas in what is today northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, was for centuries a thriving center of trade along Read more…
PRESENTING A VERY NICE 19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Padouk and Sandalwood Sarcophagus Sewing Box. Made in Bombay, India circa 1890-1900. The box case/body is made of sandalwood with highly carved padouk wood reliefs and panels on all sides. The panels on the top/lid are of elephants, tigers and birds Read more…
PRESENTING A LOVELY 19th Century Anglo-Indian Carved Padouk Wood and Sadeli Mosaic Box, featuring a carving of a Hunt Scene. Made circa 1870 in Bombay, India during the Rule of the British Empire. This box case is made of sandalwood, but has heavily carved padouk wood raised panels or reliefs Read more…
PRESENTING A VERY NICE 19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Sandalwood and Sadeli Mosaic Box. Late 19th Century, circa 1880, Anglo-Indian Box from the “Time of the Raj” made in the Region/Area of Bombay for the British market. The box is made of sandalwood with highly carved reliefs on all sides Read more…
PRESENTING A RARE AND DESIRABLE 19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Padouk and Mosaic Folio Cover. This is a VERY RARE piece of Anglo-Indian and British Victorian Colonial history! From circa 1870-80, it is a highly carved Padouk wood cover with raised carved reliefs, bordered with Sadeli Mosaic from Bombay and Read more…
PRESENTING AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT Indo-Persian Campaign Vanity Box from circa 1780-1800. Box inlaid with exquisite mosaic inlay. In the Indo-Persian style of mosaic with Islamic styles. The mosaic consists of green semi precious stone, bone, brass and pewter in star shaped geometric designs. Box opens up to Read more…