All things Asian,….Chinese, Japanese, Burmese, Indian etc
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 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 Teak and Sandalwood Sarcophagus Sewing Box. Made in Bombay, India circa 1890-1900. The box case/body is made of sandalwood with highly carved teak 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 LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP (Mother of Pearl) Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box from circa 1875-85. Gorgeously detailed and hand-crafted ‘sadeli mosaic’ inlay, from the Bombay Area, with deep greens with silver, pewter, mother of pearl, bone and ebony in geometric patterns. The box case, is made of Read more…
PRESENTING A GORGEOUS 19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Teak and Sandalwood Sadeli Mosaic Sarcophagus Sewing Box. Made in Bombay, India circa 1860-80. Box made of sandalwood with highly carved teak wood reliefs and panels on all sides. Edged with bone and ebony veneers and glorious sadeli mosiac, made from tiny Read more…
PRESENTING A LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Padouk Wood with Sadeli Mosaic Inlay Sewing Box. Made in Bombay, India, Circa 1880. The box is made of sandalwood with highly carved raised padouk wood panels on all sides, depicting temple scenes, animals and foliage. The box is in a sarcophagus Read more…
PRESENTING a GLORIOUS Contemporary piece of Art by a recognized Indian Master – Babu Xavier Watercolor on Paper Bird & Woman . Signed and dated 1986 on bottom center. This piece has impeccable Provenance ! It was purchased by a Private Dallas Collector at Sotheby’s New York Auction on 18th Read more…
PRESENTING a GLORIOUS Contemporary piece of Art by a recognized Indian Master – Paresh Maity Watercolor on Board – Encounter I. Signed and dated 2002 on center right. This piece has impeccable Provenance! It was purchased by a Private Dallas Collector at Sotheby’s New York Auction on 18th September 2008. Read more…
