TIBETAN WOOL 'PEONY' SEAT COVER
TIBET,19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY ?? ???????? ???????the orange field woven with large peony blooms issuing from branches, flanked by a pair of butterflies(1)95.5cm x 100cmProvenance:...
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PARCEL-GILT COPPER-ALLOY REPOUSSÉ 'CHATURBHUJALOKESHVARA' CASKET
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY ?? ???? ???????????the rectangular hinged box and cover raised on bracket feet, worked with Buddhistic animals, mythical beasts and...
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RARE 18TH CENTURY CHINESE ATLASA rare18th century Chinese Atlas titled 'Nouvel Atlas de la Chine, de la Tartarie Chinoise et du Thibet' (translated: New Maps of China, Inner Mongolia & Tibet) is considered to...
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LATE 19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER, TURQUOISE& COPAL PENDANTCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A lovely high-quality 94% to 96% silver pendant with turquoise inlays and a copal resin stone in...
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19TH C. TIBETAN WOOD PANEL - SARASWATI& DEVOTEESCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A charming hand-carved wooden panel with a devotional Hindu scene featuring a deity and worshippers. The Hindu...
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4 VINTAGE TIBETAN NICKEL-BRASS, SILVERBEADED NECKLACES...Central Asia, Tibet / Nepal, ca. late 19th to mid 20th century CE; East Asia, China, Miao culture, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A beautiful collection...
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16TH C. TIBETAN GILDED IRON FINIAL BUDDHISTMONK STAFFCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A beautiful finial from a Buddhist monk's staff, made of iron with incredibly delicate gold inlays forming a series...
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19TH C. TIBETAN STEEL & IRON RIFLE W/PISTOL GRIPCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 19th century CE. An interesting iron and wooden flintlock rifle with an octagonal barrel and pistol shaped stock. The flintlock mechanism...
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20TH C. TIBETAN NICKEL-BRASS & BEADJEWELRY (7 PCS)Central Asia, Tibet or Nepal, ca. early to mid-20th century CE; China, Miao culture, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful collection of beads and pendants made...
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16TH C. TIBETAN IRON LIDDED BOWL W/SILVER INLAYCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A stunning iron bowl presenting a discoid foot, curved walls, a flared rim, and a circular lid. The exterior...
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8TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE RELIEF OF VISHNUSouthAsia, India, region of Bengal, Pala Empire, ca. 8th to 12th centuries CE. A beautiful relief and openwork carved stone plaque depicting the Hindu deity Vishnu. The god stands...
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19TH C. TIBETAN AGATE DZI BEAD W/ 6EYE PATTERNCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 19th century CE. This is a fine agate dZi (also spelled gzi) bead with a striking white on chocolate brown decorative pattern throughout,...
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19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER HINGED BOX /PENDANTCentral Asia, Tibet or China, late 19th to early 20th century CE. This is a lovely and high quality 91.5% to 92.2% silver box with a hinged lid and a loop for suspension....
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LOVELY GREEK HELLENISTIC BRONZE PHIALEW/ OMPHALOSGreece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A remarkable, cast-bronze phiale, a special libation bowl used for holding wine, with a hollow, rounded,...
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PAIR OF 18TH C. TIBETAN BRASS DORJESW/ LOTUS PETALSCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fine pair of brass dorjes (vajras), scepter like instruments used in ritualistic Buddhist worship, both...
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19TH C. TIBETAN BRASS VARAPANI HANDW/ MUDRA GESTUREEast Asia, Tibet or China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A larger-than-life brass hand from Varapani, the bodhisattva whose name literally...
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20TH C. TIBET / NEPAL COPPER DANCE MASKOF CITIPATICentral Asia, Himalayan region, Tibet or Nepal, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A copper dance mask depicting the face of a Citipati, a skeletal protector deity...
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19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER / LEATHER CHUCKMUCK(FIRE START)...Central Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A gathering of 3 decorative leather straps and a belt pouch decorated with iron and gilt silver...
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20TH C. TIBETAN LEATHER & SILVER TINDERPOUCHES, 2 PCSCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A pair of stunning leather tinder pouches adorned with turquoise, red copal, brass, and high quality 84%...
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MASSIVE 19TH C. TIBETAN SILVER CONCHSHELL TRUMPETCentral Asia, Tibet or Nepal, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A massive conch shell trumpet covered in a sterling silver repousse plating adorned with...
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15TH C. TIBETAN GILDED COPPER ELEVEN-FACEDLOKESHVARACentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 15th to 16th century CE. A striking gilt copper statue of the Eleven-faced Lokeshvara, a universal form of the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara....
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RARE 18TH C. TIBETAN GILT BRASS SNOWLION PLAQUESCentral Asia, Tibet, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An exceptional pair of brass Tibetan Snow Lion repousse plaques each adorned with a gilt body and a verdigris...
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SUPERB 10TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE PANELGREEN TARASouth Asia, India, Bihar region, Pala Empire, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. A stunning hand-carved phyllite stone high relief panel of Green Tara or Shyamatara, a...
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ANCIENT ACHAEMENID GILDED SILVER PHIALE(FOR WINE)Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A thick 94.96% to 95.78% silver basin or phiale, a special libation bowl used for holding wine,...
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19TH C. TIBETAN DANCE MASK CITIPATISKELETAL PROTECTOR**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Himalayan region, Tibet or Nepal, ca. 19th to mid-20th century CE. A striking gilt copper dance mask of a Citipati,...
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18TH C. TIBETAN GILT TANTRIC / WRATHFULDEITY HAYAGRIVA...**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Himalaya region, Tibet / Nepal, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. A fabulous gilt brass tantric and wrathful deity known...
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2ND C. GANDHARAN SCHIST RELIQUARY STUPAMODEL**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Pakistan / Afghanistan, ancient region of Gandhara, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A model of a Buddhist stupa reliquary, finely...
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19TH C. TIBETAN RITUAL CUP / KAPALA(SKULL)**Originally Listed At $1500**
Central Asia, Tibet, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A kapala, a ritual cup made from a human bone from the skull-cap, the surface...
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15TH C. TIBETAN COPPER MANDORLA HALOFOR BUDDHIST DEITY...**Originally Listed At $1500**
Central Asia, Tibet or Nepal, ca. 15th to 17th century CE. A repousse copper mandorla or aureole that was a decorative...
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FINE INDIAN LADAKH SILVER, CORAL & TURQUOISENECKLACE**First Time At Auction**
Central Asia, Himalayan region, Northern India / Tibet, Ladakh culture, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A beautiful collar necklace made...
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FINE TIBETAN THANGKA SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHAATOP LOTUS**Originally Listed At $800**
Central Asia, Tibet, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine thangka featuring a painted obverse scene of the Shakyamuni Buddha seated...
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19TH C. TIBETAN NECKLACE - PRAYER BEADSCentralAsia, Tibet, ca. 19th century CE. A lovely necklace comprised of 108 small carved bone beads and two large bone end-cap beads, all from a human skull, with inlaid silver or...
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ACHAEMENID SILVER PHIALE / LIBATIONBOWL (FOR WINE)Ancient Near East, Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 500 to 330 BCE. A gorgeous libation bowl used for holding wine known as a phiale that exhibits a slightly...
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19TH C. TIBETAN TWO-HEADED DAMARU DRUMCentralAsia, Tibet, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A two-headed drum, known as a damaru (damru), made from two human skull caps with stretched skin painted green (also probably...
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TWO TIBETAN WHITE METAL AMULETS, GAU
QINGDYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????????????? ? ??????????????????????comprising: an ogee-shaped shrine, the cover decorated with scrolling vine ground and beaded borders, inlaid...
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FOUR SADDLE RUGS China/Tibet late19th-early 20th century. Tan field with blue central medallions 3' 11'' x 23 1/2''; blue field with polychrome cloud motifs 34'' x 22'' and blue and white with circular...
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