A few examples of appraisal values for
PALAKONA

• Picchvai of Govardhana Puja
  Picchvai of Govardhana Puja (Annakuta Festival), Krishna in the form of Shrinathji in a shrine at Nathdwana, a mountain of food before him, priests to either side, a herd of adorned cows with cowherds below, bracketed with a border of idols in shrines, pigment on cloth, 19th century, 82-1/2 x 67-1/4 in. (sight); modern wood frame. Loss of pigment bottom right area, several holes (largest 7 x 2-3/4 in.), surface wear, pigment loss, pigment loss probably from rolling. Property of the Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, North Carolina.
• A Pala-Style Stone Stele of
  A Pala-Style Stone Stele of Shadakshari Lokeshvara, Northeastern India, Possibly 9th-11th Century ????? ??? ??????????? ????? ??? ???????????
• HANNA BAKULA PASTEL ON PAPERHanna
  HANNA BAKULA PASTEL ON PAPERHanna Bakula (Polish, b. 1950) pastel on paper depicting two women and a pineapple; measures approximately 39-1/4" x 27-5/8" with frame and has a sight image of approximately 36-7/8" x 25-1/4"; in Good overall condition; frame is missing glass. Signed to lower right. Hanna Bakula (born March 30, 1950) is a Polish painter, scenographer and Playboy's columnist. Bakula has graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she has studied under such Polish masters as J. Tarasin, E. Eibisch, A. Kobzdej. In 1981 she left for New York and settled in Manhattan. She painted, and designed scenography and costumes for the avant-garde theatre "The Kitchen". These designs were praised by "The New York Times" as the best of the Off Broadway projects and won the first prize.
• INDIAN PICHHAVAI PAINTING OR TEMPLE
  INDIAN PICHHAVAI PAINTING OR TEMPLE HANGING Indian Pichhavai painting or temple hanging, executed in pigment on cloth depicting two scenes of Krishna with female Gopis in the midst of a lush forest next to a body of water with lotus flowers, having an integral floral border on a mustard ground. Provenance: From the Private Collection of Veronica Holmes, Atlanta, Georgia. Sight approx. h. 45", w. 33"; overall h. 50.75", w. 38.75", d. 1.5".
• INDIAN PICHWAI, KRISHNA DANCING
  INDIAN PICHWAI, KRISHNA DANCING WITH RADHA, GOPISIndian Pichwai painting, natural dyes on fabric. Krishna dancing with Radha and Gopis. Fabric mounted on board. Creasing through out fabric, wear to black paint. Sight: 55" x 32 1/2" Frame 59 1/4" x 37".
• 9TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE PANEL
  9TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE PANEL SEATED LOKESHVARA**Originally Listed At $800** South Asia, India, Pala Empire, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A beautiful stone panel featuring Lokeshvara, a form of Avalokiteshvara the bodhisattva of compassion, sitting in half lotus position with his right knee propped up as a lotus flower rises to his left. Though mostly nude, his slender, hourglass figure is draped in sinuous chains of beads with anklets and armbands adorning his limbs and a towering headdress crowning his serene visage. Coiled locks fall to his shoulders as he gently tilts his head in a sensitive pose. A petite figure and 2 animals are carved in relief beneath his double lotus throne, and a flame-bordered mandorla sits behind him. The Pala empire was a time of great stability for the Indian subcontinent, and the arts flourished during this period with wealthy patrons from the ruling class. This panel is intricately carved with incredible details. The sculptor's delineation of jewelry and ornate elements reflect prosperity as well as the elaborate Pala style. Size: 5.2" W x 8" H (13.2 cm x 20.3 cm) Provenance: private Loveland, Colorado, USA collection; ex-established German collection, Auktionshaus Blank, Vibel, Germany, 2019 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #177687 Condition: Chipping to peripheries, corners of base, and knees, as well as expected nicks and abrasions. Otherwise, intact and in nice condition with liberal remaining detail.
• KANAK PEOPLE, SPATULA OR STAKE,
  KANAK PEOPLE, SPATULA OR STAKE, EX J.J. KLEJMAN 19th/20th c., Solomon Islands/New Caledonia, the tapered spike topped with figure, carved wood, on custom black metal museum stand, 15"h
• AN OLD SHALAKO MANA WITH
  AN OLD SHALAKO MANA WITH ELABORATE TABLETA An old Shalako mana with elaborate tableta, the classical nude figure in processional stance with old type stripe adornment, most kiva steps are removable & reversible, 13 1/2"h
• INDIAN PICHWAI, KRISHNA DANCING
  INDIAN PICHWAI, KRISHNA DANCING WITH RADHA, GOPISIndian Pichwai painting, natural dyes on fabric. Krishna dancing with Radha and Gopis. Fabric mounted on board. Creasing through out fabric, wear to black paint. Sight: 55" x 32 1/2" Frame 59 1/4" x 37".
• JAVANESE VOLCANIC STONE FIGURE OF
  JAVANESE VOLCANIC STONE FIGURE OF THE FOUR-ARMED PARVATI Javanese volcanic stone figure of the four-armed Parvati, standing in samapada on a lotus base, the front arms in dhyanamudra, holding the pushpalinga, the right upper arm holding akshamala, the left holding camara, wearing dhoti, a double sah with floating ends, a band around the middle, a mala, breast ornament, jewelery and high conical headdress, 48.5"h. Provenance: Estate of Joanna Barnes and Jack Warner (Santa Barbara, California). Ms. Barnes was a Hollywood film actress featured in movies such as "Auntie Mame (1958)" and "The Parent Trap (1961)". Mr. Warner was a prominent architect.
• INDIAN PICHWAI PAINTING WITH
  INDIAN PICHWAI PAINTING WITH KRISHNA & NANDI Indian Pichwai / Pichvai painting depicting the Raas Leela, the divine dance of Lord Krishna with Gopis / cow shepherdesses at night with a full moon, border with dancing Nandis, the sacred cow god, housed in a wooden frame with gilt border. Image: 70" H x 45" W; frame: 72" H x 47" W x 1.75" D.
• AKBAR PADAMSEE CONTEMPORARY
  AKBAR PADAMSEE CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT WC PAINTING India,1928-2020Depicts the face of a somber gentleman in soft sepia tones. Padamsee was known for painting, film making, sculpture, photography and printmaking and is considered to be one of the pioneers in modern Indian painting alongside S. H. Raza, F. N. Souza, and M. F. Husain. Painting is accompanied with an invoice for the purchase from the gallery.
• SALTWORKS AT PADANARAM, EARLY
  SALTWORKS AT PADANARAM, EARLY 20TH C. FRAMEDphotograph. Overall 16" x 19 1/2", good condition.
• A Parcel Gilt Cast Bronze Seated
  A Parcel Gilt Cast Bronze Seated Padma Sambhav Depicted seated on a lotus asana holding a vajra in his right hand a patra in the crook of his left arm and a Khatvana in his left hand face has polychrome pigment accents.
• A Kalighat Painting of Gaja
  A Kalighat Painting of Gaja Lakshmi, Calcutta, India, 19th Century The mother goddess flanked by two elephants pouring water over her; watercolour and silver on paper 18.1 x 11.7 in — 46 x 29.8 cm
• AN ANTIQUE INDONESIAN CEREMONIAL
  AN ANTIQUE INDONESIAN CEREMONIAL COTTON SHIP PALAPAI , ...AN ANTIQUE INDONESIAN CEREMONIAL COTTON SHIP PALAPAI , SUMATRA, SOUTHERN LAMPONG REGION, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, the rectangular four panel textile hand woven in shades of brick red and blackish brown cotton with gilt ribbon highlights, detailing stylized ships (palapai), ancestral human forms, houses and animals on an amber colored ground, mounted and professionally set within a giltwood frame. Height: 24" Length: 91" Note: This unusual shipwork or palapai woven panel is a highly treasured heirloom in the culture of southern Sumatra and is hung in the room where a christening, marriage or funeral is taking place. The ship represents the passage through life and is interspersed with various ancestors, homes and animals. Provenance: Property from a Fortune 500 Energy Company, Houston, Texas. Condition: Good condition overall, faded with some scattered loose threads, expected small holes and old repairs. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."
• 8TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE RELIEF
  8TH C. INDIAN PALA STONE RELIEF OF VISHNUSouth Asia, 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 upon a deep shelf-like base, with diminutive pillars flanking his legs, likely representing simplified figures of devotees. He is depicted holding his traditional attributes in his 4 arms that help identify his character - although rendered with reduced details, one familiar with Vishnu and his implements can identify each: in his lower left hand is a conch shell, a mace in his right hand, the chakra or discus in his upper-left hand, and his forward-right hand is raised in a mudra gesture. Vishnu wears his characteristic conical headdress and a calf length skirt, while his visage is delineated with strong stylized features. Vishnu's head is framed by an aureole incised into the surrounding panel. Size: 2.3" L x 0.65" W x 4.375" H (5.8 cm x 1.7 cm x 11.1 cm) Vishnu is a blue-skinned, four-armed deity central to Hinduism: the protector and preserver of the world to Brahma's creator and Shiva's destroyer. Temples in Pala were built of brick, with carved stone images like this one were often set into wall niches. The Pala Empire was the last major Buddhist power in India, although their sculptural art, as here, often includes Hindu elements and iconography. They are well known for their sculpture, which was influenced by the Gupta period, and in turn influenced artwork in Tibet, Nepal, and Southeast Asia. Provenance: ex-private Toluca Lake, California, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #164411 Condition: Surface abrasions and chips to base and nicks to high pointed areas, such as nose, hands, and attributes, otherwise intact. Some softening of details. Earthen and mineral deposits within recessed areas.
• Pauta Saila (1916-2009), Kinngait
  Pauta Saila (1916-2009), Kinngait (Cape Dorset) STARTLED LOONS, 2004 signed, titled, dated and numbered 50/50; unframed sheet 20 x 24 in — 50.8 x 61 cm
• Wayan Selamet, Balinese School
  Wayan Selamet, Balinese School watercolour, 20th Century, painted a village ritual celebration scene, 62cm x 43cm
• PALACIOS, Andres ''Palach'',
  PALACIOS, Andres ''Palach'', (Peruvian, b. 1958): ''Ancient India'', Oil/Canvas, signed lower left, framed, 58.5'' x 46.75''. Bears the Port Royal Museum Galleries label affixed verso with a price tag of $7,500. From the Palatial $14,000,000.00 Home in Naples, FL.
• A LARGE INDIAN PICHWAI PAINTING
  A LARGE INDIAN PICHWAI PAINTING 20th century, ink and colors on fabric, the Hindu god Krishna dancing and playing the flute with four gopis in colorful saris holding water jugs and serving implements stand to either side of him, two cows in front look up at Krishna, all in a field of flowers, temples in a flower filled cloud above the group, decorative border with yellow ground, framed, not examined outside of the frame.
• A Balinese painting of a wedding by
  A Balinese painting of a wedding by Ny. Suora measuring approx. 96 x 55 cm.
• A Pair of Balinese Carved Figures
  A Pair of Balinese Carved Figures each depicted standing in a headdress with hands in Namaskara Mudra. Height 51 1/4 inches.
• Three framed Balinese temple
  Three framed Balinese temple rubbings; depicting glory of Ramakian; each with frame; each measuring 26.5" x 27" (approx.)
• INDIAN PICHWAI, KRISHNA AND
  INDIAN PICHWAI, KRISHNA AND RADHAIndian Pichwai painting natural dyes on fabric, Kishangarh School. Depicting Krishna and Radha in a landscape. Fabric mounted on board. Waviness to the fabric, wear to Krishna and Radha's faces. White paint to border, upper center. Chip to frame upper right and center right. Sight: 57" x 33". Frame: 61" x 37 1/2".
• FRAMED INDIAN THANGKA WITH COW
  FRAMED INDIAN THANGKA WITH COW Lakshmi and Vishnu with the Panchakanya, a group of five iconic women of the Hindu epics: Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti or Sita, Tara, and Mandodari. They are carrying jugs of water on their heads, one is washing the hands of a man below. Water and lilies at bottom, two monkeys and a Brahman cow in the middle ground, two mountains with sunset at top, ink, color and gold on thin cotton sheeting, integral blossom border, housed in a gold gesso frame with black cove, OS: 59" x 39", SS: 52 1/2" x 33 1/2', scuffs.
• MA SATRA PELIATON, BALINESE GODDESS
  MA SATRA PELIATON, BALINESE GODDESS IN GARDEN, OIL ON BOARD, FRAMED: 30 X 21-1/2 INMa Satra Peliaton, Balinese Goddess in Garden, Oil on Board, Framed: 30 x 21-1/2 in
• HAWAIIAN WATERCOLOR ON
  HAWAIIAN WATERCOLOR ON PAPERHAWAIIAN WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, portrait of a man of chiefly class wearing a lei niho palaoa (necklace made of hair and whale bone) and mahiole (crested helmet). Illegibly signed lower right. Opening measures 29" x 22". In a wood frame; 32" x 24.5" overall.
• Mimmo Paladino (Italian b. 1948)
  Mimmo Paladino (Italian b. 1948) Camera degli sposi 1985 etching edition 16/40 signed M. Paladino and dated (lower right) 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches.
• Bowl carved "In which Princess
  Bowl carved "In which Princess Nahienaena's feather lei was returned to Hawaii from the Marquesas by Reverend James K. Kekela in 1899". 8"h.x13"w.
• SHIVA PARVATI IN ATTENDANCE AND A
  SHIVA PARVATI IN ATTENDANCE AND A SIKH GURU SEEKING A BLESSING KASHMIR, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY watercolour and gilt on paper, with polychrome floral and gilt border(1)18.6cm x 11.5cmProvenance: formally in a private French collection
• FRAMED INDIAN THANGKA Lord Vishnu
  FRAMED INDIAN THANGKA Lord Vishnu with the Panchakanya, a group of five iconic women of the Hindu epics: Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti or Sita, Tara, and Mandodari. Ink and color on thin cotton, 19th c., in later gold frame, OS: 45" x 31", SS: 43 1/2" x 29 1/2", good condition.
• PETER ROBERT KEIL / PALINA (1972
  PETER ROBERT KEIL / PALINA (1972 MIXED MEDIA)Peter Robert Keil (German, b. 1942) Palina , 1972 Mixed media painting on paper 28" x 22" Signed, dated, and titled to the bottom left. Float-mounted behind glass in a frame that measures 49" x 39". Provenance : From the collection of a Liberty, Missouri company. Condition Very good condition. Not removed from the frame.
• Sarath Yatawara (Sri Lankan b.
  Sarath Yatawara (Sri Lankan b. 1949) The Canal Venice oil on canvas signed Sarath Yatawara (lower left) 36 x 60 inches.
• Polynesian Figure with Mirror Oil
  Polynesian Figure with Mirror Oil on Canvas Early 20th century oil on canvas signed indistinctly in u.r.; 20 x 15 in.
• Umakant Kanade (Indian born
  Umakant Kanade (Indian born 1965); Untitled pen and ink on canvas signed bottom right 56 x 64cm.