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This small elaborate Buddhist monk's medicine bottle is sewn into a larger pouch of burgundy homespun wool fabric with yellow/gold silk lining. When worn, the stopper would be securely held in the bottle by a system of handmade cords and bands. The medicine bottle would be worn outside the robes and suspended on the Monk's belt. These were used for both travel and ceremonies.
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$475.00 This is a Tibetan Ritual Celestial Crown also know as a Diadem or Ringga. It is worn by a necromancer or oracle during rituals. The "crown" consists of 5 separate paintings on paper and each painting is backed with thin cardboard for stiffness. The sections are connected with string. When worn, the crown is tied around the head with string. The sections are painted with the five Dhayani, celestial Buddhas, each painted with his traditional color and gesture...
Japanese Art Site
SOLD The phurba is one of the most important of the shaman's implements, and this particular phurba is an exceptional example of the great effort and tremendous creativity that goes into the making of this magical tool. It has an upper section with 3 faces, one smiling, one wrathful, and one peaceful. The middle section is a vajra (symbol of lightning) whose twin tips rest on knots of eternity...
Japanese Art Site
SOLD Old Nepalese Boar Mask. Purchased 40 years ago in Kathmandu by a well-known and widely published collector. 6.5h x 5w x 6d inches, 16.5h x 12.5w x 15d cm.
Welcome To Another Century
$150.00 Staff carved out of one piece of a hard species of wood. On the top crouches a female figure with long hair, the arms wrapped around her body. The tip is a lighter middle brown while the rest is patinated a dark brown. Probably used in Shamanistic rites in tribal regions. Himalayans.
Length 16.5 inches (42.5 cm). Some cracks and chips, nice patina.
The Bodhisattva Collection
$495.00 A very good late 19th - early 20th century Tibetan ewer, crafted of thin, hand-worked sheets of what is probably some type of brass/bronze amalgam that has acquired a rich chocolate patina over time, with deep repousse and chasing techniques forming the decorative bands along the shoulder, neck, and lid of vessel, a well-formed makara shaped spout and handle, all atop a splayed footed base. Overall a very nice example with legitimate age, good presence, and very decorative...
Korean Art and Antiques
Sold to the Rubin Museum Newari Mask, 12 inches, 30.5 cm.
Korean Art and Antiques
Sold to the Rubin Museum Tibetan Tiger Mask, 10x9x7 inches, 25.5x23x18 cm.
Korean Art and Antiques
Sold to the Rubin Museum Nepalese Yak Hair Mask from the Humla Region. 8 inches, 20.5 cm.
Korean Art and Antiques
Sold to the Rubin Museum Nepalese Mask from the Humla Region with a beard, eyebrows, and scalp. 9 inches, 23 cm.
Korean Art and Antiques
$3,000.00 Nepalese Terai Region Maiden Mask, 10.25 inches, 26 cm. From the collection of Irwin Hersey, renowned author on Asian and primitive art, and publisher of the Primitive Art Newsletter in the 1970s. Irwin Hersey was an advisor to museums and prominent collectors, and vetted pieces for many of the international tribal art fairs and Asian art fairs.
Korean Art and Antiques
$3,500.00 Nepalese Magar Tribe Mask with a Vagina and an Inscription in the forehead, and a Penis Nose. 9.5 inches, 24 cm. From the collection of Irwin Hersey, renowned author on Asian and primitive art, and publisher of the Primitive Art Newsletter in the 1970s. Irwin Hersey was an advisor to museums and prominent collectors, and vetted pieces for many of the international tribal art fairs and Asian art fairs.
Korean Art and Antiques
Sold to the Rubin Museum Nepalese Middle Hills Joker Mask. 9.25 inches 23.5 cm.
Korean Art and Antiques
Sold to the Rubin Museum Nepalese Middle Hills Mask with a Third Eye. 10.75 inches, 27.5 cm.
Korean Art and Antiques
Sold to the Rubin Museum Nepalese Rai Tribe Mask with Pigment. 10.75 inches, 27.5 cm.
Korean Art and Antiques
$2,000.00 Nepalese Mask of a Humla Aesthete with a Thorja Topknot. 11 inches, 28 cm. From the collection of Irwin Hersey, renowned author on Asian and primitive art, and publisher of the Primitive Art Newsletter in the 1970s. Irwin Hersey was an advisor to museums and prominent collectors, and vetted pieces for many of the international tribal art fairs and Asian art fairs.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Long Chinese/Tibetan rug, made of wool, woven with design of 5 dragons and swirling clouds on rust color ground, circa first quarter of 20th century.
Size: 181" long x 32" wide
Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1920
item #1029643
(stock #T152)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
$550.00 The Tibetan leather flint pouch (aka strike a light) is properly known as a "mechag" (me = fire , chag = iron) or fire iron. This Tibetan flint pouch is decorated with ornate silver and bronze ornamentation with an inset red bead which appears to be a replacement for the original bead. The pouch would have been secured to the wears belt with the attached leather strap...
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