Antique Tibetan silver incense burner in three pieces. Created as a smaller version of a kapala (skull cup) ritual vessel for Buddhist ceremonies. The censor seats into a triangular base covered with designs of swirling mist and Sanskrit symbols. The lid is similarly decorated and has a vajra finial.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 7 3/4" high x 4 1/4" wide x 4 1/2" wide

This is an Antique old Indian gold thread silk fabric: lion and flower pattern. There is a slight color change, but there is no damage and it is in good condition. Size :: Length 103 cm (40.55inch) / Width 101 cm (39.7inch)

A very fine and rare tsa-tsa of hard-backed clay depicting the seated Dhyani-buddha  Akshobya, crowned and ornate. The clay from which it is made has been mixed w. herbs and other medicinal substances.The piece is hollow and still has its original sealing. Tibet, probably 16th century or earlier, in any case of considerable age. H 8.4 cm. Condition: Small chip on backside and minor wear otherwise quite good.

Rectangular, bronze coin from the Anuradhapura Period, circa 500BCE, Ceylon depicting a standing Goddess Lakshimi. L: 3cm/1.2in and W: 1.4cm/.5in. Free shipping.

A beautiful Golden-Yellow piece of hand woven Silk with a special raised pattern. One-of-a-kind silk piece. Size: length 90" x 52.5" inches (229 cm x 133.5 cm) with border. Shipping not included in the price.

Traditionally, Tibetans wear them around their neck, and inside such precious box -called Gau in Tibetan- amulets are placed that can help heal or prevent disease and serve as a protection talisman. The amulet papers are usually ‘prescribed’ and made and blessed by a Lama to address specific life issues, such as health, happiness, prosperity, protection and attraction...

A pierced fragment of an antique Tibetan or Nepalese torana, worked in copper repousse with remains of gilding and colors. Showing a caparisoned elephant with a snow lion on his back, lifting a deity riding on the mythical beast "sharabha". Condition: wear to gilding, slightly warped. Dimension: 36.5 cm high x 15 cm widw x 2.5 cm deep.

Set of 9 Mongolian buddhist paintings. 19th century. Pigments on cotton. Each approx 20x15cm Can be viewed in central London by appointment. And shipped worldwide.

A figural painted wooden gun powder flask in the form of a Makara with a maiden holding a pot, protruding from its mouth. Missing stopper. Condition: lost stopper, paint with some wear. Dimension: c. 19 x 17 cm.

An extremely rare tool for grating precious stones (serdar) such as coral, turquoise, lapis lazuli and shell. Made of iron, gold and silver. The serdar (together with a special file) is used for powdering various precious stones and minerals to be mixed with the clay for making votive amulets in clay (tsatsa). 18th cent. L 14 cm. Condition: Excellent (natural wear from use)

Tibetan Monastery Monk's Pray Table used in the Monastery, Ca. 1800's, 31" wide, 23" high, 13 1/4" deep, Lacquered on top of raised design low relief design of the scrolling vines on the both sides and Snow Lions Face in front upper section, large carved Buddhist Lotus Leaves on the bottom section. This Altar Table is in original old condition, no restorations or any new lacquer finish added...

Richly decorated (auspicious symbols) decorated butter lamp. Material: silver. Altar piece from a temple in Tibet. Excellent quality and in very good condition. Circa 125 years old. Height 25 cm. Diameter of the bowl 19 cm.

Statue of a standing guardian lion, cast in the typical style of Newar statuary. Bronze, dark green patina with reddish areas. Nepal, 18th century. Height: 8 cm. Length: 8 cm. Old accident on the tail, otherwise very good condition.

Embossed gilt copper plate, with fine details, representing a snarling snow lion, standing. Two small copper rivets above the back of the lion. Tibet, early 19th century, maybe earlier. Height: 7 cm. Length: 8.3 cm. The plate is nicely mounted on a custom wood stand. Very good condition. Collected in Nepal in 1978.

The ground fabric is an iron red cotton called Khaddar in Punjab. Once allover embroidered with geometric wave pattern in shiny silk. Made of four parts, sewn together, center with few hooks. Provenance: old Swiss collection. Condition: partial thread losses, not original size, fragment, altered, shortened. Dimension approx.: 175 x 72 cm.

These two saddle rugs, in knotted pile, are forming a pair and were used together: the larger piece with trapezoid ends served as a saddle cloth (makden), while the smaller rug was a saddle cover (masho). Both items are in their original condition, with a red trim and backed with a coarse beige fabric. Provenance: old Swiss collection. Dimension approx.: makden: 120.5 x 67 cm, masho: 82.5 x 66 cm. Condition: signs of age and wear, rims with partial discoloration, faded.

Statue of Hindu god Krishna, standing on a slightly elevated square base, holding his flute in both hands. Bronze, with fine patina. Traces of painting on his eyes and on some areas. India, early 19th century, maybe earlier. Height: 14.5 cm. Very good condition.

Exquisitely, embroidery panel from the Yao, sometimes referred as the Mien, ethnic group from northwest Laos near the Vietnamese border. This piece is the back panel from of a woman’s jacket with silk embroidered thread on hand woven indigo dyed cloth and is in excellent condition (one tiny pin hole and later embroidery noted in enlargements), circa 75 years old. L: 58cm/22.8in and W: 50cm/19.8in. Free shipping Hong Registered Airmail.