Fine Vietnamese 15th Century Blue & White Porcelain Dish - Hoi An Hoard (with book)

This attractive and sizeable dish was made during the 15th century. It is well decorated with an attractive floral design inside the bowl and lotus leaf patterns on the outside wall. The glaze is finely crackled. The inside of the foot rim is coated in a brown wash, typical of many Vietnamese pieces of this period.

A good size with a diameter of 24 cm (9.5 inches)...

Large Thai 14th - 15th Century Celadon Glazed Bowl

This large and impressive stoneware bowl was made at the Sawankhalok kilns around the 14th - 15th century. It is heavily-potted and has a flared and upturned rim. The central inner surface is attractively decorated with an incised "sun" pattern surrounded by parallel bands. Surrounding this are five incised roundels each containing lotus blossoms. The outer wall is carved with vertical grooves and horizontal bands below the rim...

Beautiful women’s apron style skirt from the Bahnar (Ba Na) ethnic group, Central Highlands of Vietnam. Woven from fine handspun cotton using all indigo and natural dyes. The weaving is very intricate and refined, note the use of narrow warp ikat bands throughout this piece. This piece is has small tear at the corner (see last enlargement) and a couple of frays but otherwise excellent condition and dates to 1960 to 1970...

A scarce Sawankhalok pottery kendi, 15th century, decorated in iron black with a lotus design. 14cm tall. Condition; good, excavated condition. No restorations. Provenance; ex Duke Melplash collection.

This piece was unearthed in Cambodia by the famous researcher Noriki Shimazu and exported to Japan, and there has been used as a tea container in Tea ceremony. YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ct9y5DmyUU Size: 7.8(D) 5.5cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by Noriki Shimazu, silk pouch with old cloth

Pair of amulets, with typical faces and postures, legs slightly bent, unusual feet. Wood, with fine dark patina. Indonesia, Borneo Island, Dayak Peoples. Height: 21.8 cm. Very good condition. Provenance: acquired in Singapore from a dealer specialising in tribal art and antiques in 1982.

Rare and unusual 3 paneled piled blanket from the Rawang ethnic group, Kachin State, Burma. The ground is woven from hemp, the reddish head ends are dog hair .There are a few areas that have a bright colored commercial yarn but other than that, all natural dyes. In the red field there are some bits of missing weft noted in enlargements. This piece is circa 1950 (+/-), definitely old an old piece...

Collection of Thai Bronze Age aventurine jewelry pieces, from the Lopburi Culture, circa 500BCE, Central Thailand. 1#: Long rectangular bead, good transparency, damaged on one end and the lengthwise hole only goes from the undamaged end to the second hole. L: 6.6cm/2.6in and W: 7mm/.3in x 5mm/.2in. 2#: Fine small aventurine bangle from early Thai Bronze Age Culture circa 500 BCE . This item is slightly flattened at the bottom but in perfect original condition...

Lao, continuous supplementary weft “kit” woven festival banner. This is created from all handspun silk and natural dyes. I acquired in Vientiane, Laos in 2010, and this is highest quality of this type of weave available. Included is simple hand carved “elephant” textile hanger. An exceptional home décor accent piece. Please note I put a grain of rice in the last enlargement to highlight the detail of this work. L: 186cm/73in and W: 18cm/7in.

Burmese wooden elephant.

Age: Burma, 19th Century
Size: Height 31 C.M. / Width 20 C.M. / Length 34.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

An antique large bronze Laotian rain drum. Beautiful detailed relief work. Twelve pointed star in the top center of the drum. Four pairs of playful frogs decorate the rim. Two pairs of side handles to each opposing side. Age patina acquired over its very long age of use and display.

Age: 19th Century

Dimensions: 26 1/4" Diameter by 21 1/4" High

A fine woman's ceremonial sarong from Lampung Sumatra, woven in two parts, the striped cotton fabric decorated with couched gold-wrapped thread work and mica sequins. The four blue stripes embroidered in white and red silk threads. Condition: traces of age and usage, wear, missing mica sequins and threads, uncleaned, thin areas, few small holes. Dimension: 116.5 x 133.5 cm

Burmese wooden seated crowned Buddha, or sometimes known as 'King Buddha', wearing diadem-crowns and ornaments of kings instead of ordinary monk's robes.

Crowned Buddha represents the Buddha's role as a universal sovereign.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 31.8 C.M. / Width 17.4 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...

Indian mounted carved wood Yali with remindats of the original mineral finsih. Mounted on a antiqued bronze stand for display. Portrayed with the head and the body of a lion, the trunk and the tusks of an elephant, and sometimes bearing equine features

The yali is said to be a guardian creature, protecting human beings both physically and spiritually. It is regarded to be a fearless beast, possessing supremacy over the animal world...

Pottery Piggy Bank! C14-15th, Java, Indonesia A Majapahit Empire pottery pig, C14-15th. 34cm long. Old collectors label. Established on the island of Java, the Majapahit Empire reigned over what is, today, the Indonesian archipelago; from 1293 to 1500.

A set of Thai stoneware ceramic roof ridge decoration.

Age: Thailand, Contemporary, 20th Century
Size of items only: Height 30.7 - 31.7 C.M. / Width 14.8 C.M.
Height including stand: 32 - 39.8 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Khmer bronze tray in circular form with very nice green patina.

Age: Cambodia, Angkor Vat Period, 12th Century
Size of tray only: Diameter 32.5 C.M.
Height including stand: 52.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

A pair of circa 20th century, good Indonesian keris knives. Both blades are hand forged iron with very sharp edges and tropical wood handles and hilt cups. The sheaths are copper alloy with intricate patterns. The blade with the gold dragon motif is referred to as the Nogo style and is quite thin, and the second one has a beautiful “pamor”- the striations are called “blarak sineret” style- like someone dragged a palm leaf across the surface...