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Bronze Burmese Pagoda Bell Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Metalwork: Pre 1900 item# 850952 (stock# 64-08)
click for details		Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $330
This late 19th century bronze bell is cast in the manner of the much larger bells that are prominent features in Buddhist temples and monasteries throughout Burma. It hangs from a metal crossbar that also supports a U-shaped handle flanked with “to-naya” (snake-like dragons) that match those on the bell hanger. This relatively small bell (eight inches in height) has a clapper, unlike the huge bells that weigh a ton or more and are struck on the outside with a wooden mallet. In spite of its size, ...click for details

Large Teak Peacock Carving from Burmese Bullock Cart Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1900 item# 847266 (stock# 57-22)
click for details		Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $860
This large 19th century teak wood carving of a peacock tucked within exotic foliage was once part of a Burmese bullock cart. The size of the carving—over three feet long—suggests that it was ornamentation on a very special cart, perhaps used for ceremonial occasions. The peacock, national bird of Burma, is carved in an unusual way, with its tail unfurled and both wings raised, riding in a bower of foliage. (Interestingly, a similar looking peacock, minus the foliage, appears on the flag of Burme ...click for details

Fine Large Shan Hsun-ok Lacquer Offering Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1837 VR item# 839958 (stock# 10-81)
click for details		Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $1800
An unusually large early to mid-19th century Shan hsun-ok from Burma, this piece has a diameter of 19 inches and stands 32 inches high. Full size offering bowls with the distinctive hsun-ok silhouette generally are about 13 to 15 inches in diameter. This one is a masterpiece of balance with the ten identifying Shan raised rings around the lid echoed with 10 raised rings around base. The carvings on the spire, punctuated by a large ball, complement the substantial circumference of the piece. Its ...click for details

Earthenware Burmese Pipe Early 19th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1837 VR item# 837398 (stock# 41-08)
click for details		Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $160
A heavy 200-year-old pipe from Burma is made of clay mixed with a generous amount of sand. Such sturdy unglazed pipes and other utilitarian items were produced for centuries in Burma’s provincial pottery villages using primitive techniques developed during the Pagan Period. This pipe is very similar to those excavated in earlier times, illustrated in “Burmese Crafts Past and Present” by Sylvia Fraser-Lu, Oxford University Press, 1994, p. 205. It has two small chips on the edges of the bowl; oth ...click for details

Cinnabar Lacquer 19th Century Burmese Basketry Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 834732 (stock# 10-62)
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A fine, tight weave of thin reeds gives texture to the cinnabar and black lacquer finish of this mid-19th century Burmese bowl. The textural quality is heightened by the wearing of top layers of cinnabar lacquer revealing black lacquer underneath for a handsome negoro effect. Resting on four low feet, the bowl, or “kwet,” flares out to a wide point about three-quarters up its height, and then gently angles in toward its crisp upper edge. The inner surface is smoothed with many coats of lacque ...click for details

Large Bronze Medicine Buddha on Tall Stepped Throne Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1910 item# 831485 (stock# 13-04)
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The beauty of this large bronze Burmese Buddha of healing is in its simplicity. The plain draped robe and the straight spare lines of the high stepped throne focus attention first on the peaceful face and next on the graceful hands. The triangular face is classic Ava, with broad sweeping brow, downcast eyes and small mouth in a slight smile. Fingers of the right hand, in earth touching mudra, rest with the tips bent gently outward; balanced in the left hand palm is the symbol of healing, a kalas ...click for details

Pair Majapahit Fabric Hangers with Rice Goddess Figures Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1837 VR item# 820399 (stock# 06-81)
click for details		Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 Pair $290
Teak hangers for decorative textiles or drapes are carved with figures of Dewi Sri, Hindu goddess of agrarian fertility, a revered icon on the Indonesian island of Java. The painted faces are in the style of the old Majapahit Empire that flourished in East Java during the 13th to 15th centuries. These hangers are from the early 19th century. Throughout Java, Dewi Sri takes on a variety of appearances, sometimes dressed as royalty, sometimes in local costume, in wood, ceramic and bone figures, a ...click for details

Black Lacquer Box with Incised Yun Design Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1920 item# 815705 (stock# 12-44)
click for details		Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $250
A small lacquer box incised with the Burmese “yun” technique has an unusual lid design of a scarf encircled with foliage. Using the yun method, the pattern is accomplished by cutting through top layers of lacquer to reveal one or more differently colored lacquer layers underneath. In this case, just black and light red lacquers were used, producing a container with a simplicity that sets it apart from the multi-colored intricate yun work seen on the larger cylindrical betel boxes from Burma. Thi ...click for details

Dry Lacquer Pagan Buddha Head Late 18th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1800 item# 799411 (stock# 57-43)
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Traces of gold leaf remain on this Pagan dry lacquer Buddha head from the late 1700s. The head rests on a contemporary removable black metal stand. The dry lacquer technique, used by Burmese artisans from the mid-18th century until the beginning of the 20th century, produced finely modeled hollow images that were both strong and light in weight. The labor-intensive method involved a number of steps. First the image was shaped from clay, then wrapped in a lacquer-soaked cloth. A pliable mixture ...click for details

Lacquered Carved Teak Toad Medicine Box Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1920 item# 798175 (stock# 11-27)
click for details		Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $230
A well-fed toad with a sliding lid on his back is carved of teak wood and lacquered in red. Used in Burma as a medicine box, the toad carries a small bird under his chin with the bird's head in his mouth, a strange juxtaposition that most likely relates to a folk belief. Interestingly, a medicine similar to digitalis is extracted from toads in some Asian countries by applying heat to bumps behind the toad's eyes, and this toad is carved with prominent bumps behind each eye. This folk pi ...click for details

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