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Gilded Carved Teak Mandalay Buddha Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1940 item# 845521 (stock# 12-46)
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A Burmese Buddha with elaborate thayo edging on the robe and throne sits in lotus position with right hand in earth touching mudra. Carved of teak, the figure is lightly gilded, allowing the dark wood grain to show through, particularly on the face, arms and feet. Generous edging on the robe and double lotus throne is made of thayo, a lacquer and bone ash mixture used by Burmese artisans for relief molding. The serene face and tightly curled hair with low rounded unisha are classic Mandalay styl ...click for details

Toraja Warp Ikat Weaving Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles: Pre 1980 item# 821010 (stock# 34-56)
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Woven in a Toraja village in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, this large 30-year-old ikat is made of exceptionally heavy cotton. The reddish brown, cream and blue are traditional Toraja colors used for their abstract patterned weavings. The piece has minimal fading and is in excellent condition. Dimensions: length 84" (214 cm), width 26" (66 cm).

Pair of Bronze Burmese Flying Hermit Figures Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1960 item# 820664 (stock# 10-58)
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Long, low Burmese hermit figures with their distinctive hats and monk robes represent heroes from ancient Buddhist legends and folk stories. According to legend, the hermits spend most of their lives in self deprivation striving to perfect themselves morally, and if they achieve that perfection are reborn as zaw-gyi (zagwi), supernatural beings who fly through water, land and air doing good deeds. Some stories say zaw-gyi live forever, others say they live a mere 80,000 years. They are venerated ...click for details

Carved Teakwood Opium Scale Box Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Wood: Pre 1980 item# 818403 (stock# 12-28)
click for details		Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $195
A small metal balance scale is enclosed within this wood container carved in the shape of the Burmese crane, known as a “karaweik,” that holds a fish in its bill. Although commonly called “opium” scales, such rudimentary instruments, and the so-called “opium” weights used with them, were basic merchant tools used in daily bazaars to measure just about anything that fit into the small trays. Mythical animals and birds were favorite design elements for items associated with the scales. In addition ...click for details

Lake Toba Batak Ceremonial Ulos Ragidup Cloth Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles: Pre 1980 item# 817696 (stock# 42-94)
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An important ceremonial weaving from the Batak people of Lake Toba in northern Sumatra, this ulos ragidup is their pattern of life cloth. It is the most significant of Batak tribal textiles, a powerful protector and soul cloth central to the rites of birth, marriage and death. Although the ragidup appears always to be made of five parts--two side panels, a middle panel and two end panels--the colors vary, and the end pieces have greatly differing patterns, which are said to predict the future of ...click for details

Carved Teak Royal Shan Buddha in Arakan Style Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1960 item# 813834 (stock# 12-83)
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A slender Buddha figure from mid-20th century Burma stands on a double lotus throne with right hand in varada mudra, gesture of charity and compassion. The tall crown, ornate side flanges, chest ornament and epaulets are in the style of the old Arakan Kingdom that became part of Burma in 1752 AD. This relatively small (14" tall) carved teak image was made by the Shan, a minority people residing primarily in Burma and Thailand. Shan communities have continued to produce crowned figures with ...click for details

Black Lacquered Pair of Monks Sariputta and Mogallana Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1980 item# 811124 (stock# 64-05)
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The monks Sariputta and Mogallana have been revered in Burmese Buddhist art as the two chief disciples of Buddha for more than 800 years, as evidenced by their images on 12th century plaques excavated at Pagan. Until the late 18th century they were most often integrated into carvings and bronzes of the Buddha. After artisans started carving and casting each of the figures separately, the pose of each monk evolved into the traditional poses seen on these black lacquered carvings, and now vary onl ...click for details

Monkey God Hanuman Carving on Rice Scoop Handle Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1970 item# 809473 (stock# 12-40)
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The Ramayana story of the heroic white monkey god Hanuman's rescue of Sita is portrayed by the carving that forms the handle of this teak wood rice scoop. Characters from the Indian epic Ramayana, familiar icons throughout Southeast Asia, are seen on folk and fine art, in children's book and on temple walls as representations of good and evil. In this carving, Hanuman is carrying Sita across the sea back to Rama after rescuing her from the evil king Ravanna. Hanuman is holding his long t ...click for details

Shan Carved Wood Ladle for Alms Bowls Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1980 item# 806740 (stock# 64-02)
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This most unusual rice ladle from the Shan minority people of Southeast Asia has carvings of a peacock, an elephant, a donkey, a fish and a mystery animal all lined up along its handle. Carving on the double handle, meant to simulate rope, is skillfully done; carving on the animals is much more primitive, which probably means that it originated in one of the many small Shan villages concentrated in northeast Burma and northwest Thailand. The ladle bowl is made from a sturdy gourd coated with lac ...click for details

Mythical Animal Protector Carved Teak Medicine Box Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1980 item# 805354 (stock# 12-43)
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An elephant-like mythical animal believed to offer protection to a house and its inhabitants is carved of teak wood and sealed with black lacquer. From the Shan minority people in northeast Burma, the carving has a sliding lid over a large open area that was used to store medicine. The animal is a fanciful composite creature from the carver’s imagination. The trunk is raised over a distinctly non-elephant-like open mouth with sharp teeth. The ears are flowers that extend upwards from above the ...click for details

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