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Burmese Lacquer Hsun-ok Offering Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 1106224 (stock# 57-29)
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This 19th century Burmese lacquer offering bowl, called a hsun-ok, differs in size from the typical spired vessels used to carry offerings of food to Burma’s Buddhist monasteries. This one is smaller—20 inches in height and 9 inches in diameter, while the average size of a hsun-ok is about 30 inches tall and 15 inches in diameter. With its dramatic shape and intense red hue, it is every bit the same compelling cultural artifact as its larger brothers, and hsun-ok offering vessels in this small ...click for details

Burmese Lacquer Zodiac Signs Box Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1910 item# 1066740 (stock# 57-65)
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A lacquer box from early 20th century Burma has intricate drawings of the 12 Burmese zodiac signs incised around the container, and eight cardinal signs for the days of the week around on the top of the lid. Also on the lid are two inscriptions in Burmese, one with the wish “be rich” and the other “be healthy.” The eight signs for the days of the week reflect the Burmese custom of using two signs for Wednesday, one for the morning and one for the afternoon. The 12 Burmese astrological signs fo ...click for details

Burmese Black Lacquer Offering Bowl Hsun Kwet Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Lacquer: Pre 1910 item# 1024442 (stock# 57-70)
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This early 20th century five-piece Buddhist offering bowl is a lacquerware design unique to Burma. It is from a classification of vessels called “hsun ok,” containers that were used to present offerings of food at Buddhist monasteries, an especially important rite in the practice of Buddhism in Burma. The particular design of this one, know as an “ok kwet,” or a “hsun kwet,” was practical for that purpose, incorporating three bowls and two trays into a pleasingly rounded shape crowned with a st ...click for details

Healing Medicine Buddha with Myrobalan Fruit Offering Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1920 item# 998093 (stock# 12-89)
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This medicine Buddha from early 20th century Burma holds the healing fruit of the myrobalan tree in the right hand with the palm extended upward over the right knee. The left hand rests in meditation, palm upward in the lap, without the begging bowl often included in medicine Buddha figures. Variations in medicine Buddha forms may be seen throughout Asia, particularly in Burma, where the elliptical myrobalan fruit sometimes is offered from the right hand of a standing rather than sitting Buddha. ...click for details

Seated Bronze Buddha in Bhumisparsa Mudra Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1910 item# 981876 (stock# 10-47)
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A classic Burmese bronze Buddha from the late 19th/early 20th century, with the simple, unadorned lines of the Ava Period, is softened with roundness in the face and body. The stepped throne, rather than the traditional diamond shape, also is rounded, adding to the settled, secure look of the figure. Legacies of the traditional Ava style also are seen in the well defined brow over lowered eyes, the slight smile, and a band separating hair and forehead. (See a very similar face on another bronz ...click for details

Bronze Burmese Temple Guardian Manok-thi-ha Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Metalwork: Pre 1920 item# 978464 (stock# 31-03)
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This bronze leogryph figure with human face is from early 20th century Burma and is a variation of the Buddhist temple guardian called manok-thi-ha or manushi, names derived from the Sanskrit words for man (manu) and lion (simha). Burmese manok-thi-ha often have double rear quarters (two bums—see our catalog item 63-37). This one is single-bummed and outfitted with heavy necklace, chest ornament and lots of swirls. The fantastic manok-thi-ha, a creature from Buddhist mythology, is said to roam M ...click for details

Timor Island Supplementary Weft Ikat Textile Panel Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Textiles: Pre 1900 item# 977385 (stock# 05-46)
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This 19th century hand woven textile panel from the Indonesian island of Timor was worn as a shoulder cloth, or selendang. A colorful supplementary weft band that centers the panel combines the open loop and triangle pattern often seen in Timor weavings. Woven into the ikat sections on either side of the triangle-patterned supplementary weft are small intricate shapes that, at a glance, resemble hieroglyphics. The complex ikat and supplementary weft designs on this heavy cotton piece were produc ...click for details

Burmese Bronze Kyizi Grong on Stand Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Metalwork: Pre 1920 item# 951381 (stock# 30-94)
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A small bronze kyizi gong from a village in Burma is flanked by two coiled naga, sea dragons that are Buddhist icons of protection revered throughout Southeast Asia. Kyizi, (pronounced chi-z) are, as far as we know, unique to Burma, and cast in a variety of sizes, from smaller than this one to quite large, heavy pieces. Suspended on a rope, they are struck on the upturned ends so the gong swings in a circle and emits a vibrating tone, used to mark donations to the monastery or to alert local re ...click for details

Standing Silver-Toned Cambodian Buddha Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1920 item# 949034 (stock# 57-73)
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This cast metal Buddha from Cambodia stands on a low pedestal with right hand raised in abhaya mudra, a gesture of blessing and protection. The facial features—full lips, short nose and heavy-lidded eyes, as well as the rounded head of tight curls with a wide usnisa (top knot) and no finial—are classic Khmer. Decorative detailing on the body-hugging robe is emphasized by the silver tone of the heavy metal alloy. This early 20th century Buddha is in good condition, with some surface pitting conce ...click for details

Burmese Temple Lion Chimera Figure Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1920 item# 943598 (stock# 57-44)
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This fantastic composite creature, a “tadiya yupa,” with features of a lion, goat, bird and serpent, once stood as a good omen in a Buddhist temple in Burma. Often referred to as brave lions, such friendly/fierce chimera figures are much loved in Burma, appearing in temple art and on personal items such as medicine and betel boxes. They are regarded both as protectors and as dispensers of good fortune. This one is particularly impressive because of its size and detailing. It is carved of Burmes ...click for details

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