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Healing Medicine Buddha with Myrobalan Fruit Offering Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1920   item# 998093 (stock# 12-89)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $700  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 Burmese Temple Lion Chimera Figure Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1920   item# 943598 (stock# 57-44)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 SOLD  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 Ava Period Eight Great Buddhist Scenes Dolomite Plaque Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1800   item# 936671 (stock# 41-17)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $1800  A limestone tablet carved with the eight great scenes in the life of Buddha dates to the early 16th century during Burma’s Ava Period (1364 -1752 A.D). Plaques from as early as 700 A.D. depicting these eight events have been unearthed in Burma, and during the Pagan Period (1084-1287 A.D.) tablets carved in half round representing the eight events became prevalent. This dolomite (limestone) piece has Pagan attributes such as the definition of the robe on the central Buddha but signals of its lat ...click for details Royal Shan Buddha Seated on Lotus Throne Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1950   item# 933778 (stock# 11-05)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $835  A royal Buddha, with right thumb and forefinger forming a circle, the vitarka mudra, sits in lotus position on a high double lotus throne. The vitarka gesture, sign of the Buddhist wheel of law, signifies intellectual discussion of philosophy and doctrine. This is one of several variations of the mudra, also conveyed with the circle sign given by the hand raised with palm outward, or the hand palm up resting in the lap. This figure, carved of dense Burmese teak wood, is attired in the distinc ...click for details Round Architectural Panel Chinese Cracked Ice Fretwork Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture: Pre 1980   item# 933215 (stock# 60-93)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 SOLD  A large 42-inch diameter architectural window panel is constructed with the striking Chinese fretwork pattern called “cracked ice” or “broken glass.” The openwork gives this intricately fitted elm wood piece a light and airy look. Centering the fretwork is a pierced carving of a seated woman holding a fan. She is surrounded by a garden of finely carved trees and rocks set against a carved key design background. This circular garden scene is bordered with scrolling and, at the top, two bats, s ...click for details Standing Mandalay Buddha Carved Teak Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1940   item# 924655 (stock# 62-25)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $600  A tall teak Mandalay Buddha has an elegantly draped robe with a deep edging of thayo, a lacquering technique used for centuries by Burmese artisans to create the look and feel of intricate wood carving. The forehead band and tightly curled hair over the wide Mandalay unisha are also thayo, lacquer thickened with bone ash that dries to the hardness of wood. A thin brown/red lacquer applied over the carved teak allows the grain of the dense native wood to show, and traces of gold add richness to t ...click for details Javanese Onyx Candle Holders Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Hardstones: Pre 1980   item# 924123 (stock# 17-40)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $120  Candle holders, carved in East Java of onyx mined from a mountain not far from the shop, have a clean design that emphasizes the natural patterns created by striations in the stone. Produced in the late 1980s, and hopefully still being produced today, such contemporary lines stand in interesting contrast to much Indonesian art, especially that of East Java, where forms typically recall the more ornate style of the Majapahit empire. These pieces are in perfect condition. Dimensions: height 8 ¼” ...click for details Shan Rice Ladle with Monkey on Handle Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Wood: Pre 1910   item# 914601 (stock# 63-21)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $275  A lacquered teak rice scoop from the Shan tribal people who live in eastern Burma and along the northwestern Thai border has a charming monkey perched at the end of its curved handle. The monkey, with both hands under his chin, seems to be staring out in wide-eyed wonder at the world. Some time ago we sold a Shan water ladle of lacquered teak that had several monkeys cavorting along the handle (see 64-31 in our Archives) and our guess is that the monkeys on that piece and the one on this piece r ...click for details Japanese Ranma Carved Wood Panel Headboard Size Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Furniture: Pre 1910   item# 914262 (stock# 62-26)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $560  This Meiji era ranma, an interior transom, was an integral part of the architecture of an old Japanese frame house. Within those houses, moveable partitions of wide sliding doors (fusuma) were used to define rooms, allowing the flexible use of space. The ranma was suspended above the fusuma to fill a gap between the tops of the doors and the ceiling. Pierced carvings on these wood transoms facilitated circulation of air and light throughout the house as well as adding a decorative element. Carve ...click for details Kinnari Wood Carving from Burmese Bullock Cart Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1900   item# 913678 (stock# 57-21)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $500  This large carved teak kinnari, mythical half man/half bird creature, surrounded by curving foliage was the equivalent of a hood ornament when it was perched on a two-wheeled bullock cart in 19th century Burma. With its chest thrust forward and head, wings and tail swept back, the kinnari gives the impression of speed. Kinnari and the female counterpart, kinnara, were favorite icons in the Burmese pantheon of fantastic mythical creatures. The form is found on early sandstone carvings dating back ...click for details Jambhupati Royal Shan Buddha Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Sculpture: Pre 1950   item# 909778 (stock# 11-02)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $875  This crowned Shan Buddha sits in bhadrasana, or Western position, on a tall stepped throne of unusual design. The carved teak wood figure has the winged side flanges and spired crown centered with high finial that identify royal Buddha figures from Burma. Shan artisans often added Arakanese accoutrements such as long ear pieces and ornate epaulets and chest ornaments to jambhupati (crowned) Buddha but this one has none of those; instead, the carver provided a striking throne that nicely balance ...click for details Chinese Scholar Inkstone Early Qing Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Scholar Art: Pre 1837 VR   item# 902690 (stock# 38-56)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $580  An early 18th century inkstone has a gourd-shaped ink pool cut into a deep black stone slab that, along with brushes, ink and paper, represented what was referred to in Chinese literature as “the four precious things of the library.” Among the four objects, inkstones were considered the most important, the soul of the scholar’s library, because they were said to represent “the infinite subtlety of nature.” Although they appear to be relatively humble objects, inkstones were praised, collected a ...click for details Burmese Lacquered Teak Mythical Animal Medicine Box Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Pre 1950   item# 902437 (stock# 63-95)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 SOLD  A medicine box from Burma in the form of a mythical composite animal is carved of the local dense teak wood and lacquered in red that has worn and aged to reveal a primary coating of black lacquer, creating a pleasing patina. We have seen other old Burmese medicine boxes in strange animal shapes, perhaps carved with the intent of scaring off ill omens. This one appears to be part tiger, part dragon, which is the second such combination we have seen, suggesting that this particular pairing was a ...click for details Carved Wood Batik Printing Blocks from Turkey Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Textiles: Pre 1910   item# 897630 (stock# 10-52)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $200  Hand printed fabrics were created with these early 20th century carved wood printing blocks from Turkey. Each of the five variously sized and shaped blocks is deeply carved with different types of flowers. The four smaller blocks are shaped with a hand grip on the sides; the largest block most likely was placed in a handled holder. These relics of Turkey’s textile industry probably were used to print silk, as the production of even enough material for a scarf would have required considerable ti ...click for details Teak Rice Scoop with Ramayana Carvings Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Folk Art: Pre 1970   item# 895454 (stock# 64-04)  click for details Silk Road Gallery (203) 208-0771 $320  The Ramayana characters of Hamunan, the white monkey god, and Sita, the abducted wife of Rama, form the handle of this hand carved teak rice scoop from Burma. Hanuman is depicted carrying Sita back across the sea to Rama after rescuing her from the evil king Ravanna. The figures are familiar icons in the arts of Southeast Asia, particularly in Burma where the many heroes and villains of The Ramayana are universally recognized because the epic is still regularly performed there in puppet shows an ...click for details pages:  1   2    3    4    5    6    7