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Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian (8)

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Statue of Buddha, Burma, 19th C.

Very Old & Unusual Mask, Ivory Coast, Dan Peoples

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PAINTINGS/CERAMICS

Rare Wood Box, Mindanao Isl. Philippines Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Wood: Pre 1930 item# 453307 (stock# 1-0309)
click for details		AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques (0033) 6.70.73.32.84 Euros 350
Drum-shaped box, with lid in the shape of stylized horns. Wood, with beautiful incised floral and geometric design. Dark-brown glossy patina. Philippines, Mindanao Island, early 20th century. Height: 10 1/4" (26 cm). A superb and quite rare piece in excellent condition despite its age, typical of the tribal art that region.

Rare Wood Box, Sumba Isl. Indonesia Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Wood: Pre 1960 item# 453309 (stock# 1-0310)
click for details		AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques (0033) 6.70.73.32.84 Euros 300
Box in the shape of a large egg on an elevated base, with small lid. Wood, with geometric design around body and rooster carved in the round on top of lid. A cord links lid to body. Beautiful dark glossy patina. Indonesia, Sumba Island. Height: 9 1/2" (24 cm). Erosion all over, some small dents, old traces of infestation, otherwise very good condition. A superb, rare and rather unusual piece.

Mask of A Princess, Himalayas, Monpa Sherdukpen Peoples Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1910 item# 686616 (stock# 1-0474)
click for details		AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques (0033) 6.70.73.32.84 Euros 700
Mask of a princess, wearing diadem, her smiling face with large open pierced through eyes, large beak-shaped nose, slightly open pierced through mouth. Wood, with remnants of several superimposed layers of polychrome pigments in some areas, dark patina overall. Himalayan Region, Monpa Sherdukpen Peoples, early 20th century, probably earlier. Height: 10 3/8" (26,5 cm). The mask is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Small chip at the right ear, old accident at the back of the chin, other ...click for details

Antique Small Shaman Phurpa 1, Himalayas, 19th C. Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1910 item# 705865 (stock# 1-0493)
click for details		AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques (0033) 6.70.73.32.84 Euros 200
Small "phurpa" (ritual dagger), its triple pointed "blade" surmounted by three deity heads supporting a stylized feline on top. Wood, with fine dark brown patina. A old piece of fabric covers the central (handling) part, to protect the shaman's fingers from the strong power raised by the phurpa. Himalayan Region, early 20th century, probably earlier. Height: 6 1/8" (15,5 cm). The piece is nicely mounted on a custom wood stand. Very good condition.

Important and Rare Mask, South-East Asia, Laos Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Wood: Pre 1940 item# 996535 (stock# 1-0615)
click for details		AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques (0033) 6.70.73.32.84 Euros 3500
Face mask, with a cylindrical coiffe presenting a small relief in its middle of what seems to be a head and raised arms surrounded by geometric design, with a protruding forehead, pierced through sunken eyes, long nose in relief, pierced through mouth showing teeth, long chin. Wood, with remnants of polychrome pigments, aged patina. South-East Asia, Laos, early 20th century. Height: 12 1/2" (32 cm). The mask is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Obvious signs of great age, strong erosi ...click for details

Unusual Himalayan Mask, 19th C. Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1900 item# 1047541 (stock# 1-0629)
click for details		AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques (0033) 6.70.73.32.84 Euros 1200
Face mask of unusual shape, with protruding forehead, large elongated eyes, long nose in relief, triangular open mouth showing teeth. Numerous holes around the face were meant to allow the insertion of animal hair to represent moustache and beard. Wood, with dark-brown semi-glossy patina. Nepal, 19th century. Height: 10 1/2" (26,5 cm). The mask is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Obvious signs of old age, some teeth missing, otherwise good condition. Ex. old European collection.

Statue of a Household Protecting Deity Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1950 item# 1107995 (stock# 1-0643)
click for details		AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques (0033) 6.70.73.32.84 Euros 400
Statue of a protecting deity or ancestor, standing on slightly bent legs, its hands in praying posture, its face expressing agressiveness. Patinated and eroded wood. Nepal, early 20th century. Height: 15" (38 cm). The statue is mounted on a custom metal stand.

Very Old Face Mask, Indonesia, Timor Isl. Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Wood: Pre 1970 item# 1115236 (stock# 1-0654)
click for details		AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques (0033) 6.70.73.32.84 RESERVED
Very old small mask of tragic expression. Wood, with darkish patina. Indonesia, Timor Island. Height: 8 1/8" (21,5 cm). The mask is mounted on a custom metal stand. Old accidents under the right eye as well as on the mouth and on the right cheek, otherwise good condition.

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