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The best known of all traditional Thailand ceramics are those named and from Sawankhalok. Such stoneware is decorated in a rich brown glaze and decorated with an opaque glaze. The finely crackled surface of the glaze is lightly speckled from ash residue deposits during the low temperature glazing process.…
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- Item Number: S-2985
- Provenance/Origin: North Central Thailand. Si Satchanala kilns or nearby. At least 100+ years in age.
- Composition: Sawankholok stoneware
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 6" at widest x 4.5" deep
- Weight: 2.5 pounds
- Price: $ 490.00 USD
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In the Angkorian style, this excellent sculpture depicts a naga (serpent) as the protector of Buddha. The Buddha, seated in the Virasana pose, is meditating on three graduated coils of the serpent king, Mucalinda. This ancient Virasana pose should not be confused with the Hero pose currently…
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- Item Number: S-0007
- Provenance/Origin: Cambodian. Acquired in the 1970s in NE Thailand. 17th - 18th Century
- Composition: Sandstone
- Dimensions: 13" tall x 5" wide x 3" deep statue only. On stand: 15" tall.
- Weight: 7.75 pounds
- Price: $ 1,150.00 USD
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If you are a collector or user, then you will know that this pipe is lightly used.
This hand carved Meerschaum pipe is from Turkey. Meerschaum is a clay mineral that belongs to the Sepiolite group. This has been a highly desirable material for…
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- Item Number: V-7076
- Provenance/Origin: Turkey. Circa 1950s
- Composition: Meerschaum. Mouthpiece and lined case.
- Dimensions: 17.5" long pipe x 2" at widest point.
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 125.00 USD
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This set was scheduled for a limited edition printing of 1000 copies by The Gruber Foundation, 1969. However, since William B. Gruber – who financed this project – died before it was completed, only 300 sets were published. So, this is one of those 300 editions.
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- Item Number: R-0764
- Provenance/Origin: Published 1969. Limited edition of 300 sets. Pristine condition.
- Composition: Printed books, View-Master reels and slipcovers. Projectors.
- Dimensions: 11.5" tall x 8.5" wide x 9" deep - the set in slipcovers.
- Weight: 4.75 pounds
- Price: $ 825.00 USD
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An intact hollow Jalisco male figure. From the Proto-Classical Period, circa 50 B.C. through 250 A.D. Typical of this style, the vent hole is behind the left ear.
There are remnants of manganese oxide (pigment), dendrites (slow growing microscopic fungus) and other encrustations from that…
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- Item Number: S-5801
- Provenance/Origin: Jalisco. Circa 50 B.C. to 250 A.D.
- Composition: Ceramic. Clay.
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 6.5" at widest point x 4.5" at deepest point.
- Weight: 2.5 pounds
- Price: $ 1,200.00 USD
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An astonishing wealth of little-known art of Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia is showcased in this revelatory survey, stunningly illustrated with some 800 lavish color plates. Meyer, an American-born art dealer and Paris-based gallery owner, has unearthed South Pacific island treasures including a monumental wood sculpture representing the primordial couple,…
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- Item Number: R-0001
- Provenance/Origin: 2 Volumes. 1995. 640 pages total.
- Composition: Book
- Dimensions: 13 x 11"
- Price: $ 125.00 USD
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One of the most famous examples of Thai pottery are from the Sukhothai period (14-16th Centuries) from the kilns of Si Satchanalai, which is around the historic village of Sawankhalok in north-central Thailand. This period started in the 13th century CE and continued until the 16th century.…
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- Item Number: S-1767
- Provenance/Origin: Sawankhalok Village, Sukhothai Period. Si Satchanalai Kilns. Circa late 1800- early 1900s . . . or earlier.
- Composition: Sawankhalok pottery
- Dimensions: 7.5" tall x 9" at the widest x 4.5" deep
- Weight: 2.75 pounds
- Price: $ 620.00 USD
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I thought that this might be used for another purpose but I was assured by a master bell collector that it was indeed an elephant bell . . . but not the typical claw type. I was told that these are found in temples where elephants are…
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- Item Number: C-1216
- Provenance/Origin: Most likely India. Circa early 1900s
- Composition: Brass
- Dimensions: 3.75" tall x 4" at widest point
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 120.00 USD
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For you serious collectors of the Yaure, you know that it is sometimes difficult to identify them due to the fact that identification varies from village to village and clan to clan. But there is one thing that reesotericstuff.coms constant: the face. In the words of…
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- Item Number: M-6649
- Provenance/Origin: Circa mid-1900's. From an estate in Long Island New York. USA
- Composition: Wood
- Dimensions: 12" long x 4.5" at widest point
- Weight: 0.55 pound
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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From an avid bronze collector who found this bronze mythological creature in a village near Beijing in the mid-1900s. I acquired it from the collector in 2003.
Such pieces are typical of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). In this case, both of us are convinced it is…
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- Item Number: S-3093
- Provenance/Origin: China. late-1800s or earlier
- Composition: Bronze
- Dimensions: 6.25" tall x 6.5" wide x 2.75" deep
- Weight: 2.50 pounds
- Price: $ 435.00 USD
