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Acquired from a Pan Am worker who purchased it in a gift store in Bangkok in the 1960s. Lightweight. Not suitable for rough/tough envelopes. In excellent condition with original box
- Item Number: O-5960
- Provenance/Origin: Bangkok Thailand. Circa 1960s
- Composition: Metal with fiber box.
- Dimensions: Opener: 7.25" long with 4.25" blade. In box: 8.5"
- Weight: 0.5 pound
- Price: $ 29.00 USD
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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.…
Continue reading → - 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: $ 545.00 USD
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Detail: This statue is a museum quality mid-17th Century Shan Buddha with its “classic” style of simple lines and features. Much less “decorative” than the Buddhas of the late 18th and 19th Centuries. This particular Buddha was found buried in a temple garden in Mai Sai in…
Continue reading → - Item Number: S-6681
- Provenance/Origin: Mai Sai, Northern Thailand. Circa mid-17th Century.
- Composition: Bronze
- Dimensions: 8.25" tall x 3.75" at widest
- Weight: 2.5 pounds
- Price: $ 765.00 USD
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The Remover of Obstacles . . a rare and old Rattanakosin Bronze Ganesh typical of the style with finely jeweled trappings and throne. Extremely well cast and detailed. This bronze is in Very Fine condition. Gold gilt with a probable light lacquer coating to protect the…
Continue reading → - Item Number: S-5200
- Provenance/Origin: Thailand. Circa mid- to late-1800's
- Composition: Bronze
- Dimensions: 10.5" tall x 7.75" at widest
- Weight: 8.5 pounds
- Price: $ 1,475.00 USD
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Detail: I believe this is a stylized statue of the Hindu god Indra on top of the three headed guardian elephant Erawan (Airavata). There is a similar configuration in the central tower of the Temple of Dawn in Bangkok Thailand. Hollow cast. In very good condition.…
Continue reading → - Item Number: S-3772
- Provenance/Origin: Thailand. Late-1800's to early-1900's
- Composition: Bronze
- Dimensions: 10.5" tall x 3" at widest
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $210.00 USD
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Guardian lions or Singha are among the oldest and most common temple custodians. They are found at the entrances of most Khmer and Thai temples as well as on large buildings and even in the stairways and terraces of many homes. Guardian lions represent royalty, power,…
Continue reading → - Item Number: M-1879
- Provenance/Origin: Thailand. Circa 1970s
- Composition: Bronze
- Dimensions: 16.5" tall x 15.5" wide
- Weight: 15.5 pounds
- Price: $445.00 USD
