Showing 181–192 of 207 results
-
Sale!
$245.00 Original price was: $245.00.$208.25Current price is: $208.25.
Ht: 12” W: 4.125” D: 3.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Burmese heddle-pulleys are decorated with carvings of mythical or auspicious animals to provide protection and assure good quality weaving. A powerful ferocious Burmese Lion with open roaring mouth and thick main sits atop the pulley highlighting the area below where the weaving thread travels around the bobbin between the wood triangle pieces holding it. A fine folk art teak carving in excellent condition it is mounted on a metal pole on a black wood base.
-
Sale!
$1,050.00 Original price was: $1,050.00.$892.50Current price is: $892.50.
Javanese Wayang (puppet theater) Topeng (literally “pressed against the face” or mask) is a very refined dance form accompanied by gamelan music. In Bali Topeng tua is the charming dance…
-
Sale!
$125.00 Original price was: $125.00.$106.25Current price is: $106.25.
Ht: 8.5” W: 6.51” D: 4.5″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!
This traditional Patih (minister) Keras (hard, strong, forceful) Balinese mask is deeply carved, and his huge red lips symbolize a tough, intense, easy to anger but powerful man in a position of prestige. Exaggerated facial elements of large bulging eyes, a powerful stare, huge, bright red lips and a thick animal hair/hide mustache indicate his internal strength as a trusted minister carrying out his king’s wishes. This mask was personally collected in Bali in the 1970s and is in excellent condition with minor scratches and losses consistent with age.
-
Sale!
$195.00 Original price was: $195.00.$165.75Current price is: $165.75.
H: 9.25″ W: 3.125″ D: 3″ | Free SHipping within continental u.s.!
Originally mounted on the wood stick between his legs and now inserted to its acrylic stand, this vintage male doll is an attendant offering a huge peach. His large oval head is almost bald and his black hair remains only in a small patches on the sides of his head. He wears a typical colorful folk-art Chinese dance costume: bright red shoes, yellow pants, a greenish-blue coat with florals, a high sequined yellow belt, and a wide blue sash outlined with silver and gold thread and colored 5-petal silver sequin plum blossoms hanging down to the base evoking a wish for the Five Blessings or Happinesses. It is in very good condition with expected wear and minor paint losses and charming spotting on the face.
-
Sale!
$105.00 Original price was: $105.00.$89.25Current price is: $89.25.
H: 8.5″ W: 3″ D: 2.5″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!
Topeng Dalem is a mask of an idealized, refined and upright model of a historical Hindu King and is usually a white mask, the color of purity. The dance presents actions and gestures validating the traits of a good king: grace, poise, dignity and refinement. This piece is well carved, balanced, in fine proportion and the crown, the triangular third eye and the animal hide and hair eyebrows and mustache are well integrated as is the mask’s pleasant smile. It is in very good condition with a wash applied as a patina to make the mask look older. It was personally collected in Bali in the 1970s.
-
Sale!
$110.00 Original price was: $110.00.$93.50Current price is: $93.50.
Wearing a full mask of an ideal high-born Hindu king (dalem), dancers from Bali perform folk-art and ethnic-art dances without speech using only body language, gestures and movements to depict…
-
Sale!
$125.00 Original price was: $125.00.$106.25Current price is: $106.25.
H: 7.75” W: 5.5” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!
This mask is patih keras, a strong king’s prime minister in orange symbolizing a tough, intense and powerful person reinforced by his large bulging eyes, powerful stare, red lips and full black moustache. Personally collected in Bali in the 1970s, this beautifully carved mask is in excellent condition with a wash applied on the back to make it look older.
-
Sale!
$125.00 Original price was: $125.00.$106.25Current price is: $106.25.
H: 7.125” W: 5.875” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!
This fine, deeply carved and painted Balinese mask is the king’s strong prime minister (patih keras), a position of prestige usually filled by warriors of the second Hindu (ksatrya) caste. The large bulging eyes increase the power of his stare and the outsized thick bright red lips symbolize his intensity. This mask was personally collected in Bali in the 1970s and is in excellent condition with minor hair loss on the eyebrows.
-
Sale!
$125.00 Original price was: $125.00.$106.25Current price is: $106.25.
H: 7.5” W: 6” D: 3.75” | FREE SHIPPING!
This fine vintage historical ethnic Balinese mask is Kebo Taruna. the powerful Balinese minister (patih) feared by Gaja Mada the brilliant Javanese “Elephant General” who brought the Indonesian Hindu Majapahit Empire to its peak and conquered Bali in 1343. His peculiar half-smile, forceful eyes and angular nose are carved to complement his intense expression, make it look more forceful and add energy to the mask. These features describe the minister’s power and confidence. Finely carved and embellished with animal hide and hair for his mustache and eyebrows, this mask is in excellent condition.
Click here for the blog Indonesian Dance Masks (Topeng): Spiritually Connecting the Community
-
Sale!
$185.00 Original price was: $185.00.$157.25Current price is: $157.25.
H: 10.5” Dia: 4.25″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Made in Pagan this miniature hsun ok demonstrates the remarkable sense of design of Burmese wood carvers. It is crafted in two separate parts and replicates the shape of larger hsun-Ok, which traditionally have covers with spired lids topped by elegant finials that imitate the soaring outline of Burmese stupa finials. This modest piece has circular tiers repeated on the foot and the stupa finial top.
-
Sale!
$335.00 Original price was: $335.00.$284.75Current price is: $284.75.
H: 18.25” W: 9.125” D: 2.75” | FREE SHIPPING
This fine vintage teak carving depicts a Burmese dancer holding a sword with his right hand behind his head. His attire includes elements of formal court dress: a court cap, a top with long sleeves ending at the wrists and collar with half-round segments, and a skirt-like sectioned pants with dramatic wing-like projections. Also, males and females could not touch during the performance. As a set, the three panels the Female Farmer with a Hoe (T052C-BLE), Female Farmer with a Basket (T052B-BLE) and the Court Dancer T052A-BLE) would make a unique and charming wall arrangement.
-
Sale!
$335.00 Original price was: $335.00.$284.75Current price is: $284.75.
H: 16.75” W: 9.375” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
This delightful polychrome wood folk panel of a barefoot female farmer carrying a basket is one of special, finely executed modern folk “antiques” created in Burma in the past few decades. This charming creation exhibit the skills and creative imagination of a Burmese folk art artisan producing an attractive earthy and decorative quality that compliments and adds warmth to any interior. By adding a back hook it can be made into a unique wall decoration. As a set, the three panels of the Female Farmer with a Hoe (T052C-BLE), Female Farmer with a Basket (T052B-BLE), and Court Dancer (T052A-BLE) would make a unique and charming wall arrangement.
End of content
End of content
