Fine Antiquities, Tribal & Aboriginal Art

A RARE NEPALESE TANTRIC VESSEL, c.18th Century, of bone with figurative copper alloy rim, old encrustations and verdigris, useware evident, some minor

A FINE NAVA DURGA MASK, c.1960, of processed clay the convex anterior in the image of Vajravahari the sow-faced female deity, polychrome vegetable pig

A FINE NEPALESE COPPER REPOUSSÉ FIRE GILDED MASK, c.1970, the slender sheet with convex visage in the form of the wrathful Hindu god Bhairav (S...

A RARE NEPALESE SHAMANIC RITUAL DAGGER, c.1960, sculpted from conch shell in the form of a shaman seated crossed legend in greeting mudra (namaste), w

A LARGE BHUTANESE RITUAL DAGGER, c.1960, of wood the terminal sculpted with the three headed visage of a wrathful Tantric deity with fangs, flaming ey

A FINE BRONZE NEPALESE RITUAL DAGGER, c.20th Century, in the form of a three headed vajrakila in flight standing above the bull with wings outstretche

A RARE COLLECTION OF THREE NEPALESE AUSPICIOUS BUDDHIST CAITYAS, c.1930, typically Newar, the votive architectural stupas of cast bronze, of square ba

A FINE NEPALESE COPPER REPOUSSÉ FIRE GILDED TRIPTIQUE, c.1900, the slender panels with convex anterior in the form of three Hindu deities in re...

AN OUTSTANDING GILDED BRONZE SCULPTURE OF BUDDHA DIPANKARA, c.1900, standing in samapada with hands in varada and vitarka mudras above lotus pedestal

A FINE TIBETAN GILDED COPPER ALLOY BUDDHA, c.16th Century, seated in dhyanasana above a double lotus platform wearing a loose fitting dhoti with decor