No-Reserve AUCTION-ASIA Benefit Sale

"The Screen Printing Studio", Unsigned 19th C. Woodblock print, mounted. Fine & fresh impression, 11-7/8" x 7-1/2"

"Young Monk in Repose", unsigned original with rich colors, fine impression & acceptabile old mounting. Image 7-3/4"x11-3/4"

Utamaro (after) engraved by Torao Ishii. An original, of two Geishas relaxing in the Morning. 14-1/4"x 9-1/2" (sight). Excellent througho...

Hirishige, reworked plate. "EDO: Night Rain at Azuma Woods". 8-3/4"x13-3/4" image wih 1/2" paper border around. 20th C. imp...

Hokusai "Moount Fuji, Viewed from Senju". Engraved by T. Kenkyusho, 20th C. impression. 9-1/2"x14-1/2" sight + mat. Fresh & ...

"KABUKI: Samurai & Attendant" bu Sharaku (20th C.). 12"x8" (sight) + Mat. Excellent in all respects.

KUNIYASU (Painter), Susums Ito (Engraver). "Early Spring". Fine impression of this original woodblock by a friend of Kunisada. 14-1/4"...

HARUNOBU Artist, Denkichi Kuga, Engraver. "Smoking, with Foreplay". Original plate impression, with fresh colors & condition. 7-5/8&q...

HARONUBU Artist, " " " . "Cotton Spinning: Interruption". Same size companion & condition...

EISEN, Artist, Torao Ishii, Engraver. "Working on the Hair", 5th plate of woodblocks in the "Porn" Series. 9-1/2"x14-1/4&q...

EISEN, Artist, Torao Ishii, Engraver. "Playing at the Foot Warmer", 11th plate of woodblocks in the "Porn" Series. 9-1/2"x...

Large Vase, 11-1/4" tall and 10" wide at the handles; Before 1935. Fine workmanship, medium brown patina. One handle restored and two sm...

12"tall and finely cast Bronze with excellent finishing including Gold Leaf splashes throughout. Museum-quality intricacy, with small scattered...

Exceptional multi-colored "Protection" Eye Beads (15 pieces) interspersed with intricately Carved Brown Jades beads from China (10 Rounds,...

From Lombok Island (Next to Bali) these excavated beads are in a design brought by Phoenician Seamen/Traders. 1st. Millenium AD, prior to the introdu

As above, Lombok purchase of these 1-1/4" reddish clay excavated "magic'eye" protective beads in a 26" necklace. Scarce typ...

Philippines Tribal Chieftains personal Kris side-sword, with superbly made handle, blade & well-fitting two-tone metallic scabbard. Maranao peop...

27" long when closed this working weapon has a beveled blade that tapers lightly to its tip. From the Bagobo tribe of central Mindanao, this wa...

Indonesia, and carved from a piece of petrified wood, this is a powerful Tribal art-form votive with good patina. JAVA, 12th-17th C., and 5-3/4&quo...

Same origin as #019, and 6-3/4" long, but not as completely carved or preserved. Still powerful protective medicine for the superstitious nati...

Museum-quality carved amulet of a Spirit-Deity displaying magical power, presence and authority. From light-colored petrified wood of the best quality

JAVA Highlands Chief's amulet of power and prestige, this Rhino-horn design stone carving exists because the Chief could not afford the real hor...

Like 022 but smaller (and nicer) at 3-1/2" in the longest dimension. For a young prince? You may never get another opportunity to acquire such...

LARGE, and old, this bell still has a nice sound. Multi-purpose, it has a nice decorated panel on each side and a fancy loop at top for the cord to g

INDONESIA, this plump bird may be an Owl - Night Lord of the Skies. Likely Majapahit period (pre-14th C.) and stands 2-3/4" tall, he has loads ...

Indonesia, the elongated body has a enlarged penis and loop at top of back, a pumped-up tail, and nice goatee and uni-horn, with ramshorn-shaped ears.

From TIMOR in Eastern Indonesia comes this medicine-bag of aged woven cloth & strap, cowrie shells, coconut-shell spoon, wooden wand, heavily pa...

Indonesia, the sculpture has "oriental almond eyes" and elongated "spiritual" ears and good, hard patina. A few old & small...

A lovely PAIR from Timor, they are carved from Water Buffalo bone and carefully well-engraved like scrimshaw. The lighter one has a stylized Crocodil

Solidly made, well-formed, he is the epitome of power. Original hard patina, 15-18th C., 4-3/8" long and 2-1/4" tall, his detail will ple...

Earliest Beads I have seen from East JAVA, these were found with other Neolithic remains about 1990. Roughly 5000 years old, they are nicely smoothed

A nice Silver Coin, it has an obverse character derived from Sanskrit or Pali that has been interpreted as meaning Fortitude or Strength. Natural dark

South JAVA, Jogyakarta region, a nice pair of "double-stud, twist" earrings of good Silver with natural, uncleaned patina. Early 1st Mill...

North JAVA excavated, and likely an import from the Khmer-Cham cultures, this type has been found all across SE Asia from the ancient period and may h

From Sumatra, this "Besibung" was used in tribal rituals such as attaining puberty and marriage. 19th C., and a published reference for t...

Found in Java, this impressive example of early Indonesian glass-making dates to the 1st millenium AD also (and may be Srivijaya-culture). It is amon

Collected from across Indonesia, these have a close association with the early travels of the Phoenicians who first arrived from the Middle East into

A really fine Pair of Bung-Style Bronze earrings with a heavy cover of Gold. Though this style spread across SE Asia in the 1st Millenium AD, quality

An important relic from the Late Stone Age in Java, this lovely Greenstone chisel measures almost 10" long and is essentially perfect (though c...

An incredible White Chert long-Chisel from the culture and period as Lot 39, it was broken at its butt-end (thus cementing our beliefs about its use).

INDONESIA, this fine amulet is pierced at the top for suspension, and has great patina over the white core, and a powerful "presence". 2-1...

NORTH THAILAND or BURMA: Tribal Earrings from the Westfield Collection, they are native designs of heavy, quality Silver with incised decoration and i

NORTH THAILAND or BURMA: Tribal Earrings from the Westfield Collection, they are native designs of heavy, quality Silver with incised decoration and i

NORTH THAILAND or BURMA: Tribal Earrings from the Westfield Collection, they are native designs of heavy, quality Silver with incised decoration and i

NORTH THAILAND or BURMA: Tribal Earrings from the Westfield Collection, they are native designs of heavy, quality Silver with incised decoration and i

NORTH THAILAND or BURMA: Tribal Earring Pair, as above. Heavy and choice.

NORTH THAILAND or BURMA, as above but smaller. If someone purchases this entire grouping, I will waive the 10% premium so that they may be kept toget

INDONESIA, a pair of Snake-design brass rings that were used in Dance rituals so they would clang together and make music as the person moved. These

Majapahit period (before 1500 AD), INDONESIA, this was likely a Hindu religious import from India (and Bali today is the most Hindu country in the wor

Used on ship as defense against Pirates, these Lantaka (as they are known) are Swivel-Cannons that can be moved around the ship and used in whatever d

A Maranao-carved and painted stand that was used to display this or another similar Lantaka in the town/village that owned it. In the 19th C. these m

Northern Luzon, Philippines. I acquired this spear from an aged Kalinga-tribe warrior who said it was taken on several head-hunting forays but never

From the Bicol region of central Philippines, NAGA Tribe, this belt incorporates 24 canine teeth of the wild Boar….and a man in that culture had to fo

Made for and used by the Bogobo tribe of Central Mindanao, southern Philippines. The larger one - used in solo - has five ball bearings and "si...

Excavated in Argao, Cebu, Philippines, this is unusually wide and triple-grooved. Some strong burial encrustation still adheres and it is 2-1/...

Excavated as Lot 054, the type is a normal one found across ancient SE Asia. Hard shell, large with a single fine hairline and minor chipping, it prob

Even larger than 055, it was broken and glued back together….this huge example was likely for a male aristocrat of that society. Almost 3" I.D...

Finest Shell earring PAIR I have seen from the Philippines - and also excavated from Argao, Cebu. A perfect pair of pre-contact artifacts which could

Later style, 1000-1500AD, Argao also, which is a seaside place. Uncommon, wearable, perfect, and about 2-5/8" across.

Medium Size, same origin, with unusual sawtooth design along an edge (reason?). 2" I.D., perfect, and nice.

23 well-matched shells for a necklace as acquired from the dealer….who stated that was how it was found in the grave…..making a neat choker. High-sta

Romblon Island, central Visayas, Philippines. Several of these were found in a burial jar and I acquired them directly from the old dealer Romblon Is

Mindanao, Tribal Philippines: Large and impressively-decorated SILVER Disc worn by the Mandaya tribal elite as status and rank symbols. Pictured as

Called "agonga" they could be used a cymbols or struck gongs in the various rituals that always were accompanied by music. Several tribes...

Ilongot or Gaddang tribe, Northern Luzon, Philippines: an over-the-shoulder or over-the-head ceremonial costume worn by the the elite women of the tri

While not as rare an object as the previous lot, this earlier woven skirt of the 19th C. Ifugao (Tribal northern Luzon, Philippines) has lovely muted

For the full-Body, the woman would step into it and then tighten it around and tuck it in at the breasts. Width: 27" doubled, height 52-1/2&quo...

Indonesia, this long and slender textile has vibrant colors that are partially faded at the ends. 67"x16" plus fringes at both ends. E...

Kalimantan, BORNEO. Late 19th-Early 20th C. and woven in complex patterns of Stars, Deer, Horses, Dogs, etc. 73"x33" plus fringes, it sh...

Ifugao Tribe, Northern Philippines. SEE: Entries 224 and 227 in "The People and Art of the Philippines" published in the 1990s by the UCL...

A "short" shirt of the Ifugao with beaded decoration on the back that is unusual for that tribe. All hand-woven in the early 20thC. and h...

Bright red with contrasting Yellow, Green and Black this dates to 1945-1970. 48"x23" excellent and unfaded.

Bagobo tribe, Mindanao, Philippines. Quality needelwork all around with just traces of fading. 1920-1940. If you want only one Philippines ladies ri

1945-1965, all-over needlework designs, on a lovely blue background. Of a larger size that could be worn by an American woman it is unfaded with good

Nicely paterned with white seed bead designs all around collar and back shoulders. Metal spangles in blue and red….some were repositioned after many y

Elite shirtless men wore these at Festivals. Almost rare today as men did NOT like to make or wear them….((<:). Ifugao Tribe from northern Phi...

Gaddang Tribe, northern Luzon, Philippines. Beautifully made and preserved, it is a large and important example of a dying need (since head-hunting a

The first in this auction of several of these fine sculptures that represent one of the best five or so recognized sculptural traditions across all of

From the Bayungan group of the Banaue sub-tribe of the Ifugao, this skinny-style Bulul dates to about 1900. Classic pose of the shaman-priest when h

Ifugao Tribe, Northern Philippines. SEE: Entries of carved-handle utensils on pages 215-219 in "The People and Art of the Philippines" pu...

Another fine, culturally used utensil, with a choice handle whose tail was used to hang it up. Hard wood, minor cracking at the ladle-use end, and mad

Excellent quality "standard pair" of rice-harvest-protection Bululs, they remained in the granary during the year to protect the crop from...

This rare sculpture depicts a seated Shaman holding a large Ceremonial Box and original Cover on his lap. His spooky, ghost-like face is QUITE unusua

Super quality and rarity are found together in this medicine Bulul. Used in cases of child sickness and mother danger in childbirth, the spirit of th

Seated sculpture, 23" tall, he appears to stare into space as he prepares to go into trance. Early 20th C. in a rare primitive style.

An exceptional example, finer than the one in the UCLA Catalog (page 250) and having the traditional double-Pig handles at the ends, and with a pregn

Earthenware Jar for secondary burial, 8th-12th C. AD or earlier. From a cave in Sarangani Province, southern Mindanao, Philippines. Shards of these a

Tribal ritual Jar, so-called because they have only been found in the environs of Cotabato of Mindanao island. Dating to the 15th to 18th centuries,

Called "LIKHA" in the Philippines, these Limestone Ancestral burial figures were extremely rare until the 1980s, and are now known from on...

Cotabato Limestone sculpture of a standing tribal members Spirit Image. Small but ferocious, his ghost-like face seems to be calling out to eternity.

Standing 12-3/4" tall and holding a club, this seems to represent a chieftain/warrior looking at us through the millenia. Some fissures in the...

Called "Maitum Heads" in honor of the first cave location where they were found 30 or so years ago, these amazing visages sparked worldwid...

Large and important 19th C. Stone Bulul. Carved of a very hard stone, and resembling a Rodin sculpture, this heavy and rare artifact is 18" ta...

1700s period, in the "round" and rather large, it comes from an old church in the Philippines. Missing its arms, it still has a wonderful...

Northern Tribal Wedding Good Luck sculpture, placed on a womans head or hat for the ceremony….then kept afterwards as an amulet. Called dungdung, info

Solid panel of hardwood carved with an Angel holding the Keys to the Kingdom. Originally painted, most of the color has been lost or removed. Spanish

Large & heavy hardwood panel with a deep carving of Christ and two Disciples - all with Halos - standing on a Globe with a cross in front, and s...

A solid casting in White and Yellow Bronze. Crowned, wearing a long necklace, and having the two ends of his long sash protruding in the rear, Hanuma

India, the yellow bronze casting in the medievil manner, shows a mythical Gopi preparing to blow a long horn. She wears shell earrings, anklets, and

A heavy casting about 3" tall in two-tone Bronze. Nicely detailed front and back, he is early 20th C. and better made than 90% of those seen. ...