16th century

Relief with Siddhartha and his family, Gandhara, 2nd-3th Century AD. Gray schist. W 43 cm. Photo courtesy Famarte/Farah Massart Provenance: Private Japanese collection acquired 1974-1976 Published: Isao Kurita, Gandharan Art I, The Buddha's life story, 2003, p. 294, no. 654 Sitting Buddha, Phra Singh. Bronze, cast in the lost wax method, traces of lacquer and gilding, Lan Na Kingdom, Thailand, 16th Century. H 67 cm x W 59 cm. Photo courtesy Famarte/Farah Massart Provenance: German Collection. Driven by passion and curiosity... [Lire la suite]

Stele of Visnu, India, Pala period, 11th century, black stone, 50 cm. Photo courtesy Buddhist Art. From an old swiss collection acquired from Dr. Biegler Asian Art, Zurich. Portrait of Dondrup Sangpo, Abbot of Drepung Monastery, Tibet, 16th century. Bronze, 21 cm. Photo courtesy Buddhist Art. In 6 years in business Buddhist Art has been offering a wide selection of top quality Khmer and Chinese/Tibetan sculpture as well as selected masterpieces of Thai, Burmese and Lao Art. We are regularly exhibiting at Asia Week in New... [Lire la suite]

German school, 16th century, Portrait of a bearded man. Photo Sotheby's Gouache on vellum. Diameter: 66 mm; 2 1/2 in. Estimation 15,000 — 20,000 USD Although this miniature and the following lot do to some extent resemble the portrait miniatures of Hans Holbein the Younger, to whom they were previously attributed, they are ultimately more Germanic in style, and closer to the works of Lower Rhenish artists, such as Barthel Bruyn. It has also been suggested that they may be somewhat later in date - i.e. late 16th or even 17th... [Lire la suite]

German school, 16th century, A gentleman in a fur hat. Photo Sotheby's Gouache on vellum. Diameter: 73 mm; 2 7/8 in. Estimation 15,000 — 20,000 USD Although this miniature and the following lot do to some extent resemble the portrait miniatures of Hans Holbein the Younger, to whom they were previously attributed, they are ultimately more Germanic in style, and closer to the works of Lower Rhenish artists, such as Barthel Bruyn. It has also been suggested that they may be somewhat later in date - i.e. late 16th or even 17th century... [Lire la suite]

Portrait of Dondrup Sangpo, Abbott of Drepung Monastery. Tibet, 16th century. Photo courtesy Buddhist Art. Bronze, silver inlay. 8.3 inches (21 cm). Buddhist Art. 'From Angkor Wat to the Himalaya'. Arader Galleries, 29 East 72nd Street, New York 10021. T/M +49 173 656 1260 - buddhist.art@hotmail.com - www.buddhist-art.info. Asia Week New York. A Celebration of Asian Art. MARCH 14–22, 2014

Huanghuali yoke back armchair with a backward sloping yoke. China, Late Ming dynasty, 16th century. Photo courtesy Nicholas Grindley Works of Art Ltd. Huanghuali wood. Height 42.5 x Width 23.5 x Depth 24 inches (107.9 x 59.7 x 61 cm).Nicholas Grindley Works of Art Ltd. Chinese Furniture and Scholars' Objects. Hazlitt Gooden & Fox, 17 East 76th Street, New York 10021. T (212) 772 1950 - M (917) 945 9293 - nick@nicholasgrindley.com - rebecca@nicholasgrindley.com -www.nicholasgrindley.com. Asia Week New York. A Celebration of... [Lire la suite]

Maitreya. Tibet, 16th century. Photo courtesy Moke Mokotoff Gilt bronze, semi precious stones. Height: 10.7 inches (27.1 cm). Moke Mokotoff. 'Buddhas from the Himalayas'. 5 East 82nd Street, Ground Floor, New York 10028. T (212) 741 4443 - M (212) 920 4598 - moke.mokotoff@gmail.com - www.mokotoff.com. Asia Week New York. A Celebration of Asian Art. MARCH 14–22, 2014

Buddha. Northern Thailand, 16th century. Photo courtesy Xanadu Gallery LLC Copper alloy. Height: 13 inches (33 cm).Xanadu Gallery LLC. 'Buddhist & Hindu Sculpture, Japanese Netsuke & Chinese Works of Art'. 5 East 82nd Street. Ground Floor. New York 10028. T/M (415) 307 7292 - mvargas@xanadugallery.us -www.xanadugallery.us. Asia Week New York. A Celebration of Asian Art. MARCH 14–22, 2014.

Kunzang Ahkor. Nepal, 13th Century. Gilt Bronze. Height: 18.4 inches (46.7 cm). Photo courtesy Walter Arader Himalayan Art. Vajradhara. Tibet, 16th Century. 10.5 inches (26.7 cm). Photo courtesy Walter Arader Himalayan Art.   Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra. Tibet, 18th Century. Gilt Bronze. 13.6 Inches (35.5 cm). Photo courtesy Walter Arader Himalayan Art. Walter Arader Himalayan Art. 1016 Madison Avenue, New York 10075. T (212) 628 7625 - walter.arader@gmail.com -www.walterarader.comAsia Week in New York. A... [Lire la suite]

Italian, 16th century, Pectoral cross set with intaglios with signs of the zodiac. Photo courtesy Sotheby's inscribed: DVM SPERO VNICVM CRVCIS HAC IN IMAGINE STELLA \ SANGVINE SIC RVBEAT SPES MEA CHRISTE TVO \ AVREA CEV RVBET HAEC CHRISTIVM SPERO \ DOMINI FVGITE PARIES ADVERSA ECCE \ VICIT LEA DE TRIBV IVDA; the upper gem on the lower arm possibly earlier; gold, set with heliotrope intaglios; 84mm., 3 5/16 in. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 GBP Provenance: private collection, the Netherlands;and thence by descent to the present owners... [Lire la suite]