Orange zig-zag vase

A hand case and hand painted vase done with a silver metalic glaze base.

Tribal elephant

A great cast and hand built brass elephant from a very particular area of Kerala, India.  The body is cast and then all of the detail work is hand applied making every piece a one of a kind sculpture.

Sunset vase

A hand cast, hand painted vase.

Standing oil lamp

A lost wax casting oil lamp done in the traditional Kerala style.  Little cotton wicks go into the little tray at the top, pour a little ultra pure lamp oil, light it up and you have a pretty stunning and serene object.

Sandstone Lakshmi head

A nice sandstone Lakshmi head.  We didn't get a chance to put a spacer between the wood block and the head before the photo was taken, so picture a little spacing between the two that also levels out the head.  When we get a chance, we will get a new photo up here, but for now, use your imagination.

Sandstone Buddha head

A nice sandstone Buddha head. We didn't get a chance to put a spacer between the wood block and the head before the photo was taken, so picture a little spacing between the two that also levels out the head.  When we get a chance, we will get a new photo up here, but for now, use your imagination.

Saggy horse

I love the pieces that come from this area of Kerala.  Each piece is hand cast and then the detail pieces are added on later.  Each piece is a unique piece specifically becasue there is so much hand work that comes after the casting.  I love the curved "sagging" back of the horse, although I'm hoping it's the artists liberal liscense at work here.

Polka dot vase

A hand thrown, hand painted vase.

Orange squiggles vase

Hand cast, hand painted vase.

Elephant head piece photo 4

A photo from a festival I was at in the hills of southern India at an elephant festival with some of the elephant with their head pieces in full display.

Elephant head piece

A stunning brass and fabric elephant head piece called a nettipallum.  Each piece of prass is hand stitched on to the heavy cotton fabric and Used in spectacular Indian fextivals and ceremonies.

Lakshmi

A nice and heavy silver and brass solid casting of the Indian god Lakshmi - the god of prosperity, generosity and beauty (among other attributes).

Hanging bronze oil lamp

A beautiful, hand cast bronze oil lamp.  Even the chain is hand cast - not linked together by individual links.  The tray at the top with the little fingers are where you put a wick (cotton kitchen string does the trick), specifically ultra pure lamp oil so it only burns with a wick, and you have a pretty stunning, serene object that reflects an ancient part of India.

Wood wall shrines

These are all old wall shrins that would have traditionally had a little god figure or a photo of a family member in them as a form of prayer/meditation.  We can put these on a stand for you for an additional $25.  Or picture a series of them "floating" on a wall.

Bronze cooking bowl - uruly

These start at $125 for a 10" diamteter and go all the way up to around $3500 for a 40" diamteter.  Hand made in every aspect from making the sand for the mold in a specific recipie to melting the bronze to casting the piece itself, these pieces are all antiques and reflect an amazing period in the history of Kerala, India.

Fleur de Lys vase

A beautiful hand thrown, hand painted silver metallic base vase.

Crazy-s-vase

A hand cast, hand painted silver metallic vase.

Bronze ankle bracelet

These are festival ankle bracelets from Kerala.  We have singles as well as pairs.  They have little beads inside them so they rattle while the dancer is spinning around.  We also can put them on a stand for you for an additional $45.

Print blocks

Indian textile block prints.  Rather than just buying a pile of them on our buying trips, we sit down and go through literally hundreds of them, selecting maybe a hundred in our final group.  The point is, these are really nice ones.  We can also put them on a stand for an additional $25.  Picture a group of five at varying heights on a mantle, or a group of 15 "floating" on a wall.

Betel nut boxes

These are old Burmese betel nut boxes - used for storing betel nut to smoke.  They are made out of coiled bamboo and layer upon layer of lacquer.  We actually found these in Kerala where there is a large contingent of ex-pat Burmese.  Beautiful decorative pieces that open up with a single tray inside.

Vegetable dyed antique bed legs

Antque bed legs painted with vegetable dyes, very specific to this part of India:  Kerala.  They are around 24" tall, and to find a group in this good of shape is quite rare these days.  We also turn these into pretty stunning lamps - those will run you $445 each.

bronze temple bell

A great reproduction and a wonderful casting of a traditional Thai temple bell - complete with the two Nagas - or dragons and two elephants.  It's around 10" tall on its own and would also look really good on a solid stone or wood stand (one more photo).

brass bowl gong

A nice and thick brass bowl around 11" in diameter that not only gets rung by doing the around the lip of the bowl thing, but typically it was also used by just striking it like a gong.  It has a truly beautiful sound to it that rings for well over a minute.  Its also old.  You could also do our favorite thing - fill it with water and float flowers in it.

African goat hair fly swats

These are fly swats or swishes with goat hair that would have most likely been used by some sort of village official.  Wood carved handle with hair swish tied together with really nicely done copper weaving.  $185 each

Old fabric print blocks from southern India

Old print blocks used on fabrics, these come in a variety of sizes and shapes, and we sell them on the stand for $70 as well as no stand for $30.  We hand select each one, typically sorting through around three to four hundred and coming away with just one hundred.  I'm just saying, we put maybe a little too much time into picking really nice ones.

Five layer silver necklace from Laos

An elegant low grade silver necklace from a hill tribe on the border of Laos and China.  Each tribe has their own formal jewelry - I think this one is from the Miao tribe, but I could be wrong and will try to find out.

Sugar Grinder Cogs

These are all different types of parts for sugar cane grinders, all made from some type of fruit wood, they make great little interesting side tables, with or without a glass top.

Granite Market Weights

These are some of the first things I ever bought on a buying trip and still remain to be one of my favouriet, not only for their look - fitting in both modern and traditional homes alike, gardens, door stops - but equally important to me is their story.  From the spice island coast of south west India, they were used to weigh the spices that Columbus was on his way to find a faster route to reach this area.  Retailing for small - $70, medium - $90, large - $110.

Bronze Ankle Bracelets

The are three examples of old bronze festival ankle bracelets from south west India.  We offer them in three general sizes as single pieces as well as the occasional pairs that are hard to find.  Retailing for small - $190, medium - $230, large - $330.  Pairs are naturally double those prices.

Medium Bronze Buddha, Thai style

This is a single cast very heavy medium bronze Buddha.

Brown Thumbprint Vases

Glazed in shades of sumac and brown, each is hand-thrown and patterned with an individual "thumbprint" design.  Large 38" $350 • medium 30" $250 • small 21" $150

Bronze Ayutthaya style Buddha

A very serene bronze casting of the "touch the earth" pose of Buddha done in the Ayutthaya style.

Bronze cooking bowl called an uruly

These are a very traditional cast bronze bowl from the south of India called "urulies" (ooh-ruh-lees). All of the pieces we get are antique and are done in a lost wax techinque. That basically means no to are exactly alike. They range in price from 8" for $150 all the way up to 38" for around $2500 retail. Great for a number of things like basins for cool looking vanities to great garden pieces or centerpieces on a dining table.

Black basket vase

Hand built vase in two sizes, in a matte black glaze.  Medium is $78 and large is $90

Torso Vase

Great hand built and textured vase

Butter Churner

These are old turned wood butter churners out of India. They come in a variety of sizes, and each one is turned differently.

Pewter Meadow Bowl

This lovely bowl is made entirely of little pewter flowers in a variety of shapes and sizes.

Bed Leg Lamp

This is a vegetable dyed bed leg from the late 1800's (or earlier - they stopped making vegetable dyes around that time), that we turned into a lamp. 

Peacock Oil Lamp

Imported from India, this solid bronze oil lamp has a preening peacock perched at the top.

Wallpaper Roller Lamp

These lamps are made from the actual antique rollers used in wallpaper printing machines - each is unique in pattern and size, but they average around 36"h with the shade. 

Wagon Wheel Hub

Old Thai wagon wheel hub, we have a few of these, all in this general style.

African Head Rest

Used by African tribes to maintain elaborate hair styles while sleeping.  

Pewter Oval Leaf Bowl

The same pewter branch motif as our Leaf Vase, but the shape is more oval.  

Ox Yoke

An old Thai ox yoke, a few of them are available, all in this style.

Masai Neckrest

African wood "pillows," each is unique in it's hand carved design and average around 7"h x 5-6"w. 

Etheopian Carved Wood Neckrest

Carved wood neckrest from Etheopia.

Curly Necklace on Stand

These are from a very small tribe on the border of China and Laos. It is their traditional costume jewelry, the style changing from village to village. This piece is made from one piece of silver.

Chainmail Necklace

Like the curly necklace in this section, this piece is made out of one strand of silver, and amazing silver-smithing technique that is hard to comprehend. Again from a small group of people in the mountains of Laos.

Medium Green Thumbprint Lamp

There is also a large version of this around 34" tall.  This is the medium green thumbprint lamp at 30".

Lattice Lamp

ceramic lamp with hand painted lattice design in a light green crackle glaze. price includes a shade in ivory, beige or black. Was $575, now sale priced at $225 (add shade: $50).

Etheopian Silver Coptic Crosses

Silver coptic crosses used in ceremonial processionals, each mounted on a stand of reclaimed wood.  Small $150, Medium $230, Large $370, X-Large $550

Three Layer Silver Tribal Necklace

From a hill tribe in Northern Laos, this necklace is very specific to the tribe in the same way the other silver necklace in this section is to another tribe. Retail $550