 A wooden screen painted with an image of the Buddha.
A wooden screen painted with an image of the Buddha.Dimensions (panel only: 67 cm by 52 cm (26 ins by 20 1/2 in).Thai, Bangkok Style,Ratanakosin period, 19th century.Please note: The mount is modern.
|  A terracotta votive plaque
A terracotta votive plaque with multiple depictions of seated Buddhas.Height: 10 ½ ins, 26.5 cm.Burma, Pagan period, circa 12th century.
|  A small bronze lingham
A bronze lingham of slightly tapering form, in three sections- round, hexagonal and square.Height: 2.5 cm, 1 in.Khmer, Angkor Wat or Bayon style, 12th -13th century.
|  A small black terracotta piggy bank
A small black terracotta piggy bank with a humorous face. Eastern Javanese, Majapahit period, circa 15th century.Length: 15 cm, 6 ins.Price: £1,250.A long tradition of trade between China and Java culminated with the establishment of a trading colony in 1297. The Chinese were subsequently responsible for the first regular use of coins in Java, a practice that became widespread by the 15th century. During the 14th and 15th centuries, large numbers of terracotta rams, turtles, frogs and pigs were made, all provided with a slot in the back for the insertion of copper coins. Pigs were particularly popular because of their association with prosperity and were modelled with great care, usually wearing heavy necklaces and consisting of short, squat legs supporting great fat bodies. Elephants are rare. Javanese money-boxes were unlikely to have been owned by individuals and probably had a ritual function, attached to household or village shrines.
|  A rock crystal lingham.
A rock crystal lingham of tapering form.Height: 2.8 cm, 1 1/8 ins.Khmer, 9th-13th century.
|  A rock crystal lingham
A rock crystal lingham of tapering form.Height: 3.4 cm, 1 5/16 ins.Khmer, 9th-13th century.
|  A red terracotta piggy bank
A red terracotta piggy bank with a smiling face and a bell and chain around his neck.Eastern Javanese, Majapahit period, circa 15th century.Length: 23 cm, 9 ins. A long tradition of trade between China and Java culminated with the establishment of a trading colony in 1297. The Chinese were subsequently responsible for the first regular use of coins in Java, a practice that became widespread by the 15th century. During the 14th and 15th centuries, large numbers of terracotta rams, turtles, frogs and pigs were made, all provided with a slot in the back for the insertion of copper coins. Pigs were particularly popular because of their association with prosperity and were modelled with great care, usually wearing heavy necklaces and consisting of short, squat legs supporting great fat bodies. Elephants are rare. Javanese moneyboxes were unlikely to have been owned by individuals and probably had a ritual function, attached to household or village shrines.
|  A pair of softwood lattice panels framed in red box
A pair of softwood lattice panels (chuang), each constructed in a complex compound presentation design, each strut with rounded edge and enclosed within a moulded frame, the panel set in a modern red wooden box frame.Chinese, 19th centuryDimensions including red frame:Height: 94 cm (37 inches).Width: 52 cm (20.5 inches).Depth: 2.5 cm (1 inch).
|  A pair of painted and lacquered sutra boxes
A pair of painted and lacquered wooden sutra boxes decorated with scenes from the Ramayana epic.Sizes: (Large)H.26.5 cm; L. 81cm, D.27 cm. (Medium)H.22 cm; L. 66.5 cm; D. 24 cm.Thai,Bangkok style, Rattanakosin period, 19th century
|  A massive iron temple bell
A massive iron temple bell with a Chinese inscription on the side.Height: 100 cm, 39 1/2 ins.Diameter: 79 cm, 31 ins.Chinese, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
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