https://www.chinalai.net/jewelry daily 0.75 2021-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453386021086-MN0NCZH59NYL11WNX88M/IMG_0062x_300.jpg jewelry - Hollow silver Hmong neckpiece, Siam or Laos, circa 1900. Five high quality silver tubular layers give this antique piece a stunningly contemporary look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453386021086-MN0NCZH59NYL11WNX88M/IMG_0062x_300.jpg jewelry - Hollow silver Hmong neckpiece, Siam or Laos, circa 1900. Five high quality silver tubular layers give this antique piece a stunningly contemporary look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456850533812-4IYW0WA0OZ0Q1HOXI8HC/CTA---Bracelets-2-11-%289%29.jpg jewelry - Pair of silver bracelets, Burma, late 19th century. These high quality solid silver sculptural bracelets culminate in lotus buds, important symbols in Buddhism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546129119-TVFQTEDJXVQEQ8TN1D16/IMG_0155.jpg jewelry - Amazonite beads, China, turn-of-the-century. Hand-cut irregular but well-matched beads with lovely colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546051316-4H6ABGZFV0MAQ7WET7IT/agate-pendants_Tibet.jpg jewelry - Agate pendants, China, turn-of-the-century. The variety and intrigue of banded agate is evident in these flat pendant-like beads. Sold separately (3 left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456850572143-O9LZQFMNFUWMKAAW8OOL/IMG_0013.jpg jewelry - Silver anklet pair, India, turn-of-the-century. One of the largest pairs of their kind, mounted on custom-made metal bases to display their amazing sculptural quality. Formed in two parts and hollow. (See France Borel, Splendour of Ethnic Jewelry, pp. 136 and 137.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472397885403-04JQEFR1YDC08HEBAP6S/Hollow-silver-neck-torque-with-repousse-pendants_China_late-19th-century_300.jpg jewelry - Silver neckpiece, China, late 19th century. Two pendants on a hollow neck torque together are a prime example of the fine craftsmanship of antique Han Chinese pendants depicting scenes from legend or mythology. The pendants have traces of gold wash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546162041-SFBK9HPYCQX4NJGKUL3E/Miao-twisted-silver-wire-bracelet-pair-c_Guizhou_China_circa-1900_300.jpg jewelry - Miao silver bracelet pair, China, early 20th century. Early Miao (Hmong) silver jewelry shows a great variety of artistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456850542979-4FQCM2QOXWWAPRB7J6ZS/CTA---Bracelets-2-11-%2848%29.jpg jewelry - Silver bracelet, India, late 19th century. Solid and with fine, graphic detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456929595654-V9TCUL4R76MFEHLXAPG7/coins-dated-from-1917-1930s.jpg jewelry - Silver neckpiece, Pakistan, early to mid 20th century. With dated coins and glass 'gems' in perfect original condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453386038598-ON85QQFFSKPV4VIE9799/ancient-carnelian-beads_Afghanistan.jpg jewelry - Carnelian beads, Afghanistan or Persia, 100 BCE to 200 AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472413443831-QMV90668AF90IPD1VRGS/WaLawa-silver-bracelet-pair_Burma_Thailand_circa-1900_300.jpg jewelry - Silver bracelet pair, Burma, turn-of-the-century. SOLD Extremely elongated lotus bud ends make these high quality silver bracelets both collectors' items and weapons, perhaps to frighten away evil spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546162134-916RIKEGPMG6P6EWGHFW/Lahu_Akha_or-Lisu-solid-silver-bracelet-with-confronting-serpents_Siam-Burma_circa-1900_300.jpg jewelry - Hill Tribe silver bracelet, Golden Triangle or China, 19th century. High quality solid silver worked into two confronting dragon heads holding, or fighting over, the pearl, symbol of power, energy and wisdom. On custom-made metal base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546169968-TQAYW5SR4WE8A7Y0BC0P/Siam_circa-1900_standing-view_72.jpg jewelry - Pair of Akha, Lahu, Lisu or Wa/Lawa silver bracelets, Burma or Siam, turn-of-the-century. Long and rare matching pair of high quality silver spirals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456850575736-IRTLWLMLNC6OJ50F5PRU/IMG_0014.jpg jewelry - Akha, Lahu or Lisu silver clothing ornaments, Burma or Siam, early 20th century. Separate silver toggles made it possible for these striking disks of high quality silver to be used also as jacket fasteners. On custom-made metal bases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456846193273-4DVVV16IH7K72U8WIZL3/Yi-silver-earrings-pair_Sichuan_China_early-mid-1900s_front_300.jpg jewelry - Yi silver earrings, China, early 20th century. Wonderful detail on this pair of Yi earrings from Sichuan Province. Yi silver jewelry is quite rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546100846-WW28TZXM5P02T2G7ETPU/CTA---Bracelets-2-11-%2834%29.jpg jewelry - Silver bracelet, India, turn-of-the-century. A solid silver bangle with confronting open-mouthed makara heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472414681272-F15YSPIGTZ0BBNS67PPT/Hmong-soul-locks-2-ljc.jpg jewelry - Hmong silver pendants, Siam or Laos, turn-of-the-century. High quality silver pendants like these were worn on silver chains alone or suspended from a silver neck torque and were believed to lock the souls into the body. Old pendants like these from the late 19th to early 20th century are quite rare; the elongated ones even moreso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453547044125-A29230F20A4D68VA8H97/P1050217pr.jpg jewelry - Silver and turquoise bracelet, Oman, 18th or 19th century. A very old and rare tiny silver Bedouin bracelet that opens with a hinge and pin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453547098847-B088QEPRZHMAR7NS0J7W/T1_CTA---Bracelets-2-11-%2846%29.jpg jewelry - Silver bracelet, India, turn-of-the-century. Hollow, with fine detail and granulation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456850623001-4U551RH2G6Y0GS4MUHFY/Zuni-belt-buckle.jpg jewelry - Zuni silver inlay belt buckle, U.S., Fine coral, jet, turquoise and mother-of-pearl inlay in silver create lovely detail in this unique 1940s buckle from the American Southwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546162293-C0AMRW3E0WJPDCVUY8K4/P1010480.jpg jewelry - Silver pendant, South India, early 20th century. A very unusual large pendant with a central cobra flanked by two deities with human heads and serpentine bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453547044162-3TC2CSY0BSYDAYVI9IV2/P1030495.jpg jewelry - Enameled silver fish pendant, Yao or Hmong, South China or northern Siam, 19th century. Similar to a Victorian chatelaine, this finely detailed fish and quite rare fish is suspended from a woven silver chain; and has tools hanging below its body, including miniature tweezers, toothpick and ear spoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546810028-Z58ICV9A1RGTJ8PE4QSE/Shan-bracelets-008.jpg jewelry - Silver bracelet, Kachin, Burma, 19th century. A rare bracelet unique to a remote region of Burma near the Chinese border yet with sophisticated silver craftsmanship in a variety of techniques.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472418751576-7LAW9NSB1MCSIW3PGT7N/Miao-solid-silver-heavy-bracelet-wound-with-silver-wire_Guizhou_China_late-19th-century_side-view_300.jpg jewelry - Miao silver bracelet, China, 19th century. An unusually large and heavy solid medium quality silver bracelet from the Miao (Hmong) people of Guizhou Province. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472418905221-FPKQ7H0DRFK812Y5JFSR/DSCN0029.jpg jewelry - Hill Tribe silver pendant, Golden Triangle, 19th century. Multi-layered pendants like this might have been worn suspended from a neck torque or clothing down the back or front. The silver is of high quality and the fact that there are no parts missing make this rare large adornment more rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453547127133-293EX3S2NHJ55QVKLORO/Wuya-style-silver-bracelet-pair%2C-Guizhou%2C-circa-1900%2C-300.jpg jewelry - Miao silver bracelet pair, China, early 20th century. Of solid silver and excellent workmanship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456846207134-PWNYI2CPHEBJ1BV90SDJ/Hmong-neck-ring-pair_Laos_19th-century_300.jpg jewelry - Pair of Yao or Hmong silver neck torques, Laos, 19th century. A rare and outstanding matched pair of high quality Hill Tribe silver neck rings from northern Laos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472431653680-WXC5W3YSLIAKJJZEXSZA/CTA---Bracelets-2-11-%2852%29.jpg jewelry - Silver bracelet pair, India, 19th century. Fine craftsmanship gives the worn serpentine bodies of the makara the look and feel of snake skin in this special pair of hollow silver bracelets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472431585265-MV5FKQOU6QMKH3C27F0Z/IMG_8856.jpg jewelry - Berber silver anklet pair, Morocco, early 20th century. Simple and elegant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472431212727-OH6BGKQKGSPGTQPEK3LB/Akha_Lahu-or-Lisu-engraved-silver-bracelet-pair_Siam_Burma_circa-1900_top-view_300.jpg jewelry - Akha, Lahu or Lisu silver bracelet pair, northern Burma or Siam, early 20th century. A matched pair of high quality silver with full vivid lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546186865-03FDZU34ZEOBRUMM4WZ9/T1_Yao-silver-back-necklace-with-solid-silver-beveled-torque_circa-1900_closeup-of-fish_300.jpg jewelry - Mien Yao silver wedding necklace, Siam, Laos or China, early 20th century. Detail of a unique style of ceremonial necklace worn in a unique manner, suspended either from the back of the thick ruff of the Mien woman's robe or from the side hooks of a silver neck torque, it is replete with woven chains, beads, rods, dangles and bells making it an auditory as well as visual delight. Since silver was treasured spiritually as well as esthetically, it was relinquished with great reluctance, often causing elaborate necklaces like these to be sold in pieces. Thus not many have been preserved and finding a complete and original one is rare. Reference: Paul and Elaine Lewis, Peoples of the Golden Triangle, p. 58; Jess G. Pourret, THE YAO The Mien and Mun Yao in China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, pp. 56 and 153.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453546810218-EPLHSLJHK6FC0G5PMLXV/Twisted-wire-silver-bracelet-pair_usually-Akha_Siam_Burma_China_circa-1900_inside-angle_300.jpg jewelry - Wa/Lawa pair of silver bracelets, northern Siam, late 19th century. A matched pair of twisted wire bracelets of high quality silver in excellent condition from a group of people indigenous to northern Thailand. https://www.chinalai.net/objects daily 0.75 2021-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548669033-CN34GGFTLV5P0T29XXB2/T1_Yao-mask_350.jpg objects - Yao priest or shaman's wood mask, China/northern Thailand or Laos, late 19th century. SOLD Embellished with horse hair and ritualistic papers, the mask was used to repel evil spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548669033-CN34GGFTLV5P0T29XXB2/T1_Yao-mask_350.jpg objects - Yao priest or shaman's wood mask, China/northern Thailand or Laos, late 19th century. SOLD Embellished with horse hair and ritualistic papers, the mask was used to repel evil spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453403598165-CHOU3BHYRLBGDS51GXS2/image-asset.jpeg objects - Yao priest's or shaman's iron dagger with cloth adornment, China/northern Thailand or Laos, 19th century. Ceremonial knives like this one were used to frighten away malevolent spirits by stabbing or shaking it as a rattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548195754-N3SO7VUF9YF5UX9BSGPR/01GoldBuddha.JPG objects - Shan wood Buddha, Burma, late 19th century. Carved from one block of wood, painted gold and seated in earth-witnessing position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548195881-6CRDZXLXO9GHN0A2JCPS/03LaostandBuddha.JPG objects - Bronze standing Buddha, Laos, 1827-1893. With a serene face and lovely flowing lines, the figure rests on its separate base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1497370277483-B039EG911ABZ4EN6040M/Miao-ceremonial-drinking-horns.jpg objects - Hmong (Miao) painted buffalo horn drinking vessels, South China, 19th century. The daily and ceremonial life of the Hmong is depicted through painting and inlaid metal lines visually separating the various symbols and stories into sections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548655537-FI3PLWKMD6OS1YA2ZT4D/T1_Mogallana-and-Sariputta-II%2C-wood%2C-plychrome-heads%2C-Burma%2C-1.jpg objects - Sculpted polychromed wood heads of Mogallana and Sariputta, Burma, 18th/19th century. Buddha's two major disciples, one known for his magic, the other for his vast knowledge of the Buddhist Dharma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548233778-TW642TXMX3M3SQZYZEX3/FullSizeRender-4sizedup.jpg objects - Coco de mer, Seychelle Islands, late 19th century. Vertical half with a fine shape and patina, this naturally grown giant palm tree seed is unique to the Seychelles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492550539541-1EYQF3S1JSU7EV5X0ZEC/T1_Chinese-processional-mask_19th-century_72.jpg objects - Polychromed wood foo dog processional mask, China, 18th/19th century. Of a very rare extraordinarily large size, this mask has an articulated mouth, leather ears and a natural fiber beard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492551191057-NFQQG594YCWMZHH7YDKZ/FullSizeRender-2.jpg objects - Wood puppet heads, China, circa 1900. Chinese opera came to villages via the puppet stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548668928-SQDF53QPXIPB4VIJECMS/T1_weft-tying-stands_Cambodia_circa-1900_350.jpg objects - Pairs of painted and lacquered wood weft tying stands, Cambodia, late 19th century. Sliding the stands closer or farther apart along a wooden bar inserted through the hole in each stand enabled the weaver to wind the weft yarn to a particular measurement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492551351118-VES01N8TDI6M7P9YER68/IMG_1342.JPG objects - Wood and horn toggles, China, late 19th to early 20th century. The auspicious, energetic and clever monkey was a popular subject for hand-carved toggles that suspended the tobacco box at the hip, much like Japanese netsuke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492550199242-9HYZWKBVEILXW20TU8GJ/IMG_2557+2.jpg objects - Yi wood storage box, South China, 19th century. A rare chip-carved box with slide opening probably used to store ritual or very important personal objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548341661-TPDWVICHX1GBAGILO9NY/rain-drum_1a.jpg objects - Bronze ceremonial 'rain' drum, Burma, 18th/19th century. A Heger Type III bronze drum with stacks of frogs at the four compass points of the tympan and elephants and snails climbing up the side seam. Some stains and repairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492543923835-C6FT3M9ST0QY07MLR1T2/IMG_9517.jpg objects - Polychrome wood monk, Burma, 19th century. SOLD In flowing dress and holding his walking stick and prayer beads; with fine facial features and general detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492544100658-SI81Y81C9ZRNIZQ5DB2E/IMG_9697.jpg objects - Yao priest or shaman's ceremonial wood mask, China/northern Thailand or Laos, late 19th century. Worn or carried during rituals, masks like these frightened away malevolent spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548233875-QJ913OT9PH8P8BBPT7BI/IMG_0002.jpg objects - Silver temple bell, India. mid 20th century. SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495467617214-YBZC37GLXDWR9RNWRTMS/Buddhas+and+manuscripts.jpeg objects - Buddhas, Buddhist manuscripts and painting of Buddhas, Siam, Burma, Laos, circa 1900 to early 20th century. Large wood Buddha, Siam, Ratanakosin period, sits atop Burmese manuscripts, circa 1900, surrounded by Tai Yai Buddhas, Shan, Burma, in front of a painting on cloth from Laos of past, present and future Buddhas, early 20th century. https://www.chinalai.net/show-schedule daily 0.75 2026-02-12 https://www.chinalai.net/show-schedule/2026/7/9/international-folk-art-market-santa-fe monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/61eaefe5-830f-4463-b5db-0f7b8b4ae2c2/IMG_0099.jpg SHOWS - INTERNATIONAL FOLK ART MARKET, SANTA FE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chinalai.net/show-schedule/2022/5/11/heart-o-the-mart-brimfield monthly 0.5 2022-04-28 https://www.chinalai.net/show-schedule/2022/8/9/eye-of-the-chinalais-chinalai-modern-at-toko-santa-fe monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/d15d5ca3-1a6c-4b5f-a568-ba12d9ddf2db/Vichai.jpg SHOWS - EYE OF THE CHINALAIS (CHINALAI MODERN) at TOKo Santa Fe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chinalai.net/show-schedule/2022/8/12/whitehawk-antique-indian-amp-ethnographic-art-show monthly 0.5 2026-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495232790734-K41CCQ8GRJ9Q03XX89IP/1_Dao+Quan+Chet+priest+robe_Vietnam_early-mid+1900s_back+detail+closeup_25+x+38+inches_400.jpg SHOWS - WHITEHAWK ANTIQUE INDIAN & ETHNOGRAPHIC ART SHOW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.chinalai.net/show-schedule/2022/5/31/auspicious-dreams-tribal-blankets-of-southern-china monthly 0.5 2022-04-28 https://www.chinalai.net/paintings-drawings daily 0.75 2018-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548770883-M7AZUJE6WYPB1SVITB4O/T1_IMG_1039.jpg paintings & drawings - Ancestor painting, South China, Qing period. Group portrait painted on paper and mounted on Chinese scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548770883-M7AZUJE6WYPB1SVITB4O/T1_IMG_1039.jpg paintings & drawings - Ancestor painting, South China, Qing period. Group portrait painted on paper and mounted on Chinese scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456942943562-DWYP165ZV5VWF1O9FR9Y/IMG_1166.jpg paintings & drawings - Taoist painting, China, 19th century. Gorgeously executed painting in fine detail on paper mounted on Chinese scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548771060-FRNA5NTU33MU0FI9BJ21/IMG_1022.jpg paintings & drawings - Ancestor painting, China, 19th century. Portrait of a civil servant couple with lovely detail in the background screen, altar table and clothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548771243-9UNYE6D6QS8BGHEI2MOQ/cosmic-universe-with-center-cross_2_500.jpg paintings & drawings - Yantra painting on cloth, Burma, 19th century. The master who produced this unusual and beautifully executed yantra on stiffened cotton cloth used vegetal pigments and natural ink. In lieu of Buddha sitting at the center of the drawing and the symbolic center of the cosmic universe, there is a cross containing powerful sacred gatha (chants) and representing Mount Meru. The overall effect of the combination of 28 Buddhas alternating with cabalistic squares is one of dimension. Elegantly drawn deva, spirits or angels, guard each cardinal direction, giving a contradictory impression of being anchored to the central mandala and of ethereal flight. This magical drawing invites respect for Buddha and his teachings and invokes compassion, support and protection from all directions. 42” x 42”   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548772711-TWYI087HBZBZTD3L9W7W/IMG_0025_300A.jpg paintings & drawings - Painting of a Lohan, China, 19th century. A rare painting by a very fine hand of a Chinese Lohan in liquid gold on a persimmon background. Artist unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548772741-TI97WIR04KCTKMS9QQZR/Buddha-Sakyamuni_China_18th-19th-century-A.jpg paintings & drawings - Painting of a Boddhisattva, China, Qing period, detail. Detail from a set of three paintings of Boddhisattvas, China, early 19th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548773446-CAQT5PMU59OKG5SA9HTR/T1_IMG_1017.jpg paintings & drawings - One of a pair of ancestor paintings, China, 19th century. A rare oversized portrait of a nobleman painted on silk and mounted on a Chinese scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495312236987-3EZZZHWTBOD0JN6UD5A2/IMG_9484.jpg paintings & drawings - Yao painting on cotton cloth, China, early 20th century. Ink and pigment on cotton cloth depicting Taoist gods and ancestors. Mounted on cloth stretched on a wood frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1497370738243-U67QQQHDXFXPMSEPH75O/IMG_0060.jpg paintings & drawings - Yantra drawing on cloth, Lanna, Burma or Siam, circa 1900. A piya yantra for compassion and affection, filled with charms and full of charm, probably for a man who intended to win the heart of a woman, it features double-tailed geckos, a half-horse deva (spirits or angels), and an earth goddess at the center of the cosmos. Within circles are the peacock and the hare representing the sun and the moon. The eight circles represent the eight major and minor compass points, assuring the the magic will travel in all directions. 2'3" x 2' 2.5" mounted on cloth stretched over a wood frame. (Reference: Chinalai, "Sex and Spirit in Magical Yantra") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548773130-L9RTUJWZOAJI9FTOCB1G/IMG_1204.jpg paintings & drawings - Painting of a legendary god, China, 19th century. Pigment on paper mounted on a Chinese paper scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548773024-X8W9EKY3CB84GB93ECV7/IMG_1203.jpg paintings & drawings - Painting of a legendary god, China, 19th century. Pigment on paper, mounted on a Chinese scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495312451453-0XF00RLBNAIA7729BTV3/IMG_1033x.jpg paintings & drawings - Ancestor painting, China, Qing period. Group portrait in fine detail, highlighting the family's formal dress and rank badges. Painted on paper and mounted on Chinese scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1497370783298-J79VCLOYA3H95Q3U3EE5/IMG_0068.jpg paintings & drawings - Yantra drawing on cloth, Lanna, Burma or Siam, circa 1900. Buddha is flanked by two women, most likely the goddesses of earth and water, presenting him with respectful gestures. Buddhism dominates this drawing but combines with animistic figures to promote support and compassion between members of the opposite sex. Mounted on cloth stretched on wood frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548773570-73KH1PKK50RJ4A8XBKRC/T1_Set-of-3-paintings_China_Qing-period_20-x-90_72.jpg paintings & drawings - Set of three paintings, China, early 19th century. Paintings of Bodhisattvas, with rich mineral pigments on canvas-backed paper, each approximately 20" x 90". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492626953562-WVSP6PUQMMF58OC8WTPE/IMG_0003_400.jpg paintings & drawings - Rare Taoist painting on cloth, China, early 19th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548772900-EB0J4ZFYR8HT43V682N1/IMG_1199.jpg paintings & drawings - Painting of Guan Yin, China, 18th or 19th century. Rare fine painting of Guan Yin in pigment on paper, mounted on a Chinese scroll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453548773204-S3XS910C5CIWUWUODKOR/IMG_1253.jpg paintings & drawings - Painting, China, 19th century, detail. A detail of one painting of a rare set of ten paintings on paper mounted on Chinese scrolls of the Ten Court Judges of the underworld. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1494363461584-SCJALOCIBNWF9A23J4SL/Yao+painting+on+cloth+of+36+hsien%2C+dragons+and+Pa+Kua%2C+500.jpg paintings & drawings - Yao painting, China, circa 1900. Thirty-six hsien, dragons and the Pa Kua are painted on cloth in this charming Yao ceremonial painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495374252559-ZCSBOXQUGWTMVRMFWGJ9/Fragment+of+temple+painting+on+cloth%2C+Siam%2C+1930s%2C+500.jpg paintings & drawings - Temple painting on cloth, Siam, early to mid 20th century, fragment. Paintings on long swaths of cloth were hung in Buddhist temple pavilions as visual aids for monks to teach the laity about Buddhism. They usually depicted the last ten lives of the Buddha before enlightenment. https://www.chinalai.net/books-manuscripts daily 0.75 2017-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453409299552-1D0562IJ18G5ZG5DU1WX/03Taoistbook_detail.jpg books & manuscripts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453409299552-1D0562IJ18G5ZG5DU1WX/03Taoistbook_detail.jpg books & manuscripts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453409299562-UMEW8G1NOATEK2EMLO55/05acupuncturetext.jpg books & manuscripts - Handwritten, hand-drawn book on acupuncture, China, early 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453494148968-VNWLZGEXIPWQFJJL8O0T/kung-fu-book-A_c_2-pages_.jpg books & manuscripts - Handwritten, hand-drawn book on kung fu, China, mid-20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495298351271-5ZAPP6IEFAVYCUWOFW2D/01YiSichuan.jpg books & manuscripts - Nuosu bimo's (priest's) reference book on history and ritual, S. China, circa 1900. Hand-drawn and handwritten, the book shows figures from Yi mythology and legend and is a handbook for rituals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495298414740-8SSR644SBNS4HSX2TXMK/P1030775.jpg books & manuscripts - Yantra master's reference book, Lanna, Burma or Siam, late 19th century. Accordion folded hand-made paper has hand drawings and writing which were produced in auspicious herbal ink over time by one or more yantra masters or monks while in a meditative state. The rituals, for tattooing or drawings on paper, cloth or amulets, may incorporate Buddhism, Hinduism, astrology, numerology, cosmology and sometimes animism, in any combination to provide protection and invoke blessings from all directions of the cosmic universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453409299721-2SH3JFVKY4ZZUTRUM7HT/feng-shui-book_a.jpg books & manuscripts - Hand-drawn book on feng shui, China, early 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453409299813-IBSC07FQHIYZ8TY6QMJM/feng-shui-book_b.jpg books & manuscripts - Handwritten book on feng shui, China, early 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495298386921-ZR0UTH86VBNNRFVSETQZ/T1_Chinese-medical-book-for-rashes-and-blisters_a.jpg books & manuscripts - Hand-drawn medical book on rashes and blisters, China, early 20th century. With luck, one may find handwritten books on medical diagnoses and procedures, occasionally with notes added by students. https://www.chinalai.net/furniture-1 daily 0.75 2017-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495381747053-JIVGGXKEK3IRW8HPL3Y9/04teakchairsbench.jpg furnishings & accessories - Set of Anglo-Burmese teak chairs, circa 1930s. Four chairs and a bench are carved from rare teak wood. The seats have been replaced with new cane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495381747053-JIVGGXKEK3IRW8HPL3Y9/04teakchairsbench.jpg furnishings & accessories - Set of Anglo-Burmese teak chairs, circa 1930s. Four chairs and a bench are carved from rare teak wood. The seats have been replaced with new cane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495382069291-KIAXRE191BE4GVT7BTDR/03solidwoodplank.jpg furnishings & accessories - Low table of solid slab of old teak wood and cut antique wood water barrels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495382212284-JH68O438I6NT4A82L4I1/05teakfurnitureset.jpg furnishings & accessories - Teak wood table with four nesting side tables or stools, Siam, circa 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495382310639-0KZL8JYHKJ3KA60C4X0U/FullSizeRender-4.jpg furnishings & accessories - Pair of Anglo-Burmese teak wood chairs, circa 1930s. Chairs, with folding backs, are carved from rare teak wood. The seats have been replaced with new cane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453409259414-QL0X43S2PVEKS92L4A1X/04teakchairsbench.jpg furnishings & accessories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495382523417-VKKFM3IWV0PZLKDZGDYB/FullSizeRender-6.jpg furnishings & accessories - Pair of Anglo-Burmese teak wood chairs, circa 1930s. Chairs, with folding backs, are carved from rare teak wood. The seats have been replaced with new cane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495382687956-GGBGHV0HTQCY1Q4J0U7B/FullSizeRender-8.jpg furnishings & accessories - Carved wood temple ceiling finial, Burma, circa 1900. Hand-carved and painted gold, from a Buddhist temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454418542797-AG1I3SYRI1SY8USD1Z9L/FullSizeRender-18.jpg furnishings & accessories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495382771618-S3LAWAIG8K2LCD57DAMI/FullSizeRender-24.jpg furnishings & accessories - Pair of Anglo-Burmese teak wood chairs, circa 1930s. Hand-carved of rare teak wood; with new cane backs and seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495382917401-ADM2YO5V5WQZOVQ6IBWM/FullSizeRender.jpg furnishings & accessories - Pair of Anglo-Burmese chairs, circa 1930s. Hand-carved of rare teak wood, with new cane backs and seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495383042049-A5VHWHTOETO0MMYJLOKA/IMG_2413.jpg furnishings & accessories - Teak wood table with four nesting side tables or stools, Siam, circa 1930s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495244337395-SWXTKHMUREPJ4400DVOV/IMG_0142.jpg furnishings & accessories - Wood foot rest, northern China, circa 1900. Hand-carved of one block of very dense wood with a beautiful patina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495467984920-E5GLU970RPZ03MJVOZYA/P1060185.JPG furnishings & accessories - Wood altar, China, 18th or 19th century. Elaborately hand-carved and painted rare wooden altar in excellent condition. The top lifts off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495383524246-S8OS3V4E3I2O6BLT9G7X/P1060212.JPG furnishings & accessories - Wood burl root plant stand, China, mid 20th century. The natural formation of the roots wrapped around a rock here and there, but at top to create a unique intriguing stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495383684338-HA74ZBG6ZGLKXJRZ0SJH/P1060211.JPG furnishings & accessories - Wood burl root plant stand, China, mid 20th century, detail. The natural formation of the roots wrapped around rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495383856481-TJUTWQ108OX9V7T23LUG/P1060238.JPG furnishings & accessories - Water barrel, China, circa 1900. Most likely teak wood, carved from the trunk of one large tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495384769768-VUJCQCROONGFT9H0E3I7/P1060239.JPG furnishings & accessories - Teak wood objects, Siam, early 20th century. Sugar cane crushing apparatus, animal feeding troughs and a wooden post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495393468656-G5T66C41ZGNMD1NBBV8D/IMG_2518.jpg furnishings & accessories - Painted wood medicine cabinet, China, late 19th century. This medicine cabinet from an old Chinese apothecary as the pullout storage drawers in four segments, each labeled in white characters, and is painted in eye-catching red and yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495458851318-415VYIS543T4OJHD11AC/IMG_2207.jpg furnishings & accessories - Pair of Anglo-Burmese teak wood chairs and a bench, circa 1930s. With folding backs and replaced cane seats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495458854047-6PCJC6A93SMMVR1GV0Q0/DA3530CB.jpg furnishings & accessories - Apothecaries, China, late 19th century. Segmented drawers with labels stored herbs and medicines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495458949984-UY7ZAOF0KMJ7E7NNJBJY/IMG_2392.JPG furnishings & accessories - Pair of teak wood chairs, Siam, circa 1930s. With sweeping hand-carved arms. Low seats avoid compressing pressure points and are supposedly good for your health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495467254920-L1HC4OPQLFQOPVMGNPHN/IMG_9266+3.JPG furnishings & accessories - Pair of chairs, China, 19th century. These are lovely examples of the type of elm wood side chairs referred to as lamp-hanger chairs because of the resemblance of their high narrow backs to hangers for bamboo lamps; with three lovely openwork floral medallions on each splat. Wear consistent with age and use. Reference: Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture.   https://www.chinalai.net/china daily 0.75 2020-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903957156-BCP7AGJIPL51I22XPK1Y/IMG_0131.jpg China - Huayao silk and cotton embroidered head cloth, Hunan, China, early 20th century. A length of plaid cotton cloth with cross-stitch silk embroidery displays a wide colorful band with confronting birds at each end. The cloth was wrapped around the head many times to form a layered turban. Most antique artifacts from the Huayao are quite rare as the population is small and their textile tradition has diminished over time.       https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903957156-BCP7AGJIPL51I22XPK1Y/IMG_0131.jpg China - Huayao silk and cotton embroidered head cloth, Hunan, China, early 20th century. A length of plaid cotton cloth with cross-stitch silk embroidery displays a wide colorful band with confronting birds at each end. The cloth was wrapped around the head many times to form a layered turban. Most antique artifacts from the Huayao are quite rare as the population is small and their textile tradition has diminished over time.       https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1463453110103-C15VV32RX5P02NTOVIPS/DSCN0783.JPG China - Maonan silk and cotton wedding blanket, Guangxi, China, 19th century. A rare and lustrous tapestry woven blanket bordered in plain-woven cotton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456845965058-BP5L66TD7K8H7S4ZSVDW/4x5-001f.jpg China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456846066947-OHSWGSM6ILZLDDOQLUD9/A_Maonan-wedding-blanket_Guangzhou_China_late-19th-century.jpg China - Buyi or Zhuang silk and cotton wedding blanket, Southwest China, turn-of-the-century. The overall presentation and unusual background color make it appear as if the florets are floating in space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453904086196-RGGLFJ4IEB9M8RGS0NJZ/Danzhai-jacket_Guizhou_China_mid-to-late-19th-century_back-detail-2_400x.jpg China - Danzai silk and cotton woman's jacket, Guizhou, China, 19th century. Antique jackets with silk embroidery on cotton in very good condition like this one from the Miao people of Danzai are very rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456951784834-0TL7G5CB44MHB1G0MDZM/CS001A.jpg China - Yao silk and cotton woman's head cloth, Guangxi, China, early 20th century. Similar embroidered head cloths may be from northern Thailand or Laos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453904084712-LQT9VL5Y4GNVMXG4LQSI/4x5Transparency-Box02-004.jpg China - Yao Lantan priest's silk and cotton shaman's robe, Guangxi, China, late 19th century. Replete with auspicious figures and symbols in silk embroidery on cotton, robes like this one empowered the highest level Yao priest or shaman to perform ceremonies and intervene with ancestral ghosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1463398976693-BJRTJFGOA69BHSTAQAQE/IMG_7723.jpg China - Ha Li woman's silk and cotton skirt, Hainan, China, early 20th century. An important procession takes place in an exceptionally wide band around the mid-point of this excellent example of a Ha Li ceremonial tube skirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453904086978-1DULMJPQQZSLUMI0JTW1/Hezhen-fish-skin-pants-and-jacket-set_Heilongjiang_NE-China.jpg China - Hezhen fish skin jacket and pants, Hielongiang, China, mid 20th century. In the latter part of the 20th century only one or two families could still produce clothing like this made of joined pieces of fish skin, which makes even the later pieces extremely rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461028033794-E5YO4OYHCVR8SCUY9I73/IMG_7753.jpg China - Ha Li woman's silk and cotton skirt, Hainan, China, turn-of-the-century. Row upon row of ancestor or processional figures in discontinuous silk supplementary weft make this an outstanding example of a Ha Li tube skirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1463599036555-1RSQG98YGGCT3GJLZAZL/IMG_7769.jpg China - Ha Li silk and cotton skirt, Hainan, China, turn of the century. Subtle and abstract ancestor figures adorn this excellent example of a Ha sub-tribe Li woman's skirt with a brocade weave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461894531212-O0D5RKW1NBEK4VXODALA/IMG_8001.jpg China - Meifu Li silk and cotton head cloth, Hainan, China, late 19th or early 20th century. One of the most rare and graphic of the Meifu Li women's head cloths through silk embroidery on cotton at each end of a long narrow cloth wrap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1463570717592-9LN3E4BX1P6HY2U82YL6/IMG_7766.jpg China - Ha Li woman's silk and cotton jacket, Hainan, China, early 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461894758529-J00WJV09KQFVVGM2EDK1/IMG_8014.jpg China - Meifu Li woman's silk and cotton head cloth, Hainan, China, turn-of-the-century. A very full and rare Li woman's head cloth of silk embroidery on cotton depicting spiritual and everyday life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1460917995078-5KRO4F00SKVSN06NU3LC/IMG_8043.jpg China - Miao woman's silk and cotton top, Guangxi, China, early 20th century. Silk square patterns in cross-stitch embroidery on cotton identify this unusual top as belonging to Miao from Guangxi Province. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461068615369-VCLVJQPJH46VWNEIRH0Y/Yao-hat-with-beak-and-pom-poms-and-with-bone-comb_early-1900s_72.jpg China - Yao woman's headdress and bone comb, Guangxi, China, early 20th century. Yao woman’ headdress of stiffened cotton covered with a folded embroidered head cloth and adorned by three bright red pom-poms. A separate etched bone comb with glass beads was worn at back and added a fourth pom-pom to this very distinctive hat.     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1460919317388-UI97T846MCK61U0IQ9CO/IMG_8764.jpg China - Buyi silk and cotton blanket, Guizhou, China, late 19th century. A vibrant Buyi wedding blanket of silk supplementary weave on cotton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1460917492816-A23O96GBKCTQH7K7CPM3/P1060897.jpg China - Dandu Miao woman's jacket, Guizhou, China, early 20th century. A superb example of a Dandu Miao festive quilted woman's jacket which incorporates several sewing and dyeing techniques: embroidery, calendaring with egg white and colorful batik. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461069229919-LYD1Z36TXTY6C9MOS23X/IMG_8732.jpg China - Maonan silk and cotton blanket, Guizhou or Guangxi, China, 19th century. This is a highly unusual example that follows the typical construction of wedding blankets but is replete with cranes and phoenixes, feminine symbols. It was probably a presentation blanket for a matriarch, perhaps on her 60th birthday. The significance of the Maonan blankets in the life cycle is exemplified here even though its purpose may be atypical.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461118065095-83NPK59T2JROZTTM7BMU/IMG_9308.jpg China - Yao silk and cotton head cloth, Guangxi, China, circa 1900. Not every Yao embroidered head cloth displays rows of pompoms like this one which was worn as the top layer of several similar plain or embroidered cloths that covered a Yao (Mien) woman's structured headdress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1493221853268-GPDK56WXTGKX6DHZJ68D/IMG_2496_400.jpg China - Yi silk and cotton robe, Yunnan, China, late 19th century. Malipo Yi man’s tunic with silk appliqué on cotton and in trim on the sleeves (a beautiful and unusual addition); and cotton batik sleeves and hem. This tunic appears to be in rare original and excellent condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461118222947-3168XN4VJIKE8V63FRYP/M1-Nankai-Miao-skirt-and-shirt-set_-Guizhou_-early-mid-1900s_skirt.jpg China - Hmong cotton skirt, south China or northern Thailand, early to mid 20th century. This labor-intensive Hmong woman's skirt features fine indigo batik along the bottom and hundreds of small pleats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461118278461-J5HK6AT5MZVWBURSIRCX/Miao-batik-blanket-10%2C-Guizhou%2C-China%2C-early-to-mid-1900s%287%29.jpg China - Miao cotton hanging, Guizhou, China, early 20th century. Indigo dyed stenciled batik on three joined panels with fine detail in the figures of dragons, chili and phoenixes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461118330381-KKDR53H2BZ6PW5MSNAM9/Meifu-Li-skirt_Hainan_early-1900s_front.jpg China - Meifu Li skirt, Hainan, China, early 20th century. Meifu Li women's skirts with symbols and figures depicted in ikat fall into two categories: those with a band of silk supplementary weft and those that without that alternate ikat with plain weave. Those with the supplementary weave speak to a higher level of the weaver's skill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456850320582-761PJQUUKRWQSJOSO62Q/36_300back_Ha-Li-skirt_silk-and-cotton-supplementary-weft-on-hemp.jpg China - Ha Li silk and cotton skirt, Hainan, China, early 20th century. Many Ha Li textiles feature ancestral or processional figures indicating they most likely were used for festivals and ceremonies. The presentation varies with sub-tribe or village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1460919129042-BNTZGV5R87EP5YKYAXBP/IMG_8722.jpg China - Maonan silk and cotton blanket, Guizhou or Guangxi, China, 19th century. A very rare and lustrous Maonan wedding blanket of silk supplementary weave on cotton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456850320352-VM1TMK9NG3GGEXTXRSQN/4x5Transparency-Box02-006.jpg China - Yao (Mien) priest or shaman's hat, South China, northern Laos, Thailand or Vietnam, 19th century or earlier. For the highest level Yao priest, a hat of woven human hair conferred spiritual authority. According to the testimony of a priest in northern Thailand in the 1990s, even a small patch of human hair from a worn out old hat could serve to sanctify rituals. A complete hat is rare and highly important. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456850299899-MP6LRDXX362JGLUE9N21/4x5-001f.jpg China - Li silk and cotton tapestry, Hainan, China, early Qing period, 18th-19th century. Long bei (dragon cover) in three separate woven cotton panels. The rich, dense and vibrant silk embroidery includes an elaborate floral theme with flowers, vases and birds surrounding a central rectangle with mang dragons, qilin and phoenixes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461068347095-WALUQLJYWCAJ5W7LGU05/09Yitunic.jpg China - Yi cotton tunic, Sichuan, China, early to mid 20th century. A wonderful example of a Yi wedding tunic made striking through the use of bold and graphic appliqué. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1456952759389-UJ7GROUTIZL68Y0Z2BMW/P1050067.jpg China - Miao cotton hanging, Guizhou, China, early 20th century. Stenciled batik creates a night and day presentation with positive and negative graphics juxtaposing geometric and humanoid forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453904091209-EC5MH0I0O7OL9IGT2U7T/Yao-woman%27s-ceremonial-hat-set_hat-front-closeup_Guanxi_early-mid-1900s_350.jpg China - Yao headdress set, south China, early 20th century. One of many fascinating varieties of headdresses used by Yao sub-tribes during festivals and ceremonies, this hat with two peaks of stiffened cotton and strings of glass beads supports streamers, tassels and layers of plain and embroidered head cloths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1493221827744-9SE7NFQXPS4RDXHAEMPK/IMG_0039a.jpg China - Yao cotton baby carrier, Guangxi, China, late 19th century. One of the most beautiful examples of Yao appliqué with a lovely balance of color, design and protective devices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1493221813498-WQT4DI69RKC0FD5MJ9FS/IMG_0139.jpg China - Run Li skirt, Hainan, China, early 20th century. Run sub-tribe skirts often incorporate genealogy, architecture and everyday life into their woven patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1472328481858-3FFJBXJJTONVBU7WISRG/IMG_0108.jpg China - Hua Yao embroidered skirt, Hunan, China, early 20th century. A rare complete and all original Hua Yao woman's skirt. The main section is embroidered with cotton mostly in cross stitches and is bordered by two gathered cotton panels woven in silk supplementary weft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461171877257-0EPJQAVXTHF1YLTA02FV/IMG_0005-ATADA_300.jpg China - Tujia silk and cotton blanket, South China, 19th century. Although this exquisite textile is from one of the largest Chinese minority, the quality of its work places it among a small rare group of superb weavers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1463440753544-G3ANSD2WM3OGX6I4ND0Z/Shui-womans-quilted-jacket_back_Guizhou_early-1900s_B36.jpg China - Miao silk and cotton jacket, Guizhou, China, early 20th century. Quilted woman's jacket enhanced with touches of silk embroidery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1461895072863-1HGO1ZWF40JHR82YZLZ5/4x5-015.jpg China - Meifu Li silk and cotton skirt, Hainan, China, turn-of-the-century. An outstanding example of a Meifu Li woman's skirt with ikat and silk supplementary weave. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/56a357b4a2bab880d923b53f/56a8d0d6a128e689e5c68c96/1598365722364/DSC_0173.JPG China - Taoist cotton robe, Hunan, China We have seen only a few of these Taoist hand-painted robes from Hunan, mostly on linen. The cotton base on this one gives a certain brightness and clarity to the painted figures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453904084519-LDO8W471TWHWRI58RS0X/4x5-001f.jpg China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903950309-XCQ2SBF4B3MZME03YCEM/IMG_0005-ATADA_300.jpg China https://www.chinalai.net/loas daily 0.75 2017-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903950302-WOGKLCC0NSMFL4LL6Y97/IMG_0004.jpg Laos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903950302-WOGKLCC0NSMFL4LL6Y97/IMG_0004.jpg Laos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903959267-3229DQJ9TQKHWWZHN28C/IMG_0164.jpg Laos - Tai cotton and silk skirt, northern Laos, late 19th century. Alternating bands of ikat and supplementary weft are unique to this type of Tai skirt. This one has exceptionally clear ikat and appealing presentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903960190-YSPM2DOJSM7N9AAWXBNJ/IMG_0179.jpg Laos - Tai cotton and silk skirt, northern Laos, late 19th century. The most unusual aspect of this lovely Tai Daeng woman's skirt with exceptionally crisp ikat is that narrow stripes of ikat patterning are contained within the separating bands of supplementary weft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903961753-Q5ZHVFXC2QKXBR1VJ1UF/IMG_0217.jpg Laos - Tai silk and cotton skirt, northern Laos, late 19th century. The absence of supplementary weft weave between the bands of ikat separates this Tai Daeng woman's skirt from the more traditional motif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903962034-HBCDSF1JPNJKBU27BLD8/IMG_0223.jpg Laos - Tai silk and cotton skirt, northern Laos, late 19th century. Alternating narrow bands of plain weave and ikat patterning create another variety of the traditional Tai Daeng woman's skirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1491404424602-JNXXYPHNXQB8W5ID82XU/IMG_0238.jpg Laos - Tai cotton tube skirt, northern Laos, circa 1900. Unusual mostly ikat with supplementary weft stripes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903964085-NXQQ4S5CO421TEU789UH/IMG_0256.jpg Laos - Tai cotton and silk shaman's shoulder cloth, northern Laos, late 19th century. Extremely rare and beautiful, with silk supplementary weft on cotton base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903964391-4T2Z113XGFHMZSNPXA9Y/IMG_0262.jpg Laos - Tai cotton and silk shaman's shoulder cloth, northern Laos, late 19th century, detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903970749-EP4QE1VUB5TNBYWCI8WB/IMG_0475.jpg Laos - Cotton blanket or sleeping mat, border region of northern Laos and Vietnam, early 20th century. Woven of natural cotton yarn and natural indigo-dyed cotton, then framed in cotton, this graphic weaving might have been used as a mat for sitting or sleeping, or as a cover for warmth. A family might have several, usually stored in baskets, to be unfolded for its own use or offered as sitting mats to honored guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903970837-5USWUIDRTKUO355IP9LE/IMG_0479.jpg Laos - Cotton blanket or sleeping mat, border region of northern Laos and Vietnam, early 20th century, detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1493741767510-SQM1Y9LKR8GIUV5CM6VN/IMG_0583.jpg Laos - Tai silk and cotton blanket or hanging, northern Laos, circa 1900. Silk supplementary weft on silk with a full cotton border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903979777-TEM4PL1FXLD1A5Y0PIGZ/IMG_0592.jpg Laos - Tai silk and cotton blanket or hanging, northern Laos, circa 1900, detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903988866-6XM0PAHAFB1EZAITXCBE/Lao-wall-hanging_single-yellow-tiger_orange-ground.jpg Laos - Tai silk and cotton blanket/hanging, northern Laos or northwest Vietnam, early 20th century. Missing its cotton border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903989044-D6JA8TP2KBFX86P3PEB9/sua-tin-seo_Laos-or-Vietnam_circa-1900_front_350.jpg Laos - Silk and cotton funeral vestment, northern Laos, circa 1900. With silk supplementary weft lower band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903989139-HBD6AB892TD4GWM5UEIG/Tai-Daeng-shaman%27s-hat_-cotton-with-silk-supplementary-weft_-northern-Laos_early-1900s_300.jpg Laos - Tai silk and cotton shaman's hat, northern Laos, circa 1900. Silk supplementary weft on silk with cotton embellishments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1496623605739-7VY0DS11EXLO1KDC0WXU/P1050032.jpg Laos - Yao Lantan silver celestial crown, northern Laos, turn-of-the-century. The crown was affixed to a girl's bun or top knot during an initiation ceremony, then worn throughout her life, especially for marriage and other rituals. Silver pins, secured by thread and beaten human hair, form concentric circles around the perimeter of the crown which has a separately inserted silver disk embossed with a ten-pointed star representing the Umbrella of Fam Tsing, the Three Pure Ones, important Taoist gods. This crown is part of a set with a wrapping cloth and a slide-opening wooden storage box for silver hairpins, yarn and glass streamers. https://www.chinalai.net/cambodia daily 0.75 2017-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454419450231-1JIKM9QCLDEVZCNHQTTY/IMG_7263.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, 19th century. A fine example of a Cambodian pidan with outstanding detail and soft luminous colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454419450231-1JIKM9QCLDEVZCNHQTTY/IMG_7263.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, 19th century. A fine example of a Cambodian pidan with outstanding detail and soft luminous colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903802031-03XCMO7F6ZSPJICSKYSU/8a+Cambodian+pidan.JPG Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, 19th century, detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903800524-2828AXMHL5UR6ATAJG4Y/Cambodian+silk+ikat+pidan+with+serpents%2C+3%271+x+10%2711.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat ship cloth, Cambodia, 19th century. Confronting serpents, or nagas, surround a variety of temple altars, some in the shape of ships in this ceremonial hanging. 3'1" x 10'11" (Published in Green, Traditional Textiles of Cambodia, p. 291.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903810274-7BRUYMHY34VZKNLMHFT9/IMG_7074.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat ship cloth, Cambodia, 19th century, detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903801035-YGED6TTYPK7OK3Y5GZY2/Cambodian-silk-ikat-pidan-with-peacocks%2C-2%2711-x-12%274.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, late 19th century. This peacock-laden pidan with a row of mythical lions, singha, has the quality of an impressionist painting. 2'11" x 12'4" (Similar example in Green, Traditional Textiles of Cambodia, p. 260.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903809846-Z5RF39CYDB8IXQQCVU8J/IMG_7052.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, late 19th century, detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903802912-YAMYNLV8EWYI4QBQ3A9T/ceremonial-cover_original-cloth-frame_detail_500.jpg Cambodia - Ceremonial silk cover or hanging, Cambodia, late 19th century. Patterned with supplementary weft weave with resist-dyed silk yarn. Either very few of these survived or they were rarely produced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903809295-4V3RF5550TIVM4JYA6YJ/hipwrapper_yantra+border_2_detail_500.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat hipwrapper, Cambodia, late 19th century. Repeat geometric patterning with elaborate yantra end borders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903809706-HPLQU4B23WEYWDV7962H/IMG_7029.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, 19th century. Lines of horses and mythical lions, singha, with phantom riders appear in procession below temple pavilions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1491402522024-05G63MLYH6YWQCFB5OET/IMG_7026.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, 19th century, other end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454419438869-PXSGNOSCB43LCACAF6ZT/IMG_0414_400.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, 19th century. This pidan plays masterfully with solid color and fine detail through rows of offerings, perched birds and peacocks, horses and mythical lions, singha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454419450075-MVGWG50D1NCWANOCOSY1/IMG_7095.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, late 19th century. Interwoven snakes and serpents with complex saturated colors. (A similar piece is in the National Gallery of Australia: see Green, Traditional Textiles of Cambodia, pp. 126-127.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454419396731-5OX9GPVGCH63VTLAYNFI/7m-Cambodian-pidan.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat ceremonial ships cloth, Cambodia, circa 1900. Complex interweaving of ships, temple pavilions and altars are anchored by a bottom row of confronting peacocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1490126698124-PARGXGE812T3YKEB0DG5/Ships+pidan+8d.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat ships cloth, Cambodia, late 19th century. Detail of a rare ceremonial cloth with silk borders, filled with sailing ships, barges and aquatic life. 4'11" x 8'0" (Published in Green, Traditional Textiles of Cambodia, pp. 284-285.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454521254461-7ZT8UZVTZJ0AMFHJWUIG/IMG_9450.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat pidan, altar hanging, Cambodia, late 19th century. Geometrically presented nagas are also reminiscent of temple roofs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454419419969-3IV4DGAQSEYWU2Q36OKJ/hipwrapper_yantra-border_detail_500.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat hipwrapper, Cambodia, late 19th century. Tight repeat geometric patterning in the ground and top and bottom borders is balanced with loose and intricate three-tiered yantra end borders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454419420227-YYNHOJ6200DGZ363U7PM/hipwrapper-2.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat hip wrapper, Cambodia, circa 1900. With crisp even geometric patterning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1454419432023-JKDB5564VBCRZJL4INDN/hipwrapper-4_detail_500.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat hip wrapper, Cambodia, circa 1900. Lattice pattern in exceptionally clear ikat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903810671-RWEXJSJGJ1O7WHOVMRPB/skirt_500.jpg Cambodia - Silk ikat woman's skirt, samphot hol, circa 1930s-40s. Fine floral pattern in pleasing colors. (For a similar examples, see Green, Traditional Textiles of Cambodia, pp. 160 and 161.) https://www.chinalai.net/burma daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903694033-8VCHXN8YPAKDTFMX82SL/P1040784_ba.jpg Burma - Shan cotton yantra protective undervestment, Burma, early 20th century. Drawn by a spiritually empowered yantra master with ink made of auspicious herbs and dyes, then worn for protection from malevolent acts or intentions. The power of this unusual shirt stems from animism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1497367531864-YWD9P2MTCLUH1Q5YEYRB/Chin-loin-cloth_Burma_front.jpg Burma - Chin silk and cotton loin cloth, Burma, circa 1900, end detail. One end of a long wrapping cloth, with discontinuous silk supplementary weft patterning on cotton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903694033-8VCHXN8YPAKDTFMX82SL/P1040784_ba.jpg Burma - Shan cotton yantra protective undervestment, Burma, early 20th century. Drawn by a spiritually empowered yantra master with ink made of auspicious herbs and dyes, then worn for protection from malevolent acts or intentions. The power of this unusual shirt stems from animism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1497367625131-SVMNAL78ZKVSVPLHVD2U/P1040774.jpg Burma - Protective cotton yantra undervestment, Burma/Lanna, circa 1900. Drawn by a monk or spiritually empowered yantra master with ink made of auspicious herbs and dyes, then worn to invoke protection and blessings from Buddha and all directions of the cosmic universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903693684-9JMDR03FVB9PVWMR2GMU/DSCN0012x.jpg Burma - Chin cotton and wool leggings, Burma, early 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1497367966476-K0JL8MW6AJ76CGOOANOP/DSCN0047.JPG Burma - Hakachin man's silk wrap, Burma, circa 1900. Discontinuous supplementary weft patterning on silk twill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903693505-UAQU9YUIYCE79DPXMYI6/DSCN0010x300.jpg Burma - Kachin cotton and wool skirt cloth, Burma, early 20th century. Alternating red, white and black stripes make this a piece of unique wearable art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903693908-XDFILUL0ZG55O1BSN1IE/IMG_8645.jpg Burma - Chin cotton and wool jacket, Burma, early 20th century. Boldly designed jacket embellished with cowrie shells and silver coins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453903952653-92S6M8XJL4XL5MIYELMF/IMG_0050.jpg Burma - Chin man's cotton and silk loin cloth, Burma, early 20th century. A very long loin cloth wrap with continuous one-faced supplementary weft patterning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1491620092458-T3XYUGJY6J1LVDM7VUDI/Block-printed+sarong_Burma_early-mid+1900s_300+2.jpg Burma - Skirt, Amarapura, Burma, early 20th century. This rare painted skirt follows the patterning of the acheik-luntaya, also known as the “100 spool” design for the number of small shuttles used in the weaving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492390669675-VETMHK3VY42E0UECSEDM/DSCN0024x100.jpg Burma - Chin cotton and silk breast cloth, Burma, early to mid 20th century. With discontinuous and continuous one-faced supplementary weft patterning. The weaving on the older upper wraps is so fine and tight it is said to be waterproof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1492390845510-O5T5RIIBKAU30KNHRIKB/DSCN0029x100+2.jpg Burma - Chin cotton and silk breast cloth, circa 1900. With continuous one-faced complementary weft patterning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1599943581207-V189HKJM0IU77KNRC5O7/IMG_8156.jpeg Burma - Shan cotton yantra protective shirt, Burma, circa 1900. Drawn by a spiritually empowered yantra master with ink made of auspicious herbs and dyes, then worn for protection from malevolent acts or intentions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1497368065677-05KRER61S1IXUZGPA3HP/IMG_0022+2.jpg Burma - Chin cotton and wool skirt, Burma, early 20th century. One of the most pleasing of traditional patterns which may be representative of the Chin ancestry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1491620254449-YC4QWNQBDOUNAZG2XNK4/Lashi+Jacket+c_300+2.jpg Burma - Chin cotton and wool jacket, Burma, early 20th century. Wool weaving on cotton, appliquéd batik patches and cowrie shells, symbolic of the female form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1491620260124-W5SIXIWIVXF479M94UMU/Sunghtu+Man%27s+tunic+b_300.jpg Burma - Chin man's cotton and silk tunic, Burma, circa 1900. 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Waxed cotton trade cloth, painted and block-printed, Coromandel Coast, India, for export to Indonesia, 19th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453904042105-RCF82I1PD6ISXBO3CW4U/IMG_0318.jpg world - Chintz, India for the Indonesian Market, 19th century, reverse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453904042259-NQC32TUZ8FKA61K3U8U2/IMG_0325.jpg world - Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century. Waxed cotton trade cloth, painted and block-printed in the rare format of a prayer niche, Coromandel Coast, India, for export to Persia, 18th/19th century. Reference: Guy, Woven Cargoes.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1453904042673-4HTPV0IDE2660EOLB9N6/IMG_0334.jpg world - Chintz, India for the Persian market, 18th or 19th century, reverse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1494157665362-48ISME4YM3M4BOFZQ2HC/Tunic+-+kishung+-+Bhutan_19th+century_400.jpg world - Tunic (kushan), Bhutan, 19th century. A rare embroidered and appliqué cotton kushan from Bhutan with wear in keeping with age but in exceptional all-original condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1494158113765-QM7W93ORKM9N0B4WDQO9/IMG_7269.JPG world - Silk hipwrapper, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Malay Peninsula, 19th century. An extremely rare textile, zone dyed, with gold thread in the supplementary pattern weave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56a0c8c8841abaeb69131425/1495232817519-IULJ3XIRQAQIXN17AS3M/1_Dao+Quan+Chet+priest+robe_Vietnam_early-mid+1900s_back_25+x+38+inches_400.jpg world - Dao Quan Chet priest's vestment, Vietnam, early to mid 20th century. 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