18th Century Tribal Art

An antique carved hardwood statue depicting a goddes with child on her arm The statue has a very rich aged using patina and traces This statue is dating from the 18th century but pro...

18th Century Bronze Palanquin Leopard Finials An intriguing pair of 18th-century Bronze Palanquin Leopard Finials, exquisite artifacts that represent the opulence and cultural herit...

This grouping of alligator-like or crocodile effigy antique pipes is both beautiful and intriguing. The wear on the backs and underside of the polychrome...

Good Japanese lacquered wood Vase, Beautiful and elegant example wood with lacquer and gold gilt, with floral motives and Japanese script Measur...

A Tibetan-Chinese bronze brass 'Monk's Cap' Ewer, Sengmaohu, Circa 18/19th century A fine handsome vessel of tapering baluster form surmounted by a ‘monk’s cap’ rim, with copper ...

Superb Japanese lacquered wood Buddha, Circa 18th / 19th century Asian antiques ???? Beautiful and elegant example wood with lacquer and gold gilt, the Buddha seated in the meditati...

Edo Period burl wood candlestick, Japan A beautiful naturally twisted root or vine wood candlestick set in an octagonal base and having a rectangular iron...

Antique 18th century Islamic Safavid period ottoman Persian Islamic iron stirrups, circa 1700. The stirrups made of russet iron and having gold alloy i...

This is a very early and delicate wooden puppet head. It could be Chinese but that's just a guess. I'll say it's late 1700s but could be a lot earlier. T...

A magnificent Society Islands adze blade. Cut from fine-grained black basalt, the blade is triangular in cross-section and is smoothly polished on all sides. The tang, where the blad...

A Classic Marquesas Islands war club, or U'u, with uncommonly short shaft and lug at base, composed with all the iconic features that make these weapons icons of Oceanic art. U'u wer...

This beautiful Ethiopian cross, exquisitely carved from a single piece of wood around the year 1700, would have been held aloft during ritual procession...

China, a hand carved and hand painted wood group of three (3) Taoist Trinity figures: The Three Pure Ones. Measurements: 36 inches high and 14 inches wide and 10 inches deep each, Age: mid-late Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Background: Coming from an old Cheng-du private collection and originally ensconced in a Taoist temple, these sculptures feature original polychrome colors including remnants of old gold gilding, prayer/offering niches reverse and serene facial features. Condition commensurate and appropriate with their centuries of age. A rare find. Provenance: Acquired from an old Chinese collection, Chengdu China 2005. Catalog Reference: Schneible Fine Arts “35 Years Collecting 35 Treasures”, Number 21, p. 48 (see photos) History of The Three Pure Ones: The Three Pure Ones (Chinese: 三清; pinyin: Sānqīng) also translated as the Three Pure Pellucid Ones, the Three Pristine Ones, the Three Divine Teachers, the Three Clarities, or the Three Purities are the Taoist Trinity, the three highest Gods in the Taoist pantheon. They are regarded as pure manifestation of the Tao and the origin of all sentient beings. From the Taoist Classic Tao Te Ching, it was held that "The Tao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three. Each of the Three Pure Ones represents both a deity and a heaven. Yuanshi tianzun rules the first heaven, Yu-Qing, which is found in the Jade Mountain...

Offered by Vicki Shiba. 18th century pair of polychrome wood Shinto lion-dogs, Komainu, from Japan. Expressively carved of cypress wood with curlicue manes and tails, the natural...

A paddle-shaped whalebone club (patu) of Classic Maori form. Smoothed to a narrow plane, it was used to land thrusting blows with deadly speed. Commonly carved from basalt or bone, patu are iconic Maori objects that share a formal likeness to their greenstone counterparts, mere, which were wielded solely by chieftains. The small hole near the pommel was a typical feature of one-handed Maori weapons, used to secure a wrist cord.