Antiquities

Here you will find items that are of antiquity or religious paraphinalia etc.

Ganga Jumna Lotas (x2) (IBS302)

A fine pair of ritual water pots (Lotas) in the Ganga Jumna style. Although not strictly a pair they were certainly made at the same time in...

A stunning and large late 18th century Indian Bronze Oblation Vessel used for pouring liquids over a Lingam during pooja. Here we see the Va...

The Bastar region of Western India has it's own specific style when it comes to iconography. It is unique to the region and is predominately...

Folk art is becoming extremely collectable today. In India there are museums devoted solely to the subject. Here we see a very good qual...

A nice little mandap for an icon. These stands, or mandaps, are used to place the icon on the shrine during and after worship. They form an ...

This fine wood carving shows Vishnu in an unusual seated posture with both Devis on his knees. Compare to depictions of Vishnu standing in S...

Such Arati lamps are used in private household shrines for personal worship. It shows an elephant rider holding one compartment above his st...

Such stone plaques are commonly worshiped in rual areas of Karnataka where many farmers are not able to aquire bronze icons of their appropr...

This two prancing Yalis were once decorated as protecting corner pieces of the upper pavillion of a wooden festival chariot from a south Ind...

Pichhvais are textile paintings, mostly on cotton, depicting Vaishnavite themes, as we see here Krishnas Rasalila. The literal meaning of...

We have not seen anything similar in India for a very long time and therefore the only option to find such wooden carvings, especially origi...

This is a rare wooden carving of Hanuman that is unusual in size as well as in Hanuman's expression. Hanuman is represented with his huge ma...

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