A mother of pearl inlaid hardwood table screen. Flowers, birds and butterflies garden motif. Southern Chinese or Vietnamese, late 19th century. Good, serviceable condition with only minor mother of pearl loss. Wood tenons on either side of the panel hold it fast within grooves routed the length of the two posts on the base. One tenon missing on one side (an easy project) but not compromising stability. Height assembled, 26 1/2 inches.

Large Southeast Asian, Shan period, bronze figure of Buddha Sakyamuni. Seated in vajrasana on lotus base with right hand in bhumisparsha mudra (earth touching gesture). Burma, 18th century. Good condition. Height, 21 1/2 inches. Base width, 14 inches

A substantial, Ayutthaya period (15th-16th century) Sawankhalok kilns alms bowl with stout, carved foot. Compare with the gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge to the Freer and Sackler Galleries of Asian art, Washington DC, object number S2005.280. A discovery from a Baltimore antiques center in the 90's - the present example is a bit more rustic than the museum example. The stoneware body of our smaller bowl (with somewhat less rounded sides) is burnt to an iron-orange color and the "white" glaze has a light blue-green robin's egg tinge (in contrast with the museum object's light bluish-grey tinged glaze with kiln fault.) Both exhibit the oxidized inclusions in the glaze and craze lines from the unglazed rim. Width about 5 3/4 inches (14.61cm), rim Diameter about 5 5/8 inches (14.29cm) and Height 4 1/8 inches (10.48cm)