1st ASIAN ANTIQUES Auction-Estates/Donations

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Hadley, MA, United States

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1st ASIAN ANTIQUES Auction-Estates/Donations

Asian Antiques Gallery

Our FIRST Charity Auction of a great VARIETY of Asian Antiques will be held Sunday, May 8th @ 6:00PM Eastern Time (3:00PM California Time). All lots will be offered with NO "Hidden Reserves" and no floor bids. Everything has been carefully vetted for accuracy and no-questions Full Refund of the Hammer Price will be given for timely returns. All lots can be viewed from Friday, April 29 (9AM - 7PM incl. Sunday) through 4:00PM the day of Sale...at our Gallery, 299 Russell Street (Route 9), Hadley, MA 01035. Contact us by phone at (413)582-0032 or by email at: antiqasia88@yahoo.com You may Register in advance by email to that address or use the form here at LiveAuctioneers if you have a good auction history and/or Credit Card info posted. Bids can be left at the Gallery in person or emailed. Registration NOT required to view lots or ask questions. Please include complete lot information when writing. You can pay for winning bids with VISA, MasterCard, Discover, DinersClub, Personal or Business Check, Money orders, Bank Drafts, etc. We are volunteers here, so our 10% Buyers Premium can be low and we hope covers advertising, online auction costs, packing materials, etc. We only charge actual shipping costs and no premium for "handling". Next auction we expect will be end of June, and will feature a fine collection of over 50 Antique Chinese Scholars Rings (500BC to Republic periods) in a wide variety of shapes and materials, Annamese(Vietnamese) Ceramics and other antiques, and more SE Asian things. We can accomodate you with FREE verbal Appraisals... and written ones that are legally acceptable for Insurance and Estate purposes. THANKS for checking us out, and I wish you all success in your collecting and dealing endeavors.

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072: Southern Tribal Ladies SHIRT: Bagobo tribe, Mindanao, Philippines. Quality needelwork all around with just traces of fading. 1920-1940. If you want only one Philippines ladies ritual costumery, this would be an excellent

0072: 072: Southern Tribal Ladies SHIRTEst. $240-$325Lot Passed

073: Ifugao Tribal SHIRT: 1945-1965, all-over needlework designs, on a lovely blue background. Of a larger size that could be worn by an American woman it is unfaded with good colors and open armpits as made (not viosible

0073: 073: Ifugao Tribal SHIRTEst. $200-$275Lot Passed

074: Bagobo Dress SHIRT: Nicely paterned with white seed bead designs all around collar and back shoulders. Metal spangles in blue and red….some were repositioned after many years which left shadows from their former

0074: 074: Bagobo Dress SHIRTEst. $180-$240Lot Passed

075: Mens Ceremonial LEGGINGS: Elite shirtless men wore these at Festivals. Almost rare today as men did NOT like to make or wear them….((<:). Ifugao Tribe from northern Philippines, 1910-1940 (use generally ceased after

0075: 075: Mens Ceremonial LEGGINGSEst. $260-$340Lot Passed

076: Large Tribal "War Blanket": Gaddang Tribe, northern Luzon, Philippines. Beautifully made and preserved, it is a large and important example of a dying need (since head-hunting and warfare among the tribes has fallen off since

0076: 076: Large Tribal "War Blanket"Est. $1,100-$1,500Lot Passed

077: "Bulul" RICE GOD: The first in this auction of several of these fine sculptures that represent one of the best five or so recognized sculptural traditions across all of Asia. Documentation on Bululs can be found in

0077: 077: "Bulul" RICE GODEst. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

078: Seated Shaman Bulul in "Trance": From the Bayungan group of the Banaue sub-tribe of the Ifugao, this skinny-style Bulul dates to about 1900. Classic pose of the shaman-priest when he goes into trance, Bululs were believed to

0078: 078: Seated Shaman Bulul in "Trance"Est. $700-$1,000Lot Passed

078A: Decorated Ritual Serving Spoon: Ifugao Tribe, Northern Philippines. SEE: Entries of carved-handle utensils on pages 215-219 in "The People and Art of the Philippines" published in the 1990s by the UCLA Museum of Cultural History.

0078A: 078A: Decorated Ritual Serving SpoonEst. $170-$250Lot Passed

078B: Crocodile-Handled LADLE: Another fine, culturally used utensil, with a choice handle whose tail was used to hang it up. Hard wood, minor cracking at the ladle-use end, and made from a single piece of wood and not a joined

0078B: 078B: Crocodile-Handled LADLEEst. $170-$250Lot Passed

079: Rice Harvest BULUL PAIR: Excellent quality "standard pair" of rice-harvest-protection Bululs, they remained in the granary during the year to protect the crop from infestations. Prior to that they would have been outside and

0079: 079: Rice Harvest BULUL PAIREst. $1,000-$1,400Lot Passed

080: Bulul Holding RITUAL BOX: This rare sculpture depicts a seated Shaman holding a large Ceremonial Box and original Cover on his lap. His spooky, ghost-like face is QUITE unusual among Ifugao carvings….and very memorable.

0080: 080: Bulul Holding RITUAL BOXEst. $2,000-$2,500Lot Passed

081: Female Bulul with BABY: Super quality and rarity are found together in this medicine Bulul. Used in cases of child sickness and mother danger in childbirth, the spirit of this Bulul would have been "controlled" by a female

0081: 081: Female Bulul with BABYEst. $3,500-$5,000Lot Passed

082: Large Primitive Bulul: Seated sculpture, 23" tall, he appears to stare into space as he prepares to go into trance. Early 20th C. in a rare primitive style.

0082: 082: Large Primitive BululEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

082A: Ifugao Ceremonial BOX: An exceptional example, finer than the one in the UCLA Catalog (page 250) and having the traditional double-Pig handles at the ends, and with a pregnant woman sculpted on the cover. This indicates

0082A: 082A: Ifugao Ceremonial BOXEst. $900-$1,200Lot Passed

083: Extra-Large Burial JAR: Earthenware Jar for secondary burial, 8th-12th C. AD or earlier. From a cave in Sarangani Province, southern Mindanao, Philippines. Shards of these are found in many caves, but rarely is an unbroken

0083: 083: Extra-Large Burial JAREst. $1,500-$2,000Lot Passed

084: Cotabato Large JAR: Tribal ritual Jar, so-called because they have only been found in the environs of Cotabato of Mindanao island. Dating to the 15th to 18th centuries, they had multiple uses as water, wine and fish

0084: 084: Cotabato Large JAREst. $550-$700Lot Passed

085: Limestone Ancestral Figure: Called "LIKHA" in the Philippines, these Limestone Ancestral burial figures were extremely rare until the 1980s, and are now known from only 3 locations - Batangas (scarce), Panay (rare) and the

0085: 085: Limestone Ancestral FigureEst. $350-$550Lot Passed

086: Another Limestone LIKHA: Cotabato Limestone sculpture of a standing tribal members Spirit Image. Small but ferocious, his ghost-like face seems to be calling out to eternity. 100% untouched, the accumulated cave dust atop

0086: 086: Another Limestone LIKHAEst. $650-$850Lot Passed

087: Larger Limestone LIKHA: Standing 12-3/4" tall and holding a club, this seems to represent a chieftain/warrior looking at us through the millenia. Some fissures in the limestone (common) reduce the price on this great

0087: 087: Larger Limestone LIKHAEst. $700-$900Lot Passed

087A: Burial Jar Cover HEAD: Called "Maitum Heads" in honor of the first cave location where they were found 30 or so years ago, these amazing visages sparked worldwide interest with their reporting. Now "old news", several

0087A: 087A: Burial Jar Cover HEADEst. $650-$850Lot Passed

088: Stone BULUL Sculpture: Large and important 19th C. Stone Bulul. Carved of a very hard stone, and resembling a Rodin sculpture, this heavy and rare artifact is 18" tall by 8-1/2" deep and weighs about 70 pounds. Image is

0088: 088: Stone BULUL SculptureEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

089: Seated ANGEL Sculpture: 1700s period, in the "round" and rather large, it comes from an old church in the Philippines. Missing its arms, it still has a wonderful "presence" - and will fit with almost any primitive or

0089: 089: Seated ANGEL SculptureEst. $1,000-$1,300Lot Passed

090: Brass Head Ornament: Northern Tribal Wedding Good Luck sculpture, placed on a womans head or hat for the ceremony….then kept afterwards as an amulet. Called dungdung, information on them can be found on page 241 of the

0090: 090: Brass Head OrnamentEst. $250-$350Lot Passed

091: Angel Church Panel: Solid panel of hardwood carved with an Angel holding the Keys to the Kingdom. Originally painted, most of the color has been lost or removed. Spanish influence, semi-primitive, but in great

0091: 091: Angel Church PanelEst. $400-$500Lot Passed

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Asian Antiques Gallery

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Friday, April 29 (9AM-7PM), to Wednesday, May 4 (9AM-4PM) in the Hadley Gallery. Sunday hours for viewing will be 11AM-6PM.

Asian Antiques & Art Gallery

299 Russell St (Route 9)

Hadley, MA 01035

USA

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10% up to $10,000.00
10% up to $50,000.00
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All items guaranteed as represented. Hammer price cheerfully refunded upon prompt return - no questions. Please make payment arrangements within 72 hours of Auction closing. For large purchasers, some flexibility can be accomodated, with payments spread over several months. PLEASE INQUIRE. If you are a dealer and buying for "clients" your responsibility to follow these basic regulations is the same as if you were the end user. MUSEUMS and INDIVIDUALS: Please have your financing in order before the Auction so long delays are not experienced. Mass. Sales Tax of 06.25% CHARGED to residents, except where Resale Certificates have been received. Return notifications required within 7 days of receipt of goods, and shipping back within 3 days thereafter. Refunds sent within 48 hrs of our receipt of returns. VISA, MasterCard, Discover, DinersClub, Company or personal checks, bank drafts, International and Postal Money Orders, Cash if sent Registered, etc. accepted. PLEASE INDICATE WITH FIRST INVOICE HOW YOU WANT US TO SEND YOUR LOTS. That way our second or Final Invoice will include the shipping, and a single payment can take care of everything. Items may be picked up at the Gallery in the week following the Auction, or later if full payment has been made....no "storage charges" here, of course. We welcome donations and auction consignments to our charity - which benefits the Building Fund of the World Peace Foundation of Hadley, Mass. Our goal is to build a world-class Peace Monument and Peace Museum here within this decade. We will train "Ambassadors for Peace" who will go to the trouble spots of the world where religious and ethnic violence is still common....with the goal to CHANGE MINDS. We are non- political and non-religious - strictly humanitarian - and not associated with any other organization. You can also pay for Auction Lots or Sell us Gold & Silver items (scrap OK), Old Coins and Paper Money (from foreign countries and USA), Estate Jewelry, and some collectibles - all at competitive rates. Your help is greatly appreciated. GOOD LUCK. Robert

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06.25% Local Taxes Apply, unless Resale Certificate received.