Our catalogue > Thailand & IndoChina
Antique items from Thailand, Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia are to be found here. Like these countries, the items mostly are Buddhist, or are utilitarian – often they relate to the consumption of betel.
Most items have been sourced from within the UK, often from old colonial-era collections.
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Enquiry about object: 6388
Magnificent, Pierced, Chased, Miniature Silver Thai Manuscript (Dharma) Cabinet
Thailand circa 1920
height: 32cm, width: 20.5cm, depth: 14cm, weight: 1,729g
Provenance
private collection
Enquiry about object: 6623
Khmer-style Thai Silver Buddha
North-Eastern Thailand circa 16th century
height (without stand): 10.2cm, width: 7.4, weight (with stand): 302g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3720
Cambodian Cast Bronze Temple Ritual Rice Ladle
Cambodia Angkor Period (12th-13th century) & possibly later
length: 30.5cm, weight: 316g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5638
Rare Chinese Yixing Teapot with Vietnamese Pierced Silver Mounts
Jiangsu, China & Vietnam 19th century
length: 20cm, height: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3739
Rare Tai Shan Quilted, Woven & Embroidered Jacket
Shan, Chin or Related People, Eastern Burma, Northern Thailand or Laos 19th century
length: 74cm, width: 56cm
Provenance
private collection, London; art market, Paris.
Enquiry about object: 6707
Hmong Silver Torque Necklace with Three ‘Soul Lock’ Pendants
Hmong People, Northern Thailand, North-eastern Burma & Laos mid-20th century
internal diameter: 16cm x 14cm, weight: 1,090g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6374
Two Early Thai Bronze Betel Cups
Tenasserim region, Thailand/Burma circa 14th-15th century
height: 9cm and 4.6cm, combined weight: 349g
Provenance
private collection, London. Apparently collected in Tenasserim in 1933.
Enquiry about object: 6373
Early Thai Bronze Cosmetics or Medicinal Dish
Tenasserim region, Thailand/Burma circa 14th-15th century
width: 8.6cm, weight: 103g
Provenance
private collection, London. Apparently collected in Tenasserim in 1933.
Enquiry about object: 6372
Early Thai Bronze Taza or Betel Tray
Tenasserim region, Thailand/Burma circa 14th-15th century
diameter: 17cm, height: 9.8cm, weight: 380g
Provenance
private collection, London. Apparently collected in Tenasserim in 1933.
Enquiry about object: 6611
Portuguese-Thai Lacquered Box with Mother-of-Pearl & Glass Inlay
Thailand, probably Ayutthaya, & Portugal 17th-18th century
length: 26.6cm, depth: 14.8cm, height: 13.2cm, weight: 936g
Provenance
Portuguese art market
Enquiry about object: 6616
Thai Silver-clad Buddha
Thailand 19th-early 20th century
height: 9.7cm, width: 9.4cm, depth: 4.6cm, weight: 188g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5444
Thai or Cambodian Repoussed Silver Bowl
Thailand or Cambodia 19th-early 20th century
diameter: 22.3cm, height: 12.5cm, weight: 596g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6127
Large, Cambodian Silver Hen-Shaped Betel Lime Box
Cambodia circa 1920
length: 19.5cm, height: 20cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4689
Three Thai Terracotta Votive Plaques
Ayutthaya, Thailand 16th-18th century
heights: 8.5cm, widths: 5.4cm-5.7cm
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 4683
Large Terracotta Makara & Naga Stair-Head or Roof Tile Finial
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 51cm, length: 26cm, width: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 3893
Thai Pottery Pedestal Vase decorated with White Slipware & Red-ochre (Ban Chiang)
Ban Chiang, Udon Thani Province, Thailand circa 300BC
height: 18cm, diameter: 15.5cm, weight: 715g
Provenance
Acquired in the UK, from the estate collection of Dr George Yuille Caldwell (1924-2016). Dr Caldwell, an English-born physician moved to Singapore in the 1950s, from where he built up a collection of Southeast Asian collectibles.
Enquiry about object: 4693
Thai Terracotta Ribbed Jar with Brown Glaze
North-Eastern Thailand 14th-15th century
diameter: 20cm, height: 18.3cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4686
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 30.5cm, length: 28cm, width: 17cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4593
Cast Bronze Seated Buddha
Laos circa 15th century
height: 37cm, width: 22.5cm, depth: 14cm
Provenance
private collection, UK. The previous owner built up a collection of Buddha images mostly from old UK colonial sources, and did so over a long lifetime.
Enquiry about object: 4684
Terracotta Makara Roof Tile Finial Fragment
Thailand Sukhothai Period, 14th-15th century
height: 32cm, length: 18cm, width: width: 15.4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 4471
Bronze Spiral Ear Ornament or Stone Mason’s Plumb Weight with Lotus Bud Finials
Cambodia circa 10th-12th century
height: 6cm, weight: 164g
Provenance
private London collection
Enquiry about object: 4590
Gilded Cast Bronze Ava-Style Buddha
Shan People, Eastern Burma 17th century
height: 30.8cm, width: 15cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 3339
Thai Gilded Bronze Buddha or Buddhist Attendant
Thailand late 19th century
height: 36cm, width: 30cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3221
Inscribed Lao-Thai Bronze Seated Buddha
Northern Thailand/Laos 16th century
height: 48.5cm
Provenance
collected in the 1950s by Professor Bengt Hager (1916-2011) and Lilavati Devi (c. 1925-2002) of Sweden; thence by descent. Professor Hager was leading researcher on dance and founded the Swedish Dance Museum. Lilavati Devi married Hager in 1954 after first having come to Sweden from India as a principal performer in an Indian classical dance company. The couple travelled extensively in Southeast Asia in the 1950s to study dance, and acquired collectables during these travels including this Buddha.
Enquiry about object: 3704
Cambodian Bayon-Style, Ritual Bronze Conch Shell
Cambodia Angkor Period, 12th-13th century, & possibly later stand
length of conch: 27cm, height of stand: 8cm, diameter of stand: 14cm
Provenance
from a private collection, Hereford, England. Acquired by the previous owner from a private collection, Gloucestershire, England.
Enquiry about object: 3008
Thai Official’s Ivory Seal
Thailand 19th century
height: 9cm, diameter of base: 5.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; most probably the item has been in the UK since colonial times.
Enquiry about object: 3420
Heavy Thai Niello Silver (Thom Ngoen) Bowl
Thailand 19th century-early 20th century
diameter: 15cm, height: 8cm, 447g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3437
Thai Terracotta Buddhist Votive Tablet with Traces of Red Lacquer & Gilding
Thailand 18th or early 19th century
height: 9.3cm, width: 6cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2373
Laotian Silver & Wood ‘Pyramid’ Hairpin
Laos late 19th-early 20th century
length: 22cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 2736
Thai Betel-Chewing Stoneware Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 10.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2737
Thai Stoneware Betel-Chewing Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 9.8cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2738
Thai Earthenware Betel-Chewing Tukatha Figure
Ban Pa Yang, Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-16th century
height: 8.4cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1804
Large Jorai Ironwood Ancestor Figure
Jorai People, Central Highlands, Vietnam 19th century
height: 114cm
Provenance
Benneton Collection, France
Enquiry about object: 2581
Thai Crowned Head of Buddha
Thailand late 16th century
height: 8.8cm (without stand), 11.9cm (with stand)
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 609
Khmer-Thai Earthenware Storage Jar
North-Eastern Thailand circa 12th century
height: 25cm; diameter at widest point: 23cm (approx.)
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1578
Two Si Satchanalai Terracotta Tile Finials
Si Satchanalai, Thailand 14th-15th century
height: 21cm & 23.8cm; width: 16.5cm & 16.5cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2968
Thai Silver Votive Buddha
Thailand 19th century
height: 17cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4507
Thai Gilded, Carved Wooden Reliquary
Thailand 19th century or early 20th century
height: 52cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.