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: 9025
Thai Courtly Gold Pendant set with Emeralds, Rubies & Diamonds
Bangkok, Thailand 19th century
length: 6.2cm, width: 4.8cm, weight: 21g
Provenance
private collection
Enquiry about object: 9016
Royal Thai Enamelled Gold Ring set with Nine Gems
Bangkok, Thailand circa 1850
diameter: 3.1cm, thickness: 1.2cm, weight: 21g, ring size: 9.5 (US), T (UK)
Provenance
Private collection; originally with a royal household in Bangkok
Enquiry about object: 9014
Royal Thai Enamelled Gold Ring set with Large Rubies
Bangkok, Thailand circa 1850
diameter: 3.1cm, thickness: 1cm, weight: 19g, ring size: 9.25 (US), S/T (UK)
Provenance
Private collection; originally with a royal household in Bangkok
Enquiry about object: 8900
Thai Ayutthaya Gold Amulet Holder set with Rubies & Emeralds
Ayutthaya, Thailand 18th century or earlier
length: 8.5cm, depth: 1.8cm, weight: 50g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 9026
Thai Courtly Gold Pendant set with Diamonds
Bangkok, Thailand 19th century
length: 5.6cm, width: 4cm, weight: 14g
Provenance
private collection.
Enquiry about object: 8623
Vietnamese Double-sided Silver & Jade Comb
Southern Vietnam early 20th century
length: 7.1cm, width: 10.3cm, weight: 43g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8594
Cambodian (or Thai) Silver Water Flask
Cambodia, & possibly Thailand early 20th century
height: 30.5cm, width: approximately 14.5cm, weight: 624g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8671
Superb & Elaborate Akha Woman’s Headdress
Phami-Akha People, Kengtung State, Eastern Burma mid-20th century & earlier
display height (including stand): approximately 68.5cm
Provenance
UK art market; UK private collection
Enquiry about object: 7341
Lanna-style Bronze Buddha
northern Thailand probably 19th century
height: 80cm, width: 29.5cm, depth: 24.2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7295
Khmer Bronze Votive Mold of Hevajra
Khmer, Cambodia Bayon period, circa 12th century
length: 18.3cm, width: 9.8cm, weight: 425g
Provenance
Estate Collection of Tom White MBE, who served as a British diplomat in Southeast Asia in the 1960s and 1970s.
Enquiry about object: 3704
Cambodian Bayon-Style, Ritual Bronze Conch Shell & Stand
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: 6624
Thai Solid-Silver Image of Phra Sangkajai
Thailand 19th century
height: 4.1cm, width: 3.4cm, depth: 1.8cm, weight: 37g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6615
Thai White Brass Buddha
Thailand circa 18th century
height: 12.9cm, width: 10.9cm, depth: 6.7cm, weight: 675g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6622
Thai Cast Silver Standing Buddha
Thailand 18th-19th century
height: 14.4cm, weight: 226g
Provenance
private collection, London.
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: 6626
Thai Solid-Cast Silver Buddha
Thailand 18th-19th century
height: 5.9cm, width: 3.6cm, depth: 1.9cm, weight: 89g
Provenance
private collection, UK.
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. Collected in Burma, in Tenasserim in 1933, by Maurice Collis (1889-1973). Collins entered the Indian Civil Service in 1911 & was posted to Burma in 1912. His postings included Sagaing & Arakan. He served as a district magistrate in Rangoon (1929-1930) and thereafter as Excise Commissioner. He returned to England in 1934 and wrote many books including on Burma.
Enquiry about object: 6611
Portuguese-Thai Lacquered Box with Braganza Cross 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: 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: 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
Laos 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: 2373
Laotian Silver & Wood ‘Pyramid’ Hairpin
Hmong people, 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: 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.