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21020 Daverio
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Carlo Cristi has lived and traveled in India and Southeast Asia since 1973 and has been active in Himalayan and Southeast Asian art since 1981.

ASIAN ART in LONDON
3 - 12 November 2011
The WEISS GALLERY
59, Jermyn Street
London
Mob. + 39 335 5933732

Exhibiting at Asian Art in London for the first time, Carlo Cristi will exhibit tangkas,bronzes, sculptures from Tibet, Nepal and India, along with fine artworks and textiles from Central Asia.

Notable a tangka of Buddha Vairochana and one of tatagatha Ratnasambhava, early 14th century, a gilt bronze Sadaksari, Yongle period,a fine nepalese gilt Saraswati.

Among central Asian textiles it is worth to mention a group of rare silk samites woven with very large roundels enclosing royal winged horses, deer, lions, a fine robe with deer in roundel and geometric border and cuffs, an islamic caftan of 10th-12th century. Among silver artworks, are notable a large pearl disk enclosing a winged unicorn, 6th-8th century, a gold cladded saddle fittings, a cup embossed with a lion.

Welcome friends, collectors, curators at The Weiss gallery.


on-line gallery opened: 17 Oct. 2000
last updated: 07 Oct. 2011
all text & images © Carlo Cristi
(click on the small image for full screen image with caption.)
  Head of Shivaite
Head of Shivaite
  Sadaksari Yongle
Sadaksari Yongle
  Cakrapurusha
Cakrapurusha
  Confronted<br>Winged Horses
Confronted
Winged Horses
  Bonpo Deity Lhar God
Bonpo Deity Lhar God
  Embroidered Bag
Embroidered Bag

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