Asian Crafts
Ceramic tea set, 'Asian Chocolate' (set for 3)
Rich chocolate color flows sleekly across ceramic, adding allure to a novel design. Praiwan crafts a handsome teapot with a tall ceramic handle. Three matching cups complete the set to bring Asian style to teatime.
Merchant: NOVICA
'Tropical Asian Style'
From the lush interior of Thailand to the island paradise of Bali, Tropical Asian Style showcases the essential design elements of contemporary Southeast Asia in 223 pages of insightful text and color photographs.
Merchant: NOVICA
Wood statuette, 'Flute Player'
This fine statuette in suar wood by Wayan Rendah depicts a recumbent flute player wearing traditional dancer garb. Interestingly, this work combines the relaxed disposition of a Balinese farmer with the flair for performance of an experienced dancer.
Merchant: NOVICA
Wood statuette, 'Graceful Dancer'
Indah means �aesthetic� in Balinese, referring to the artful beauty of this statuette. A slender young woman kneels, arms stretched upwards as her hands strike a graceful pose. Nude contours seduce the viewer, accentuated by the sinewy grain of hand-carved suar wood.
Merchant: NOVICA
Wood statuette, 'Bathing at a River'
Revived by the refreshing waters from a nearby river, this woman cleanses her body and spirit with sensuous abandon. Her images is magnificently hand-carved from suar wood by Wayan Rendah who coaxes the wood into a being of graceful beauty.
Merchant: NOVICA
Wood statuette, 'A Woman's Beauty'
She stares languidly into the mirror, her beauty reflected in exquisitely carved details. Mepayas is a Balinese word meaning "to put on makeup, " an act of sacred importance among the island's women as it serves to please the gods and goddesses.
Merchant: NOVICA