Product Description: Thailand is internationally acclaimed for its unique and creative interpretation of Theravada Buddhist art. The sacred beliefs of this 2,500 year-old religion are expressed through images that give meaning to gestures, postures, relics and revered objects...read more

Product Description: Bencharong, a unique class of Chinese export ware, was made exclusively for Thai royalty and the ruling elite in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Enamelled porcelain containers and dishes for the table and boudoir are resplendent in kaleidoscopic colors inspired by verdant, tropical vegetation...read more

Product Description: Bencharong, a unique class of Chinese export ware, was made exclusively for Thai royalty and the ruling elite in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Enamelled porcelain containers and dishes for the table and boudoir are resplendent in kaleidoscopic colours inspired by verdant, tropical vegetation...read more

Product Description: The great legacy of the ancient Khmer civilization, the temples of Angkor cover an area well over 200 square kilometers (77 square miles) in northwest Cambodia. These monuments, built between the ninth and 15th centuries—the classic period of Khmer ar

Product Description: Details the work that has been undertaken to restore, stabilise and preserve the labyrinth within the walls of this 12th century Buddhist monastic complex.

Product Description: A journey to the early kingdom of Sukothai and explores the remains and cultural heritage of this sacred site.

Product Description: Thailand is internationally acclaimed for its unique and creative interpretation of Theravada Buddhist art. The sacred beliefs of this 2,500 year-old religion are expressed through images that give meaning to gestures, postures, relics and revered objects...read more

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Product Description: ANGKOR OBSERVED consists of a selection of early travellers' impressions of the Khmer empire's ancient, 12th-century capital and the legends that inspired the majestic stone temples of Angkor, which were described by a visitor in the 1920s as 'the most impressive sight in the world of edifices'...read more

Product Description: The Honda Collection is one of the finest private collections of South-East Asian ceramics ever assembled, including over 350 pieces that span some 4,000 years from the Neolithic period to the seventeenth century. This English edition of the collection catalogue includes over 300 illustrations, many in full colork, and an informative introduction...read more

Product Description: Betel chewing is one of the most ancient and widespread traditions of the peoples of South-East Asia, and encompasses an estimated one-tenth of the world's population. Although the ingredients of the betel quid are indigenous, the habit was probably introduced to the region by traders and merchants from India some 2,000 years ago...read more

Product Description: One of the most intriguing of South-East Asian vessels is the kendi, a water container with a rounded body, a straight neck with an opening, and a spout set at an angle on the shoulder. The story of the kendi is closely interwoven with the history of South-East Asia, kendi of pottery and porcelain having been recovered in sites dispersed over a vast area of Island South-East Asia...read more

Product Description: An integral part of life in Southeast Asia for over 5,000 years, pottery has nonetheless been largely ignored by scholars until recent times. This book details the origin, production, and use of ceramics through the ages, revealing valuable aspects of the culture, the religion, and the domestic needs of the Southeast Asian people...read more