Bai Yu, Congeal Smoke (2020)

Pipe bag; Lakota; ca. 1870-1880 \nHide, glass beads, porcupine quills, pigments; l. 40 cm. (incl. fringe); w. 13 cm.\nRMV 3158-9; purchased from art dealer Leendert Van Lier, Amste...

Tobacco, smoking, ritual, pipes, tobacco bags Tobacco was a stimulant used by the indigenous people in large parts of North, Central and South America as a sedative, medicine again...

FIGURE. A large image of a bai ze with raised paw and open mouth. It mimics smoke eclipses in bronze from the late Ming Dynasty, but unlike these, the top is not a separate part. T...

FIGURE. Bai ze seated with an upturned head, outstanding eyes and raised gap on the head a curved small horn, around the neck and along the back man in tabs, the tail closing in a ...

Four seascapes in muted colours - greys and sepias: at top sail and steam vessels; in the centre an action scene with vessels and smoke; at the base vessels in distance with smoke,...