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Collector quality antique Hindu hand bell for home and temple prayer rituals. Dense, high-quality lost wax, bright ring, natural patina. Hanuman in reverence ringing this bell bestows his fearlessness, remove obstacles or evil forces.
Miniature Taoist Thunder God who protects from injustice and punishes evildoers with his drum, mallet, chisel. Has bird’s beak and claws and dragon’s wings, rides a mythical hou. Part of bed frame carving with many protective deities.
With his thumb grasping his flowing decorative sleeve, this ancestor was a mid-to-high ranking wealthy and spiritually powerful.Mandarin Official. The serene, smiling expression and downcast eyes incorporate Buddhist and Taoist traditions to instill feelings of spirituality and other worldliness. The cavity with original cover and contents is extremely rare and indicates it was consecrated in a blessing ceremony.
Pair of red and gold antique carved lions were likely part of a woman’s bed frame to bless and protect its occupants. Each holds a spherical 5-leaf plums as wish for 5 Blessings of Happiness and for passing civilian official exams. Acrylic base.
Statues of Guandi, the God of War and Justice were displayed in Temples and home shrines throughout China. Part of a larger carving, wears military maille, has taotie – a warning against gluttony – and is covered in gold as a sign of power.
Guanyin sits on an elaborate lotus throne held by 8 long stemmed and 1 flat leaf lotus as an enlightened being. 5-lobed crown reflects her stature as Buddhist royalty. Consecrated by a Buddhist monk and was placed on a home altar.
This Sawankhalok glazed stoneware lidded bowl with radiating glazed petals, olive-brown glazed lotus bud handle, intricate scroll of white glazed branches and florals was used to store spices, powders and cosmetics, betel nuts and medicine.
Chinese Noa opera mask is likely a female zhengshen – a benevolent gods with kind and honest nature and gentle disposition -symbolizing the power of good to defeat evil. Age and heavy use
Finely carved ancestor displaying status symbols: official’s attire and hat, horseshoe chair with feet on pedestal. Painted and lacquered front and back in red, traces of gilt, colors of “fu” as a wish for wealth, health and long life, aged from years of use into a great patina.
Shiwan stoneware peaches and lotuses on footed bowl auspicious symbols associated with springtime, fertility, long healthy life for many generations and therefore are propitious gifts for birthdays, especially for the elderly.
Shiwan stoneware glazed sculptures of fruit symbolizing life and new beginnings to place on temple or home altar. They augment plates of fresh stacked fresh fruit to honor ancestors. These pears symbolize long life.
Chopsticks are ubiquitous in Chinese culture, and are often included in a bride’s dowry as a wish for a speedy arrival of many sons. This Shiwan ware green glazed wall pocket chopsticks holder has characters wishing for many sons and grandsons and an upside down bat holding a coin for “blessings in front of your eyes.”
Decorative utilitarian Shiwanware pieces are recognized for their fine modeling, vivid expression, and colorful apple-green and drip glazes. Chopsticks were commonly stored in wall pockets with a hole for mounting. Covered with auspicious symbols, they were often part of a bride’s dowry as “chopsticks” is a pun for “speedy arrival of sons.”
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