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$1,450.00 Original price was: $1,450.00.$1,100.00Current price is: $1,100.00.
H: 15.5″ W: 6″ D: 5.25″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL VANISHINGARTS213@GMAIL/COM for shipping information
In this elegant and vibrant carving Guanyin sits in meditation. her beautiful, serene face elegantly carved in contemplation withbud-shaped lips softly set in a welcoming and benign sweet smile wearing a five-lobed crown. She sits on an open lotus with a vertical post at her sides; her sacred vial on her right and a parrot on the left. Antique carved i Guanyin statues with her symbols in this condition are quite wonderful and rare and impart a feeling of serenity to the environment around them.
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$985.00
H: 15″ W: 6.5″ D: 5.5″ | EMAIL [email protected] OR CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING COST
This excellently carved civilian official with gilt highlights was commissioned by a family to place on a home altar for veneration and to impress those who viewed it. The imposing ancestor figure grasps his belt of office to show his pride in passing examinations to become a civil official, which leads to a life of rank and prosperity for him and his family. Statues like this are an affirmation of persistence, success, status and power and they honor those who display these characteristics.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$175.00Current price is: $175.00.
H:9.25 ” W: 5.25 ” D: 3.5 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
The pair of antique oil lamps was meant to bring good luck and happiness decorated on top with a double lozenge, a diamond shaped symbol is a lucky object that is a protective sign casting out demons and means “many treasures.” The five leaves are plum blossoms, symbols of perseverance and purity, and the Five Blessings or Happinesses – wealth, health, longevity, a peaceful death and the love of virtue As an oil lamp it was used with a wick hanging over the side.
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$1,450.00 Original price was: $1,450.00.$875.00Current price is: $875.00.
H: 19.25″ W: 10″ D: 8.75″ |CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.
Seated imperiously on a horseshoe chair with carved title “Holy Mother in Heaven,” Mazu is depicted in the imperial style, with a regal flat topped headdress, elaborate robes with dragons, official’s girdle in red and gilt. In excellent condition after years of use.
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$1,650.00
H: 23.25″ W: 31.75″ D: 9″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING
This serene and meditational figure represents a Mahayana Buddhist monk on a backless chair, right leg crossed and right hand palms out in a sign of blessing. With his gentle features – eyes half-closed looking down and his mouth set in a slight sweet smile, enlarged ear lobes of an enlightened being – and softly flowing robe he brings a peaceful and meditative spirt to any space. Made to be viewed in the round It mounted on a custom black wood stand.
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$595.00 Original price was: $595.00.$525.00Current price is: $525.00.
Ht: 13.75” W: 26.25” D: 13.125” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CAL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected]
One of a pair of antique low tables on 3 folding bamboo-shaped leg supports, this traveling prayer/study table was designed for Tibetan monks or nomadic families to lay out sutras (scriptures), scrolls, books and other study materials and by Tibetan devotees as a personal altar/prayer table. It is simply decorated with painted florals on vines and a fruit offering bowl symbolizing the flowering of enlightenment and opening of the heart.
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$495.00
Puppet theatre has traditionally assumed a major role in Chinese religious rituals and honoring major life and historical events. Local productions with beautifully carved puppets, music, drama and costumes instilled societal and cultural values as well as providing entertainment to audiences of all ages and educating provincial ones. This head has a typical tapering shaft…
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$3,750.00 Original price was: $3,750.00.$2,900.00Current price is: $2,900.00.
H: 22″ W: 8.75″ D: 10″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.
Wearing a magnificent headdress with her iconic phoenix this rare image of the Taoist Queen Mother holds a cup with the elixir of immortality which grants eternal life. She sits on an regal horse with a bell hanging on his chest. In the Taoist tradition horses symbolize man’s harmony with and the elegance of nature.
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$7,300.00
H: 28.25 W: 12.75” D: 9.75” | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST
Although they are Buddhist images, Lohans are portrayed as a real person with very individual, distinctive, and un-idealized features. His benevolent youthful sweetly smiling face with downcast eyes is an image of compassion, wisdom and peace.This exceptional, beautifully crafted rare 17-18th century Ming/Qing large Lohan is from the same Buddhist location as the foreign-born heavy bearded Lohan Bodhidharma, and the same artist may have carved both. We recommend keeping them as a pair to display together.
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$5,900.00 Original price was: $5,900.00.$3,900.00Current price is: $3,900.00.
H: 34″ W: 12″ D: 15″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.
This rare and intriguing Nanhai Guanyin sits in her cave with internal layers at Putuo. On the top is the donor who commissioned the piece, seldomly placed within the Guanyin tableau.Two levels of attendant pairs flank her: the upper with her two acolytes Longnu, (the Dragon Princess) on her right holding a flaming gem, and Shan Tsai (Sudhana) on her left with hands, now missing, clasped in anjali mudra of reverence and two generic attendants are on the on the bottom. This work is truly remarkable in its execution and iconography.
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$2,650.00 Original price was: $2,650.00.$1,975.00Current price is: $1,975.00.
H: 14.5” W: 8.25” D: 5” | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.
This beautiful provincial Songzi Guanyin is modest, compassionate and humble with lotus leaf crown, unadorned robe and pedestal with simple leaves. The “child giving Guanyin holding her baby resembling the infant Buddha was probably on a home altar of wealthy couple desiring a (male) baby.
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$1,275.00
Most antique Chinese outdoor garden stools were made in a drum or barrel shape using common ceramic designs like decorative fretwork, low relief decoration, simple pierced schemes, a variety of underglaze painted images, and calligraphyand fired in kilns. The upper border of the body of this beautiful stoneware garden stool is covered with four color…
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