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  • Sale! Antique Rare Carving of a Huntsman with Rifle, China 16743WHK

    Antique Rare Carving of a Huntsman with Rifle, China 16743WHK

    Original price was: $315.00.Current price is: $275.00.
    H: 9 ”    W:  3.625″    D: 3.5 ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This ancestor figure of a huntsman in the round is unique, standing on a  domed pedestal, facing half right holding a flint lock, wearing a hunting coat, a two-level hat,  traditional under- and outer-garment, and thick boots. As the noted scholar on Chinese wood carvings stated, a similar figure like this “unusual and extraordinary ancestral image of a huntsman with a flintlock gun, was the only ancestral image in his vast collection which “depicts the calling of the deceased.”

  • Sale! Antique Rare White Robed Guanyin on a Hǒu, China H: 15.125"

    Antique Rare White Robed Guanyin on a Hǒu, China H: 15.125″

    Original price was: $725.00.Current price is: $495.00.
    H: 15.125”  W: 6”  D: 5” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!

    Rare carving of Guanyin in lalitsana clasping a rosary on a mythical Hǒu curled around her leg. Hǒus symbolize righteousness, morality and usher in peace and prosperity. Fine and rare provincial folk carving is small yet powerful, mounted on Acrylic base.

  • Sale! Antique Red Lacquer and Gilt Nanhai Guanyin #16302BEME

    Antique Red Lacquer and Gilt Nanhai Guanyin #16302BEME

    Original price was: $3,995.00.Current price is: $2,900.00.
    H: 19″ W: 10″ D: 8″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] for shipping INFORMATION.

    This wonderfully carved Nanhai Guanyin statue is notable for its highly ornate and beautiful diadem centered by an elaborately framed image of Buddha Amitabha seated in meditation. Her vibrant aura radiates spirituality and opulence, serenity and strength, as well as compassion and grace, making this statue a truly masterful piece of art.

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  • Antique Red Porcelain Bowl w/ High Foot, China (18043WAR) $125

    Antique Red Porcelain Bowl w/ High Foot, China (18043WAR) $125

    $125.00
    H: 2.5”  Dia: 5.75” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This simple, elegant beautifully shaped footed porcelain bowl is thinly crafted with a monotone coral saffron glaze on the outside and a grayish-white glaze on the inside. It has a rather high and deep foot and the bottom has a fading red stamped seal of an unknown kiln. It is in excellent condition and some minor pitting inside the bowl caused by gases escaping from the clay body during the firing cycle. Likely from the Togzhi Period 1862-1874.

  • Antique Repoussé  Earth Witnessing Buddha, Tibetan (0001LEM) $595

    Antique Repoussé Earth Witnessing Buddha, Tibetan (0001LEM) $595

    $595.00

    This Tibetan Repoussé image presents various symbols of the Enlightenment of the Shakyamuni-Buddha. He sits within a trefoil arch on a lotus base  (padmapitha) under the bodhi tree in bhumisparsha mudra (earth witnessing or hand touching position) symbolizing the moment of his enlightenment legs bent in (padmasana). The detailed trefoil arch surrounding the Buddha’s head…

  • Antique Repoussé Vishnu Votive Plaque, India (5174A-TAK) $250

    Antique Repoussé Vishnu Votive Plaque, India (5174A-TAK) $250

    $250.00

    Most Hindus have images of one or more murtis (gods and goddesses) on their home altar to help them in their daily prayers (puja), focus their attention and help visualize them. A murti is treated with the utmost respect, care and reverence but devotees never worship the objects and instead use them used only to…

  • Sale! Antique Sawankhalok Lidded Bowl, Fruit Stem Handle, Thailand #3170

    Antique Sawankhalok Lidded Bowl, Fruit Stem Handle, Thailand #3170

    Original price was: $385.00.Current price is: $325.00.
    Ht: 3.375” Dia: 4.625”   | FREE SHIPPING within continental U.S.! and beyond

     This Sawankhalok glazed stoneware lidded bowl with elegant mangosteen shape, cream and brown glazes and stylized incised floral and geometric designs, and raised calyx was used to store spices, powders and cosmetics, betel nuts and medicine.

  • Sale! Antique Seated Ancestor Official, China #16289BME

    Antique Seated Ancestor Official, China #16289BME

    Original price was: $650.00.Current price is: $325.00.
    H: 7.25” W: 4.625” D: 3.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This finely carved ancestor wears official’s attire and hat and sits in a horseshoe chair with his feet on a pedestal to emphasize his power and status, although he appears to be a lovwer level civilian official.  It is masterfully carved and lacquered and is painted on front and back in red  with traces of gilt – all propitious colors of “fu” as a wish for wealth, health, good fortune, long life and long life – that has faded over it years of use into a great patina.

  • Sale! Antique Senufo Manilla Currency/Slave Trade Bracelet, West Africa (3143)

    Antique Senufo Manilla Currency/Slave Trade Bracelet, West Africa (3143)

    Original price was: $295.00.Current price is: $210.00.
    H: 3.125”  W: 4”  Thick: 1.125.5” Circum: 9.5” |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This very elaborate and exquisite C-shaped Senufo heavy manilla  is ornately embellished and divided into sections, each decorated with deeply carved  panels and framed with pairs of raised ball-like metal pieces. This remarkable and elegant manilla has a fine patina that shows its age, long use, and wear. It comes with a wood and metal stand.

  • Sale! Antique Senufo Manilla Currency/Slave Trade Bracelet, West Africa (3144)

    Antique Senufo Manilla Currency/Slave Trade Bracelet, West Africa (3144)

    Original price was: $185.00.Current price is: $135.00.
    H: 2.75”  W: 3.625”  Thick: 1” Circum. 9.375” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL u.s.

    This antique intricate Senufo copper alloy manilla bracelet is decorated with incised parallel ridges covering its 3-sections which have sets of raised bosses and flattened discs at each end. Very heavy bracelets like this were not worn but were were used to store wealth, make purchases, buy or trade for livestock and goods, or as a bridal dowry or for ceremonial purposes such as weddings and burials. In excellent condition with a fine patina and the usual signs of age and use, it also has a wood and metal stand.

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  • Sale! Antique Signed Meiji Kyo Ware/Kiyomizu Ware Small Teapot, Japan #1136BEM

    Antique Signed Meiji Kyo Ware/Kiyomizu Ware Small Teapot, Japan #1136BEM

    Original price was: $265.00.Current price is: $215.00.
    H: 4” W: 5.25” D: 3.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    This delicate Meiji single serving Kyo Ware teapot with a high handle ,like all antique Kyo pieces was hand thrown and hand-painted. This small, striking teapot was fired to create a luminescent beige color with a crackled glaze resulting in a glowing radiance and has the Kiyomizu  kiln seal where it was made on the bottom. The chrysanthemum (kiku in Japanese) in a basket in blue and red on the body and lid symbolizes longevity and rejuvenation. . Production of Kyo ware is limited, making it highly collected worldwide.

  • Sale! Antique Small Guanyin on a Radiating Lotus, China 16534

    Antique Small Guanyin on a Radiating Lotus, China 16534

    Original price was: $595.00.Current price is: $495.00.
    H: 8.675″  Dia: 4.5″ | Free SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This delicate small Mahayana Buddhist carving of seated White Robed Guanyin in meditation sits in meditation on a radiating lotus throne  symbolizing her enlightenment, rebirth and purity. As a Popular Religion figure, she is humble, modest, relatable, accessible, yet a beautiful matronly figure. This beautiful figurine was placed on a home altar with other spiritual statues and house gods.  Mounted on a frosted acrylic base.

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