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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$325.00Current price is: $325.00.
Ht: 9″ W: 5″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
During the Ming and Qing dynasties small images of Taoist officials and priests were often shown holding a cup of the elixir of life to place on home altars along with ancestor figures, house gods and other religious images to bring blessings (fu) to the household. By commissioning figures like this artful carving, families honored their ancestors and met their filial piety duties. Mounted on an acrylic stand.
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$725.00 Original price was: $725.00.$675.00Current price is: $675.00.
H: 15.125” W: 6” D: 5” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
This charming rare White Robed Guanyin sits on a Hǒu, the mythical guardian beast that symbolizes righteousness and morality and the mandate to usher in peace and prosperity. Although generally beast, this Hǒu is a gentle Buddhist creature curled around Guanyin’s side as she in lalitsana clasping a rosary. This fine and rare provincial folk version of Guanyin is a small yet powerful carving, mounted on a frosted Acrylic base.
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$345.00 Original price was: $345.00.$295.00Current price is: $295.00.
Ht: 5.75” W: 2.5” D: 4” | SHIPPING FREE WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
This finely carved and highly detailed carving of Guandi, the God of War and Justice is a decorative element in a bed framework of a wealthy family to protect them while they sleep. He became one of the most popular gods in China and in the 19th century the Emperor designated him Military Emperor and elevated him to the level of Confucius. In Mahayana Buddhism he is the Protector of the Dharma, with images placed in Buddhist temples. He sits on a mythical Hǒu who also protects them from evil and bad fortune. It is mounted on a lucite stand and ideally should b e displayed with Antique Thunder God Leigong on a Hou 16327.
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$695.00 Original price was: $695.00.$625.00Current price is: $625.00.
H: 10″ W: 5.5″ D: 4.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This charming 18th century provincial Guanyin of the Southern Seas sits in meditation on a lotus and smiling joyously. As a protector of the sea, she is seated on an open lotus above a fish with his head and tail emerging from the water. The lotus represents purity and the stem symbolizes Buddhist teachings which give rise to purity of mind and enlightenment.
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$395.00
Each Carving HT : 5″ W: 4″ D: 2.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Each male lion of this pair holds a carved plum blossom between their paws symbolizing the sun, earth and a wish the Five Blessings of longevity, health, wealth, a virtuous life and a peaceful death. Likely connected to a woman’s bed for protection, each is a wish for a successful life with many sons. Individually mounted on frosted acrylic stands.
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$885.00 Original price was: $885.00.$725.00Current price is: $725.00.
H: 10.25″ W: 7.5″ D: 3.75″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This extraordinary rare and delicately rendered rural carving is a female bodhisattva possibly Guanyin seated on a lotus throne atop an ox. Beautifully highlighted in vibrant gold and adorned with intricate designs on the lotus petals and ox’s saddle coverings, this statue shows how the concept of a bodhisattva was adapted to the deification of “draft animals” (beasts of burden) who were integral to rural daily and agricultural activities in Chinese Popular Religion, Buddhism and Taoism beliefs.
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$695.00 Original price was: $695.00.$595.00Current price is: $595.00.
Ht: 9.5″ W: 4.5″ D: 3.75″ FREE SHIPPING in Continental U.S.!
This delicately carved home altar Guanyin is gender neutral in meditation on a lotus throne. Her humble demeanor, modest robes and absence of stylized decorative details exemplify the best of provincial Ming and Qing carvings. She is a tranquil figure with simple, soft, and beautifully rendered facial wearing a five-lobed crown symbolically representing the five Dyhani Buddhas and reflecting Vajrayana Tantric influence.
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$650.00
H: 17” W: 5” D: 5” | FOR SHIPPING quoteCONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 or email [email protected]
This rare wood carving of the Buddha as an infant is remarkable because of the way it has survived. As with many antique Chinese wood carvings, there is extensive deterioration from age/insect damage. Although there is total loss to the arms, legs and torso, it is virtually untouched from the neck up. This is a piece for lovers of wood, with the body worn to a delicately smooth but irregular surface. It is probably more striking than original piece, as its erosion shows the random miracle of chance and is highlighted on a frosted acrylic base. .
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$625.00
H: 14.75″ W: 4″ D: 4.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This unique carved head is the Queen Mother of the West, the first Chinese female deity to be represented in Chinese art and the most important female deity in the Taoist pantheon. Carved from a single piece of wood, it is either a puppet head or was attached to a larger figure. Her headdress has three phoenixes instead of her iconic single phoenix. Having a cavity on the rear of the head is rare indicating it might have been consecrated by a Taoist monk.
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$425.00 Original price was: $425.00.$350.00Current price is: $350.00.
Ht: 14.5” W: 3.5” D: 2.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S!
This rare vintage carving was probably made for a home shrine or small rice field temple dedicated to Dewi Sri, the Balinese Goddess of Rice. The hole near the bottom indicates it may have been part of a larger decorative scheme.
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$195.00
Ht: 8.75″ W: 4″ D: 3.125″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Originally mounted on the wood stick now inserted into an acrylic stand, this vintage elegantly dressed female doll is a dancer in ceremonial dress holding her elongated finely defined hands in front of her chest grasping a flower. Her wood head is beautifully painted and her black hair is intricately coiffed in a bun, a ponytail down her back, and with two upstanding ovals decorated with sequins, cloth, and plastic florals. She wears a long beige flowing dress with a contrasting red jacket, belt and sash that hangs down to the base inset with five pedal sequin flowers symbolizing a plum blossom and a wish for the Five Blessings and longevity.
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$195.00
H: 9.25″ W: 3.125″ D: 3″ | Free SHipping within continental u.s.!
Originally mounted on the wood stick between his legs and now inserted to its acrylic stand, this vintage male doll is an attendant offering a huge peach. His large oval head is almost bald and his black hair remains only in a small patches on the sides of his head. He wears a typical colorful folk-art Chinese dance costume: bright red shoes, yellow pants, a greenish-blue coat with florals, a high sequined yellow belt, and a wide blue sash outlined with silver and gold thread and colored 5-petal silver sequin plum blossoms hanging down to the base evoking a wish for the Five Blessings or Happinesses. It is in very good condition with expected wear and minor paint losses and charming spotting on the face.
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