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$750.00 Original price was: $750.00.$637.50Current price is: $637.50.
H: 9.5” W: 5.5″ D: 5.5″| FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
This charming extremely well-modeled carving depicts a White Robed Nanhai Guanyin in her Cave on Mount Putuo seated on an open lotus in lalitsana below an arch of draped moss . Nanhai Guanyin was massively popular in the Ming/Qing dynasties when provincial wood images were made for home altars throughout China. She holds a scroll representing Buddhist teachings accompanied by a vial with the tears of humanity and a parrot, her constant companion. Small home shrine Nanhai images with all these symbols are rare.
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$5,900.00 Original price was: $5,900.00.$5,015.00Current price is: $5,015.00.
H: 34″ W: 12″ D: 15″ | Call us at 213-568-3030 for SHIPPING Quote or email us at [email protected]
Guanyin clearly dominates this majestic carving sitting in meditation. She wears an ornate high blue crown centered with an Amitabha Buddha in a deep arched border topped by flat lotus leaves. This remarkable Nanhai Guanyin is extremely rare, unique and difficult to interpret as it is so rare and unusual. We have never seen a Guanyin in her cave at Putuo surrounded by with two pairs of attendants that include her acolytes Shan Tsai and the Dragon Princess Longnu and a seated Taoist official/priest or possible the donor at the apex. This was likely commissioned by a very wealthy donor who wished to make a spiritual statement while also emphasizing his reverence and status.
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$720.00 Original price was: $720.00.$612.00Current price is: $612.00.
H: 22.25” W: 7.25 ” D: 5” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030
Nanhai Guanyin sits in meditation on a pedestal framed by a large mandorla with her two acolytes (one deteriorated) with a benign expression with half-closed eyes, pursed smiling lips, pendulous ears, and a crown with an image of Buddha Amitabha. Most Buddhist carvings suffered severe damage during China’s modernization and antique Guanyin images with her attendants are very rare.
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$395.00 Original price was: $395.00.$335.75Current price is: $335.75.
H: 9.25” W: 5.75” D: 2.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This antique Chinese wood hand-carved mask was used in Nuo Operas mask in Southern China She is a smiling woman with a slender face, delicate features and hair in a topknot. She is a zhengshen, a friendly female deity (shen) with a kind, honest nature and a gentle disposition and a symbol of the power of good capable of defeating evil. Most Nuo masks are brightly painted, but the age and heavy use of this one has resulted in paint losses. Different colored bases under the reddish-brown indicate it was repainted and reused a number of times. The bright red lips have faded and areas around the eyes, mouth, nose and hair reveal what may be an original first layer of white gesso. Mask enthusiasts will appreciate the resulting paint and lacquer layers which tell the story of this mask’s colorful history, and, yes, the pun is intended. In very good condition for its age and use and for its journey surviving China’s modernization, masks like these were initially considered ethnic folk art offerings to the gods.
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$575.00 Original price was: $575.00.$488.75Current price is: $488.75.
H: 10.5” W:7.75” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING!
This amusing antique Nuo Opera mask portrays Tudi Gong, the benevolent Earth god with a smiling animated face, long eyebrows, a hemp beard and large ears wearing a high decorative hat. Tudi is a zhengshen, a god who is kindly, honest with a gentle disposition, symbolizing the great power of good, through which evil can be defeated. Nuo was popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties and although they are still performed in rural areas, there are few remaining troupes.
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$985.00 Original price was: $985.00.$637.50Current price is: $637.50.
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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$535.00 Original price was: $535.00.$361.25Current price is: $361.25.
H: 10.375″ W: 6.125″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Perfect for placement on an enterprising individual’s desk, this 18th century carving of an ancestor figure as an official was meant to honor the effort, achievement and status accorded to high officials during the Qing dynasty. Seated on a backless chair he wears official’s attire and proudly holds up his belt of office emphasizing his status and achievements. Likely placed on a home altar, the carved inscription on the back indicates it was probably consecrated by a monk or Taoist priest.
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$650.00 Original price was: $650.00.$552.50Current price is: $552.50.
H: 7.75” W: 3.5″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental U.S.!
This unique pair of attendants was likely placed on a home altar flanking and looking slightly inward to a Buddhist or Taoist figure or deity. Standing on circular pedestals, they smile slightly with down cast eyes presenting boxed offerings. One box has ribbons symbolizing the object’s miraculous powers and a wish for longevity. Rare to find pairs of charming figurines, they look even better on custom frosted Acrylic stands.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$250.75Current price is: $250.75.
H: 9.5″ W: 5.25″ D” 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Each of the antique carved wood oil lamps of this pair is filled with auspicious symbols to bring health, wealth and happiness to its owner – both in the past and in the present. Their vertical shafts are composed of stylized double happiness characters mounted on a rounded stand on four feet. Painted in gold and red for good luck, their articulated decorative rectangular tops are covered with carved lozenge designs and five-leaf plum blossoms on each side.
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$950.00 Original price was: $950.00.$807.50Current price is: $807.50.
Ht: 17” W: 4.25” D: 4.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Chinese puppet theatre thrived, educated and entertained people with puppets that usually had detachable heads. A very popular figure, the Queen Mother of the West is the highest ranking female Taoist deities venerated by women as a powerful, independent deity embodying yin (female energy) who they prayed to for health and long life. Her complex elaborate headdress includes a large outstretched tortoise atop her iconic symbol, the phoenix, all flanked by two nagas under an arch bordered with a scale like finish, a truly unique and impressive image. She is mounted on a modern contemporary frosted acrylic base.
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$585.00 Original price was: $585.00.$497.25Current price is: $497.25.
H: 11.5” W: 5.375” D: 4.25” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental u.s.!
The Queen Mother of the West is one of the most significant Taoist female deities and a patron deity of woman who still pray to her on her birthday for health and longevity. This charming image sits on a backless throne with decorated pedestal, her iconic phoenix in her crown. Her left hand is in karana mudra to cast out demons and negative energy. As it was consecrated it probably was placed on a home altar for personal devotion.
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$3,750.00 Original price was: $3,750.00.$3,187.50Current price is: $3,187.50.
H: 22″ W: 8.25″ D:10″ | | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING
Given its size and quality, this rare and exquisite Queen Mother of the West probably was placed in a local temple or village/family clan setting. She is the Taoist deity who grants immortality, is the patron deity of women, controls the length of lives, and cultivates of virtue. This magnificent carving portrays her on a horse with a magnificent headdress centered by her iconic striking phoenix holding a cup with the elixir of immortality
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