SOLD Antique/Vintage Small Rug w/Double Dorje China (3372)
Original price was: $375.00.$285.00Current price is: $285.00.25″ Square
This vibrant carpet can be used as aid for meditation to sit on or hung on a wall.
Folk Art
As defined by the International Museum of Folk Art, folk art encompasses a broad range of forms – dance, song, poetry, and foods as well as art. It is handmade; traditional, reflecting shared cultural aesthetics and social issues which may change over time; and is of, by and for the people inclusive of class, status, culture, ethnicity, gender, and religion. It may be for community use or for sale as income or empowerment; learned formally, informally, or self-taught. It can be decorative or utilitarian used for daily, ritual or ceremonial purposes.
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SOLD Bejeweled Wood Naga, Burma/Myanmar (11134B)
$1,133.00H: 32″ W: 20″ D: 7.5″ SHIPPING INFORMATION REQUIRED. CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030
This exceptional naga was one of two that comprised a gong stand. Gongs were used in Burma for both ceremonial and musical purposes in religious, state, or secular settings. A protection figure, this naga is a superb carving elaborately decorated with gold lacquer and pigmentation. He opens his mouth wide bearing mother-of-pearl teeth and a curled blood red mouth and tongue to drive away malevolent spirits, also reinforced by the large glaring eyes circled in red. On first glance it is menacing, but its history as a protector of Buddha Shakyamuni make it prized as a fanciful, gleeful guardian. His scales are arched relief designs of mixed lacquer and ash and they are highlighted with inset cut mirrors and green sequin-like glass “jewels.” It is mounted on a museum quality stand and is in excellent condition for its age and use despite missing an ear.
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SOLD Vintage Demon Mask (Jauk), Bali (1301-16QBE)
$120.00H: 7.625″ W: 6.125″ D: 3.375″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.
Most jauk keras (strong, scary) masks of a giant are often red or orange to reinforce a volatile dance with jerky movements. This jauk manis (good, sweet) mask dance is a more controlled, regulated and enacted with more calm and human movements.
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SOLD Vintage Dewi Sri Rice Goddess, Indonesia, Bali (3045DLK)
$295.00H: 14.5″ W: 6.625″ D: 2.375″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL US
Rare and very fine vintage woodcarving of Dewi Sri Balinese Hindu goddess of rice and prosperity in excellent condition considering it is a much used piece. Depicted as a young, attractive and fertile woman with highly decorative headdress. Can be mounted on a wall.
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SOLD Vintage Earth Witnessing Buddha, Laos (3185A- ELO)
$295.00H: 9” W: 4.25 D: 3.125” | FREE SHIPPING
This mid 20th century Buddha Shakyamuni in Earth Witnessing position is carved in rural Lao style. Covered with gilt, the small rustic and simply carved image follows Lao artistic canons for depicting a Buddha: a curved hairline and high arched eyebrows that meet at the bridge of the nose, distinct hair curls, long ears, and a flame-shaped radiance emerging from his ushnisha. Its very large base is as tall and wide as the image, reflecting Laotian beliefs that a high pedestal reflects a deep respect for the Buddha. A base has been added for display purposes. Authentic old Lao images, even small personal ones like this, are difficult to find.
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SOLD Vintage Mask of a Demon Clown (Topeng Begul), Java (1201ZLE) $165
$165.00Influenced by Islam for centuries, Javanese theater in Indonesia is stylized, didactic and full of central characters said to be cultural and historic icons of morality. Mask drama theater (Topeng Wayang) in Java is dominated by the conservative central Javanese palace courts (kraton) of Surakarta, Solo and Jogjakarta (Yogyakarta) which have long supported mask makers,…
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Vintage Bearded Official Doll Acrylic Stand, China (1301B)
$125.00Ht: 8.75″ D: 4″ D: 3.125″ | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.
Colorful bearded official/entertainer doll with traditional hat, dark blue and gold robe holding paper clappers castanets. Mounted on lucite.
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Vintage Carving of a Brahmana, Museum Stand, Bali (1267)
$575.00Ht: 15.5” W: 8” D: 5” | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING
Dayu mask of Balinese high-caste female Hindu Brahman, beautiful decorative piece on a museum quality metal stand.
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Vintage Chinese Noh Opera Doll Acrylic Stand, China (1301D)
$125.00H: 10.5 ” W: 3.5 ” D: 3.125″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Charming Chinese Nuo Opera dancer wearing a costume with 5-petal plum blossoms symbolizing a wish for the Five Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, a virtuous life and natural death.
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Vintage Chinese Nuo Opera Mask of a Magistrate , Southwest China (16936)
$315.00H: 14.75″ W: 7.75″ D: 4″ | Free SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Authentic Chinese Nuo regional folk art mask representing a magistrate portrayed as an elite bureaucrat with civic authority. Finely carved with decorative official’s head headpiece. Indications it was used in ritual dances during 20th century.
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Vintage Dayak Ancestor Mask (Hudoq), Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) (1200)
$550.00H: W: D: Ht: 14.75″ W:12.125″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
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Vintage Female Doll in Ceremonial Dress on Stand, China (1301C)
$125.00H: 8.75 ” W: 4 ” D:3.125 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Chinese opera dancer doll with elaborate headdress and 5-petal plum blossom on sash symbolizing the Five Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, living a virtuous life and dying a natural death.
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