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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    Antique/Vintage Brass Nandi Figurine, India (9509A-GAH) $245

    Original price was: $245.00.Current price is: $208.25.
    H: 4.5”  W: 2.25”  D: 3.25” | FREE SHIPPING

    This well articulated figurine features is Nandi decorated with jewels and recumbent on a high-tiered pedestal throne. Nandi figurines are placed on home altars for daily puja and are decorated with flowers and incense offerings as a sign of respect and this image has an attached incense holder for this purpose. Made using lost wax casting, it is a one-of-a-kind piece in very good condition with a fine patina and smooth surface.

     

     

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    Antique/Vintage Carved Hindu Devi Child’s Doll, India (3120FLK)

    Original price was: $85.00.Current price is: $72.25.
    H: 9.5″ W: 2″ D: 1.2″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This antique hardwood local female deity from a provincial area in South India is a Devi, a positive female spirit and fertility deity. Hand crafted as a child’s toy, it was intentionally crudely carved without much detail and created to entertain and instill pride in the local community’s heritage and religion. It has a shiny patina from natural hand oil as it was handled daily for a century or so.  

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    Antique/Vintage Framed Glass Painting of a Peacock, India (3983MCE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $335.75.
    H: 16″  W: 13 ” D:  1″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING

    This glass painting of a peacock was one of a pair of inset panels along with Krishna Playing his Flute (3982) in a highly decorative piece inset in antique Indian cabinet or chest. Beautifully painted with reflective silver accents it is a vibrant and remarkable wall hanging.  As both panels were originally displayed together, we recommend they be kept as a pair. Peacocks, the national bird of India, are an integral part of Hindu and Indian art and culture depicted in spiritual and decorative art.

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    Antique/Vintage Framed Glass Painting of Krishna Playing his Flute, India (3982MCE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $335.75.
    H: 16″ W: 13″ D: 1″ | |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING

    This vibrant glass painting of Krishna along with the panel of a Peacock (3983MCE) were insets in a highly decorated Indian wood cabinet or chest. Krishna is one of the most popular Hindu deities, beautifully depicted here in a bright yellow dhoti, peacock feather crown, and jewels in serenading his adoring gopis with his engaging flute. The unique frame complements the painting’s richness and vintage feel.

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    Antique/Vintage Jetayu Mask, Museum Quality Stand, Bali (1208BEK) SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $650.00.Current price is: $552.50.
    H: 13.75”  W: 6.25”  D: 9” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 or [email protected]

    Jetayu is the mythical demi-god divine bird in the Hindu epic the Ramayana. It is a very rare Balinese mask with a fine patina from decades of dance performances. The crowned forehead and snout, huge round eyes, wide-open mouth, curled leather tongue, expressive jaw muscles with upper and lower sets of piercing sharp teeth in graduated sizes reflect the pinnacle of skilled woodcarving and polychrome painting.

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    Antique/Vintage Kitchen God and His Wife, China (16850BME) $625

    Original price was: $625.00.Current price is: $531.25.
    H: 8.25″  W: 3.125″  D: 2.25″ | FREE SHIPPING!

    This Kitchen God and his Wife is posed as streamlined virtual mirror-images and fashioned with a general quality relying on paint rather than deep carving for details. They sit on backless chairs on a plinth, with simplified gold officials’ robes with long color sashes, and well-carved black and gilt head gear. The wife’s face is smooth, generalized and the male face has a more deeply carved surface and painted highlights.

     

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    Antique/Vintage Mask of Comical Character (Topeng Bondres), Bali (1266WCE) $395

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $335.75.
    Ht: 7”  W: 5”  D: 3.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    The third eye on this topeng bondres is ironic, as it depicts a very odd clown-like, personality. Very well-carved, he has uneven bloodshot eyes, an almost hairless head, angular bony eye-sockets and a recessed face with black age lines on each side of a puny nose. The protruding red lips, open mouth with two teeth and mustache are not balanced and describe a weirdo demanding our attention. He is a strange and wacky Balinese jokester who evokes laughter and is exactly what the Balinese love: a abnormal slapstick clown with physical oddities. Personally collected in Bali in the 1970s, this piece is in excellent condition for its age and use with expected minor paint losses and scrapes.

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    Antique/Vintage Rangda Mask on Museum Stand, Indonesia, Bali (1310BML) SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $875.00.Current price is: $743.75.
    H: 15.5”  W: 8.625”  D: 6” |CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST

    Central to Balinese culture and lore, Rangda is the demon-queen ruling an army of witches practicing black magic. Frightening, she has two upper fangs and two lower fangs now lost, scary teeth, jagged elements around her head, bulging eyes and is red symbolizing someone angry and threatening. In very good condition considering its age and use, it has expected paint losses, scratches and a fine patina. Personally collected in the 1970s, she is mounted on a museum-quality metal stand.

     

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    Antique/Vintage Silver Pendant of Ganesh with Parvati, India (22059XHE) $295

    Original price was: $295.00.Current price is: $250.75.

    Ht: 2.75”. W: 2.5” D: 0.25” 1.3oz.  |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This rare pendant of Ganesh and his mother Parvati seated on a throne is framed within a betel shape with scalloped edges. It is finely crafted heavy silver piece with a top round suspension loop that mirrors the ovule on the bottom. Used as a protective amulet, it shows signs of wear that give it a smooth fine patina.

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    Antique/Vintage Small Square Rug w/Double Dorje/Vajra, China (3372DRE)

    Original price was: $375.00.Current price is: $284.75.
    HT: 26” WD: 26″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    Beautiful wool and natural dye small carpet squares were made for both domestic Chinese use and for export to Tibet. The centered double dorje represents the indestructibility of a diamond and the irresistible force of a thunderbolt. When  two crossed, they symbolize “that which cannot be destroyed, but which destroys all delusion that causes suffering.” With major spiritual significance in Tibetan Buddhism, the dorje  represents absolute stability, the 12 great deeds of Shakyamuni Buddha, compassion and wisdom and dispels evil and guides devotees to Enlightenment. This rug is a  perfect physical and mental support for meditation.

     

     

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    Antique/Vintage Small Square Rug with 4 Bats, China (3373DRE)

    Original price was: $375.00.Current price is: $318.00.
    H: 26″    W: 26″        |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    Perfect for meditation to sit on, an accent piece or hung on a wall, this small antique vibrant fringed carpet square has the quintessential auspicious design motif – the bat, or even better four of them. The word bat (fu) is a homophone and wish for blessings, happiness and riches. Upside down ones are a pun for the word arrival, meaning blessings have arrived. Double blessings arrive with 2 bats and 4 is the lucky jackpot bring quadrupled blessings. Why not have good luck and beauty too.

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    Antique/Vintage Sweetmeats Confection-Mold, China (19434DRK) $425

    Original price was: $425.00.Current price is: $361.25.
    H: 16.5″ W: 10.5″ D: 2.25″ CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING QUOTE

    This finely detailed hardwood mold was used to make sweetmeats confections, perhaps mooncakes for the Chinese Autumn Moon Festival. It is covered with deeply carved propitious symbols for marital harmony, sons and successful endeavors:  a four clawed dragon for fertility, two ducks symbolizing marital bliss and harmony, one atop a carp for conjugal bliss and achieving noble rank and a boat with a sail for making all this easy sailing. This would be a great accessory or gift (especially for weddings) to spice up any kitchen.

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