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$650.00
H: 7” Dia: 2.875″ | FREE SHIPPING!
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 eyes cast down presenting boxed offerings. They wear voluminous robes with flaring sleeves and upward curving bottoms that defy gravity and an officials high hats and boots. It is very rare to find pairs of charming figurines in excellent condition such as these.
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$495.00
H: 22.25″ W: 7.25″ D: 5 ” | Call 213-568-3030 for shipping cost
This antique male puppet head was carved from a single piece of wood, and like most puppets, has a tapering neck. With a well carved calm, peaceful expression, downcast eyes and half-smile, it could have been for either religious or secular purposes. The thin ridge on his forehead indicates it was likely used for various of roles in different stories.
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$250.00
H: 7.5” W: 5.75” D: 2.5” | FREE SHIPPING
This repoussé votive plaque portrays the Hindu deity Vishnu, the Protector of the Universe with a double aureole holding the conch shell he uses to make the om (aum) sound that embodies divine energy and is considered to be the sound of the universe which encompasses all sounds within it. He wears a crown representing his supreme power and earrings signifying the dual nature of creation. The lotus next to him and the lotus leaves of his throne symbolize purity, truth, and the unfolding of creation.
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$675.00
H: 9 ” W: 5 ” D:3.5 ” | FREE SHIPPING in continental u.s.!
This finely carved, beautifully detailed statue of a Taoist Official was created using a combination of simplified geometric forms and colors to create a small but striking and significant piece. Holding the Elixir of Immortality, the statue symbolizes a wish for a long and happy afterlife. Mounted on a uniquely crafted frosted acrylic base, it complements any décor.
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$595.00
H: 8.675″ Dia: 4.5″ | Free SHIPPING!
This delicate small carving of seated White-Robed-Guanyin in meditation is carved in the round with fine details on all sides. Her face with downcast eyes is calm and serene, and she sits on a two-tiered radiating lotus-throne with her elegantly carved hooded robe flowing to the top of the base in lyrically curving patterns. Small, important and beautiful, this image was placed on a home altar with other Buddhist statues and house gods. It is mounted on a frosted acrylic base.
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$675.00
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 her cave on Putuo Island 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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$375.00
HT: 5″ W: 4″ D: 2.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Each male lion of this pair holds a symbolic spheres with a carved plum blossom between their paws symbolizing blessings, 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. Each is mounted on a frosted acrylic stand.
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$650.00
H: 17” W: 5” D: 5” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030
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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$885.00
H: 10.25″ W: 7.5″ D: 3.75 ” | freeshipping in 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
Ht: 9.5″ W: 4.5″ D: 3.75″ FREE SHIPPING!
This delicately carved home altar figure is Guanyin represented as gender neutral in meditation on a lotus throne. Her humble demeanor, modest robes and absence of stylized decorative details indicate it was carved by a provincial artisan, and its simple elegance exemplifies the best of provincial Ming and Qing carvings. She is a tranquil figure with simple, soft, and beautifully rendered facial details with almond shaped eyes cast down in serene composure wearing a five-lobed crown symbolically representing the five Dyhani Buddhas and reflecting Vajrayana Tantric influence.
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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 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
Ht: 14.5” W: 3.5” D: 2.25” | FREE SHIPPING!
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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