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$275.00 Original price was: $275.00.$233.75Current price is: $233.75.
H: 5.5” W: 3.375 D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING
This antique figurine is a matronly version of Mazu, Empress of Heaven in a horseshoe chair with gold earrings, hat topped with a phoenix and dressed in robes with a scalloped cloud collar. She is said to have lived in the 10th century only 28 years with a pure spirit and compassion for those in need throughout the world. With supernatural powers she performed miracles, subdued evil spirits and protected those at sea. After her death, she became a deity and is still widely prayed to as a Chinese deity.
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$775.00 Original price was: $775.00.$658.75Current price is: $658.75.
H: 12.125” W: 6.125” D: 4.125” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental u.s.!
This vibrant and finely carved wood statue is the old good-natured Earth God Tudi Gong once found in most rural communities throughout China. He is a kind and benevolent god as seen by his good natured features, believed to live in and help residents of small villages, especially for issues relating to agriculture or wealth. As an administrator he sits on a horseshoe chair wearing officials clothes and carries a tael, a gold bar that symbolizes a wish for wealth. With his sweet and unpretentious demeanor, he looks like someone you just like to hang out with. Once in every village and most homes, these charming images have, like all Taoist deity images, become scarce.
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$595.00 Original price was: $595.00.$505.75Current price is: $505.75.
H: 14” W: 6.25 D: 3.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This delicately carved seated female attendant probably accompanied a religious image on a home altar. She holds an offering plate with three offerings of dumplings or pieces of fruit, possibly a peach trio which is a Chinese longevity symbol. A three-item offering is a also pun for a group of three ancient coins known as tael, a symbol of wealth and a wish for high status.
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$3,250.00 Original price was: $3,250.00.$2,762.50Current price is: $2,762.50.
H: 31.5” W: 16..5” D: 10.5” | | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING
This vibrant large antique statue is Mazu, Protectress of the Seas, reputedly the most important sea goddess of Asia. A significant Taoist deity, she is also venerated in Buddhism, Folk/Popular Religion and Confucianism. Designated the Eternal Mother and the Empress of Heaven she wears a phoenix headdress, elaborate regal robes with gilt appliqué, raised curvilinear designs, glass and mirror insets and intense hues of red, blue, green and yellow to allow those at sea needing aid to see her. She is the patron goddess of Taiwan and included in the UNESCO unintelligible cultural heritage list .
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$1,050.00 Original price was: $1,050.00.$892.50Current price is: $892.50.
H: 15.375” W: 8.625” D: 7.5” | FOR a SHIPPING quote CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 or email [email protected]
This Mazu, the protector of sea farers, is portrayed as the imperially sanctioned “Empress of Heaven” seated on an elaborate horseshoe shaped dragon throne, hands clasped symbolically holding a hu tablet, adorned with elegant dragon robes, an official’s girdle, a flat-topped Empress headdress and small feet resting on a pair of gilt fu lions. Meant to be seen from all sides this beautiful carving is decorated on front and back.
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$795.00 Original price was: $795.00.$675.75Current price is: $675.75.
H: 13” W: 4” D: 7” | FREE SHIPPING within the continental u.s.!
This fine carving is a Taoist priest dressed in official garments astride a lively horse that was probably placed on a home or community clan shrine to protect devotees. In contrast to the erect and calm priest with expressive facial features, the ornately attired horse is active as it turns his head, opens his mouth, and widens his nostrils. The priest’s powers as a guardian figure are symbolized in his hat with a mythical taotie that wards off evil and warns against gluttony and his hand is raised in prana mudra to activate vital energy flow, avert evil and bring good fortune.
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$2,100.00 Original price was: $2,100.00.$1,785.00Current price is: $1,785.00.
H: 11.75” W: 12.25” D: 7.5” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030
Cocoon jars were mingqi made for placement in tombs to comfort the deceased on their journey to and in their afterlife. An elixir of Immortality made from mulberry leaves or their ashes was placed inside for the deceased to drink and transmigrate into the world of the beyond. Ovoid in shape to resemble a silkworm cocoon, ajar rests on a small trumpet-shaped foot and has a narrow neck and a wide lip at its mouth. Painted after firing with vertical bands dividing it into panels, swirling cloud scrolls, and circular “eye” motifs at each end, this beautiful vessel is in excellent condition for its age with expected paint losses, scrapes, and dirt adhesions.
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