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$295.00
H: 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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$195.00 Original price was: $195.00.$135.00Current price is: $135.00.
Ht: 8.75″ D: 4″ D: 3.125″ | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
This delightful doll mounted on a frosted acrylic stand is dressed as a bearded official wearing a traditional ‘spread-wing” official’s hat. Originally mounted on a wood stick seen under his attire, he wears a dark blue and gold robe with a loose black, red and silver official’s belt and boots. Although dressed as a Chinese official, he is clearly an entertainer. He holds a set of paper clappers (Kuaiban)– meaning “fast boards,” a two-millennia old Chinese castanets-like instrument made of bamboo or wood slats tied together which entertainers rattle, shake, or clap together to produce a complementary sound or beat. This piece is in excellent condition with expected signs of wear and use in the clothing and minor paint losses.
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$475.00 Original price was: $475.00.$325.00Current price is: $325.00.
H: 9.625″ W: 3″ D: 3″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This vintage Ibeji portrays a simple yet strong elegance with his characteristic large conical head, long curved neck and elaborately striated hairstyle. His extremely large round bulging eyes under heavy lids, flaring nose, full lips, and large flat ears reflect the Yoruba idealized form of beauty and exemplify being a correct and upstanding example of tribal values. His prominent genitalia and buttocks and his sturdy vertical stance on wide feet, thick legs and strong rounded shoulders and arms symbolize his strength and fertility. He wears a necklace with traditional Yoruba blue and multi colored beadwork. This vintage statue is finely carved with a smooth patina.
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$105.00
This Dalem is a traditional folk-art and ethnic mask (topeng) from Bali made from pulai wood of a Hindu king (Dalem). He stares directly at the viewer while his high cheeks help express his poise and the ability to remain cool in a crisis. This is a fine example of a gifted carver able to…
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$195.00 Original price was: $195.00.$135.00Current price is: $135.00.
H: 8.75 ” W: 4 ” D:3.125 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This doll is a Chinese opera dancer whose costume decorated with 5-petal plum blossom on the sash symbolizing longevity and, with its 5 petals, a wish for the Five Blessings or Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, living a virtuous life and dying a natural death.
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$195.00 Original price was: $195.00.$135.00Current price is: $135.00.
H: 10.5 ” W: 3.5 ” D: 3.125″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This charmingChinese Nuo Opera dancer wears a costume decorated with 5-petal plum blossoms symbolizing longevity and a wish for the Five Blessings or Happinesses: prosperity, long life, health, living a virtuous life and dying a natural death.
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$385.00
Ibeji carvings from Nigeria are idealized folk art conforming to Yoruba artistic and cultural conventions without closely reflecting human likenesses. Symmetrical and restrained with oversized elongated heads where one’s spirit, intelligence and the seat of divine power lie, they often have detailed linear coiffures that can be a third or more of the figure’s body…
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$95.00 Original price was: $95.00.$75.00Current price is: $75.00.
H: 18″ W: 18″ | FREE SHIPPING!
Woven from strands of raffia palm leaves, this traditional vintage bordered square Kuba cloth from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was made using vegetable dye and is embellished with sophisticated embroidered, applique and patchwork linear designs.
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$95.00 Original price was: $95.00.$75.00Current price is: $75.00.
H: 18″ W: 18″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL US!
Woven from strands of raffia palm leaves, this traditional vintage bordered square Kuba cloth from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was made using vegetable dye and is embellished with sophisticated embroidered, applique and patchwork linear designs.
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$195.00 Original price was: $195.00.$135.00Current price is: $135.00.
H: 9.25″ W: 3.125″ D: 3″ | Free SHipping within continental u.s.!
Originally mounted on the wood stick between his legs and now inserted to its acrylic stand, this vintage male doll is an attendant offering a huge peach. His large oval head is almost bald and his black hair remains only in a small patches on the sides of his head. He wears a typical colorful folk-art Chinese dance costume: bright red shoes, yellow pants, a greenish-blue coat with florals, a high sequined yellow belt, and a wide blue sash outlined with silver and gold thread and colored 5-petal silver sequin plum blossoms hanging down to the base evoking a wish for the Five Blessings or Happinesses. It is in very good condition with expected wear and minor paint losses and charming spotting on the face.
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$105.00
All ethnic mask (topeng) dances in Bali are accompanied with music from a gamelan percussion orchestra as are dramas and other entertainments considered as offerings to honor, please and attract the favor of the gods and ancestral spirits. In the west dancers put on masks to pretend they are someone else. Balinese dancers become the…
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$125.00
There are two traditional Balinese masks of the king’s prime minister (topeng patih). Both are refined, well-bred warriors from the second caste holding a prestigious position, and, like all dance masks, they are accompanied by a gamelan. This mask is a patih keras (strong minister) which is usually red or orange symbolizing a tough, intense…
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