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$1,350.00 Original price was: $1,350.00.$1,200.00Current price is: $1,200.00.
H: 11.5″ W: 6″ D: 4.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Nanhai Guanyin on Mount Putuo sits as a triad with acolytes Shan Tsai hands in prayer and the Dragon Princess offering the “illuminating pearl.” Very rare Ming sculpture on an Acrylic base is one of our favorites VA collection carvings.
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$875.00 Original price was: $875.00.$475.00Current price is: $475.00.
H: 15.5″ W: 6.125 ” 4.125 D: ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This carved ancestor figure portrayed as an official sits on a backless chair with a decorative pedestal in official’s attire: a high collared red robe, double belt above and below his ample stomach and holding a long slender curved hu-tablet, all signs of his office and status. He is vibrantly painted in red, the color of fu, as a wish for prosperity and status.
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$850.00 Original price was: $850.00.$700.00Current price is: $700.00.
H: 10.25” W: 9.5” D: 4.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Known as the Laughing, Happy, or Fat Buddha, Budai is regarded as a deity of contentment and plenty. Like most Early Chinese Republic porcelains this piece is hand decorated in famille rose enamels with vivid blue, red, and green pigments portrayed as a stout, smiling, bald monk in robes with a large, exposed pot belly surrounded by five children. Since the stomach is considered the seat of the soul in Chinese beliefs, it demonstrates his open heartedness. His wide smile attracts the children surrounding his body indicating his regard for them and his joy when they encircle him and well as the belief he can bequeath families with children.
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$625.00
H: 14.75″ W: 5.25″ D: 6.8″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
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$725.00 Original price was: $725.00.$495.00Current price is: $495.00.
H: 15.125” W: 6” D: 5” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.
Rare provincial carving of Guanyin in lalitsana clasping a rosary on a mythical Hǒu that symbolizes righteousness, morality and ushers in peace and prosperity. Small yet powerful, consecrated and mounted on Acrylic base.
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$3,995.00 Original price was: $3,995.00.$2,900.00Current price is: $2,900.00.
H: 19″ W: 10″ D: 8″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] for shipping INFORMATION.
Wonderfully carved Nanhai Guanyin with ornate and beautiful diadem centered by elaborately framed Buddha Amitabha in meditation. Vibrant aura radiates spirituality, opulence, serenity and strength, as well as compassion and grace, making this a truly masterful piece of art.
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$795.00
Initially linked to the Big Dipper in Chinese mythology, Wen Chang is worshipped in the 3rd and 8th months as the God of several spheres: Literature, Books and Writing, Education, Learning and Examinations and is the patron saint of scholars. As one of the revered Taoist-deities, hero and one of the house-gods closely associated with…
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$395.00
When ancestral images are taken out of context they are very difficult to identify so we describe them in generic terms as a Chinese Officials or Taoist Officials. This antique-Chinese-wood-carving may represent the noted historical figure the principal regent Dorgon of the first Qing Emperor Shunzhi who ruled from 1643-1650 as a”quasi” emperor based on…
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$795.00
This fine antique Chinese wood carving was likely placed in a clan shrine or home altar with other religious images, ancestor figures or folk heroes reflecting the Chinese syncretic tradition that adhered to multiple spiritual and belief systems. Although it is difficult to identify specific figures, this image is likely a Taoist priest in officials…
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$785.00
18 original Lohans were the major disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha whom he, at his death bed, entrusted to protect and promulgate Buddhist teachings. Over centuries, their numbers increased to over 500 enlightened beings recognized for their courage and supernatural powers. In Mahayana Buddhism, Lohans represent the ideal toward which Buddhist devotees should strive as they…
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$995.00
The Kitchen God (Zao Shen) was and still is among the most important Chinese house gods. Traditionally every family had its own Kitchen God with or without his wife above the stove to reflect his and its central position in the family’s life. The Kitchen God is both a syncretic and a tutelary deity embraced…
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$395.00
This image from Guandong wears typical Taoist priest or shaman attire – an undergarment crossed at the neck, an overcoat clasped at the waist and a double-winged high hat centered with an image of a taotie. The taotie is a mystical animal sometimes on the hat of Taoist priests or shamans as a guardian or…
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