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  • Sale! Antique Mazu Empress of Heaven in Horseshoe Chair, China  (6003)

    Antique Mazu Empress of Heaven in Horseshoe Chair, China (6003)

    Original price was: $1,050.00.Current price is: $650.00.
    H: 15.375” W: 8.625” D: 7.5” | CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 or email [email protected] for SHIPPING.

    Mazu, protector of sea, is portrayed as the imperially sanctioned “Empress of Heaven” on an elaborate, horseshoe shaped dragon throne, holding a hu tablet, with elegant dragon robes, official’s girdle, Empress headdress and small feet on gilt fu lion foot rest.

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  • Antique Ming Attendant with Zodiac Animal, China (1155BCK)

    Antique Ming Attendant with Zodiac Animal, China (1155BCK)

    $395.00

    In China a set of earthenware Zodiac attendant figures was made as a 12 piece grouping, with each figure holding a small calendar animal with each year represented by a different animal – rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig or boar – in a repeating 12-year cycle. Although…

  • Sale! Antique Ming Dynasty Ceramic Horseshoe Chair, China #3331BOK

    Antique Ming Dynasty Ceramic Horseshoe Chair, China #3331BOK

    Original price was: $685.00.Current price is: $395.00.
    H: 7.375″  W: 4.375″  D: 3.75″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    Horseshoe chairs were considered a sign of rank used by officials and often ancestral figures were portrayed sitting in them to reflect their high status. This well-modeled green glaze ceramic mingqi of a horseshoe chair is decorated with a yellow glaze imitating caning and the decorative carved circular design on the splat. It pairs perfectly with  Ming Dynasty Earthenware Horseshoe Chair 3330 and together would add to a fine collection of miniature Chinese ceramics.

  • Sale! Antique Ming Earthenware Horseshoe Chair, China  #3330BOK

    Antique Ming Earthenware Horseshoe Chair, China #3330BOK

    Original price was: $685.00.Current price is: $395.00.
    H: 7.375″  W: 4.375″  D: 3.75″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    Horseshoe chairs were considered a sign of rank used by officials and often ancestral figures were portrayed sitting in them to reflect their high status. This well-modeled green glaze ceramic mingqi of a horseshoe chair is decorated with a yellow glaze imitating caning and the decorative carved circular design on the splat. It pairs well with item Ming Earthenware Horseshoe Chair 3331. This would be a fine addition to a collection of antique ceramics or simply a beautiful decorative piece to brighten a small space.

  • Sale! Antique Miniature Gilt Cabinet with Side Carving, China (19223)

    Antique Miniature Gilt Cabinet with Side Carving, China (19223)

    Original price was: $435.00.Current price is: $375.00.
    Ht: 15.25″   W: 11″   D: 4.875″  |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING

    Parents often gave small red and gold carved cabinets as wedding gifts as a wish for the young couple to have many sons.  The peony is a metaphor for female beauty and fertility, a willow represents spring – season of youth, new beginnings, optimism and fertility.

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  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas, China (16555)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas, China (16555)

    Original price was: $450.00.Current price is: $325.00.
    H: 11.75″  W:  5.25″    D: 4.75 ”  |  Free shipping within continental us

    Provincial Nanhai Guanyin palms at heart in anjali mudra, a mudra of offering rarely used for Nanhai Guanyin. On lotus throne at Tidal Cave  on Putuo under a craggy rock outcrop with pierced openwork.

  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas, China #19414BLK

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas, China #19414BLK

    Original price was: $750.00.Current price is: $500.00.
    H: 9.5 ”  D:  4.5″    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Rare provincial white hooded Nanhai Guanyin in Cave below openwork draped moss and barbed rocks holding precious scrolls, with vial and parrot. Open lotuses symbolize her purity and enlightenment, closed lotuses potential for enlightenment of others.

  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin with 2 Acolytes on Putuo, China  (16240)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin with 2 Acolytes on Putuo, China (16240)

    Original price was: $1,350.00.Current 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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  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin with Vase and Parrot, China (16246)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin with Vase and Parrot, China (16246)

    Original price was: $1,450.00.Current price is: $1,150.00.
    H: 15.5″ W: 6″ D: 5.25″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL VANISHINGARTS213@GMAIL/COM for shipping information

    Elegant Guanyin in meditation, gilt covered with five-lobed crown. Sacred vial on her right and parrot on left. Guanyins statues with symbols in this condition are rare and impart a feeling of serenity to the environment around them.

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  • Antique Nanhai Guanyin, China (19508)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin, China (19508)

    $595.00
    H: 9.75″ W: 5″ D: 4.5″   |    FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.

    Nanhai Guanyin in her Cave in lalitsana, below draped moss arch holding a scrolls, next to vial of humanity’s tears and parrot, her constant companion. Small Nanhai images with these symbols are very rare.

  • Antique Nuo Opera Female Mask, China (19220WRK) $395

    Antique Nuo Opera Female Mask, China (19220WRK) $395

    $395.00

    The origins of Nuo Opera, performed in provincial villages in Southern China since antiquity, is found in spirit and ancestor worship and Taoism. Performances use a few dozen to 200 masks having distinctive facial features, decorations, regional and ethnic individuality and aesthetic diversity. Usually carved from poplar or willow which are light and less likely…

  • Sale! Antique Official Holding His Belt of Office, China, 18th Century, #16470BKE

    Antique Official Holding His Belt of Office, China, 18th Century, #16470BKE

    Original price was: $535.00.Current price is: $395.00.
    H: 10.3″ W: 6″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL US!

    This  ancestor statue emphasizes his status as an official. official’s pose holding us his belt of office, official’s hat and boots, worn only by those who could afford them. high on his forehead which also represents his officialdom, as the word “hat” (guan) is a homophone of the word “official.” The inscriptions on the back of the chair which are too faded to read indicate it was consecrated and probably were a dedication from the family who commissioned  it to placed on the home altar.

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