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  • 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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  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin, China (19508)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin, China (19508)

    Original price was: $595.00.Current price is: $525.00.
    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.

  • Sale! Antique Nuo Opera Female Mask, China (19220)

    Antique Nuo Opera Female Mask, China (19220)

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $325.00.
    H: 9.25″  W: 5.75″   D: 2.25″    |     FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Chinese Noa opera mask is likely a female  zhengshen – a benevolent gods with kind and honest nature and gentle disposition -symbolizing the power of good to defeat evil. Age and heavy use

  • Sale! Antique Official Holding Belt of Office, China, (16470)

    Antique Official Holding Belt of Office, China, (16470)

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

    Ancestor statue emphasizing his status as an official holding up his belt of office with official’s hat and boots, worn only by those who could afford them. Faded inscriptions on the back of the chair. Mounted on Lucite stand.

  • Sale! Antique Official in Red Robes with a Hu Tablet, China (16851)

    Antique Official in Red Robes with a Hu Tablet, China (16851)

    Original price was: $875.00.Current price is: $495.00.
    H:  15.5″    W: 6.125 ” 4.125   D:  ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Carved ancestor figure as an official sits on a backless chair with a decorative pedestal in official’s attire 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.

  • Antique Official Showing His Belt of Office (19047LHE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Antique Official Showing His Belt of Office (19047LHE) SPECIAL PRICE

    $985.00
    H: 15″ W: 6.5″ D: 5.5″  | EMAIL [email protected] OR CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING COST

    This excellently carved civilian official with gilt highlights was commissioned by a family to place on a home altar for veneration and to impress those who viewed it. The imposing ancestor figure grasps his belt of office to show his pride in passing examinations to become a civil official, which leads to a life of rank and prosperity for him and his family. Statues like this are an affirmation of persistence, success, status and power and they honor those who display these characteristics.

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  • Sale! Antique Pair Bronze Khmer Palanquin Rings, Thailand (3378)

    Antique Pair Bronze Khmer Palanquin Rings, Thailand (3378)

    Original price was: $1,350.00.Current price is: $785.00.
    Each  H:4.675 ”    W:3.875 ”    D:.5 ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Pair of bronze palanquin rings to transport Khmer Empire royalty and elite decorated with a lotus motif found in Lopburi, Thailand, the western most Khmer outpost.

  • Sale! Antique Pair Double Happiness Oil Lamps, China (16915)

    Antique Pair Double Happiness Oil Lamps, China (16915)

    Original price was: $295.00.Current price is: $165.00.
    H:9.25  ”    W: 5.25 ”    D: 3.5 ”    | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Pair of oil lamps for good fortune with diamond shaped double lozenge meaning many treasures, and plum blossoms, symboling  the Five Happinesses – wealth, health, longevity, peaceful death and love of virtue.

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  • Sale! Antique Pair of Attendants with Offerings, China (16242)

    Antique Pair of Attendants with Offerings, China (16242)

    Original price was: $650.00.Current price is: $395.00.
    H: 7.75”  W: 3.5″  D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental U.S.

    Rare and charming carved attendant pair to flank deities on circular pedestals presenting boxed offerings with ribbons as wish for longevity.

  • Sale! Antique Palace or Temple Guardian Figure, Thailand (T431)

    Antique Palace or Temple Guardian Figure, Thailand (T431)

    Original price was: $1,200.00.Current price is: $950.00.
    H:  25″  W: 8″ D: 6″ |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Regional Rattanakosin carving of a Thai celestial guardian or attendant originally placed on a home or small temple altar for protection and devotion. Stylized layered garment, intricate detailing and headdress signify his celestial and royal status.

     

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  • Sale! Antique Peacock Heddle Pulley, Burma/Myanmar (11297A)

    Antique Peacock Heddle Pulley, Burma/Myanmar (11297A)

    Original price was: $245.00.Current price is: $185.00.
    H: 13”  W: 3.75”  D: 2.625” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Burmese teak heddle pulley surmounted by a graceful peacock that symbolizes wholeness, combining colors and fleeting nature of all things. Based on old animistic beliefs, heddles are decorated with  auspicious animals providing the weaver protection, assuring good quality weaving and pleasing the gods.

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