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$425.00 Original price was: $425.00.$310.00Current price is: $310.00.
Ht: 1.25″ W: 15″ D:14.87″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST
This intricately hand carved gold and silver platter with indentations on both sides was used to make confections called sweetmeats eaten at festivals, holidays, and other key celebrations. The round molds symbolize the moon and cohesion of the family. The 5-petal plum blossoms attached to vines symbolize purity and endurance, as well as the coming of spring, renewal, and longevity. The multiple seeds are a wish for fertility and sons, and thus this mold may have been a holiday and/or marriage gift to a young couple.
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$1,185.00 Original price was: $1,185.00.$975.00Current price is: $975.00.
H: 13.5″ W: 7.25″ D: 6″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.
Seated in lalitsana, the position of royal ease, this delicate White Robed Guanyin is traditionally portrayed as a humble and modest deity, although she has a gilt lacquer surface. Her white hood is draped over a stylized image of Amitabha Buddha to whom she is a companion in Pure Land Buddhism, the most widespread Buddhist sect.
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$885.00 Original price was: $885.00.$650.00Current price is: $650.00.
H: 13.75″ W: 6″ D: 4.8″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This charming White Hooded Guanyin sits in lalitsana, the position of royal ease with her right leg bent and left flat on the base. This provincial carving depicts her as a humble figure with and a plain hood leaning slightly forward, with a gentle grin, half closed eyes and a sweet smile. She holds a scroll symbolizing the 8 Buddhist sutras where she is mentioned including the Lotus Sutra Chapter 25.
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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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$195.00
H: 5.25″ W: 4.5″ D: 2.875″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This 19th-century miniature wood figure is a finely and whimsically carved portly seated merchant. He is depicted as a Laowai or “old foreigner” with a westernized face and hat and oversized hands placed on his knees. Seated on a platform base, he wears garments reflective of the Chinese culture at this time but wears a hat that is clearly not of Chinese origin. Other indications this charming figure is a foreigner include the roundness of his face, western facial features and oversized hands.
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$1,575.00
H: 24.5” Dia: 7″ | CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING quote or email [email protected]
Lao carved Buddha statues are renowned for their delicacy and refinement. This elegant antique Buddha is depicted in the “Calling for Rain” mudra found only in Laos with his half-closed gazing downward in meditation, elegant gestures, lyrical flaring robes and graceful curves of the body reflecting the Buddha’s gentleness. The curvature, proportions and oversized head indicate the perfection, wisdom and compassion of the “Enlightened One. He stands on a multi-tiered circular and waisted base. Carved Laotian images as old and elegant as this are rare.
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$425.00 Original price was: $425.00.$300.00Current price is: $300.00.
H:9.75″ W: 5.6″ D: 3.75″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This red lacquer and gilt covered image made for a home altar is a Pure Land Buddhist statue. Although it is a provincial image it has an elaborate headdress and decorative necklace of imperially sanctioned Guanyin images. Her 5-lobed crown is centered with radiating bars symbolizing Amitabha Buddha and his aureole that represents the flames of Buddhism.
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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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$595.00 Original price was: $595.00.$395.00Current price is: $395.00.
H: 9.75″ W: 5″ D: 4.5″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!
This enchanting carving depicts Nanhai Guanyin in her Cave on Mount Putuo seated in lalitsana, below a symbolic arch of draped moss with bright pigmentation and considerable gilt. Nanhai Guanyin was massively popular during the Ming/Qing dynasties and provincial wood images were made home altars throughout China. She holds scrolls representing the dharma and sutras, behind her is a vial with the tears of her humanity and parrot, her constant companion. Small Nanhai images with all these symbols in this condition are very rare.
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$325.00
H: 35″ W: 5.75″ D: 8″ CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPing
This charming oil lamp is decorated with auspicious symbols: Fish symbolize harmony, marital happiness and double fish mean “may there be abundance.” The oil cup is a lotus seed with a lotus leaf, symbols of a harmonious and fruitful marriage and also mean “the continuous birth of sons.”
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$325.00
H: 35″ W: 5.75″ D: 8″ | | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING
This charming oil lamp is decorated with auspicious symbols: Fish symbolize harmony, marital happiness and double fish mean “may there be abundance.” The oil cup is a lotus seed with a lotus leaf, symbols of a harmonious and fruitful marriage and also mean “the continuous birth of sons,”
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$1,450.00 Original price was: $1,450.00.$1,250.00Current price is: $1,250.00.
Tallest H: 11″ W: 5.5″ D: 3.5″ |CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING
Exquisitely carved with expressive and spiritual bearings, these three 19th century rare small antique wood Apostles have eyes with inset glass, painted lashes, and well-articulated facial features . The crack lines on each side of their faces indicate the process by which the eyes were inset in front of the faces. All are seated, bearded and wear similar robes, although the garments are in different vibrant color combinations, the hand positions are varied and the body postures diverge slightly. Each is mounted on a two-tiered wood base, elevated at different heights. This piece is featured in a VA instagram post.
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