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  • Antique Dhorka Brass Measuring Bowl, India (9500C-VAH) $155

    Antique Dhorka Brass Measuring Bowl, India (9500C-VAH) $155

    $155.00
    H: 3.75” Dia: 3.75” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This antique brass vessel was a daily measuring bowl for rice or other grains made by Dhokra metal smiths from Eastern India using the same lost wax casting process for over 4000 years. Extremely labor intensive and time consuming, each piece is one-of-a-kind. Dhokra items are beautifully and intricately decorated with simple uncomplicated forms.  This charming piece has a handle for hanging with horizontal striations and downward striated triangles with a smooth patina from age and use. This type of bowl was regarded as a symbol of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi and was prized by villagers who could afford them for puja home worship and placed on a home altar.

  • Sale! Antique Document Holder with Poem and Auspicious Symbols, China #19404XRK

    Antique Document Holder with Poem and Auspicious Symbols, China #19404XRK

    Original price was: $350.00.Current price is: $295.00.
    H:  10.75″   W: 7″     D:  4.5″  |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    The auspicious symbols on this charming document holder which are puns for “harmony and unity in marriage” indicate it was it was probably a wedding gift. And would serve that purpose admirably today as a decorative practical accessory and something you won’t find on a wedding registry.

  • Sale! Antique Earth God Tudi Gong, China (16332K)

    Antique Earth God Tudi Gong, China (16332K)

    Original price was: $775.00.Current price is: $495.00.
    H: 12.125″  W: 6.125″ D: 4.125a”   |    FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Tudi Gong in horseshoe chair with typical kindly face, flowing beard, officials-attire: high hat, double waist belt, red color, holding a tael gold bar as wish for wealth. Most popular rural deity who protects small towns, residents and agriculture.

  • Antique Elegant Queen Mother of the West, China (16096JASK) $1550

    Antique Elegant Queen Mother of the West, China (16096JASK) $1550

    $1,550.00

    The Queen Mother of the West (Xiwangmu) is one of the most significant female Taoist-deities and one of the Great Chinese Goddesses with a huge syncretic cult following within Taoism, Popular Folk Religion and Buddhism. With immeasurable powers she controls life and creation, death and destruction and the ability to determine every living being’s lifespan….

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  • Sale! Antique Enamel Yixing Stoneware Teapot, China  (1152B)

    Antique Enamel Yixing Stoneware Teapot, China (1152B)

    Original price was: $365.00.Current price is: $295.00.
    H: 2.625”  W: 6.125”  D: 4” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Small antique Yixing teapot with small loops below rim indicating may have been used to suspend oil or soy sauce. Hand painted vibrant enamels with circular panels of floral and leaf decorations.

  • Sale! Antique Enameled Yixing Stoneware Teapot, China #1152A-PAR

    Antique Enameled Yixing Stoneware Teapot, China #1152A-PAR

    Original price was: $365.00.Current price is: $295.00.
    H: 2.6 ”    W: 6.1  ”    D: 4 ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Antique Yixing teapot, colored enamels, 6 circular panels with fanciful floral and leaf decorations. Tea aficionados consider Yixing teapots best for brewing tea as absorb oils released during brewing and improves tea’s flavor with continual use.

  • Antique Female Attendant with Offerings, China (19035BKE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Antique Female Attendant with Offerings, China (19035BKE) SPECIAL PRICE

    $595.00

    Statues of attendants often appear as a pair looking inward and flanking a deity, unless they are very important ones and look straight ahead. They may carry a range of offerings. This antique Chinese woodcarving appears to be a Taoist image likely placed on a home altar along with deities, house gods and ancestors to…

  • Sale! Antique Female Puppet Head on Frosted Acrylic Stand, China #5275EOK

    Antique Female Puppet Head on Frosted Acrylic Stand, China #5275EOK

    Original price was: $295.00.Current price is: $195.00.
    H: 8.5″  W: 4″  D: 2.75″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    Antique Chinese puppets were often made in several parts with removable heads. This antique carved head of a beauty has delicately painted features and an animal hair braided down the back. Since there is an area without hair towards the back, she likely originally wore a hat or headdress.  A hole on top probably accommodated strings.

  • Sale! Antique Female Taoist Priest with Hu Tablet, China #19154

    Antique Female Taoist Priest with Hu Tablet, China #19154

    Original price was: $495.00.Current price is: $295.00.
    H: 12 ”   W:4.3  ”   D: 2.25 ”      |      FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Charming consecrated image of female Toast priest with Phoenix headdress holding a hu tablet. Women were welcomed as priests since Taoism beginnings.

  • Sale! Antique Fu Lion Pair with Plum Blossom on Lucite, China #16477BKE

    Antique Fu Lion Pair with Plum Blossom on Lucite, China #16477BKE

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $295.00.
    Ht: 5″. W:  4″. D: 2.5″ |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This pair of red and gold antique  carvings were likely part of a woman’s bed frame to bless and protect its occupants.  The lions hold  spherical 5-leaf plums as a wish for the 5 blessings and for passing civilian official exams Mounted on a frosted acrylic base.

  • Sale! Antique Fulani  Manilla Currency Bracelet, West Africa (3159)

    Antique Fulani Manilla Currency Bracelet, West Africa (3159)

    Original price was: $110.00.Current price is: $90.00.
    H: 2.75” W: 3.125” Thick: 0.375” Circum. 8.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Antique Fulani manilla from Mali or Niger, thin C-shaped, rounded smooth surfaces inside divided into 6 sections with incised crosshatch and linear designs. Fine patina, excellent condition signs of use consistent with its age.

  • Sale! Antique Fulani Manilla Currency Bracelet, West Africa (3146)

    Antique Fulani Manilla Currency Bracelet, West Africa (3146)

    Original price was: $170.00.Current price is: $145.00.
    H: 2.75”  W: 3”  Thick: 0.5” Circum: 8” |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Antique thick, rounded and smooth Fulani manilla etched with intricate geometric designs at the ends and apex.

     

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