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    Antique Rare 5pc Piece Stoneware Altar Set, Shiwan Kiln, China (16901BLKE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $2,950.00.Current price is: $2,507.50.
    H: 15.25″ W: 24-30″ D: 5″ | EMAIL [email protected] OR CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING COST

    This rare 5 piece green glazed Shiwan stoneware altar set consists of a censor at the center flanked on each side by a pair of candlestick holders and vases. Each elegant piece has a coordinated glaze and decorative and structural designs with intricate, well-proportioned features to combine as a wish for symbolic wish for the fulfillment of all of one’s wishes including the 5-blessings (longevity, health, wealth, a virtuous life, a natural death).

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    Antique Rare Carving of a Huntsman with Rifle, China (16743WHK) $315

    Original price was: $315.00.Current price is: $267.75.
    H: 9″  W: 3.625″  D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING!

    This unusual ancestor-huntsman figure is like a similar example in the collection of described by the notable scholar Keith Stephens as “An Unusual and Extraordinary Ancestral Image” standing with legs spread firmly on a plain rounded triangular base holding an 19th century flint lock rifle while scouting for prey. Much of original paint has been lost or covered by darkened lacquer, but the flesh tone on the face and remnants of red and white paint remain.

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    Antique Rare Large Lohan with Hands in Reverence, China (16436A-WHKE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $7,300.00.Current price is: $6,205.00.
    H: 28.25  W: 12.75”  D: 9.75” | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST

    Although they are Buddhist images,  Lohans are portrayed as a real person with very individual, distinctive, and un-idealized features.  His benevolent youthful sweetly smiling face with downcast eyes is an image of compassion, wisdom and peace.This exceptional, beautifully crafted rare 17-18th century Ming/Qing large Lohan is from the same Buddhist location as the foreign-born heavy bearded Lohan Bodhidharma, and the same artist may have carved both. We recommend keeping them as a pair to display together.

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    Antique Rare Set of Ming Ceramic Attendants, China (3224)

    Original price was: $4,985.00.Current price is: $4,237.25.

    Earthenware ceramics of all kinds – figures of attendants, musicians and entertainers, miniature furniture, architectural models, animals – included mould made ancestral objects used specifically for burials called mingqi (“bright…

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    Antique Red Lacquer and Gilt Nanhai Guanyin in Meditation (16302BEME) SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $3,995.00.Current price is: $2,720.00.
    H: 19″ W: 10″ D: 8″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] for shipping INFORMATION.

    This wonderfully carved Nanhai Guanyin statue is notable for its highly ornate and beautiful diadem centered by an elaborately framed image of Buddha Amitabha seated in meditation. Her vibrant aura radiates spirituality and opulence, serenity and strength, as well as compassion and grace, making this statue a truly masterful piece of art.

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    Antique Red Porcelain Bowl w/ High Foot, China (18043WAR) $125

    Original price was: $125.00.Current price is: $106.25.
    H: 2.5”  Dia: 5.75” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This simple, elegant beautifully shaped footed porcelain bowl is thinly crafted with a monotone coral saffron glaze on the outside and a grayish-white glaze on the inside. It has a rather high and deep foot and the bottom has a fading red stamped seal of an unknown kiln. It is in excellent condition and some minor pitting inside the bowl caused by gases escaping from the clay body during the firing cycle. Likely from the Togzhi Period 1862-1874.

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    Antique Repoussé Earth Witnessing Buddha, Tibetan (0001LEM) $595

    Original price was: $595.00.Current price is: $505.75.
    H: 5.5”  W: 4.625”  D: 2” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This wonderful gilt metal antique Tibetan repoussé image portrays Buddha in earth witnessing mudra (hand touching position) under a triple aureole trefoil arch  surrounding the Buddha’s head and body that symbolizes the flames of Buddhism at the moment of his enlightenment. Mounted on an L-shaped wood stand, it is in excellent condition. This 17th century Tibetan work was decommissioned and subsequently purchased from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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    Antique Repoussé Vishnu Votive Plaque, India (5174A-TAK) $250

    Original price was: $250.00.Current price is: $212.50.
    H: 7.5”  W: 5.75”  D: 2.5” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This antique repoussé votive plaque portrays the Hindu deity Vishnu, the Protector of the Universe with a double aureole holding the conch shell he uses to make the om (aum) sound that embodies divine energy and is considered to be the sound of the universe which encompasses all sounds within it. He wears a crown representing his supreme power and earrings signifying  the dual nature of creation. The lotus next to him and the lotus leaves of his throne symbolize purity, truth, and the unfolding of creation. Mounted on a unique frosted acrylic base.

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    Antique Sawankhalok Glazed Stoneware Lidded Bowl, Thailand (1001BLC) $295

    Original price was: $295.00.Current price is: $250.75.
    H: 4.25”  D: 4.625” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!

    This gazed stoneware lidded bowl rests on a solid well-cut foot and has a close-fitting cover. The lid’s center has a lotus bud handle with a surrounding linear medallion on the top. Alternating panels have underglaze brown crosshatching and vegetal scrolls beginning on the lid, continuing below to the body and each pane separated by a series of vertical and circular lines.

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    Antique Sawankhalok Lidded Bowl, Fruit Stem Handle, Thailand (3170BLE) $385

    Original price was: $385.00.Current price is: $327.25.
    Ht. 3.375”  Dia 4.625″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL US!

    This stoneware Sawankhalok lidded jar was made in the famous Sukhothai kilns in Thailand in the 14-15th century. The distinctive local Thai design is unique in the history of ceramic making as seen in this elegant mangosteen shape lidded jar with curved stem handle and a round raised calyx, and stylized incised floral and geometric designs. The lid has a circle of radiating leaf-like projections that protects a developing flower and represents a mangosteen, the delicious sweet tropical fruit loved throughout Southeast Asia. This is truly a remarkable example of the power and grace of antique Thai ceramics.  A similar piece can be seen in the renowned Powerhouse Digital Archive Collection.

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    Antique Sawankhalok Stoneware Lidded Bowl, Thailand (3169BLE) $325

    Original price was: $325.00.Current price is: $276.25.

    Sawankhalok in north-central Thailand is an area with ceramic kiln production during the Sukhothai Kingdom (1238-1583). When Ming emperors forbade export of Chinese ceramics during 1368-1487, a period known as…

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    Antique Seated Ancestor Official, China (16289BME) $650

    Original price was: $650.00.Current price is: $552.50.
    H: 7.25” W: 4.625” D: 3.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This finely carved ancestor wears official’s attire and hat and sits in a horseshoe chair with his feet on a pedestal to emphasize his power and status, although he appears to be a lovwer level civilian official.  It is masterfully carved and lacquered and is painted on front and back in red  with traces of gilt – all propitious colors of “fu” as a wish for wealth, health, good fortune, long life and long life – that has faded over it years of use into a great patina.

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