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    Antique/Vintage Tamo Ash Jewelry Box, Japan (16416LKE)

    Original price was: $425.00.Current price is: $361.25.
    H: 9.25″  W: 16.75″ D: 9.25″ | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL AT [email protected]

    This exquisite vintage Meiji/TaishoJapanese jewelry box is beautiful and practical with 4 pull-out drawers and storage section. It is covered on three sides and top with Japanese Tamo Ash prized for its  lovely grain and used as a veneer for fine Japanese furnishings for its superior quality, and elegance and has original graceful warabite style drawer handles. In excellent condition, it is perfect for storing all sorts of small objects or even as a desk accessory.

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    Antique/Vintage Taoist Priest with Elixir of Life, China (7506PHE) $215

    Original price was: $215.00.Current price is: $182.75.
    H: 10.875″ W: 4.75″ D: 4″  | FREE UPS Shipping IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This somber and serene Taoist priest holds two auspicious symbols: a cup with the Elixir of Longevity and a tael which is a wish for wealth and good fortune.  He sits on a high pedestal with five painted characters the first two refer to the mythical “turtle spirit” that symbolize longevity and the end ones the name of the individual and/or family that commissioned this piece.  Taoist priests were responsible for protecting people against evil spirits in this life while Buddhist monks were responsible for looking after souls in the next life.

     

     

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    Antique/Vintage Taoist Shaman with Taotie on Hat, China (7503ZAH) $395

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $335.75.
    H: 13.625”  W: 7”  D: 5.5” | FREE SHIPPING!

    This vibrant carving of a Taoist priest or shaman is in religious attire with double-winged high hat centered with an image of a taotie. Two fingers of hisleft hand are in karana mudra to cast our evil spirits and the tael or silver ingot in his right hand represents a wish for wealth. The closed cavity and the inscription on the back indicate it was consecrated by a Taoist priest.

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    Brick Molded Tile of a Foreigner, China (1516A-BOK) $475

    Original price was: $475.00.Current price is: $403.75.

    Ht:6.875″ W:5.25” D:2.25 | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This fascinating thick Song pottery brick is a low-fired depiction of a dwarf foreigner with a rotund belly, a large head and nose, an open mouth and abnormal features. The Chinese believed dwarfs could ward off evil spirits and sickness, attract peace and blessings (fu) and were very wise. Images of dwarfs became so popular, some were produced in numbers.

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    Brick Tile of 2 Wéiqí Board Game Players, China (3346BKE) $495 SPECIAL PRICE $395

    Original price was: $495.00.Current price is: $420.75.
    H: 11” W: 9.5” \ D: 2” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    As part of the The Song dynasty cultural expansion, government and public buildings and tombs were built with interior walls decorated with earthenware unglazed mold-made brick tiles. This fanciful vibrant tile with a scalloped frame portrays two people playing a board game called wéiqí which originated in China over 2500 years ago. It is the world’s oldest and most complex board game still played.

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    Brick Tile of Couple Feasting and Figure Pointing to Flying Bat, China (3349BLE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $465.00.Current price is: $318.75.

    This late Song dynasty earthenware ceramic brick tile portrays a couple sitting behind a banquet table with foods placed in front of them. On the right are two figures, one of whom points to a stylized image of a bat flying in the sky.

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    Bronze Guanyin in Meditation, Thailand (11250BKE) $485 SPECIAL PRICE

    Original price was: $485.00.Current price is: $412.25.
    H: 19.5”  W: 9.375”  D: 9” | CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING

    This lovely 20th century Thai bronze statue is the White Clad Guanyin seated in meditation with her hands in her lap holding her vial of precious dew with her legs covered by her robes which flow to the top of the finely rendered multi-tiered lotus throne. Her open hood is centered by a mandorla surrounding an image of Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light, her spiritual teacher. She is a vision of compassionate serenity with her half closed eyes and benevolent smile.

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    Cast Brass Oil Lamp with Spoon, South India, (1204BHE) $450

    Original price was: $450.00.Current price is: $382.50.
    H: 5.5”  W: 13.75”  D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!

    This graceful South Indian cast brass oil lamp with attached spoon was used for Hindu prayer rituals.  It has an oil reservoir in the center, a shallow yoni shaped burner at the front, a finial at the end and it is mounted on a flared circular foot. The top surface is decorated with incised floral motifs.

    See same lamp from Kerala in Sean Anderson, Flames of Devotion, Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2006, Plate 9, p.35.

     

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    Earth Witnessing Bronze Buddha, Thailand (11246BKE) $395

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $335.75.
    H: 21”  W: 15.5 ”  D: 9.5” | CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING

    The beautiful contemporary bronze Buddha is rendered in Thai Lopburi style in Earth Witnessing (bhumisparsha mudra)  wearing a simple two-part Theravada Buddhist monk’s robe that shows his religious devotion. He sits on a highly decorative pierced throne on a three footed curved base. The composition is a double triangle: the three-footed throne itself is a horizontal triangle as it recedes backward in space, and the Buddha and the throne form a vertical triangle.  The heavy statue is filled with a cement binder, and it is in excellent condition.

     

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    Framed Antique/Vintage Katagami Stencil, Japan (6027BEM) $225

    Original price was: $225.00.Current price is: $191.25.
    H: 18″ W: 22.5″  | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030

    Katagami are used to decorate Japanese textiles. Six hexagonal shapes with intertwining triple-line forms on top and a single line closing its shape create a dynamic decorative scheme. This beautiful design includes symbolic hexagons, trees and seven-point stars. Well framed with mat board and non-reflective glass.

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    Framed Beadwork Tapestry (Toran), India (1426LBL)

    Original price was: $495.00.Current price is: $420.75.
    H: 30″   W: 29.5″    D: 2.125″  |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST

    Striking colorful Indian beaded tapestries (torans) like this are placed in home doorways and thresholds and symbolize warmth, positivity, and protection. Especially popular in Gujrat they are used to attract Hindu goddess Lakshmi to bless the family and bring prosperity, fertility and birth of children. It is embellished with symbols that attract good spirits and ward off evil ones – a monkey, horse, peacocks and the Tree of Life.

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    Gilded Carved Wood Guandi, the God of War and Justice, China,(16326BEM) Special Price

    Original price was: $375.00.Current price is: $250.75.
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    Guandi, the God of War and Justice and Protector of China and its citizens was a Chinese model of loyalty, virtue and morality and was depicted in Temples and home shrines throughout China. This antique figurine was probably part of a larger carving. He wears military maille, black gloves with a carved taotie which is a warning against gluttony and is covered in gold as a sign of power.  The  open back confirms it was consecrated by a Taoist priest. Mounted on a frosted acrylic stand.

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