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This excellently carved ancestor civilian official with gilt highlights was commissioned to be place on a home altar for veneration and impress those who viewed it and to honor the venerated ancestor’s persistence, success, status and power.
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.
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.
Regional Rattanakosin carving of a Thai celestial guardian or attendant originally placed on a home or small temple for protection and devotion. Stylized layered garment, intricate detailing and headdress signify his celestial and royal status.
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.
This elegant heddle pulley carved from a single piece of Burmese teak is topped by a peacock, which in Buddhism represents the short-lived nature of all things. In Burmese animistic traditions, it auspicious animal images protect the weaver, assure quality weaving, and please the gods and spirits. Finely weathered from time and use.
Carved Mandalay style peacocks with outspread feathers like this were placed over entrances to protect religious and government buildings. The peacock was emblem of last Burmese Dynasty symbolizing the monarchy descending from the sun.
The Chinese characters within a circled seal in the mold on the bottom indicate this teapot is an antique. As the thin ribbon blue collar as wishes for long life, it is a perfect birthday gift. Recommended for decorative use only.
Elegantly shaped porcelain ewer with graceful spout, saffron-colored glaze, quatrefoil panels and hand-painted floral designs within a gold frame with sinuous gold leaf vines.
Blue and white ceramics like spouted jar with four loops, were used in home kitchens and restaurants to hold oil, sauces, soy or other liquids. Decorated with country scene in a landscape with by tall trees.
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This detailed male puppet head with a calm expression, round bun and half-smile was very versatile, used in religious or secular performances. Changing costumes and headgear, it could have been a Buddhist, Taoist or Popular Religion figure or deity or non religious character.
Very rare depiction of Queen Mother of the West puppet head wearing elaborate headdress with outstretched tortoise legs atop a phoenix, reflecting early shamanism rites of turtle shell divination. Mounted on acrylic base.
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