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This stone flu lion is not an elegant protective beast, it’s just a friendly pet hanging out. He probably lived in a garden and is looking for another one with people like old wonderful pieces to remind them not to take themselves too seriously.
Ceramic barrel shaped garden stools with cut cobalt blue auspicious double coin images as wealth symbols and 2 Tao tieh masks in relief with pierced rings to symbolically avoid gluttony, greed and desire.
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.
Shiwan 2 part chopsticks holder with top holes for hanging and bottom ones for drainage. Chopsticks were wedding gifts from mothers to daughters with auspicious wishes: sons as soon as possible, blessing for prosperity, happiness and fertility, life-giving rain and abundance.
Wall pockets are used to hold chopsticks and flowers to bring good fortune. This Shiwan pocket has frog and a lotus that together symbolize nurturing energy and transformation. Great cozy accessory for feng shui and a wonderful wedding gift.
Rare provincial consecrated carving of Nanhai Guanyin on a lotus, representing purity of the mind, above a fish symbolizing her power to help beings sail through sea of suffering separating mortal world from the Western Paradise. Consecrated by a monk for placement on a home altar. Mounted on a lucite stand.
Antique carving of a Devi (Sanskrit: divine) probably a child’s toy and and protective item. Tikka on forehead, ample breasts – a wish for fertility with a shiny patina from use.
This happy benevolent couple are Taoist Earth God Tudi Gong and his wife Tudi Po placed on a home altar to assure an abundant harvest. Referred to as “Grandpa” and “Grand Ma” they wear vibrant Mandarin official’s attire, him with a mandarin square with a bird, and her with a phoenix headdress.
Antique Chinese puppets were often made in several parts with removable heads. This early 20th century puppet head represents a young, refined, or virtuous female role in traditional Chinese opera.with delicately painted features and animal hair braided down the back.
Lyrical wood provincial Burmese male dancer with drum in gilded Burmese sarong with glass and sequins. Set high on a transparent Lucite base, he appears to float in motion.
This finely carved white antique/vintage mask of a Balinese king (Topeng Dalem) is one of the most popular masks presented in both mask dramas and a mask presentation where a single performer presents 5 different mask dances called Topeng Pajegan.
This rare wood painted face of Dewi Sri was made on the Hindu Island of Nusa Penida near Bali. Usually depicted as a beautiful young woman, she symbolizes abundance and the cycle of life. A Hindu gebongan (rice offering), it would have been in a shrine dedicated to her in a rice field, temple, or a village ajacent to rice fields.
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