Carvings & Sculpture

  • SOLD Antique Animal Shaped Wood Coconut Cutter, Thailand #3450ZSE SOLD

    SOLD Antique Animal Shaped Wood Coconut Cutter, Thailand #3450ZSE SOLD

    $395.00
    SOLD

    This antique coconut grater is a very practical multi-use creation designed to cut, grate, shave, husk, and shred coconuts and large fruits and vegetables. Some were carved as crouching rabbits and others like this were realistic renderings of small mammals. Its decorative appeal includes lovely 6-petal flowers above its four legs and elegantly curved and metal piece extending ”  W:from its mouth. With its warm and rustic feel, it would be a unique decorative addition to any kitchen and an interesting conversational piece.

  • Sale! SOLD Antique Attendant to the Queen Mother of the West Holding a Peach of Immortality, China (16205)

    SOLD Antique Attendant to the Queen Mother of the West Holding a Peach of Immortality, China (16205)

    Original price was: $3,200.00.Current price is: $2,600.00.
    H: 31″ W: 11″  D: 6 1/2″|  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Exquisite carved Taoist Queen Mother of the West Jade Maiden attendant who carries a peach of immortality grown in the Queen’s Garden. These fruits blossom every 3,000 years and are served at her famous banquet in the Western Paradise.

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  • SOLD Antique Carved Guanyin on Lotus Pedestal, China

    SOLD Antique Carved Guanyin on Lotus Pedestal, China

    $1,375.00
    SOLD  H: 23.25″  W: 9.25″  D: 6.25″

    This Guanyin image was probably one of a pair of images along with the Taoist Queen Mother of the West (16206A-WACK) placed together on a community, local temple or home altar.  Created by the same local artisan, they are provincial rather than imperial style having a humble, unadorned and simple rendering, seated on backless thrones, hands covered by a ritual cloth, uncharacteristic of Guanyin but common for Taoist goddesses. Both wear layered robes and a high pointed crown – the Queen Mother’s centered by a phoenix and Guanyin’s by a flower surrounded by symbolic aureole of radiating light. Both have soft blissful smiles with eyes cast slightly downwards to engage their devotees. Initially covered in bright polychrome colors, there are traces of surviving red, yellow, green, brown and black.

  • Sale! SOLD Antique Guanyin with Lobed Crown, China (16151)

    SOLD Antique Guanyin with Lobed Crown, China (16151)

    Original price was: $475.00.Current price is: $350.00.
    H: 11.6 ”    W: 5.3 ”    D: 4.25 ”      |     FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    This provincial Guanyin made for a home altar sits in anjali mudra. Portrayed as humble, approachable, she wears a 5-lobed diadem, hair in a chignon with braids and modest robe seated on a waisted lotus throne with stacked lotuses.

  • Sale! SOLD Antique Lacquer and Gilt Pair of Fu Lions, China (16556)

    SOLD Antique Lacquer and Gilt Pair of Fu Lions, China (16556)

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $350.00.
    H: 5.75″  W: 3.25″  D: 2.75″ | SOLD

    Each of this whimsical gold and red-burgundy lacquered pair of male fu lions sits erect on a high pedestal heads thrown back with flaring ears,  bulging eyes, decorative stylized manes and a small bushy tail. Their spirituality is displayed by the pair silently emitting the blessed mantra “aum”: the open mouthed lion forming an “au,” and the other completing it with a closed mouth to form “mmm.” The workmanship on these pieces is masterful, although rustic and provincial, and they are rare with their Buddhist symbolism and because most pairs of  fu lions pairs were lost during China’s modernization.

  • SOLD Antique Lacquered Wood Pair Fu Lions, China (16735)

    SOLD Antique Lacquered Wood Pair Fu Lions, China (16735)

    $595.00

    Whimsical carvings of fu lions were the most popular mythical animals in Chinese homes, especially during the Ming and Qing dynasties, as free standing statues, designs on furniture, architectural elements and functional pieces in private homes or gardens or on a home altar to bring fu and the blessings to the home.  This incredibly cute…

  • Sale! SOLD Antique Large Provincial Guanyin on Lotus, China (16211)

    SOLD Antique Large Provincial Guanyin on Lotus, China (16211)

    Original price was: $4,200.00.Current price is: $3,300.00.
    H: 31.75″  W: 11.25″   D: 6.5   |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Large provincial Guanyin is natural and modest rather than idealized in relaxed lalitsana pose. Remarkable oversized crown centered with rustic Amitabha on a lotus with pointed aureole. This personalized depiction is a charming, innocent portrayal of a spiritual  subject.

  • Sale! SOLD Antique Latticework Cupboard Door, Auspicious Symbols, China (10506)

    SOLD Antique Latticework Cupboard Door, Auspicious Symbols, China (10506)

    Original price was: $495.00.Current price is: $395.00.
    H: 37″ W: 16″  |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Fine open-lattice fret work cupboard door with auspicious symbols of blessings associated with a fulfilling life:  longevity, wealth/ prosperity, health/peace of mind and love of virtue/high moral standards as well as a happy marriage. .

  • SOLD Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas with Vial and Parrot, China (16059XCKE) $1195

    SOLD Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas with Vial and Parrot, China (16059XCKE) $1195

    $1,195.00

    One of the most popular Mahayana Pure Land Buddhism depictions of Guanyin, especially during the Ming and Qing dynasties, is Nanhai Guanyin shown here symbolically on a stylized rocky outcrop at her cave at Putuo in meditation (dhyana), legs in padmasana under her robes, flanked by twisted columns one topped by a vial placed on…

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  • SOLD Antique Pair of Stone Fu Lions, China (17044)

    SOLD Antique Pair of Stone Fu Lions, China (17044)

    $695.00
    H: 8” W: 5.5” D: 3.25” | SOLD

    This is a really great pair of stone small fu lions with lots of character, humor, and detailed carving. Each of these very joyous creatures has open mouthed smiling faces with radiant eyebrows and tufts below their chins, scalloped manes and bushy tails. Carved from one piece of a blackish hard stone they could easily withstand additional wear of the elements in a garden. Pairs of fu lions like this belong in the home of people who appreciate spirituality and wish for happiness and fortune along with a touch of wit and whimsy.

  • SOLD Antique Queen Mother of the West on Raised Pedestal, China (16206A-WACK)

    SOLD Antique Queen Mother of the West on Raised Pedestal, China (16206A-WACK)

    $1,375.00
    SOLD  |  H: 23.25″  W: 9.25″  D: 6.5″

    This Queen Mother of the West, the highest ranking female Taoist deity was probably displayed as a pair along a statue of Guanyin, the most significant Buddhism female (Guanyin on a Lotus Pedestal (16206B) highlighting the importance and similarity of these revered female images  Like the Guanyin, the Queen Mother’s delicately carved face has half closed eyes, serene composure mouth with a hint of a smile, which is more Buddhist than Taoist. Her headdress, centered by her iconic phoenix, rests under a hood extending to her shoulders and back. She wears a high collared three-layered Taoist robe, her hands covered by a ritual cloth.

  • Sale! SOLD Antique Rare Queen Mother of the West on Horse Holding Cup of Immortality (16297B)

    SOLD Antique Rare Queen Mother of the West on Horse Holding Cup of Immortality (16297B)

    Original price was: $3,600.00.Current price is: $2,900.00.
    Ht: 22”  W: 8.25”  D: 10”   |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Magnificent joyful Queen Mother of the West radiant smile, regal jewelry and exquisite attire and striking headdress with phoenix symbolizing the sun.  She holds a cup with elixir of immortality, fingers in Taoist karana mudra to cleanse and purify and emanate energy to rid obstacles and unwanted energy.

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