Carvings & Sculpture

  • Sale! Antique Mazu “Holy Mother in Heaven,” China, (3429)

    Antique Mazu “Holy Mother in Heaven,” China, (3429)

    Original price was: $1,150.00.Current price is: $875.00.
    H: 19.25″  W: 10″  D: 8.75″ |CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Seated imperiously on a horseshoe chair with carved title “Holy Mother in Heaven,” Mazu is depicted in the imperial style, with a regal flat topped headdress, elaborate robes with dragons, official’s girdle in red and gilt.

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  • Sale! Antique Mazu Empress of Heaven in Horseshoe Chair, China  (6003)

    Antique Mazu Empress of Heaven in Horseshoe Chair, China (6003)

    Original price was: $1,050.00.Current price is: $650.00.
    H: 15.375” W: 8.625” D: 7.5” | CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 or email [email protected] for SHIPPING.

    Mazu, protector of sea, is portrayed as the imperially sanctioned “Empress of Heaven” on an elaborate, horseshoe shaped dragon throne, holding a hu tablet, with elegant dragon robes, official’s girdle, Empress headdress and small feet on gilt fu lion foot rest.

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  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas, China (16555)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas, China (16555)

    Original price was: $450.00.Current price is: $325.00.
    H: 11.75″  W:  5.25″    D: 4.75 ”  |  Free shipping within continental us

    Provincial Nanhai Guanyin palms at heart in anjali mudra, a mudra of offering rarely used for Nanhai Guanyin. On lotus throne at Tidal Cave  on Putuo under a craggy rock outcrop with pierced openwork.

  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas, China #19414BLK

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin of the Southern Seas, China #19414BLK

    Original price was: $750.00.Current price is: $500.00.
    H: 9.5 ”  D:  4.5″    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Rare provincial white hooded Nanhai Guanyin in Cave below openwork draped moss and barbed rocks holding precious scrolls, with vial and parrot. Open lotuses symbolize her purity and enlightenment, closed lotuses potential for enlightenment of others.

  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin with 2 Acolytes on Putuo, China  (16240)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin with 2 Acolytes on Putuo, China (16240)

    Original price was: $1,350.00.Current price is: $1,200.00.
    H: 11.5″  W: 6″    D: 4.5″     |     FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Nanhai Guanyin on Mount Putuo sits as a triad with acolytes Shan Tsai hands in prayer and the Dragon Princess offering the “illuminating pearl.”  Very rare Ming sculpture on an Acrylic base is one of our favorites VA collection carvings.

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  • Sale! Antique Nanhai Guanyin with Vase and Parrot, China (16246)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin with Vase and Parrot, China (16246)

    Original price was: $1,450.00.Current price is: $1,150.00.
    H: 15.5″ W: 6″ D: 5.25″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL VANISHINGARTS213@GMAIL/COM for shipping information

    Elegant Guanyin in meditation, gilt covered with five-lobed crown. Sacred vial on her right and parrot on left. Guanyins statues with symbols in this condition are rare and impart a feeling of serenity to the environment around them.

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  • Antique Nanhai Guanyin, China (19508)

    Antique Nanhai Guanyin, China (19508)

    $595.00
    H: 9.75″ W: 5″ D: 4.5″   |    FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.

    Nanhai Guanyin in her Cave in lalitsana, below draped moss arch holding a scrolls, next to vial of humanity’s tears and parrot, her constant companion. Small Nanhai images with these symbols are very rare.

  • Sale! Antique Nuo Opera Female Mask, China (19220)

    Antique Nuo Opera Female Mask, China (19220)

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $325.00.
    H: 9.25″  W: 5.75″   D: 2.25″    |     FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Chinese Noa opera mask is likely a female  zhengshen – a benevolent gods with kind and honest nature and gentle disposition -symbolizing the power of good to defeat evil. Age and heavy use

  • Sale! Antique Official Holding His Belt of Office, China, 18th Century, #16470BKE

    Antique Official Holding His Belt of Office, China, 18th Century, #16470BKE

    Original price was: $535.00.Current price is: $395.00.
    H: 10.3″ W: 6″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL US!

    This  ancestor statue emphasizes his status as an official. official’s pose holding us his belt of office, official’s hat and boots, worn only by those who could afford them. high on his forehead which also represents his officialdom, as the word “hat” (guan) is a homophone of the word “official.” The inscriptions on the back of the chair which are too faded to read indicate it was consecrated and probably were a dedication from the family who commissioned  it to placed on the home altar.

  • Sale! Antique Official in Red Robes with a Hu Tablet, China #16851BOK

    Antique Official in Red Robes with a Hu Tablet, China #16851BOK

    Original price was: $875.00.Current price is: $475.00.
    H:  15.5″    W: 6.125 ” 4.125   D:  ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This carved ancestor figure portrayed as an official sits on a backless chair with a decorative pedestal in official’s attire: a high collared red robe, double belt above and below his ample stomach and holding a long slender curved hu-tablet,  all signs of his office and status. He is vibrantly painted in red, the color of fu, as a wish for prosperity and status.

  • Antique Official Showing His Belt of Office (19047LHE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Antique Official Showing His Belt of Office (19047LHE) SPECIAL PRICE

    $985.00
    H: 15″ W: 6.5″ D: 5.5″  | EMAIL [email protected] OR CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING COST

    This excellently carved civilian official with gilt highlights was commissioned by a family to place on a home altar for veneration and to impress those who viewed it. The imposing ancestor figure grasps his belt of office to show his pride in passing examinations to become a civil official, which leads to a life of rank and prosperity for him and his family. Statues like this are an affirmation of persistence, success, status and power and they honor those who display these characteristics.

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  • Sale! Antique Pair of Attendants with Offerings, China (16242)

    Antique Pair of Attendants with Offerings, China (16242)

    Original price was: $650.00.Current price is: $395.00.
    H: 7.75”  W: 3.5″  D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental U.S.

    Rare and charming carved attendant pair to flank deities on circular pedestals presenting boxed offerings with ribbons as wish for longevity.

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