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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$250.75Current price is: $250.75.
H: 12.875” W: 5” D: 2.75” | FREE SHIPPING!
This carving is a Taoist official or priest wearing a traditional high hat, a high collared robe adorned with painted cobalt blue cloud designs, and an official’s belt. Seated on a modest low backless chair, he holds a long, slender and curved Hu tablet and the open cavity on the back contains its concentration slip placed there during an eye-opening ceremony. .
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$240.00 Original price was: $240.00.$204.00Current price is: $204.00.
H: 10.5” W: 6” D: 4” | FREE SHIPPING!
This image is a seated Taoist priest or official placed along with ancestor figures and other religious images on a home altar. Wearing long-flowing official’s robes with deep-folds, he ceremonially holds a hu tablet with raised arms and hands under a ritual cloth. Images were frequently damaged or darkened by incense and candle smoke from regular ritualistic offerings and were often repainted or re-lacquered as this was, probably done in the early 20th-century.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$276.25Current price is: $276.25.
Ht: 9″ W: 5″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
During the Ming and Qing dynasties small images of Taoist officials and priests were often shown holding a cup of the elixir of life to place on home altars along with ancestor figures, house gods and other religious images to bring blessings (fu) to the household. By commissioning figures like this artful carving, families honored their ancestors and met their filial piety duties. Mounted on an acrylic stand.
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$395.00 Original price was: $395.00.$335.75Current price is: $335.75.
H: 14.25” W: 5.5” D: 4” | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!
This unique and dense antique/vintage carving may represent the noted historical figure: the principal regent Dorgon of the first Qing Emperor Shunzhi who ruled from 1643-1650 as a”quasi” emperor based on the four-character inscription that reads “Southern Holy Emperor.” He is presented wearing an impressive and detailed hat and coat holding a hu tablet characteristic of one standing before an emperor.
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$795.00 Original price was: $795.00.$675.75Current price is: $675.75.
H: 13” W: 4” D: 7” | FREE SHIPPING within the continental u.s.!
This fine carving is a Taoist priest dressed in official garments astride a lively horse that was probably placed on a home or community clan shrine to protect devotees. In contrast to the erect and calm priest with expressive facial features, the ornately attired horse is active as it turns his head, opens his mouth, and widens his nostrils. The priest’s powers as a guardian figure are symbolized in his hat with a mythical taotie that wards off evil and warns against gluttony and his hand is raised in prana mudra to activate vital energy flow, avert evil and bring good fortune.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$250.75Current price is: $250.75.
H: 7.25” W: 2.75” D: 2” | FREE SHIPPING within continental u.s.!
Taoist priests like this were placed on home altars to bring wishes of fu – a virtuous, prosperous and long life into the home in which they were placed. This vibrant antique figure holds a ritual cup symbolically containing the elixir of life. The open back cavity reveals the slip that was placed there during a consecration ceremony by a Taoist priest.
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$525.00 Original price was: $525.00.$446.25Current price is: $446.25.
H: 11.25” W: 4.625” D: 3.25” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental u.s.!
This provincial carving is the Queen Mother of the West, the most powerful female Taoist deity who is associated with all aspects of the female force (yin) : metal (one of the Five Elements), autumn, and the west. This small but well carved dense hardwood image made for private devotion on a home altar finely portrays her as a modest matronly figure holding her robe across her body creating deeply cut fold patterns seated on a red backless throne and wearing a large and well carved iconic phoenix in her headdress.
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$265.00 Original price was: $265.00.$225.25Current price is: $225.25.
Ht: 10.625″ W: 3.375″ D: 2.5″|FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S. !
This elegant heddle pulley with a hamsa is carved from a single piece of Burmese teak and portrayed with deeply cut wings to express well-articulated feathers. Having an unusually long tail, it runs from his rear and curves to the top of its head. Its feet are atop two connected heart-shaped panels that hide the moving thimble between them providing a more artistic feel. This piece is in very good condition, is wonderfully weathered, and has with minor losses with a fine patina covers its originally painted surface. Mounted on a black wood base, this heddle pulley pairs well with item number 11298A.
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$1,185.00 Original price was: $1,185.00.$1,007.25Current price is: $1,007.25.
H: 13.5 ” W: 7.25″ D: 6 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This delicate carving of White Hooded is the personification of serenity and grace. Seated in lalitsana, the position of royal ease, her pedestal is held up in the back with three vertical supports that make her look as if she were a floating Bodhisattva. Originally placed on a home altar, her contemplative face exudes an aura of compassion and meditation.
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$885.00 Original price was: $885.00.$752.25Current price is: $752.25.
This charming provincial statue is Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion of Pure Land Mahayana Buddhism, by far the largest Chinese Buddhist sect. Portrayed here as the White Hooded Guanyin one…
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$725.00 Original price was: $725.00.$616.25Current price is: $616.25.
H: 15.125” W: 6” D: 5” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
This charming rare White Robed Guanyin sits on a Hǒu, the mythical guardian beast that symbolizes righteousness and morality and the mandate to usher in peace and prosperity. Although generally beast, this Hǒu is a gentle Buddhist creature curled around Guanyin’s side as she in lalitsana clasping a rosary. This fine and rare provincial folk version of Guanyin is a small yet powerful carving, mounted on a frosted Acrylic base.
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$785.00 Original price was: $785.00.$667.25Current price is: $667.25.
H: 14.25” W: 7.125” D: 4.875” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN cONTINENTAL U.S.!
This finely carved seated Lohan from Fukien Province has a characteristic serene expression of inward concentration and is seated on a backless plinth, hands in meditation and legs in padmasana. His oversized head and pendulous ears symbolize his wisdom as an enlightened being, and his angular face with deeply set heavily lidded eyes, protruding cheekbones, pursed lips, and a strong chin indicate his strength as a Lohan. An elaborate robe with wide sleeves is draped over his shoulders, arms, and legs and his sash is pulled through a wide shoulder ring indicating his status as a Lohan.
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