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Framed Acrylic Painting Collage on Paper
Exhibited in several galleries, this collage by Lark Pilinsky features a single strand of textured string, showing the inseparable union of two humans in a state of blissful love.
This rare and beautiful cadence drum was used in a Chinese temple to help monks and chanters think about the meaning of the texts they recite. Carved fish scales and two fish heads embrace a pearl carved on the handle to symbolize unanimity and accord. The fish pair is similar to the popular pair of…
This rare magnificent carving of Joseph with the Christ child from Kerala reflects a blend of Portuguese and European traditions with the indigenous traditions of South India. Joseph stands in an altered European contrapposto pose, light-skinned, blue-eyed, with western features. As the earthly father and patron saint of workers, he wears a modest burnt-umber shawl. Exquisitely carved, he is the embodiment of simple spirituality.
With a benevolent expression, this rare large Ming Buddha sits on lotus pedestal signifying his purity and enlightenment. Originally placed in a Mahayana Buddhism spiritual setting, this important and brilliantly carved image is calming, inspiring and imparts a feeling of serenity to his surroundings.
This rare Ming/Qing wood Buddha as an infant is probably more striking than the original piece. A piece for lovers of wood, its erosion shows the random miracle of chance. Highlighted on a frosted acrylic base.
This painting presents a lively cosmic vision with a radiant eye at its center, from which divine energies seem to descend and bless a sacred human encounter. The work exudes a sense of mystery and reverence, suggesting communion between the celestial and the earthly.
In Sagittarius, the magic of the Winter Solstice is captured in the contrast between darkness and light, with deep-hued colors that capture the natural beauty and chill of the winter season.
Acrylic on Canvas
The balance, harmony and muted colors of this large ethereal painting were designed to bestow calm and inner peace upon the artist as well as the viewer.
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
This radiant painting reflects Lark’s belief that the sumptuous beauty and healing power of the seas can bring internal and external peace as well as harmony to the world.
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.
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…
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.
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