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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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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$250.75Current price is: $250.75.
H: 12.7” W: 3.375” D: 3”| FREE SHIPPING!
Images like this were commissioned by families to honor departed ancestors, and this family seems to have requested an amplified tribute by posing him with characteristics of Guandi, the god of war, or maybe it is Guandi very liberally depicted by a provincial artist. He sits on a high backless chair, hands on knees, one holding a small tael and the other poised to hold a sword, wearing military maille at the chest and knees, also used in depictions of Guandi. The calligraphy on the base is the name Wu (last) Fa Tian (first), the ancestor to whom the statue was dedicated.
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$625.00 Original price was: $625.00.$531.25Current price is: $531.25.
H: 8.25″ W: 3.125″ D: 2.25″ | FREE SHIPPING!
This Kitchen God and his Wife is posed as streamlined virtual mirror-images and fashioned with a general quality relying on paint rather than deep carving for details. They sit on backless chairs on a plinth, with simplified gold officials’ robes with long color sashes, and well-carved black and gilt head gear. The wife’s face is smooth, generalized and the male face has a more deeply carved surface and painted highlights.
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$215.00 Original price was: $215.00.$182.75Current price is: $182.75.
H: 10.875″ W: 4.75″ D: 4″ | FREE UPS Shipping IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This somber and serene Taoist priest holds two auspicious symbols: a cup with the Elixir of Longevity and a tael which is a wish for wealth and good fortune. He sits on a high pedestal with five painted characters the first two refer to the mythical “turtle spirit” that symbolize longevity and the end ones the name of the individual and/or family that commissioned this piece. Taoist priests were responsible for protecting people against evil spirits in this life while Buddhist monks were responsible for looking after souls in the next life.
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$395.00 Original price was: $395.00.$335.75Current price is: $335.75.
H: 13.625” W: 7” D: 5.5” | FREE SHIPPING!
This vibrant carving of a Taoist priest or shaman is in religious attire with double-winged high hat centered with an image of a taotie. Two fingers of hisleft hand are in karana mudra to cast our evil spirits and the tael or silver ingot in his right hand represents a wish for wealth. The closed cavity and the inscription on the back indicate it was consecrated by a Taoist priest.
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$475.00 Original price was: $475.00.$403.75Current price is: $403.75.
Ht:6.875″ W:5.25” D:2.25 | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This fascinating thick Song pottery brick is a low-fired depiction of a dwarf foreigner with a rotund belly, a large head and nose, an open mouth and abnormal features. The Chinese believed dwarfs could ward off evil spirits and sickness, attract peace and blessings (fu) and were very wise. Images of dwarfs became so popular, some were produced in numbers.
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$495.00 Original price was: $495.00.$420.75Current price is: $420.75.
H: 11” W: 9.5” \ D: 2” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
As part of the The Song dynasty cultural expansion, government and public buildings and tombs were built with interior walls decorated with earthenware unglazed mold-made brick tiles. This fanciful vibrant tile with a scalloped frame portrays two people playing a board game called wéiqí which originated in China over 2500 years ago. It is the world’s oldest and most complex board game still played.
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$465.00 Original price was: $465.00.$318.75Current price is: $318.75.
This late Song dynasty earthenware ceramic brick tile portrays a couple sitting behind a banquet table with foods placed in front of them. On the right are two figures, one of whom points to a stylized image of a bat flying in the sky.
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$1,900.00 Original price was: $1,900.00.$1,615.00Current price is: $1,615.00.
This human figure is an honored Dayak effigy called a hampatong, the name used for both ancestor and protective human and mythical animal figures made from Borneo ‘iron wood’. The…
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$2,100.00 Original price was: $2,100.00.$1,785.00Current price is: $1,785.00.
H: 11.75” W: 12.25” D: 7.5” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030
Cocoon jars were mingqi made for placement in tombs to comfort the deceased on their journey to and in their afterlife. An elixir of Immortality made from mulberry leaves or their ashes was placed inside for the deceased to drink and transmigrate into the world of the beyond. Ovoid in shape to resemble a silkworm cocoon, ajar rests on a small trumpet-shaped foot and has a narrow neck and a wide lip at its mouth. Painted after firing with vertical bands dividing it into panels, swirling cloud scrolls, and circular “eye” motifs at each end, this beautiful vessel is in excellent condition for its age with expected paint losses, scrapes, and dirt adhesions.
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