Hinduism

  • Antique Kumkum Container, Nepal (1278XAE) $295

    Antique Kumkum Container, Nepal (1278XAE) $295

    $295.00

    A kumkum container, also known as a sindor box is a small decorative holder for kumkum powder, a red or orange-red powder traditionally used in Hindu rituals and ceremonies. This container is brass with a foot with lotus leaves on the sides and floral patterns on the bottom and a decorative rim on the cup. These boxes are part of daily prayers (puja), festivals, weddings, and other auspicious occasions. The powder is used to apply a bindi – a forehead dot decoration associated with the third eye, representing wisdom and insight. While traditionally worn by women, and often signifying marriage, bindis are increasingly worn by men as well. 

    Antique bronze kumkum container use to hold tika power applied to women’s forehead during puja to preserve spiritual energy.  andhold is as part of Hindu puja used for Hindu social and religious markings. Kumkum is dried and made into a paste combined with small amounts of slaked lime sometimes embellished with a few grains of rice that turns the turmeric reddish and is used to apply a tikka – a small dot applied on the forehead between the eyebrows. This spot is said to be the focal point of wisdom and concentration and is where the spiritual third eye is centered. Hindu’s believe this is the sixth of the body’s seven chakras or energy vortexes where an energy channel opens humans up to the spiritual and the divine. The tikka is said to prevent energy loss, preserve spiritual energy, and enhance concentration. Hindu religious gatherings and puja begin with the application of a tikka.  Women from certain Hindu sects wear a tikka as a sign they are married,

  • Antique Lakshmi Oil Lamp, India (9508D-PBE) SPECIAL PRICE

    Antique Lakshmi Oil Lamp, India (9508D-PBE) SPECIAL PRICE

    $245.00
    H: 5″  W: 3.25″  D:3.875″  | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    This brass oil lamp diya is decorated with an image on front and back of Lakshmi seated on a lotus, full-breasted and broad hipped, beneficently smiling and being lustrated (showered by water) by elephants, symbolizing rain clouds bringing water and life to the land and that unwavering effort to adhere to spiritual teachings and governed by wisdom and purity leads to both material and spiritual prosperity.

  • Antique Majapahit Miniature Terracotta Head, Indonesia, Java (1138EHA)

    Antique Majapahit Miniature Terracotta Head, Indonesia, Java (1138EHA)

    $195.00
    Ht: 4” W: 1.5” D: 1.75”|FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

     Crafted during the Majapahit Empire in Java this head was part of a bas-relief frieze. Most unearthed figures are small decapitated heads with Javanese facial features, hairstyles and large ear ornamentations characteristic of the upper classes. A great small piece of history.

  • Sale! Antique Majapahit Terracotta Head, Java H: 2.75"  (1137)

    Antique Majapahit Terracotta Head, Java H: 2.75″ (1137)

    Original price was: $195.00.Current price is: $130.00.
    H: 2.75″    W:1.375 ”    D:1.25″     |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    Crafted during the Majapahit Empire in Java this rare head was part of a bas-relief frieze decapitated as part of religious offerings.

  • Sale! Antique Repoussé Vishnu Votive Plaque, H: 7.5" India (5174A)

    Antique Repoussé Vishnu Votive Plaque, H: 7.5″ India (5174A)

    Original price was: $250.00.Current price is: $165.00.
    H: 7.5″  W: 5.75  D: 2.5″     |     FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Copper alloy repoussé votive plaque of Vishnu surrounded with head and body aureoles. Symbols of his power as Universe’s Protector include a conch shell, his crown and lotus leaves symbolizing purity, truth, and unfolding of creation.

  • Sale! Antique Silver Ganesh Pendant with Four Arms and Sweets #22043BLE

    Antique Silver Ganesh Pendant with Four Arms and Sweets #22043BLE

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $325.00.
    Ht: 5.125″   W: 3.75″ D: 0.625″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental U.S.

    This vintage massive, heavy silver pendant represents a four armed Ganesh seated within a betel shape frame wearing a crown and reaching for modak, a rice flour sweet dumpling filled with coconut that is his favorite treat.  Ganesh pendants are worn for good luck as he is the God who removes the obstacles in devotees’ lives. The coin silver chain is included.

  • Sale! Antique Silver Hindu Pendant Necklace Krishna with Gopis, H: 3.6" India (20045)

    Antique Silver Hindu Pendant Necklace Krishna with Gopis, H: 3.6″ India (20045)

    Original price was: $695.00.Current price is: $595.00.
    Ht: 3.625”  W: 3.5”  D: .75″   |    FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Rare antique high grade silver amulet, high relief of Lord Krishna sitting in the Tree of Life playing his flute serenading the Gopis. Truly magnificent pendant symboling Hindu belief in the interplay between deities and the human soul.

  • Sale! Antique Votive Silver Puja Spoon, India  H: 6.25" (3892)

    Antique Votive Silver Puja Spoon, India H: 6.25″ (3892)

    Original price was: $225.00.Current price is: $175.00.
    H: 6.25 ”    W:1.625 ”    D:.25  ”    |    FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Antique silver puja spoon used to offer water to the gods to show respect. Hindus use water to cleanse and purify one’s body, mind and spirit. The lotus symbolizes Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and prosperity.

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    Antique/Vintage Brass Nandi Figurine, India (9509A-GAH) $245

    $245.00

    Nandi is among the most frequent Hindu deities worshiped in public places, temples, homes, or on a home altar throughout India.  As one of Hinduism’s mythical animals, Nandi is Shiva’s vahana, (his mount that transports him), attendant and leader of his attendants and guardian of all four-footed animals. A recumbent image of Nandi on a…

  • Sale! Antique/Vintage Carved Hindu Devi Child's Doll, H: 9.5"  India (3120)

    Antique/Vintage Carved Hindu Devi Child’s Doll, H: 9.5″ India (3120)

    Original price was: $85.00.Current price is: $55.00.
    Ht: 9..5 ”    W:  2″    D:1.5  ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Antique carving of a Devi (Sanskrit: divine) probably a child’s toy and and protective item. Tikka on forehead, ample breasts – a wish for fertility with a shiny patina from use.

  • Antique/Vintage Jetayu Mask, Museum Quality Stand, Bali  H: 13.75" (1208BEK)

    Antique/Vintage Jetayu Mask, Museum Quality Stand, Bali H: 13.75″ (1208BEK)

    $650.00
    H:  13.75″ W: 3″. D: 3.75″ |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Rare vintage Balinese mask of Jatayu used in performances of the Ramayana.  Jatayu is the Hindu mythical vahana (vehicle) of Vishnu, one of the triad of principal Hindu gods. On a museum quality stand.

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  • Antique/Vintage Mask of Comical Character (Topeng Bondres), Bali (1266WCE) $395

    Antique/Vintage Mask of Comical Character (Topeng Bondres), Bali (1266WCE) $395

    $395.00

    Balinese masks (tapel in Balinese, topeng in Java), are said to have existed since the 10th century and often are danced in sacred Hindu stories with important moral, ethical, historical and philosophical ideas, This is especially true as many come from ancient Hindu texts like ancient epics the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Babad Dalem, the…

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