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This authentic danced topeng bondres Balinese mask is a clownish character in both mask dances and traditional historical topeng dramas. With an exaggerated smile and grotesque features, it provides comic relief. Carved by same artisan as1212B, they make great as a pair.
This happy benevolent couple are Taoist Earth God Tudi Gong and his wife Tudi Po placed on a home altar to assure an abundant harvest. Referred to as “Grandpa” and “Grand Ma” they wear vibrant Mandarin official’s attire, him with a mandarin square with a bird, and her with a phoenix headdress.
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.
Lyrical wood provincial Burmese male dancer with drum in gilded Burmese sarong with glass and sequins. Set high on a transparent Lucite base, he appears to float in motion.
This rare wood painted face of Dewi Sri was made on the Hindu Island of Nusa Penida near Bali. Usually depicted as a beautiful young woman, she symbolizes abundance and the cycle of life. A Hindu gebongan (rice offering), it would have been in a shrine dedicated to her in a rice field, temple, or a village ajacent to rice fields.
This elegant early 20th century red lacquer hsun-ok has a simple striking silhouette with raised circular layers on a pedestal base and woven vertical bands topped by a tall round finial resembling a Buddhist stupa.
Indian silver embossed or repoussé Ganesh amulet pendant seated with 4 arms holding traditional items like an axe, a lotus, or sweets in a braided rope-like design border.
Rare silver pendant of joyful dancing Ganesh with Parvati framed within a betel shape with scalloped edges. Probably crafted and sold at a temple, it was worn for protection rather than good luck.
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Taoist priest in formal attire holding a cup with the elixir of health and longevity and small ingot symbolizing wish for prosperity and wealth. Characters on base are his name and the mythical “turtle spirit” that symbolizes longevity,
Taoist priest or shaman with a double-winged hat with a mythical taotie as a warning against greed and excess. His left hand in the Sword Gesture to cast out evil and right holding a tael symbolizing wealth and good fortune
Barry Brinker necklace – Thai ceramic Vairocana Buddha pendant with gold leaf and glass beads, Sri Lankan cabochon emeralds and ancient Roman coins. 18″ rolo style 950 German sterling silver chain.
Magnificent Barry Brinker choker with pendant cross of 6 round black natural freshwater pearls. Rolo chain, suspension loop and iconic flame shaped clasp with BB are 950 sterling silver.
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