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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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$325.00 Original price was: $325.00.$276.25Current price is: $276.25.
Ht: 1.875 W: 1.687 | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
The antique Ethiopian Cross is unique as it is in crucifix form with an image of Christ, rarely used in the Coptic tradition. This delicate yet powerful pendant reflects the mastery of the skilled craftsman who created it. Using the lost wax process, it was embellished a with the Christ figure and decorative arm ornaments, making it a wonderful one-of-a-kind pendant with a warm patina and signs of wear consistent with age and use. The necklace chain necklace is not included.
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$225.00 Original price was: $225.00.$191.25Current price is: $191.25.
H: 6.625: W: 1.625″ D: 0.25″ FREE SHIPPING!
This finely crafted vintage votive silver spoon was part of an array of objects used for daily Hindu prayers (puja) which were arranged on a puja tray. Solidly cast, it is embellished with beautify flowing and lyrical incising from the elaborate handle down to and including the inside of the spoon it is covered with gorgeous linear designs, florals and stylized lotuses bordered with a stylized rope motif.
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$475.00 Original price was: $475.00.$403.75Current price is: $403.75.
Chain 18.5” Cross 1.75” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This striking Barry Brinker necklace is part of the VA Barry Brinker Vintage Collection with pieces made in the 1990s combining silver with antiquities or antiques, pearls and other treasures acquired during his travels. The pendant is a black cross shaped pearl encased in a wide silver casing. The rear and tag on the clasp are incised with the iconic BB signature and flame. The fittings and rolo style are 950 sterling silver. The meaning of a black pearl varies by culture, but it is known to be associated with and symbolize beauty, power, wealth and protection. In this piece it creates a beautiful natural iridescent in the shape of a spiritual cross.
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$495.00 Original price was: $495.00.$420.75Current price is: $420.75.
H: 2″ W: 2.5″ D: 0.75″ | FREE SHIPPING!
This marvelous silver brooch is a one-of-a kind artistic jewelry piece created in a silver casing by well-known popular jewelry designer Barry Brinker more than two decades ago. This beautiful and striking brooch has three large natural white freshwater pearl crosses which seemingly float with 950 silver fittings.
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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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$485.00 Original price was: $485.00.$412.25Current price is: $412.25.
H: 19.5” W: 9.375” D: 9” | CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING
This lovely 20th century Thai bronze statue is the White Clad Guanyin seated in meditation with her hands in her lap holding her vial of precious dew with her legs covered by her robes which flow to the top of the finely rendered multi-tiered lotus throne. Her open hood is centered by a mandorla surrounding an image of Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light, her spiritual teacher. She is a vision of compassionate serenity with her half closed eyes and benevolent smile.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$382.50Current price is: $382.50.
H: 5.5” W: 13.75” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
This graceful South Indian cast brass oil lamp with attached spoon was used for Hindu prayer rituals. It has an oil reservoir in the center, a shallow yoni shaped burner at the front, a finial at the end and it is mounted on a flared circular foot. The top surface is decorated with incised floral motifs.
See same lamp from Kerala in Sean Anderson, Flames of Devotion, Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2006, Plate 9, p.35.
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$495.00 Original price was: $495.00.$420.75Current price is: $420.75.
Chain 18.5″ Cross H: 1.75″ | FREE SHIPPING
This magnificent Barry Brinker choker necklace has a pendant cross consisting of six round black natural freshwater pearls. The rolo style silver chain, suspension loop signed using the initials BB, and other components are made with 950 sterling silver and has his signature flame shaped clasp with his initials.
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