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$195.00 Original price was: $195.00.$130.00Current price is: $130.00.
This miniature terracotta head is from the powerful Majapahit Empire considered one of Southeast Asian greatest empires which spanned the 13th-16th centuries. Hindu based, it centered in Java and extended from present-day Indonesia to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Southern-Thailand, and the Philippines. Trowulan, the empire’s capital, is now an archaeological site source of many Majapahit buildings….
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$850.00 Original price was: $850.00.$695.00Current price is: $695.00.
H: 12.75” W: 6.625” D: 5.75” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental u.s.
This masterfully carved ancestor as a mandarin official sits on horseshoe chair set on a footed high decorated plinth dressed in a well-appointed formal 3-button Mandarin long coat and pointed rattan hat. His face is uniquely and unusually individualized with heavy lidded eyes, in a benevolent expression and his advanced aged indicated by the wrinkles clearly depicting a loved individual. This exquisitely carved image in excellent condition with a fine patina was true homage to a revered family member and is one of our finest ancestor figures.
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$455.00 Original price was: $455.00.$295.00Current price is: $295.00.
H:8.5 ” W: 4 ” D: 3.3 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Portrayed as an official, this ancestor figure sits on a horseshoe chair showing his status wearing compulsory officials attire: a 5-button Mandarin long coat with a round collar and official headwear – a woven hat whose shape and color reflected his rank. His personalized personalized oval-shaped is tranquil with a hint of a smile on his pursed lips, and a triangular pigtail down his back.
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$595.00
During the Qing Dynasty, reverence for Mandarin officials and their associated high status with it was so significant that families sought to perpetuate this image through the generations in carved and painted renderings of their ancestors. Ancestor-figures were the highest form of filial piety, and ancestor-worship was a cornerstone of Confucianism. Stuart (p. 82) states…
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$595.00 Original price was: $595.00.$475.00Current price is: $475.00.
H: 10.5” W:7.75” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL US
This antique Nuo Opera mask is Tudi Gong, benevolent Earth god with smiling animated face, long eyebrows, hemp beard and high decorative hat. With an honest gentle disposition, he symbolizing the power of good to defeat evil. Nuo popular in Ming/ Qing dynasties, there are few remaining troupes.
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$1,150.00 Original price was: $1,150.00.$875.00Current price is: $875.00.
H: 19.25″ W: 10″ D: 8.75″ |CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.
Seated imperiously on a horseshoe chair with carved title “Holy Mother in Heaven,” Mazu is depicted in the imperial style, with a regal flat topped headdress, elaborate robes with dragons, official’s girdle in red and gilt.
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$1,050.00 Original price was: $1,050.00.$650.00Current price is: $650.00.
H: 15.375” W: 8.625” D: 7.5” | CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 or email [email protected] for SHIPPING.
Mazu, protector of sea, is portrayed as the imperially sanctioned “Empress of Heaven” on an elaborate, horseshoe shaped dragon throne, holding a hu tablet, with elegant dragon robes, official’s girdle, Empress headdress and small feet on gilt fu lion foot rest.
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$395.00
In China a set of earthenware Zodiac attendant figures was made as a 12 piece grouping, with each figure holding a small calendar animal with each year represented by a different animal – rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig or boar – in a repeating 12-year cycle. Although…
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$3,200.00 Original price was: $3,200.00.$2,100.00Current price is: $2,100.00.
H: 14” W: 9.375” D: 7.25” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030
Rare consecrated small home altar/community Shakyamuni Buddha in meditation radiates serenity with downcast eyes and slightly smiling mouth.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$325.00Current price is: $325.00.
H: 11.75″ W: 5.25″ D: 4.75 ” | Free shipping within continental us
Provincial Nanhai Guanyin palms at heart in anjali mudra, a mudra of offering rarely used for Nanhai Guanyin. On lotus throne at Tidal Cave on Putuo under a craggy rock outcrop with pierced openwork.
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$750.00 Original price was: $750.00.$500.00Current price is: $500.00.
H: 9.5 ” D: 4.5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Rare provincial white hooded Nanhai Guanyin in Cave below openwork draped moss and barbed rocks holding precious scrolls, with vial and parrot. Open lotuses symbolize her purity and enlightenment, closed lotuses potential for enlightenment of others.
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$1,350.00 Original price was: $1,350.00.$1,200.00Current price is: $1,200.00.
H: 11.5″ W: 6″ D: 4.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Nanhai Guanyin on Mount Putuo sits as a triad with acolytes Shan Tsai hands in prayer and the Dragon Princess offering the “illuminating pearl.” Very rare Ming sculpture on an Acrylic base is one of our favorites VA collection carvings.
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