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$4,500.00 Original price was: $4,500.00.$3,825.00Current price is: $3,825.00.
H: 32″ W: 9″ D: 8″ | CALL AT 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST
Lu Dongbin is the most celebrated of the Chinese Eight Immortals. In this large and impressive 17-18th century carving he holds a magical whisk which he uses to heal the sick and ride through the clouds, seen symbolically on his chest. Associated with medicine and the Elixir of Life and Immortality he has protective power over evil spirits Images like this were placed in Taoist temples in towns and villages and many grottoes are dedicated to him on the sacred mountains of China.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$382.50Current price is: $382.50.
H: 11” W: 5” D: 3.375” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This ancestor figure is portrayed as a Mandarin civilian official indicating either his actual high rank or his family’s desire to depict him as one seated in a traditional official’s pose and dressed official Mandarin attire and high status boots. The three-character inscription on the pedestal seems to be a name 范 懋卿（Fan Mao Qing) that probably indicates his identity and/or the family who commissioned the image.
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$595.00 Original price was: $595.00.$505.75Current price is: $505.75.
H: 11.5” W: 5” D: 4” | FREE SHIPPING!
This well-carved and remarkable ancestor figure is a lower-level Mandarin Civilian official seated on an armless yoke-back chair mounted on a plain rectangular base. He wears a traditional Mandarin jacket, an ankle-length skirt and a black velvet cap for winter or rattan woven hat in summer. His left hand is on his knee while the clenched right rests on the other one in an iconic Mandarin official pose. He is extremely well-carved with facial details showing his advanced age and he exudes an air of authority and status. In contrast to idealized ancestors, he is more individualized reflecting aspects of the actual person portrayed.
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$1,050.00 Original price was: $1,050.00.$892.50Current price is: $892.50.
H: 15.375” W: 8.625” D: 7.5” | FOR a SHIPPING quote CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 or email [email protected]
This Mazu, the protector of sea farers, is portrayed as the imperially sanctioned “Empress of Heaven” seated on an elaborate horseshoe shaped dragon throne, hands clasped symbolically holding a hu tablet, adorned with elegant dragon robes, an official’s girdle, a flat-topped Empress headdress and small feet resting on a pair of gilt fu lions. Meant to be seen from all sides this beautiful carving is decorated on front and back.
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$250.00 Original price was: $250.00.$212.50Current price is: $212.50.
Ht: 4.25 W: 6” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!/h6>
Although tiger images are said to expel evil, protect Chinese and be a male yang symbol of and representing courage, these folk art chubby tigers have a friendly demeanor with smiling mouths, eyes staring upward, and ears close to the face. Crouching on a pedestal with scalloped borders, they grasp a round orb in their pudgy front paws. Curly tails extend upwards from behind covered with carved indentations have radiating striations. This pair would be an endearing, fanciful, quirky, and delightful addition to any environment.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$382.50Current price is: $382.50.
H: 11.75” W: 5.25” D: 4.75” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
In this provincial carving for private devotion on a home altar, Nanhai Guanyin sits in tranquilly in anjali mudra at her cave home on Putuo on a lotus throne set on an open lotus framed by a backdrop arch of openwork with pierced cut outs. She wears a five-lobed crown and flowing robes symbolizing her regal status in contrast to her modest robes. Few small Nanhai Guanyin figures have survived, and they are highly prized. In feng shui, Guanyin statues should be in the center of the home to bring blessings to the entire home.
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$395.00 Original price was: $395.00.$335.75Current price is: $335.75.
H: 9.25” W: 5.75” D: 2.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This antique Chinese wood hand-carved mask was used in Nuo Operas mask in Southern China She is a smiling woman with a slender face, delicate features and hair in a topknot. She is a zhengshen, a friendly female deity (shen) with a kind, honest nature and a gentle disposition and a symbol of the power of good capable of defeating evil. Most Nuo masks are brightly painted, but the age and heavy use of this one has resulted in paint losses. Different colored bases under the reddish-brown indicate it was repainted and reused a number of times. The bright red lips have faded and areas around the eyes, mouth, nose and hair reveal what may be an original first layer of white gesso. Mask enthusiasts will appreciate the resulting paint and lacquer layers which tell the story of this mask’s colorful history, and, yes, the pun is intended. In very good condition for its age and use and for its journey surviving China’s modernization, masks like these were initially considered ethnic folk art offerings to the gods.
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$575.00 Original price was: $575.00.$488.75Current price is: $488.75.
H: 10.5” W:7.75” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING!
This amusing antique Nuo Opera mask portrays Tudi Gong, the benevolent Earth god with a smiling animated face, long eyebrows, a hemp beard and large ears wearing a high decorative hat. Tudi is a zhengshen, a god who is kindly, honest with a gentle disposition, symbolizing the great power of good, through which evil can be defeated. Nuo was popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties and although they are still performed in rural areas, there are few remaining troupes.
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$875.00 Original price was: $875.00.$743.75Current price is: $743.75.
H: 15.5″ W: 6.125″ D: 4.125″ | free shipping within continental u.s.!
This fine ancestor figure portrayed as a Chinese official with many indications of his high status. He sits on a backless chair upon a high decorative pedestal upon which his feet rest and . He wears officials attire: a futou cap and high collared red robe with double belt extending to his shoes. He sits in a formal pose with hands on his thighs holding a long slender hu tablet. His facial hairs indicate a mustache and beard, now partially lost, on his gilt colored face.
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$650.00 Original price was: $650.00.$552.50Current price is: $552.50.
H: 7.75” W: 3.5″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental U.S.!
This unique pair of attendants was likely placed on a home altar flanking and looking slightly inward to a Buddhist or Taoist figure or deity. Standing on circular pedestals, they smile slightly with down cast eyes presenting boxed offerings. One box has ribbons symbolizing the object’s miraculous powers and a wish for longevity. Rare to find pairs of charming figurines, they look even better on custom frosted Acrylic stands.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$250.75Current price is: $250.75.
H: 9.5″ W: 5.25″ D” 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Each of the antique carved wood oil lamps of this pair is filled with auspicious symbols to bring health, wealth and happiness to its owner – both in the past and in the present. Their vertical shafts are composed of stylized double happiness characters mounted on a rounded stand on four feet. Painted in gold and red for good luck, their articulated decorative rectangular tops are covered with carved lozenge designs and five-leaf plum blossoms on each side.
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$1,450.00 Original price was: $1,450.00.$1,232.50Current price is: $1,232.50.
H: 19.25″ W: 10″ D: 8.75″ |CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST
Seated imperiously on a horseshoe chair with legs on a turquoise embossed pedestal on a base with carved characters of her title “Holy Mother in Heaven,” this majestic Mazu is depicted in the imperial style, wearing a regal flat topped headdress and elaborate robes with dragons and an officials girdle at the waist highlighted in red and covered with gilt. This wonderful carving is in excellent condition after years of use.
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