Taoism & Folk Religions

  • Sale! Antique Kitchen God and Wife, China (16850H)

    Antique Kitchen God and Wife, China (16850H)

    Original price was: $785.00.Current price is: $650.00.
    H: 7.75″  W: 3.25″  D: 2.375″ | free shipping within Continental U.S.

    Finely carved this Kitchen God and his Wife monitor family members from their perch above the stove. Near mirror images with layered gold officials’ robes they symbolically hold tablets to report about the family to the Jade Emperor on Chinese New Year.  enhance feng shui. Kitchen Gods especially pairs are now rare and very collectible and make unique wedding and house gifts.

     

  • Sale! Antique Mandarin Official Ancestor Figure, China (16433)

    Antique Mandarin Official Ancestor Figure, China (16433)

    Original price was: $595.00.Current price is: $485.00.
    H: 11.5″  W: 5″  D: 4″   |    FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    The finely carved ancestor figure in traditional Qing dynasty high neck Mandarin official’s long jacket with front buttons and official rattan woven headwear. The chair’s back slat was omitted as back carved cavity for consecration in an eye-opening ceremony

  • Sale! Antique Mandarin Official in Belt Holding Gesture (19075)

    Antique Mandarin Official in Belt Holding Gesture (19075)

    Original price was: $650.00.Current price is: $425.00.
    H: 10.75″   W: 4.6″   D:  3.25″   |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    This civil official is in his “best dressed” form. to immortalize his status and importance on earth.  Seated figures in the “belt-holding” gesture were considered persons of great achievement, high rank, imperial authority, and esteemed status. This high-quality commissioned statue was embellished with now faded gold leaf.

  • Sale! Antique Mandarin Official with Inscription , China (16479B)

    Antique Mandarin Official with Inscription , China (16479B)

    Original price was: $450.00.Current price is: $315.00.
    H:  11″    W:  5″    D: 3.375 ”   |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Idealized Mandarin civil or scholar official wearing official attire and black boots – symbol of superiority. The inscription reads “The Honorable/Excellent Official [surname] Fan.”

  • Sale! Antique Mask of Tudi Gong, China (16574)

    Antique Mask of Tudi Gong, China (16574)

    Original price was: $595.00.Current 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.

  • Sale! Antique Mazu “Holy Mother in Heaven,” China, (3429)

    Antique Mazu “Holy Mother in Heaven,” China, (3429)

    Original price was: $1,150.00.Current 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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  • Sale! Antique Mazu Empress of Heaven in Horseshoe Chair, China  (6003)

    Antique Mazu Empress of Heaven in Horseshoe Chair, China (6003)

    Original price was: $1,050.00.Current 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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  • Sale! Antique Nuo Opera Female Mask, China (19220)

    Antique Nuo Opera Female Mask, China (19220)

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $325.00.
    H: 9.25″  W: 5.75″   D: 2.25″    |     FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Chinese Noa opera mask is likely a female  zhengshen – a benevolent gods with kind and honest nature and gentle disposition -symbolizing the power of good to defeat evil. Age and heavy use

  • Sale! Antique Official Holding Belt of Office, China On Lucite (16470)

    Antique Official Holding Belt of Office, China On Lucite (16470)

    Original price was: $595.00.Current price is: $450.00.
    H: 10.3″ W: 6″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL US

    Mandarin ancestor official in court attire and hat  official holding up his belt of office. Faded inscriptions on the back of the chair indicate it was consecrated. Mounted on Lucite stand.

  • Sale! Antique Official in Red Robes with a Hu Tablet, China (16851)

    Antique Official in Red Robes with a Hu Tablet, China (16851)

    Original price was: $875.00.Current price is: $495.00.
    H:  15.5″    W: 6.125 ” 4.125   D:  ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Carved ancestor figure as an official sits on a backless chair with a decorative pedestal in official’s attire holding a long slender curved hu-tablet,  all signs of his office and status. He is vibrantly painted in red, the color of fu, as a wish for prosperity and status.

  • Sale! Antique Pair Double Happiness Oil Lamps, China (16915)

    Antique Pair Double Happiness Oil Lamps, China (16915)

    Original price was: $295.00.Current price is: $165.00.
    H:9.25  ”    W: 5.25 ”    D: 3.5 ”    | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Pair of oil lamps for good fortune with diamond shaped double lozenge meaning many treasures, and plum blossoms, symboling  the Five Happinesses – wealth, health, longevity, peaceful death and love of virtue.

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  • Sale! Antique Pair of Attendants with Offerings, China (16242)

    Antique Pair of Attendants with Offerings, China (16242)

    Original price was: $525.00.Current price is: $495.00.
    H: 7.75”  W: 3.5″  D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental U.S.

    Rare and charming carved attendant pair to flank deities on circular pedestals presenting boxed offerings with ribbons as wish for longevity.

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