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Attendant Chou Ts’ang, to Guandi, most revered Chinese military hero and Taoist God of War, hands clasped and eyes down in respect wearing detailed military clothing and boots on high pedestal with painted gold florals.
Ancestor figure is finely depicted as loved family member, individualized pudgy joyful smiling face. Displays strength and status by his demeanor, composure, portly size, and elaborate horseshoe chair. On lucite stand, a wonderful accessory for a home or business.
A finely painted and carved vintage wood statue of a provincial Burmese female dancer with a bare top and gilded Burmese sarong with glass and sequins. Southeast Asian classical dance traditions all seek to entertain the living, please the gods in the heavens and ancestors in their afterlife. Set high on a transparent Lucite base, she appears to float in motion.
This masterfully carved and painted 18th century statue of a Taoist priest/official wears elaborate robes and a hat. His well-articulated face has strong features and solemn gaze, flanked by pendulous ears, the sign of a wise man. This exceptional image deserves the appropriate placement to optimize its outstanding presence.
Vintage miniature lacquer and bamboo hsun ok used on a home altar for offerings to the Buddha statue there with circular tiers repeated on the foot and the stupa finial top.
Made by the Naga, tribal ethnic groups in India, conch shell ear covers were worn by warriors attached to pierced ears through a hole in the shell. Stippled abstract images of standing male with raised arms as status sign, mounted on Lucite base and is a fascinating piece of cultural art.
Made by the Naga, tribal ethnic groups in India, shell ear covers like this with stippled abstract image of standing male with raised arms were worn by warriors as status symbols.
This charming vintage folk-art panel of a barefoot female farmer with a woven rattan basket behind her with the handle over her forehead is part of a 3 part set of farmer images
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