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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.
This excellently carved ancestor civilian official with gilt highlights was commissioned to be place on a home altar for veneration and impress those who viewed it and to honor the venerated ancestor’s persistence, success, status and power.
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.
Unique and rare ancestor figure of a huntsman/soldier in the round standing on a domed pedestal, holding a matchlock musket wearing a warrior’s hat knee-length military jacket and military boots.
Finely carved ancestor displaying status symbols: official’s attire and hat, horseshoe chair with feet on pedestal. Painted and lacquered front and back in red, traces of gilt, colors of “fu” as a wish for wealth, health and long life, aged from years of use into a great patina.
Masterfully crafted Taoist official with calm, sincere and expressive face with creases indicating his age and wisdom of his senior status. Holds ritual cup with the elixir of immortality, a wish for a long and happy afterlife. Mounted on an acrylic stand.
Colorful Taoist priest carving holding a cup with the Elixir of Life granting eternal life. Red is the color of fu to bring into the home divine favors. Whimsically painted face and raised lacquer decorations, it was consecrated and originally placed on a home altar.
Decorative and charming wood provincial Burmese female dancer with bare top and gilded Burmese sarong with inset glass and sequins. Set high on a transparent Lucite base, she appears to float in motion.
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Lyrical wood provincial Burmese male dancer with drum in gilded Burmese sarong with glass and sequins. Set high on a transparent Lucite base, he appears to float in motion.
With his thumb grasping his flowing decorative sleeve, this ancestor was a mid-to-high ranking wealthy and spiritually powerful.Mandarin Official. The serene, smiling expression and downcast eyes incorporate Buddhist and Taoist traditions to instill feelings of spirituality and other worldliness.
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.
Simple yet elegant carved and painted wood rice offering head of Dewi Sri, the Goddess of Rice, Agriculture and Fertility in Bali and Java. Made in the Balinese community living on the close Island of Nusa Penida, it is a rare vintage carving.
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