Ceremonial

  • Sale! Antique “Wooden Fish” Cadence Drum, China (16801)

    Antique “Wooden Fish” Cadence Drum, China (16801)

    Original price was: $875.00.Current price is: $725.00.
    H: 12″  W: 11.75″  D: 9.5″  |   CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Intricately carved Cadence or “Wakeful” Drum used by monks and chanters to awaken the mind and keep meditators attentive and mindful. Used In Pure Land Buddhism for chanting Amitabha Buddha’s name. Fish on handle symbolize wakeful mind as fish never close their eyes.

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  • Sale! Antique Bronze Miniature Stupa/Pagoda, Nepal (3207)

    Antique Bronze Miniature Stupa/Pagoda, Nepal (3207)

    Original price was: $425.00.Current price is: $350.00.
    H: 3.5″  Dia  2.5″      |     FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Hand-made metal Nepalese 7-level stupa/pagoda with decorative details around the base and round eaves with scalloped edges used for personal worship.

  • Sale! Antique Portable Study/Prayer Table, Tibet  (7020)

    Antique Portable Study/Prayer Table, Tibet (7020)

    Original price was: $750.00.Current price is: $550.00.
    Ht: 13.75” W: 26.25” D: 13.125” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CAL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected]

    One of a pair of Tibetan antique folding traveling prayer/study table for monks or nomadic families to lay out sutras (scriptures), scrolls, books, other study materials. Decorated with painted florals and fruit offering bowl symbolizing  flowering of enlightenment and opening of the heart.

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  • Sale! Antique Shiwan Offering Bowl, Peaches and Lotuses, Shiwan, China  (19330)

    Antique Shiwan Offering Bowl, Peaches and Lotuses, Shiwan, China (19330)

    Original price was: $450.00.Current price is: $295.00.
    Ht: 5.5”  Dia: 6” |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Shiwan stoneware peaches and lotuses on footed bowl auspicious symbols associated with springtime, fertility, long healthy life for many generations and therefore are propitious gifts for birthdays, especially for the elderly.

  • Sale! Antique Shiwan Stoneware Fruit Offering, China (19330)

    Antique Shiwan Stoneware Fruit Offering, China (19330)

    Original price was: $375.00.Current price is: $295.00.
    H: 8.75″  DIA: 6.75 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!

    Shiwan stoneware glazed sculptures of fruit symbolizing life and new beginnings to place on temple or home altar. They   augment plates of fresh stacked fresh fruit to honor ancestors. These pears symbolize long life.

  • Sale! Vintage Carved House Post of Warrior, Nigeria, Yoruba (1970)

    Vintage Carved House Post of Warrior, Nigeria, Yoruba (1970)

    Original price was: $3,900.00.Current price is: $2,950.00.
    On Stand: H: 61″ W: 12″ | D: 12″ CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING.

    Vintage wooden structural post Nigerian Yoruba warrior statue with a scale-pattern torso armor, elongated helmet, strong frontal posture and prominent expressive facial features symbolizing a warrior’s powers. Mounted on a black metal base.

  • Sale! Vintage Dewi Sri Rice Goddess, Bali (3044)

    Vintage Dewi Sri Rice Goddess, Bali (3044)

    Original price was: $425.00.Current price is: $395.00.
    Ht: 14.5”  W: 3.5”  D: 2.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S

    Rare vintage carving dedicated to Dewi Sri, Balinese Goddess of Rice. was probably made for a  home shrine or small rice field temple . Hole near the bottom indicates it may have been part of a larger decorative scheme.

  • Sale! Vintage Small Hsun Ok, Burma/Myanmar

    Vintage Small Hsun Ok, Burma/Myanmar

    Original price was: $335.00.Current price is: $275.00.
    H: 16.25 ”    Dia: 8 ”    |  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Given its size this smaller early 20th century Hsun-ok with simple sophisticated designs of with parallel rows of intricate triangular and beaded borders may been placed as decorative piece on a home altar.

     

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  • Vintage Yoruba Cowrie Shell Head Shrine, Africa, Nigeria (1657BSK)

    Vintage Yoruba Cowrie Shell Head Shrine, Africa, Nigeria (1657BSK)

    $785.00
    H: 15″ W: 9″ D: 9″   |  CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST

    Vintage “crowns” called an ile ori  the “house of the head,”  were cowrie shell shrine  made to show gratitude for and recognition of the power of the head and manifest Yoruba ideas of individuality and authority. Not meant to be worn they are often placed on altars for prayer and divination and can be a symbol of a Yoruba deity. This headdress with an impressive design was included in the San Francisco International Airport, “Crowning Achievements” exhibition in April-August, 1994. It comes with a Lucite stand.

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