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$595.00 Original price was: $595.00.$525.00Current price is: $525.00.
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 antique low tables on 3 folding bamboo-shaped leg supports, this traveling prayer/study table was designed for Tibetan monks or nomadic families to lay out sutras (scriptures), scrolls, books and other study materials and by Tibetan devotees as a personal altar/prayer table. It is simply decorated with painted florals on vines and a fruit offering bowl symbolizing the flowering of enlightenment and opening of the heart.
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$2,950.00 Original price was: $2,950.00.$1,975.00Current price is: $1,975.00.
Overall Ht: 16” W: 28” D: 6” | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST
This rare 5 piece apple green Shiwan ceramic “garniture set” comprised of two vases, 2 candlestick holders and a large censer was originally placed on a family altar in a central room which was the focal point of an affluent Chinese dwelling. Ritually used to perform ancestral offerings on a daily, semimonthly, and seasonal basis, compete sets in excellent condition are relative rare.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$295.00Current price is: $295.00.
Ht: 5.5” Dia: 6” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Shiwan stoneware fruit offerings were placed on the altar during the Ming to substitute for or augment fresh offerings. The three peaches and lotuses on a footed bowl are auspicious Chinese symbols associated with springtime, fertility and a long healthy life for many generations.
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$375.00 Original price was: $375.00.$295.00Current price is: $295.00.
H: 8.75″ DIA: 6.75 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This delicate and vibrant Qing dynasty Shiwan stoneware glazed sculpture represents fresh fruit that symbolizes life and new beginnings would have been placed on a temple or home altar to represent and/or augment plates of stacked fresh fruit. Fresh fruit symbolizes life and new beginnings. These offerings are still made to honor the family’s ancestors, communicate with deities and bring prosperity, good luck and health to the home and would be an auspicious and decorative addition to any home settings where family members past and present are honored.
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$725.00 Original price was: $725.00.$495.00Current price is: $495.00.
H: 26″ Dia: 12.5″|FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected]
This elegant hsun-ok reveals much about the Burmese: their profound belief in Buddhism and commitment to support the monastic life, remarkable woodworking and lacquerware skills and sense of simplistic elegant design and form. This has a simple yet striking silhouette with raised circular layers on a pedestal base and woven vertical bands topped by a tall round finial recalling a Buddhist pagoda or stupa. This graceful piece is a perfect accent for any décor.
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$465.00
This late Song dynasty earthenware ceramic brick tile portrays a couple sitting behind a banquet table with foods placed in front of them. On the right are two figures, one of whom points to a stylized image of a bat flying in the sky.
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$1,900.00 Original price was: $1,900.00.$1,100.00Current price is: $1,100.00.
H: 42″ D: 12″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION
This carved hardwood human figure is an honored Dyak ancestor effigy (hampatong) used to protect villages, people, graves, longhouses and paths to rivers and rice fields. Like most Dyak standing figures, this one is carved in comparatively low relief with arms held placed at the heart and chest and/or sometimes covering the covering the genitals and its facial and bodily features have deteriorated a bit, are rather shallow but are recognizable. It comes on a black Lucite base and was purchased in Bali in the mi 1970s. This piece is featured in a VA instagram post.
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$875.00
This rare and beautiful cadence drum was used in a Chinese temple to help monks and chanters think about the meaning of the texts they recite. Carved fish scales and two fish heads embrace a pearl carved on the handle to symbolize unanimity and accord. The fish pair is similar to the popular pair of…
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$425.00
Ht: 14.5” W: 3.5” D: 2.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S!
This rare vintage carving was probably made for a home shrine or small rice field temple dedicated to Dewi Sri, the Balinese Goddess of Rice. The hole near the bottom indicates it may have been part of a larger decorative scheme.
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$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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$465.00 Original price was: $465.00.$325.00Current price is: $325.00.
H: 7.125″ W: 2.125″ D: 2.25″ | Free Shipping IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This finely carved Ibeji has distinctive Yoruba features. The elongated head is narrow, has full lips, thick eyelids, incised lashes, flat prominent ears, a high stylized coiffure and scarifications. The strong stance with hands on hips, massive legs and arms are visible signs of fertility and power. The elongated head is where one’s spirit, intelligence and the seat of power lie. This vintage statue is finely carved with a smooth patina.
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