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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.
Hand-made metal Nepalese 7-level stupa/pagoda with decorative details around the base and round eaves with scalloped edges used for personal worship.
A fine example of historic and spiritual traditions of Tamil Nadu cultural, this diya is top-tier collector quality. Massive weight, distinct bronze casting, fine details, authentic ritual wear, deep natural patina from use for daily prayers (puja).
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.
Ht: 21.5” Dia: 25” | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL VANISHINGARTS213@GMAIL.COM FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION
Exceptional, museum-grade, large lost-wax antique bronze Burmese Shan Rain/Frog drum with elaborate one-of-a-kind decorative configuration. The top has radiating, sunburst, concentric ripple patterns, stylized waterbirds, and sides with rare combination of stacked frogs and elephants on rice stalks
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.
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.
Antique silver puja spoon used to offer water to the gods to show respect. Hindus use water to cleanse and purify one’s body, mind and spirit. The lotus symbolizes Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth and prosperity. Collectors’ quality.
This animated mask of a jokester folk character (topeng bondres) provides comic relief, entertainment, and social commentary in serious theatrical dance dramas. An asymmetrical caricature, its open jaw allows actors to tell jokes and interact with the audience. Collected in Bali in the 1970’s, it has authentic signs of use in performances and was said to be made in Sebatu in the 1920s-1940s.
This authentic danced topeng bondres Balinese mask is a clownish character in both mask dances and traditional historical topeng dramas. With an exaggerated smile and grotesque features, it provides comic relief. Carved by same artisan as1212B, they make great as a pair.
This authentic blackened elongated anthropomorphic oval ritual mask is strongly associated with animist traditions of the West Timor Atoni people. Its simple geometric features, broad face, and animal hide are distinctive Antoni minimalist carving traditions.
This rare wood painted face of Dewi Sri was made on the Hindu Island of Nusa Penida near Bali. Usually depicted as a beautiful young woman, she symbolizes abundance and the cycle of life. A Hindu gebongan (rice offering), it would have been in a shrine dedicated to her in a rice field, temple, or a village ajacent to rice fields.
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