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$245.00 Original price was: $245.00.$208.25Current price is: $208.25.
H: 4.5” W: 2.25” D: 3.25” | FREE SHIPPING
This well articulated figurine features is Nandi decorated with jewels and recumbent on a high-tiered pedestal throne. Nandi figurines are placed on home altars for daily puja and are decorated with flowers and incense offerings as a sign of respect and this image has an attached incense holder for this purpose. Made using lost wax casting, it is a one-of-a-kind piece in very good condition with a fine patina and smooth surface.
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$175.00 Original price was: $175.00.$148.75Current price is: $148.75.
Ht: 3.125″ W: 1.75″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This antique Ethiopian Cross combines several cultural traditions: an Egyptian round ankh surmounted on cross pattée with flaring arms that narrow towards the center. This striking pendant is heavy and large with a massive presence softened by its smooth surface and simple elegance. Prior to the 20th-century, pendant crosses were often made in small villages by skilled local metal smiths that were simpler, yet strikingly beautiful and powerful. The coin silver chain is not included.
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$165.00 Original price was: $165.00.$140.25Current price is: $140.25.
Ht: 2.625″ W: 1.5″ || FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This simple but elegant Coptic Cross displays a commonly used tradition of including a circle surmounted on a Latin cross based on the Egyptian ankh set on a variation of a Cross Pattée with flaring arms. This unassuming yet striking pendant is heavy and large with a massive presence that is softened by its smooth surface and simple elegance.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$250.75Current price is: $250.75.
Ht: 2.75”. W: 2.5” D: 0.25” 1.3oz. | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This rare pendant of Ganesh and his mother Parvati seated on a throne is framed within a betel shape with scalloped edges. It is finely crafted heavy silver piece with a top round suspension loop that mirrors the ovule on the bottom. Used as a protective amulet, it shows signs of wear that give it a smooth fine patina.
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$485.00 Original price was: $485.00.$412.25Current price is: $412.25.
H: 19.5” W: 9.375” D: 9” | CALL 213-568-3030 FOR SHIPPING
This lovely 20th century Thai bronze statue is the White Clad Guanyin seated in meditation with her hands in her lap holding her vial of precious dew with her legs covered by her robes which flow to the top of the finely rendered multi-tiered lotus throne. Her open hood is centered by a mandorla surrounding an image of Buddha Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light, her spiritual teacher. She is a vision of compassionate serenity with her half closed eyes and benevolent smile.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$382.50Current price is: $382.50.
H: 5.5” W: 13.75” D: 3” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.!
This graceful South Indian cast brass oil lamp with attached spoon was used for Hindu prayer rituals. It has an oil reservoir in the center, a shallow yoni shaped burner at the front, a finial at the end and it is mounted on a flared circular foot. The top surface is decorated with incised floral motifs.
See same lamp from Kerala in Sean Anderson, Flames of Devotion, Los Angeles, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 2006, Plate 9, p.35.
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$485.00 Original price was: $485.00.$412.25Current price is: $412.25.
Ht: 4.675 W: 1″ D: 0.625″ | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This Han dynasty bronze belt hook is fashioned as a dragon with intense eyes. Dragons were ancient symbols of divine protection, symbolizing good fortune, high rank and power. The underside button-like extension affixes to a belt hole, the hook is positioned horizontally to attach to clothing. Belt hooks were used in life as status symbol and buried with the deceased for the afterlife. In very good condition, it has not been cleaned and has normal pitting and surface losses due to its two millennia-old burial in a humid tomb that has heavily oxidized over the years and, therefore, has beautiful verdigris deposits.
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$382.50Current price is: $382.50.
H: 3″ W: 3.125″ D: 1.25″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Luristan nomads made sophisticated and imaginative bronzes prized in the ancient world for their inventive designs and fine craftsmanship. This Iron Age finely cast figurine depicting a long horned goat, a major source of food for survival has a detailed head with long antlers, tall thin legs, large eyes and a slightly curved body and is mounted on a Lucite base.
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$110.00 Original price was: $110.00.$93.50Current price is: $93.50.
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Manillas were commonly used by the Yoruba in the Coastal regions of Nigeria and along the Niger River. This thin simple round C-shaped manilla is decorated with incised linear designs on the outer round surface: it is centered on the top with parallel zig zag lines between a set of four parallel indentations which frame it. Each end also has zig zag indented striations. Simple, yet elegant, the bracelet is in very good condition, with normal wear, and pitting that verify its age and use. It comes with a wood metal stand.
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$395.00 Original price was: $395.00.$335.75Current price is: $335.75.
H: 21″ W: 8″ D: 4.75″ | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030
This traditional African hammered iron gong is elegantly shaped like a flaring bell. Heat riveted, a forging process joining two metal pieces together, it was made by Congolese tribal people. Made with 5 parallel lines of 5 decorative round bulges on both sides, it was often held using a raffia handle and beaten using sticks covered with rubber at its end. Originally a ritual instrument, they were also beaten to call members of special restricted societies to meetings and were a symbol of wealth, prestige, and influence.
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$790.00 Original price was: $790.00.$671.50Current price is: $671.50.
H: 25.5” W: 11” D: 6.5” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION CONTACT US AT 213-568-3030
This fine vintage brass Buddha Shakyamuni sculpture reflects characteristics of unique Nepalese style. With both hands in teaching mudra, wearing in the “wet style” monks robe, he stands with similar to a contrapposto posture, weight supported on a single leg suggesting movement. His elaborate regal pedestal has a removable aureole with wheel of the dharma above two Buddhist protective lions. This piece is elegant in its simplicity and expresses the Buddha’s refined and restrained meditative spirituality.
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$325.00 Original price was: $325.00.$276.25Current price is: $276.25.
Originally used by the Hmong in Southern China these “spirit soul locks” are worn as necklaces by the Hmong, Akha and Miao Hill-Tribes in China Thailand, Burma, Laos and Vietnam…
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