Mythical Animals

  • Sale! Vintage Brass Buddha with Aureole, Nepal (30611)

    Vintage Brass Buddha with Aureole, Nepal (30611)

    Original price was: $895.00.Current price is: $725.00.
    H: 22.5″ W: 11″  D: 6.5″   |    CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING

    Vintage Nepali brass Buddha in teaching mudra standing on pedestal with 2 Buddhist lions, wearing “wet style” close fitting monk’s robes covering idealized body under drapery. Removable full  body aureole with foliate designs. 

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  • Sale! Vintage Heddle Pulley with a Mythical Lion (3303)

    Vintage Heddle Pulley with a Mythical Lion (3303)

    Original price was: $245.00.Current price is: $175.00.
    Ht: 12”  W: 4.125”  D: 3.25” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Vintage Burmese teak heddle-pulley used in strip-weaving on small handlooms. Here surmounted by a ferocious mythical lion as guardian of Buddhist law. Mythical beasts believed to protect the weaver and assure high quality weaving.

  • Vintage Rice Spoon with Bird Handle, Indonesia, Lombok (1229MAE) $115

    Vintage Rice Spoon with Bird Handle, Indonesia, Lombok (1229MAE) $115

    $115.00

    This vintage Indonesian rice paddle/spoon was crafted from local wood by a Lombok craftsman and is a fine example of the cultural art of the Sasak people who number three million and comprise about 80% of its population. As animism farmers for two millennia, they lived in houses surrounding religious compounds where they held religious…

  • Sale! Vintage Small Rangda Mask, Balinese from Lombok (1265)

    Vintage Small Rangda Mask, Balinese from Lombok (1265)

    Original price was: $395.00.Current price is: $315.00.
    H: 6.3″  W: 4.8″ D: 2.5″   |    FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.

    Rare Rangda mask from Indonesia island of Lombok made by Balinese Hindu craftsman is a child’s toy or  mask used to teach child dancers cultural and artistic traditions. Made to instill fear with fangs, bulging eyes and protruding teeth. Missing lower fang indicate it was “de-commissioned.”

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