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$245.00 Original price was: $245.00.$150.00Current price is: $150.00.
H: 14″ W: 2.675” D: 3.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This elegant heddle pulley carved from a single piece of Burmese teak is topped by a peacock, which in Buddhism represents the short-lived nature of all things. Borrowing from ancient animistic traditions, it was believed that auspicious symbolic animal images protected the weaver, assured quality weaving, and pleased the gods and spirits. This antique folk piece is wonderfully weathered from time and use.
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$725.00
The peacock is very significant in Buddhism, especially the Theravada Buddhism practiced in Burma. It is one of 108 images on the Buddha’s footprint and reflects the short-lived nature of all things, since it appears and vanishes as swiftly as it displays and furls its tail. It is believed that peacocks can eat poisonous plants…
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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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$495.00
Puppet theatre has traditionally assumed a major role in Chinese religious rituals and honoring major life and historical events. Local productions with beautifully carved puppets, music, drama and costumes instilled societal and cultural values as well as providing entertainment to audiences of all ages and educating provincial ones. This head has a typical tapering shaft…
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$585.00 Original price was: $585.00.$395.00Current price is: $395.00.
H: 11.5″ W: 5.3″ D: 4.2″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Provincial carving with iconic phoenix headdress, hands in karana mudra to cast out demons, negative energy and purify spaces. Image was on home altar and consecrated with a sealed cover.
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$525.00 Original price was: $525.00.$295.00Current price is: $295.00.
H: 11.25″ W: 4.6″ | 3.25″ FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Dense hardwood Queen Mother carving with phoenix in crown, holding robe across body, calmly seated on backless throne, much original polychrome and lacquer finish remains. Sealed consecrated cavity.
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$315.00 Original price was: $315.00.$275.00Current price is: $275.00.
H: 9 ” W: 3.625″ D: 3.5 ” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This ancestor figure of a huntsman in the round is unique, standing on a domed pedestal, facing half right holding a flint lock, wearing a hunting coat, a two-level hat, traditional under- and outer-garment, and thick boots. As the noted scholar on Chinese wood carvings stated, a similar figure like this “unusual and extraordinary ancestral image of a huntsman with a flintlock gun, was the only ancestral image in his vast collection which “depicts the calling of the deceased.”
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$950.00 Original price was: $950.00.$495.00Current price is: $495.00.
Ht: 17” W: 4.25” D: 4.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Very rare depiction of Queen Mother of the West puppet head wearing elaborate headdress with outstretched tortoise legs atop a phoenix, reflecting early shamanism rites of turtle shell divination. Mounted on acrylic base.
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$725.00 Original price was: $725.00.$495.00Current price is: $495.00.
H: 15.125” W: 6” D: 5” | FREE SHIPPING within Continental U.S.
Rare provincial carving of Guanyin in lalitsana clasping a rosary on a mythical Hǒu that symbolizes righteousness, morality and ushers in peace and prosperity. Small yet powerful, consecrated and mounted on Acrylic base.
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$675.00 Original price was: $675.00.$495.00Current price is: $495.00.
Ht: 9″ W: 5″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
During the Ming and Qing dynasties small images of Taoist officials and priests were often shown holding a cup of the elixir of life to place on home altars along with ancestor figures, house gods and other religious images to bring blessings (fu) to the household. By commissioning figures like this artful carving, families honored their ancestors and met their filial piety duties. Mounted on an acrylic stand.
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$210.00Current price is: $210.00.
H: 3.125” W: 4” Thick: 1.125.5” Circum: 9.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.
Heavy antique exquisite C-shaped Senufo manilla, divided into ornate sections, deeply carved, pairs of raised round metal pieces. Fine patina with wood and metal stand.
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$195.00 Original price was: $195.00.$155.00Current price is: $155.00.
H: 2.75” W: 3.625” Thick: 1” Circum. 9.375” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL u.s.
Antique 3-sections Senufo manilla with incising, raised bosses and flattened discs at ends. Very heavy, used to store wealth, trade for purchases, bridal dowries or ceremonies. Fine patina, wood and metal stand.
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