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$315.00 Original price was: $315.00.$267.75Current price is: $267.75.
H: 9″ W: 3.625″ D: 3.5″ | FREE SHIPPING!
This unusual ancestor-huntsman figure is like a similar example in the collection of described by the notable scholar Keith Stephens as “An Unusual and Extraordinary Ancestral Image” standing with legs spread firmly on a plain rounded triangular base holding an 19th century flint lock rifle while scouting for prey. Much of original paint has been lost or covered by darkened lacquer, but the flesh tone on the face and remnants of red and white paint remain.
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$250.00 Original price was: $250.00.$212.50Current price is: $212.50.
H: 7.5” W: 5.75” D: 2.5” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This antique repoussé votive plaque portrays the Hindu deity Vishnu, the Protector of the Universe with a double aureole holding the conch shell he uses to make the om (aum) sound that embodies divine energy and is considered to be the sound of the universe which encompasses all sounds within it. He wears a crown representing his supreme power and earrings signifying the dual nature of creation. The lotus next to him and the lotus leaves of his throne symbolize purity, truth, and the unfolding of creation. Mounted on a unique frosted acrylic base.
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$675.00 Original price was: $675.00.$573.75Current price is: $573.75.
Taoist carvings were often placed on home altars along with ancestor images, house-gods and religious figures to bring propitious blessings (fu) to the household. Commissioning and honoring ancestral figures and…
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$295.00 Original price was: $295.00.$250.75Current price is: $250.75.
H: 3.125” W: 4” Thick: 1.125.5” Circum: 9.5” | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This very elaborate and exquisite C-shaped Senufo heavy manilla is ornately embellished and divided into sections, each decorated with deeply carved panels and framed with pairs of raised ball-like metal pieces. This remarkable and elegant manilla has a fine patina that shows its age, long use, and wear. It comes with a wood and metal stand.
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$185.00 Original price was: $185.00.$157.25Current price is: $157.25.
H: 2.75” W: 3.625” Thick: 1” Circum. 9.375” | FREE SHIPPING IN CONTINENTAL u.s.
Metal bracelets known as manillas were locally made and used as currency and a medium of exchange to trade or barter, pay for significant events and to display status or social position. This antique intricate Senufo copper alloy bracelet is decorated with incised parallel ridges covering its 3-sections which have sets of raised bosses and flattened discs at each end. Very heavy bracelets like this were not worn but were were used to store wealth, make purchases, buy or trade for livestock and goods, or as a bridal dowry or for ceremonial purposes such as weddings and burials. In excellent condition with a fine patina and the usual signs of age and use, it also has a wood and metal stand.
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$4,600.00 Original price was: $4,600.00.$3,910.00Current price is: $3,910.00.
H: 30.5″ W: 19.5″ D: 11.75″ | EMAIL [email protected] OR CALL US AT 213-568-3030 SHIPPING INFORMATION
As one of the most revered Chinese cultural deities, Shen Non is the Taoist mythological Earth God credited with being the father of both Natural Medicine and Agriculture, author of the Canon of Internal Medicine, first Chinese medical classic covering medical physiology, anatomy and acupuncture and the Divine Husbandman’s Materia Medica, the earliest Chinese work on medicines derived from minerals, plants and animals. This exquisite massive image seated on a cloud was mean to be seen in the round with leaves draped down his back. Brilliantly carved and extremely rare, this statue would be a prized image for anyone in the medical, pharmaceutical or agriculture profession.As indicated by the back cavity, it was consecrated by a Taoist priest
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$450.00 Original price was: $450.00.$382.50Current price is: $382.50.
H: 5.5″ Dia: 6″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
Shiwan stoneware fruit offerings were especially popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties when they were placed on temple or home altars to communicate and venerate ancestors, augment fresh offerings and bring auspicious blessings of fu to families presenting them. The three peaches interwoven with lotuses are associated with springtime, fertility, and especially a long healthy life for many generations. They are considered propitious gifts for birthdays, especially for the elderly.
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$395.00 Original price was: $395.00.$335.75Current price is: $335.75.
Ht: 5.125″ W: 3.75″ D: 0.625″ | FREE SHIPPING within continental U.S.
This vintage massive, heavy silver pendant represents a four armed Ganesh seated within a betel shape frame wearing a crown and reaching for modak, a rice flour sweet dumpling filled with coconut that is his favorite treat. Ganesh pendants are worn for good luck as he is the God who removes the obstacles in devotees’ lives. The coin silver chain is included.
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$695.00 Original price was: $695.00.$590.75Current price is: $590.75.
Ht: 3.625” W: 3.5” D: 0.75 5oz. | FREE SHIPPING!
This rare antique tribal amulet of high grade silver with fine high relief craftsmanship is truly magnificent. It portrays Hindu Lord Krishna sitting in the Tree of Life playing his melodious flute serenading the Gopis who become enthralled with his spiritual music symboling the Hindu belief in the loving interplay between the deities and the human soul. Krishna pendants are protective, have healing powers and bring devotees spiritually closer to him.
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$195.00 Original price was: $195.00.$165.75Current price is: $165.75.
H: 4.5″ Dia: 3.25″ | FREE SHIPPING WITHIN CONTINENTAL U.S.!
This hand carved antique stone flu lion is a fun loving benevolent creature as seen in his open mouth with sharp teeth in a fanciful grin with a curled tongue, mischievously twinkling eyes under bushy eyebrows and a compressed rotund body with a very small tail. This is not your refined portrait of an elegant protective beast, it’s just a friendly pet hanging out . He probably lived in the garden of a provincial fun-loving family and is looking for a similar environment where people like old wonderful pieces to remind them not to take themselves too seriously.
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$375.00 Original price was: $375.00.$318.75Current price is: $318.75.
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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$1,275.00 Original price was: $1,275.00.$1,083.75Current price is: $1,083.75.
H: 19” W: 15” D: 14” | FOR SHIPPING INFORMATION EMAIL [email protected] OR CALL 213-568-3030
Fashioned in a traditional drum/barrel shape, this unusual and ornately decorated antique garden stool is covered with auspicious symbols, and the positive energy from them is believed to be absorbed by the lucky individual who sits on them. Highlighted with pierced decorations and circular reliefs the upper borders of the body of this beautiful stoneware stool is covered with four bands of apple green, white, brown and cobalt blue – an expensive and infrequently used pigment. The bottom portion is covered in a mustard yellow glaze with pierced and relief images of double coins, taotieh and florals.
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