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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Chinese New Year Party on Thursday February 2nd at 5 PM to 8 PM
Dear Friends and Customers, We are having a PARTY. On the 2nd of February, first Thursday, please join us for a Year of the Water Dragon Chinese New Year Party Music, Art, Tea, Film Please come and celebrate with us. We would love to see you. We have received [...]
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Antique Chinese Pharmacy 17 BF 31
Antique Chinese Pharmacy from Shanxi Province 150 years old red lacquer. Thirty small drawers each have two dividers creating three spaces in each drawer. The drawer fronts have circular pulls with chinese coin escutcheons. Chinese characters on each drawer name the different medicines. At the bottom are two larger drawers. Red lacquer has mellowed to [...]
Antique Chinese Bench 13 LX 52
Photos by Gena Azar Antique Chinese Bench from Shanxi Province 150 years old. Has extensive carving of interlaced dragons and foilage on both sides. Lacquer is worn enough to see the joinery of leg and apron. One side is more worn than the other which you can see from the pictures. Out of Stock
Antique Chinese Coffer 13 ZH 34
Photos by Gena Azar. Antique Chinese Coffer from Shanxi Province 150 years old. Notice the beefing up around the edges of the drawers in order to deter theft. A coffer is a sort of strongbox where a family would keep their most valuable possessions. The is one has delicately carved spandrels running down the sides. [...]
Belt Plane Pedestal
Middle eastern belt five strands wrapped around old English plane. They sit on top of a white Chinese stone pedestal.
Antique Chinese Coffer 10 WC 36
Photos by Gena Azar. Antique Chinese Coffer over 200 years old made of locust wood. Three locking drawers, beautifully carved spandrels and apron with acanthus leaf carving. Combination of rustic simplicity and refined balance. Dimensions H34″ x W84″ x D19″. Order Antique Chinese Coffer Antique Chinese Coffer @ $4,096.00 Qty:
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Tibetan Chop
A chop is a seal, a way to authenticate a document. It is basically a stamp. You would either use ink or wax to stamp. It shows that the document is from one person – the owner of the stamp. The top of this seal is a half dorje. Dorje or vajra has been translated as [...]
Antique Chinese Console Table 9 WC 34
Photos by Gena Azar Antique Console Table from Hennan, China, approximately 175 yr old. Very lovely lines on this console table. Notice how wide the apron between the three legs is. Quite unusual and lovely balance. Nicest console table I have purchased from China. Top is clear finish, below is black lacquer. Scroll feet resting [...]
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Lhasa Travel 2
Taken while visiting Lhasa in 2006. The streets are filled with Tibetans shopping and walking around. Old streets with old buildings lining them. One of the most memorable parts of Lhasa are the old streets. Some of them are wide – the main, newer streets. But the ones that are the most fun are the [...]
Japanese Ivory Amida Nyorai Buddha C1890 by Yoshiyuki
This ivory buddha is quite small – under three inches high. Sitting on a wood platform. He sits in meditation with his hands forming the Mida-no-jōin meditation mudra. This mudra is particular to Amida Nyorai. He is the principle buddha of the Pure Land sect. According to the Pure Land sect, before becoming a buddha, [...]
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Sitting Buddha from Burma
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Tibetan Door of Longevity
This is a new door, a reproduction of a Tibetan door. The symbols are all associated with longevity; Shou-lao, the god of longevity, the deer of longevity, a pair of cranes, conch shaped rocks and a peach tree. Deer are the mount of Shou-lao, and the only animals capable to find the plant of mortality, “ling-chih”. To [...]
BRONZE LOKESVARA FROM NORTHERN THAILAND C. EARLY 20TH CENTURY
BRONZE LOKESVARA FROM NORTHERN THAILAND C. EARLY 20TH CENTURY Dimensions H16″ x W11″ x D6″. CHENREZIG Chenrezig may be the most popular of all Buddhist deities, except for Buddha himself — he is beloved throughout the Buddhist world. He is known by different names in different lands: as Avalokiteshvara in the ancient Sanskrit language of [...]
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Tagged Avalokiteshvara, bronze, Chenrezig, Lion Pedestal, Lotus of Wisdom, metal, Royal Ease Posture, Thai
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