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Shakyamuni aka Gautama Buddha was the founder of Buddhism. Shakya was the tribe/clan to which his family belonged. . He was the son of Shuddhodana, the king of the Shākyas, a small tribe whose kingdom was located in the foothills of the Himalayas, south of…
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- Item Number: S-1874
- Provenance/Origin: Guilin City. China. Circa early 1900s
- Composition: Wood
- Dimensions: 8.5" tall x 5.5" wide x 5.5" deep. On stand: 11" tall
- Weight: 3.25 pounds with stand
- Price: $ 155.00 USD
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Simian sculptures and figures from the equatorial forest of West Africa have been a mystery to anthropologists and sociologists for years. What is their purpose?
It only takes some imagination to realize the historical relationships and interactions with lowland gorillas and this tribe.
Bottom line: …
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- Item Number: S-5242
- Provenance/Origin: Bulu. Dja River. Circa 1960s
- Composition: Wood, pigment, cloth, cord
- Dimensions: 20" tall x 8.5" wide x 7" deep
- Weight: 9.5 pounds
- Price: $ 785.00 USD
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Well carved and in good condition. Acquired from a retired mechanical engineer who was stationed in PNG on a gold mining operation. Authentic. From the 1940s.
Hard to find in this condition.
- Item Number: S-1117
- Provenance/Origin: PNG. Circa 1940s.
- Composition: Wood
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 2" at widest
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 90.00 USD
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This nephrite jade comes from the head waters of the Yurungkash River (Kulun Mountains), just north of the Hotan in the Xinjiang Province in western China. It’s color is a whitish green celadon.
Artisans carve and polish to a semi-opaque tone…. and then hand polish with…
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- Item Number: S-6399
- Provenance/Origin: Yurungkash River & Hotan. Western China. Hand carved and polished
- Composition: Whitish Green Hetian Nephrite Jade
- Dimensions: Each 9.5" tall x ~5" wide x ~ 2.5" deep
- Weight: 5 pounds for both
- Price: $ 1,265.00 USD
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A gorgeous see-through cutout porcelain vase with intricate carved designs and hand painted in enamel with floral decorations. I love these overglazed rose colors of pink and carmine.
The mark is that of Qianlong Nian Zhi – Qianlong Period Make. Qianlong is the…
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- Item Number: V-7711
- Provenance/Origin: Qianlong marked. Late 1900s
- Composition: Porcelain
- Dimensions: 11.5" tall x 5" at widest diameter
- Weight: 1.5 pounds
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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Detail: There is no question in my mind that these very spiritual human bone beads – carefully hand cut – are authentic and quite old. People donate their own reesotericstuff.coms to nearby temples and the bones are converted into beads that form a very, very powerful spiritual mala.…
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- Item Number: O-5897
- Provenance/Origin: Tibet. Circa 1900 to 1930.
- Composition: Ribbon, leather, metal, stones, bone
- Dimensions: 32" total length. 5/16" diameter beads (most)
- Weight: .25 pound
- Price: $ 655.00 USD
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This was purchased from an estate sale in Montana a few years ago. I think it is over 70 years old and was probably hand carved in Indonesia . . . perhaps Java or Bali. 36.5” long with – what looks like – a rubber tip (most…
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- Item Number: O-5804
- Provenance/Origin: Most likely Indonesia. Circa early- to mid-1900's
- Composition: Wood
- Dimensions: Total length: 36.5"; Handle Width: 6"
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 165.00 USD
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Detail: This is a newer complete set – 26 pieces – of hand carved chess pieces. The king is a tall 5.75”, the queen is 4.75” and a pawn is 2.375”. The dark pieces are carved from bud rosewood, considered one of the most beautiful woods for…
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- Item Number: O-9493
- Provenance/Origin: India. Recent.
- Composition: Bud Rosewood and Boxwood
- Dimensions: King piece: 5.75" tall; Pawn piece: 2.375" tall
- Weight: 1.6 pounds for the set
- Price: $ 130.00 USD
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This is indeed a special Warrior / Guardian Head. It is a typical image used at the entrances of Chinese temple compounds. Well carved with a fierce expression and detailed features. Alabaster stone. On a museum mount. Certainly one of a kind and in perfect…
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- Item Number: S-6514
- Provenance/Origin: China. Circa 18th Century
- Composition: Alabaster stone on museum mount
- Dimensions: Head + Base: 17" tall. Head: 11" tall x 7" at widest. Base: 8" x 8" x 5" tall
- Weight: Head: 14.75 pounds. Base: 11.25 pounds
- Price: $ 3,620.00 USD
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Detail: Gorgeous hard elm wood with a lacquered finish on top. Elegant carved patterns and floral graphics with many accents in gold. One shelf inside: 24″ x 12″. Cabinet hardware in brass. From the Fujian Province. Circa late-1900’s. Displayed in EsotericStuff…
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- Item Number: F-9511
- Provenance/Origin: Fujian Province China. Circa late-1900's
- Composition: Elm wood
- Dimensions: 39.5" tall x 27.5" wide x 16" deep
- Price: $ 825.00 USD
