Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
Hand-carved marble head of Guanyin, the Buddhist bodhisattva associated with compassion. The expression is priceless and the headgear / crown with an engraved Buddha is a real bonus.
Acquired from a jeweler in Beverly Hills California who has had it since the 1970s, when he…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: S-2232
- Provenance/Origin: Hebei China. Early 1900s
- Composition: Marble and rosewood stand
- Dimensions: 8" tall (14.25" on stand) x 5" wide x 5" deep
- Weight: 8.25 pounds
- Price: $ 665.00. USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
. . . the Bodhisattva known as Avalokitesvara… the Buddhist icon associated with compassion.
A stunning statue from the world famous Dehua kilns, located in the vicinity of the town of Dehua Xian, Fujian Province. Most of my Dehua porcelain comes from a specific…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: S-5863
- Provenance/Origin: Dehua Xian. Circa 2008
- Composition: Dehua Porcelain
- Dimensions: 11.5" tall x 8" diameter at base
- Weight: 6.75 pounds
- Price: $ 210.00 USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
You have heard my many descriptions of Kwan-yin or Guanyin…. Goddess of Mercy or “The One Who Perceives the Sounds of the World” or “The Most Widely Loved Buddhist Divinity”.
But what I might not have mentioned is that some Buddhists believe that when a fellow follower…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: S-4307
- Provenance/Origin: Dehua kilns. Circa late 1900s
- Composition: Porcelain
- Dimensions: 11.5" tall x 8" at widest point
- Weight: 6 pounds
- Price: $ 377.00 USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
A bit about Dehua and the Dehua kilns: The district of Dehua is situated on the eastern slopes of the Daiyun Mountains of southern Fujian, some 50 miles inland. About the twelfth century, Dehua became the hinterland of the wealthy port of Quanzhou on the…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: S-4390
- Provenance/Origin: Dehua kilns. Circa late 1900s
- Composition: Porcelain
- Dimensions: 13" tall x 19+" wide x 7" deep
- Weight: 15 pounds
- Price: $ 1,250.00 USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
Simply stunning. A sizable piece at 17”. Wonderful detail!
Acquired from a dealer in Dehua (Dehua xian), Fujian Province
There appears to be a crack on one of lotus blossoms near the base. See photo 7. Otherwise, it is in remarkable condition.…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: S-2476
- Provenance/Origin: Dehua kilns in China. Circa 1980s
- Composition: Porcelain
- Dimensions: 17.5" tall x 9.5" at widest point x 6.5" deep
- Weight: 9.5 pounds
- Price: $ 465.00 USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
Very difficult to find!
This camphor hand carved statue is from a private home in Chengdu, in the Sichuan Province. It was probably carved in the middle- to late-1900s. It came to me through a reputable antique dealer who I have known for years.
The…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: S-0632
- Provenance/Origin: Chengdu. China. Private home. Circa mid-1900s
- Composition: Camphor wood, paint, gilt
- Dimensions: 22" tall with halo x 9.75" at widest point x 7" deep
- Weight: 10.5 pounds
- Price: $ 645.00 USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
A traditional Blanc de Chine porcelain statue from the Dehua kilns but with a celadon glaze. Such colored glazes can only be added to a specific type of porcelain clay. The “southern” kilns invented and refined the celadon technique during the Song Dynasty. Longquan kilns gained…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: S-0529
- Provenance/Origin: China. Dehua kilns. Fijian Province. Early 1900s
- Composition: Porcelain with celadon glaze.
- Dimensions: 9" tall x 5.5" at widest point x 4" deep
- Weight: 3 pounds
- Price: $ 295.00 USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
With stylings from the Ming Dynasty, this Kuan-yin Buddha is magnificent! From the world-famous Dehua kilns, this is a piece that deserves to be in a prominent place . . . not just because its age but for its spiritual value.
This is an authentic…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: S-1229
- Provenance/Origin: China Dehua Kilns. Early- to mid- 1900s
- Composition: Porcelain
- Dimensions: 16" long x 8.5" tall x 5" deep
- Weight: 5 pounds
- Price: $ 485.00 USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
What a great gift! This reference book folds out (accordion-fashion) to become a one-of-a-kind art reproduction. This striking 36-foot-long Qing dynasty scroll is a reproduction of an 18th Century piece of art and includes more than 600 large and small buddhas, bodhisattvas, arhats, devas, and historical figures; plus over 2,000…
Continue reading →
- Item Number: R-5138
- Provenance/Origin: China
- Composition: Paper
- Dimensions: 6.5" x 7.5" x 1.125" thick
- Weight: 1.25 pounds
- Price: $ 30.00 USD
Click the photo above for a larger version and more pictures
Detail: Eight huge beads – actually SEEDS – with 3 Kwan-yin faces on each. This is a rosary piece with “compassion” depicted all over it. On an elastic band, each seed is separated by a single black bead. Circa late 1900’s.
Sorry but this item has been sold.
- Item Number: O-9561
- Provenance/Origin: Tibet. Recent
- Composition: Seeds and beads
- Dimensions: 10" length with elastic band
- Weight: 1 ounce
- Price: $40.00 USD
