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Guan Yu (162 – 219 AD) was one of the best known historical and warrior figures in China’s ancient history. He was a military general serving under Liu Bei (a warlord) during the Eastern Han dynasty. Playing a significant role, Guan Yu helped to bring an…
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- Item Number: S-5052
- Provenance/Origin: Village near the Qianang River. City of Hangzhou. Age unknown.
- Composition: Boxwood
- Dimensions: 11.5" x 5.5" x 4.5" in box
- Weight: 2.5 pounds with box
- Price: $ 240.00 USD
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A real prize. A sizable early censer with a bronze protective foo dog / lion lid.
Chinese enameling technique features carved or chiseled depressions in a brass vessel . . . and then filled with enamel, fired and polished.
Red, blue, white designs, animals (on…
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- Item Number: V-7855
- Provenance/Origin: China. Likely from the early 1900s
- Composition: Brass, enamel
- Dimensions: 5" tall without lid. 8" tall with lid. 8.5" at widest point
- Weight: 2.25 pounds
- Price: $ 247.00 USD
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The phurba – aka kila – was and is used as a ritual implement to signify stability on sacred grounds/earth during ceremonies.
As a tool of exorcism, the kila can hold demons in place . . . binding and pinning down negative energies from the mind…
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- Item Number: W-4135
- Provenance/Origin: Kathmandu Valley. Early 2000s
- Composition: Boxwood
- Dimensions: 9.5" tall x 2.25" wide x 2.25" deep
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 155.00 USD
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Ammonites are anywhere from 75 to 450 million years old. Their closest living relatives are: octopus, squid, cutterfish and the chambered Nautilus. Ammonites got their name from the spiral shape . . . resembling tightly coiled rams’ horns.…
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- Item Number: O-8888
- Provenance/Origin: Tulear, Madagascar. Fossil
- Composition: Calcite, aragonite and other minerals
- Dimensions: 6" wide
- Weight: 2.75 pounds with the two halves and two stands
- Price: $ 87.00 USD
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It could be 110 to 450 million years old. Let’s not be picky when you see the detail, perfection and green colors blending into reddish brown. Just look for yourself.
This type of ammonite is most likely Cleoniceras….with a smooth shell and angled segments.
Feast…
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- Item Number: O-3538
- Provenance/Origin: Tulear, Madagascar. Probably a cool 100s of million years old
- Composition: Calcite, aragonite and other minerals..... nowadays
- Dimensions: 133mm or 5.23 inches
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 58.00 USD
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Tibetan name is Nam Thos Re. A very distinctive Buddha – right hand holding a conch shell and left – what should be a mongoose (that vomits jewels), there is, instead what looks like a bird. He is dressed in flowing garments and a snake (Naga) around his…
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- Item Number: S-8034
- Provenance/Origin: Tibet / Nepal. Circa mid-1900's
- Composition: Boxwood
- Dimensions: 12.5" tall x 8.5" at widest
- Weight: 4.5 pounds
- Price: $ 325.00 USD
