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Stations of the Tokaido Road: Futakawa
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Plano, TX
Buddhist monks in the 8th century, it was not fully developed or officially sanctioned until the rule of
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Mid-19th Century Edo Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Antique stone sculpture Frog wabi sabi Japanese garden elements primitive mingei
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
)- a legendary Buddhist monk, visited the town and heard about the killer bees. He carved the Buddha
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Early 20th Century Japanese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Tsuchiyama.
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Plano, TX
by Buddhist monks in the 8th century, it was not fully developed or officially sanctioned until the
Category

Mid-19th Century Edo Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Stations of the Tokaido Road: Seki
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Plano, TX
capital Kyoto. Established by Buddhist monks in the 8th century, it was not fully developed or officially
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Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Homage to Francis Bacon (Study for Head of George Dyer, moire)
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Greenwich, CT
Buddhist monk Kūya. With this element, we sense Murakami’s focus on the power of voice, communication, and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Offset

Homage to Francis Bacon (Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne, moiré)
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Greenwich, CT
Buddhist monk Kūya. With this element, we sense Murakami’s focus on the power of voice, communication, and
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Offset

Japanese Monastery Robe Patchwork Kesa with inscription Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
worn by early Indian Buddhist monks. It is essentially a rectangular cloth originally sewn from patches
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Textiles

Materials

Brocade, Silk

China Three Antique Fantastic Stone Garden Monks
Located in South Burlington, VT
ago, comes this group of three (3) large hand carved red sandstone Lohans or Monks dating to the early
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Statues

Materials

Sandstone

Chinese Old Fantastic Sad Faced Monk Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
Hand carved. Good garden candidate. About Luohans (lohans or Monks) Luohans are Buddhist
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Garden Ornaments

Materials

Sandstone

19th Century Hand Carved Wood Baby Monk Face
Located in Delray Beach, FL
A beautiful 19th century Buddhist baby monk head, hand carved wood depicting the baby looking
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Antique 19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

China Three Antique Fantastic Stone Garden Monk Sculptures
Located in South Burlington, VT
Luohans (lohans or Monks) Luohans are Buddhist figures, in sanskrit known as Arhat or “destroyer of enemy
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Architectural Elements

Materials

Sandstone

China Two Antique Fantastic Stone Garden Monk Sculptures
Located in South Burlington, VT
Luohans (lohans or Monks) Luohans are Buddhist figures, in sanskrit known as Arhat or “destroyer of enemy
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Garden Ornaments

Materials

Sandstone

Japanese "Gyoban" Buddhist Drum Fish, Wood, Meiji Period, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese "Gyoban" or drum fish is used in Zen Buddhist temples to summon monks to meals or
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Chinese Old Monumental Hand Carved Stone Garden Monk Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
Monks) Luohans are Buddhist figures, in Sanskrit known as Arhat or “destroyer of enemy” (desires) or
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects

Materials

Sandstone

Chinese Old Monumental Hand Carved Stone Garden Monk Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
red sandstone Lohan or Monk dating to circa 1920. This character features fantastic and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects

Materials

Sandstone

China Five Antique Monumental Hand Carved Stone Garden Monk Sculptures
Located in South Burlington, VT
! About Luohans (lohans or Monks) Luohans are Buddhist figures, in sanskrit known as Arhat or “destroyer
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Architectural Elements

Materials

Sandstone

Japanese Historical Rare Bronze Bell 1765, Signed Monk Jou Ron, Soothing Sound
Located in South Burlington, VT
remarkable inscribed passage by Jou Rin, a monk, from a Buddhist verse from the "Sutra of Eternal Life." The
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Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Tibetan Decorated Ceremonial Kapala Goat Skull
Located in Kent, Dover
jaw, and life-like glass eyes. These items were used by Buddhist Tantra practising monks.
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Antique 1890s Tibetan Decorative Art

Materials

Copper

Japanese Wood figure of Jizo
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Jizo Bosatsu, (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva), the popular Buddhist patron monk of travelers and children
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Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Old Japanese Wooden Buddha Statue /Edo Period/ Wooden Figurine /Yakushi Nyorai
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Nyorai. The Tathagata is the highest enlightened being in the Buddhist world. The Yakushi Nyorai is said
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Cypress

Carved, Gilt and Painted 15th century Tibetan Book Cover
Located in SANTA FE, NM
community of Buddhist practitioners which includes monks, nuns and laypeople. "Without the Sangha there is
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15th Century and Earlier More Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Old Japanese Wood Carving Buddha 18th-19th Century / Edo Period Jizo Bodhisattva
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
. It is not a person who specializes in making Buddhist statues, but a monk or a villager himself
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

1600s-1800s Japanese Wood Carving Jizo Bodhisattva or Buddha Statue Edo Period
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
"jizobosatu" in Japanese. I think this is not a craftsman who specializes in making Buddhist statues, but a
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Tibetan Thangka of Hayagriva, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Historically in Buddhist Tibet, patrons and monks commissioned thangka art, or sacred painting, to
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Antique Early 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens

Materials

Fabric

Mid-20th Century Handmade Chinese Peking Dragon Pictorial Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets with dragons or monks for
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Mid-20th Century Handmade Chinese Peking Throw Rug in Green
Located in New York, NY
(“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Tibetan Buddhist Monk s Cape
Located in New York, NY
Tibetan Buddhist Monk's Cape
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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Textiles

19thc Early Buddhist Monk s Trumpet
Located in Atlanta, GA
19thC EARLY BUDDHIST MONK'S TRUMPET-(78"D OPEN) An Atlanta Resource for Fine Antiques We have a
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Antique 19th Century Sculptures

Painted wooden sculpture of a Buddhist monk
Located in Westport, CT
Painted wood sculpture of a Buddhist monk.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Bronze Buddhist Monk Kung Fu Figure
Located in San Diego, CA
Bronze Statue of a Buddhist Monk performing Shaolin Kung Fu. This piece beautifully captures the
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Late 20th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Buddhist Monk Kung Fu Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage bronze sculpture of a Buddhist Monk performing Shaolin Kung Fu. This piece beautifully
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Late 20th Century Unknown Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Early Tibetan Buddhist Monk s Trumpet as Lamp
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century Early Tibetan Buddhist Monk's Trumpet as Lamp.
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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Floor Lamps

Large Burmese Carved Wood Monk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and elegant Burmese or Thai wooden carving of a Buddhist Monk decorated with paint, gesso
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20th Century Thai Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Paint, Mirror

Large Burmese or Thai Carving of A Monk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A handsome and large wood carving of a Buddhist Monk made in Thailand or Burma some time during the
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20th Century Statues

Materials

Wood, Gesso, Mirror, Paint

Japanese Kesa
Located in Sausalito, CA
Japanese kesa (Buddhist monk's garment) made from copper colored kinran brocade patches that are
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Quilts and Blankets

19th Century Kesa
Located in Sausalito, CA
19th century Japanese Buddhist monk's garment called a "kesa" made from coral colored ground silk
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Art

Materials

Silk

Taisho Period Kesa
Located in Sausalito, CA
Japanese kesa (Buddhist monk's garment) with a pattern of large chrysantemums brocaded (kinran) in
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Early 20th Century Japanese Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Silk

Japanese Bronze Figure of Hotei
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese bronze figure of Hotei, represented as a Buddhist monk and identified by his large belly
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Early 20th Century Japanese Statues

Materials

Bronze

Burmese Khantoke Offering Vessel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Black lacquered offering container for making offering to Buddhist monks in the temple. Held food
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Antique 19th Century Burmese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Black Lacquered Burmese Khantoke ( Offering Vessel)
Located in San Francisco, CA
/> Interior red lacquer. with multi sections for placing different alms and food. Handed to the Buddhist monks
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Antique 19th Century Burmese Antiquities

Original Vintage Travel Poster Japan Ronin Samurai Komuso Zen Buddhism Monks
Located in London, GB
two Komuso Zen Buddhist monks wearing tengai woven straw basket hats and playing music on shakuhachi
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1970s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Japanese Kesa Antique Textile
Located in Oakland Park, FL
. They are known as the Buddhist Monk's Robe. (2) 30" panels sewn together.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Quilts and Blankets

Materials

Silk

Edo Period Chozubachi
Located in New York, NY
carved in Mikage granite. Chozubachi were originally used by Buddhist monks during the Kamakura period in
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Garden Ornaments

Modern Abstract American Modern Painting "Aurora 10", Hyunae Kang
Located in Hollywood, FL
Modernist prictices. Numerous small textures are repeated in multiple layers, like a Buddhist monk in an
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2010s American Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Agate

Edo Period Egg-Shaped Chozubachi
Located in New York, NY
. Chozubachi were originally used by Buddhist monks during the Kamakura period in the 13th century. These were
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Urns

Materials

Stone

American Abstract Painting "SKY 09" by korean Born Artist Hyunae Kang
Located in Hollywood, FL
Modernist practices. Numerous small textures are repeated in multiple layers, like a Buddhist monk in an
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2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Crystal

Japanese Satsuma Pottery Koro
By Satsuma
Located in Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB
Buddhist monks (Kannon & Rakan), Samurai warriors and below these a band of flying ladies in traditional
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Silver Plate

Tibetan Rug
Located in San Francisco, CA
the second century BC. It is well established that there was a close religious link between Buddhist
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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Henry Mittwer Iron and Wood Shelf, California, 1952
By Henry Mittwer
Located in Berkeley, CA
, he decided to move back to Japan without his family to become a Buddhist monk." Source: Esoteric
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Vintage 1950s American Shelves

Materials

Iron

Buddhist Arhat Monk Chinese Painting
Located in Sarasota, FL
A Chinese framed painting on rice paper; subject is one single figure of a Buddhist Arhat Monk
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens

Japanese Bronze Brazier Hand Warmer in the Form of Daruma or Bodhidharma
Located in Essex, MA
(Daruma) was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century and is thought to have been the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

WHO AM I? 81
By Alejandro Hermann
Located in Madrid, MD
Hermann. After heading away from the hyper- realistic portraits of Buddhist children monks, where the
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media

19th Century Burmese Kneeling Buddhist Monk Gilded Wood Temple Figure
Located in Pau, FR
19th century gilded kneeling Burmese Buddhist monk. Carved from one single piece of teak wood, with
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Antique Late 19th Century Burmese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass, Teak, Lacquer

Tibetan Prayer Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautifully hand-painted and carved Tibetan prayer chest. Used by Buddhist monks in a temple for
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Antique 19th Century Furniture

Materials

Wood

Large Japanese Kesa Textile, circa 1910
Located in Antwerp, BE
A large Japanese Taoist kesa (Buddhist monks robe) textile made in two panels that are then sewn
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Metalwork

Japanese Kesa Silk and Cotton Brocade Textile
Located in Antwerp, BE
A Japanese silk & cotton brocade Kesa Buddhist Monk's robe circa 1890-1900. Kesa are made of
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Textiles

Antique Thai Buddhist Phra Malai Samut Khoi Illustrated Manuscript, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Buddhist monk Phra Malai, popular in the canon of Thai Theravada Buddhism. Twenty-two vibrant and
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Antique Mid-19th Century Thai Scholar s Objects

Materials

Gold Leaf

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Buddhist Monks For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of buddhist monks available for sale. Each of these unique buddhist monks was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, giltwood and glass. Buddhist monks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Art Deco and Folk Art buddhist monks are consistently popular styles. Adam Feron and Andrianna Shamaris each produced beautiful buddhist monks that are worth considering.

How Much are Buddhist Monks?

Buddhist monks can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $2,200, while the lowest priced sells for $345 and the highest can go for as much as $14,800.