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Japan Kitchen God for Your Home Budai Hotai San
Located in South Burlington, VT
and is based on a Chinese monk. We find these enigmatic sculptures from time and in Japan they are
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Antique Limestone Pair Monks Joyful Ananda and Kasyapa, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, an antique limestone pair of carvings of the venerable monks or lohans: the joyful Ananda
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Limestone

Bronze Child Monk, Adorable
Located in Somis, CA
One of a kind, absolutely adorable, child monk statue. He wears a typical monk's robe with the tile
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20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Photograph Cibachrome Tibetan Monk Chengdu China Portrait Photo Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Mat measures 20 X 26 sight measures 13 X 19.5 Mark Abrahamson is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1944. Mark completed a BA at Whitman College in Walla Wa...
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1980s American Modern Color Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color

Set of Framed Monk s Meditation Cards
Located in Chicago, IL
Two frames each with 21 painted with a Monk and words of wisdom for meditation.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Paintings

Pair of Chinese Carved Root Wood Fishing Monks on Lacquered Bases, 19th C
Located in North Miami, FL
wood carved as emerging spirit of the monks who have been fruitful in their fishing endeavor. Both of
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

monk Light and Shadow on the Philosopher s Path
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
emerging chef Monk is the story of Yoshihiro Imai's 14-seat, seasonally inspired restaurant, set on the
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2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

Fine Tibetan Monks Cap Ewer Asian Antiques
Located in London, GB
A Tibetan-Chinese bronze brass 'Monk's Cap' Ewer, Sengmaohu, Circa 18/19th century A fine
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Antique 18th Century Tibetan Tribal Art

Materials

Brass, Bronze

1920s Art Deco Mantel Clock with Chinoiserie, Made in France
Located in Greven, DE
colour changes in the gold are harmonious and authentic. Two Chinese monks sit on the steps to the left
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Mantel Clocks

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Serpentine, Brass, Bronze

Marvellous Pair of 19th Century Gilded and Gem Encrusted Seated Monk Sculptures
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A pair of gorgeous seated monk sculptures, one listening and one praying, having gilded carved wood
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Antique 19th Century Burmese Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Giltwood

Couple of Vintage Chinese Ceramic Candleholders
Located in Milano, IT
original condition. The Chinese ceramic candle holders depict monks, kneeling holding an amphora, which
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Unisex Certified Black Grey Nephrite Jade Diamond Pendant. Bodhidharma, 達摩
Located in Hong Kong, HK
chinese) which was a buddhist monk who lived in the 5th-6th century. This monk (may be Indian) was
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2010s Chinese Contemporary Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Jade, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold

Fine and Rare Table Snuff Box Made in London in by Rawlings Summers
Located in London, GB
unusual scene on each side including a lake scene with Chinese buildings, a seated monk holding a cross
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

19th Century French Grand Tour Gilt Bronze Marble Chinese Monk Sculpture
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful table top sculpture of a chinese monk in fine gilt bronze and mounted to a black marble
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Antique Late 19th Century Mounted Objects

Materials

Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

Japan Kitchen God for Your Home Budai Hotai San
Located in South Burlington, VT
become incorporated into Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto culture and is based on a Chinese monk. We find
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Pair of Chinese Ceramic Monks
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a lovely vintage pair of Chinese ceramic monks. 20th century, circa 1960-1980. One
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20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

China Three Antique Fantastic Stone Garden Monks
Located in South Burlington, VT
Instant display and collection, one of a kind #2 From western China and collected some 20 years
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Statues

Materials

Sandstone

Chinese Old Fantastic Sad Faced Monk Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
One of a kind. From western China and collected some 25 years ago, comes this large hand carved
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Garden Ornaments

Materials

Sandstone

China Three Antique Fantastic Stone Garden Monk Sculptures
Located in South Burlington, VT
Instant display and collection, one of a kind. From western China and collected some 20 years
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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
Instant display and collection, one of a kind. From western China and collected some 20 years ago
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Garden Ornaments

Materials

Sandstone

Japan Big Joyful Buddha Hotai Protector of Children and Women, 34"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Buddhist, Taoist and Shinto culture and is based on a Chinese monk. We find these enigmatic sculptures
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Paintings and Screens

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Old Monumental Hand Carved Stone Garden Monk Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
One of a kind. From western China and collected some 20 years ago, comes this large hand carved
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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
One of a kind. From western China and collected some 20 years ago, comes this large hand carved
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects

Materials

Sandstone

Monk s Kesa
Located in Chicago, IL
monk's kesa
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Late 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Side Tables

Materials

Bamboo

Antique Joyful Buddha Sculpture Brings Hope for Our World
Located in South Burlington, VT
-historical Chinese monk who is venerated as a deity in Chinese Buddhism and was also introduced into the
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Iron

China Five Antique Monumental Hand Carved Stone Garden Monk Sculptures
Located in South Burlington, VT
Instant collection, one of a kind. From western China and collected some 20 years ago, comes this
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Architectural Elements

Materials

Sandstone

Shaolin Monks Training, Zhengzhou, China, 2004 - Steve McCurry
By Steve McCurry
Located in London, GB
Shaolin Monks Training, Zhengzhou, China, 2004 - Steve McCurry Signed, affixed with artist's
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Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Hand Carved and Painted Seated Buddhist Monk
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period hand carved wooden seated Buddhist monk from the 19th century, with
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Glass, Wood

Chinese Ming Dynasty 18th Century Hand Carved Stone Head of a Buddhist Monk
Located in Yonkers, NY
stand. This head of a Buddhist monk was hand carved in stone during the 17th or 18th century in China
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone, Bronze

China Important Ancient Hand-Carved Lohan Monk Buddha with Canine Ming 1368-1644
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a hand-carved and hand-painted wood figure of a seated Luohan Arhat, Buddha' disciple
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood

Pair of Stone Monk Statues
Located in Somis, CA
This pair of statues depict Buddha as monks. Hands together symbolize blessings and unity
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20th Century Chinese Tang Statues

Materials

Stone

19th Century Buddha Statue "Monk Tang"
Located in New York, NY
A Buddhist statue of Monk Tang. Xuanzang referred to as Tang, was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Ash

Pair 19th Century Bronze Monk Statues
Located in Somis, CA
Standing atop a typical wei-style splayed four-legged plinth, the young monks rendered with a
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

18th Century Buddha Statue "Monk Tang"
Located in New York, NY
A Buddhist statue of Monk Tang. Xuanzang referred to as Tang, was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures

Ceramic Monk Sleeping on a Pouf
Located in Houston, TX
Ceramic monk laying its head on a pouf and is fast asleep. It is painted a skin tonal color with a
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Vintage 1960s East Asian Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Hotei / "Happy Buddha" Wandering Monk Carved Wood Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A well carved mid-century Hotei / "Happy Buddha" wandering monk sculpture in hardwood, circa 1950s
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Hardwood

Antique English chinoiserie Papier Mache Lidded Dresser Box, circa 1880
Located in Pearland, TX
with an Asian chinoiserie design, circa 1880. This Fine box is handmade with hand painted monk figures
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Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Bamboo, 18th Century Japanese Ink Painting by Cho Tosai
By Cho Tosai
Located in Kyoto, JP
Chinese immigrant Obaku monk Chu-an (Jikuan 1699-1756) as a trainee at Kofuku-ji temple. When Jikuan was
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Antique 1760s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Bamboo, 18th Century Japanese Ink Painting by Cho Tosai
By Cho Tosai
Located in Kyoto, JP
adopted by the Chinese immigrant Obaku monk Chu-an (Jikuan 1699-1756) as a trainee at Kofuku-ji temple
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Antique 1760s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Bamboo, 18th Century Japanese Ink Painting by Cho Tosai
By Cho Tosai
Located in Kyoto, JP
Chinese immigrant Obaku monk Chu-an (Jikuan 1699-1756) as a trainee at Kofuku-ji temple. When Jikuan was
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Antique 1760s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Lawrence Vrba Chinese Monk Brooch
By Lawrence Vrba
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oversized brooch from Lawrence Vrba features a Chinese monk centerpiece that is surrounded by
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Late 20th Century American Brooches

Antique Tibetan Ning Hsia (Ningxia, Ninghsia) Double Monk Seat Rug
Located in Vienna, Vienna
An antique Ning Hsia double Monk seat with the typical palette of the Tibetan colors, made for a
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Antique 1890s Tibetan Other Chinese and East Asian Rugs

19th Century Ning Hsia Monk Mat Rug for a Tibetan Monastery
Located in Vienna, Vienna
A antique Ning Hsia (Ningxia, Ninghsia) square Monk seat with a unusually asymmetric border, in its
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Vintage 1980s Tibetan Other Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Cotton, Wool

Fine Antique Himalayan Buddhist Monpa Mask
Located in London, GB
wonderfully expressive mask representing the joker type face of Hou shang a Chinese monk who tried to convert
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Antique Late 19th Century Bhutanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

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

19th Century Mongolian Kilim with Phoenix or Fenghuang Birds
Located in Vienna, Vienna
and some old, also small spots. Overall in very good condition. Keywords: Western and East China
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Antique Late 19th Century Mongolian Other Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Pair of Delft Figures of Buddhas or Pu-Tai, circa 1720
Located in London, GB
chips. Christies provenance. Pu-Tai is a half-legendary Chinese monk who lived in the 10th century
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Antique Early 18th Century Dutch Delft and Faience

Chinese Ming Period Pottery Bust of a Monk
Located in London, west Sussex
This magnificent Chinese Ming period pottery bust depicts a monk, with hard stone inset eyes and a
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Antiquities

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Pottery, Wood

Head of Monk Granite China 19th Century Decorative Sculpture
Located in Monterey, CA
This carved granite sculpture is that of a head of a monk. It was hand-carved in China in the 19th
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Granite

Praying Monk
Located in San Francisco, CA
Hand carved and hand painted praying monk from the Shanxi province in China.
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Monk on Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carved alabaster monk on black wood stand. China.
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Folk Art Statues

Portrait of a Monk
Located in Westport, CT
Portrait of an important monk on original throne. Original, as found condition.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Terra Cotta Figure of a Kneeling Monk
Located in Hudson, NY
Figure of a monk or attendant kneeling in prayer or silent meditation. Molded Terra Cotta with
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities

A large pair of greeting monks.
Located in Westport, CT
Black lacquer finish with traces of gold leaves throughout.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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

Pair of large wood sculpture of Budhist monks.
Located in Westport, CT
Beautifully carved. Original gilding scraped away by temple thieves long ago, exposing the beautiful black lacquer with traces of gilding still remaining.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Folk Art Statues

Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Figure of a Teaching Monk
Located in Wilton, CT
Sinot-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Monk Seated in the Lotus Position on a Carpet Covering Two Books. The
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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Chinese Monks For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a range of Chinese monks for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct Chinese monks — often made from stone, metal and wood — can elevate any home. There are 285 antique and vintage Chinese monks for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 14 modern editions to choose from as well. Chinese monks have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Chinese monks are generally popular furniture pieces, but modern, Art Deco and folk art styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Many Chinese monks are appealing in their simplicity, but Cho Tosai, Vadime Garine and Hidaka Tetsuo produced popular Chinese monks that are worth a look.

How Much are Chinese Monks?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,793, while they’re typically $40 on the low end and $325,000 highest priced.