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Style: Tibetan
Antique 19th Century Southeast Asian Cast Bronze Buddha Statue Sculpture 1800
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Early 19th Century Southeast Asian Bronze Buddha statue, Circa 1800. The Buddha seated upon a triangular shaped base with lotus decoration, the Buddha's hands posed i...
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Tibetan Scholar s Objects

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Bronze

Antique 19th Century Southeast Asian Cast Bronze Buddha Statue Sculpture 1800
Antique 19th Century Southeast Asian Cast Bronze Buddha Statue Sculpture 1800

Antique 19th Century Southeast Asian Cast Bronze Buddha Statue Sculpture 1800

$800
Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama s Pen Case Derge 1700
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & unusally large antique Tibetan gilded iron pen case, circa 1700. The cylindrical pen case in two parts & made from gilded iron, with finely pierced openwork and engraved dec...
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Early 18th Century Tibetan Antique Tibetan Scholar s Objects

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Iron

Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama s Pen Case Derge 1700
Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama s Pen Case Derge 1700

Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama s Pen Case Derge 1700

$2,200
Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Conch shell recipient and container for holy water used in ceremonies. Known as “Buddha ears”, they were mounted as a sound instrument. Such shells are important ritual objects in Tibetan Buddhism...
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Tibetan Scholar s Objects

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Silver

Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century
Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century

Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century

$1,900
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Chinese Cloisonne Incense Tool Vase, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th Century, China
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