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Place of Origin: East Asian
Rare Japanese antique wooden god statue /12th century/small wabi-sabi figurines
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
I was able to obtain a very rare item.
This is a sculpture of the god ``Shinzo''.
"Shin" = God
"zo" = statue
Since ancient times in Japan, it has been believed that gods reside in all things in the universe, and there have been many shrines.
In the 6th century, Buddhism was introduced and gradually spread throughout Japan.
Around the 8th century, the idea that gods follow the teachings of Buddha spread.
Until the Edo period, God and Buddha became one and the idea of ``Shinto and Buddhism syncretism'' was established.
This statue was created during such a history.
Originally, the image of God was invisible and could not be understood as something tangible.
However, with the introduction of Buddhism to Japan, idol worship was also introduced, and the idea that the gods follow the teachings of Buddha was also propagated at the same time in order to spread the teachings of Buddhism.
Around that time, around the 9th century, the first statues of gods...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Other Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Cypress
Chinese Brass Opium Pillow in the Form of a Boy
Located in Stamford, CT
Whimsical circa 1900 Chinese brass opium pillow in the form of a kneeling boy. The boy shown crouching and smiling with an amusing forelock on his otherwi...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Monumental Chinese Carved and Painted Wood Figure
Located in London, GB
Monumental Chinese Carved and Painted Wood Figure of Eight-Armed Avalokiteshvara, Circa 1880
Qing Dynasty (1644–1911).
Height: 206cm
Width:112cm
Depth: 55cm
A rare and commandin...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fossilized Future_C by So Koizumi
Located in Geneve, CH
Fossilized Future_C by So Koizumi
Dimensions: W 66 x D 36 x H 33 cm
Materials: Oak Wood, Soil, charcoal, Waste from daily life (such as coffee grounds and vegetable peels)
Weight: 37...
Category
2010s Post-Modern East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Oak
$17,437 / item
Chinese Unglazed Ceramic Kwanyin Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese molded, unglazed beige ceramic figure depicts the stylized Buddhist Goddess posed in a billowy robe with a painted floral pattern, a peaceful smiling facial expression, her l...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Bamboo HeHe ErXian Group, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Chinese bamboo figural carving featuring the Taoist immortal twins of eternal youth, known as the HeHe ErXian, Qing dynasty, 19th century.
F...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bamboo
Faux Ivory Figure of Seated Empress
Located in Atlanta, GA
Faux ivory figure of Empress seated on her throne. Wearing a hat and a long pearl necklace, the Empress is seated on a claw-footed throne with a medi...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Other
$525 Sale Price
40% Off
19th Chinese Carved Hardwood Figure of an Immortal Holding a Bat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite late 19th-century Chinese carved hardwood figure depicts an immortal holding a bat, symbolizing happiness and good fortune in Chinese culture. The workmanship is exemp...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage 1970s Neiman Marcus Japan Bronze Foo Dogs
By Neiman Marcus
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredibly beautiful pair of 1970s vintage bronze foo dogs by Neiman Marcus Japan. Guardian lions, also known as komainu, shishi, or foo dogs, are intimidating, mythical, lion-like c...
Category
1970s Chinoiserie Vintage East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Bronze Foo Dog Seal Statue
Located in San Diego, CA
Representing the mythical figure of a foo dog, this incredibly ornate figure packs detail and beauty in a compact form. Beautifully patinated piece from the 1940s. Four character sea...
Category
1940s Chinoiserie Vintage East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Soapstone Fish Carving 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
Chinese Soapstone fish carving 20th century.
This exquisite soapstone sculpture is a unique carving, as it shows to us the natural formation of two stones with the grey soapstone accompanied by the red, yellow and beige soapstone carved into a beautiful depiction of fish and and underwater coral.
Shoushan stone...
Category
20th Century Ming East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
SEATED BUDDHA KUAN YIN/GUANYIN 19th-century
Located in Madrid, ES
SEATED BUDDHA KUAN YIN/GUANYIN
19th-century Chinese sculpture in polychrome and gilded wood. Rests on a later painted wood base.
Signs of wear.
Height: (sculpture) 82 cm; (total) 17...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Tibetan Bronze Skull Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
An early 21st century bronze skull with gilded mandala and gilded teeth. Very rare, from Tibet.
Category
Early 2000s East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Late Meiji Period Folk Wood Carving Japanese God of War, Arts, Shrines Protector
Located in Miami, FL
Probably more than likely from a Japanese home altar, this is a folk art rendition of Hachiman Yahata no Kani, Japanese God of War, Archery, Culture and Pro...
Category
Early 1900s Meiji Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Damo Bodhidharma with Long Prayer Beads
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful solid camphor wood statue of the legendary Buddhist monk Bodhidharma (Damo), who is believed to be the saint who introduced Buddhism to China, Damo represents "dharma of awakening". Realistically modeled, bald with beard of small curls, deep-set downcast eyes and severe wrinkles, all symbolizing empathy for sufferings, with compassionate, poignant countenance. Both hands together in namaskara mudra expressing acceptance and prayer, holding a long string of prayer beads...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$90 Sale Price
69% Off
Meiji Period Bronze of a Cricket Catcher
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period bronze of a cricket catcher, shown holding a whistle to his mouth with his left hand and a long rod in his right hand, wearing traditional clothing with a wide-brimmed...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1891-1911 Chinese World
s Fair Souvenir Mud Man Figure
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1891-1911 Chinese World's Fair Souvenir Mud Man Figure. Wonderfully expressive face; dressed in green robe with yellow trim. He carries a shoulder yoke with giant peach on one side a...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Manjushree Git Bronze Tibetan Buddha
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful gilt bronze statue of Tibetan Bodhisattva Manjushree. Seated in vajrasana on double lotus base, his right hand holding the sword of wisdom and his left hand holding the s...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$650 Sale Price
23% Off
Set of Four Small MCM Bronze Japanese Geisha Figurines
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool set of four 4.13" tall bronze Japanese geisha figurines, circa 1960s. The pieces are heavy for their stature, solid and have a gorgeous patina. They would make a great mi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Bamboo Cloth Teapot with Arched Handle, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bamboo
Damo Bodhidharma Monk Carved Camphor Wood Statue
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful solid camphor wood statue of the legendary Buddhist monk Bodhidharma (Damo), who is believed to be the saint who introduced Buddhism to China, Damo represents "dharma of ...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
$120 Sale Price
59% Off
Chinese Gray Ceramic Figure Depicting a Dignitary
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese molded ceramic figure, fired in a matte gray finish, depicts a mustached dignitary in formal attire standing on a square base with both hands clasped.
Some chipping with a p...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Antique Hand-Carved Tibetan Sitting Buddha
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Exceptional antique Buddha made of hand-carved marble and in some parts has the original gold leaf residue, elegantly sitting on a custom-made wood base and graceful looking forward.
Category
1910s Vintage East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Pair of Sancai Glazed Tang Dynasty Ceramic Slippers
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A remarkably rare and unusual pair of sancai-glazed slippers dating from the Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE). These were likely created as funerary mingqi—tomb objects made to accompany th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tang Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Bronze Tabletop Statue of a Scholar Standing on a Turtle
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage bronze statuette depicting a scholar standing on a turtle. This Chinese bronze statuette, exquisitely crafted to depict an old ...
Category
Mid-20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
1892-1904 Chinese Elder Figure With Staff
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1892-1904 large Chinese mud man figure, an elder with staff in flowing green & yellow robe. Stamped "China". Apparent losses to feet, but possibly from kil...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
$195 Sale Price
33% Off
Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Fat lady Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful period Tang Dynasty Pottery Figure of a Fat Lady.
Tomb Pottery
China
Height: 15 Inches
No TL Test
A COA by Avantiques will accompany the sale of this item.
Condition: Ve...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tang Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Tiger
s Eye Water Moon Guan Yin Avalokiteshvara Statue
Located in Somis, CA
A magnificent natural Tiger's Eye sculpture depicting the compassionate Bodhisattva Water Moon Guan Yin, Avalokiteshvara. Seated on a lotus base in rajalilasana, the ‘posture of royal ease...
Category
2010s East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Quartz
$1,530 Sale Price
40% Off
Early 20th-Century Antique Chinese Erotic Porcelain Figurine
Located in Pomona, CA
These "spring palace paintings" (春宫畫), Chinese erotic porcelain figurine were historically given to brides and young couples, sometimes as a form of "sex education" in a culture wher...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Blanc De Chine Chinoiserie Porcelain Figure of Quanyin
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning vintage Blanc de Chine porcelain figure of Quanyin, the Chinese goddess of mercy
China, Circa Mid-20th Century
Measures: 3.5"W x 3.5"D x 11.5"H
Good original vintage co...
Category
1960s Chinoiserie Vintage East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Old Japanese Kutani Hotei Colorful Laughing Buddha Porcelain
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an old Japanese Kutani Moriage hotei porcelain statue
Charming and colorful laughing buddha figurine. Hand embellished. Stamped Japan.
Dimensions: 5.25" W x...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Okimono Sitting Man Figurine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Hand-carved free-standing Japanese Sitting Man Figurine. Okimono is a Japanese term meaning for display as an art or decorative object. Figure is a smiling man dressed in traditional...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Pair of Supper Large (14.5") Chinese Famille Verte Glazed Porcelain Foo Dogs
Located in Norton, MA
Fine, large, and very detailed pair of Chinese famille verte glazed foo dogs from the early 20th century. The hollow biscuit porcelain figures stand raised on a rectangular base and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Other East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Meiji Gilt Patterned Bronze Figure of a Fisherman
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A delightful antique Japanese Meiji Bronze portrayal of a fisherman dating from the 19th century. The fisherman is portrayed with a very large fish and sitting on it to hold it down....
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
12" Vintage Soapstone Sculpture of a Woman
Located in Pasadena, TX
This sculpture is made of a jade color soapstone.
It depicts a Guan Yin woman figure standing on a stone base.
The woman is adorned and draped in a beautiful kimono.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
Han Dynasty Rare And Large Court Attendees TL Tested
Located in Dallas, TX
Han Dynasty Rare And Large Court Attendees TL Tested
A Rare and Beautiful Pair of Painted Pottery Court Attendants. Holes under arms held wood spears long deteriorated ago. Museum gr...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Han Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Carved Chinese Figure of Buddha on Carved Base, Signed to the Underside
Located in Miami, FL
Carved Chinese Figure of Buddha on Carved Base, Signed to the Underside
Offred for sale is a carved wood Buddha figure that rests upon a carved wood base. The base doesn't appear to...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Two Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain HeHe Groups Kangxi Period
Located in Dallas, TX
A Pair of Chinese famille verte laughing twins 'HeHe Erxian' biscuit group, Kangxi (1662-1722), the two boys with jovial expressions and seated upon an openwork rock-base studded wit...
Category
17th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Chinese Statue Porcelain Wall Pocket Vase Figures, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very lovely pair of high quality. Made to hang on the wall or lay down on a surface. Lovely craftmanship. Qianlong/Jiaqing period.
Both pieces have 1 foot that can move, really co...
Category
18th Century Qing Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Carved Soapstone Buddha
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a heavy carved light yellow-green soapstone Buddha seated over an oval stone base with bracket feet.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Soapstone
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th Century Chinese Root Carving
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique 19th century Chinese root carving of a street vendor holding a shoe raised upon beautifully carved branches. The detail and quality of the carving is exquisite.
The detail...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Hardwood
$1,316 Sale Price
20% Off
Maitreya Future Buddha Gilt Bronze Tibetan Statue
Located in Somis, CA
A special statue of the Tibetan Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Future Buddha. Depicted sitting on a high lotus throne, wearing a large decorated crown before a flame-shaped mandola and pair of flower posts, long earrings that touch the shoulders and ornate necklace...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$850 Sale Price
29% Off
Enameled Porcelain Geisha Girl Sculpture
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a beautiful sculpture of a Geisha girl.
She is dressed in a beautiful kimono.
She walks with the lovely bird on her arm and flower in her hair.
Her right hand has a bangle br...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Large 20th Century Nepalese Gilt Bronze Figure of Yama and Yami
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Nepalese tantric gilt bronze figure of the dikpala Yama and his sister, Yami, early to mid-20th century (1920s-1940s).
Well cast and richly gilt, the buffalo headed dikpala (directional guardian) of the South stands upon the back of a bull trampling a prostate figure. Yama is portrayed here in his four armed form. His primary arms hold a flaming kapala (skull cup...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tibetan East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Coral, Bronze
Chinese Green Glazed Brush Rest Shrine, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the Chinese scholars' desk. This 19th-centu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Qing Emperor Decorative Figure
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Elevate your collection with this exquisite Chinese porcelain figurine inspired by the illustrious Qing dynasty. Crafted in a stunning wucai style, the figurine depicts a distinguish...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Chinese Su Sanci Glazed Horse Figure and Boy, Kangxi Period, 18th Century
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese Su Sanci glazed figure of a horse and a boy. Sancai decoration uses glazes predominantly in three colours: brown or amber, green or creamy white with the more rare use of blue. While particularly associated with the Tang dynasty tomb figures...
Category
18th Century Other Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Painted Ceramic Figures Depicting a Yellow Robed Emperor
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese (20th Century) painted ceramic identical figures in a matte glaze, depicting an emperor in a formal elaborate yellow robe cradling a lingzhi ruyi, standing on an octa...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Painted Ceramic Figures Depicting a Blue Robed Emperor
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese (20th Century) decorated glazed ceramic figures of an emperor in a formal blue robe with dragon medallion holding a bamboo pipe standing on an octagonal base featurin...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bamboo
Wooden sculpture of a Dancing Tengu, Late Edo–Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Leuven , BE
Wooden sculpture of a Dancing Tengu, Late Edo–Meiji Period, Japan
An animated and finely sculptured wooden figure of a Tengu, captured mid-step in a vigorous dance. The supernatural ...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Hirado Sake Bottle Hotei with Bag, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This is a most unusually made antique Hirado porcelain Ewer/ Sake pot. A handmade, hand painted porcelain item in the underglaze Hirado blues and also brown/yellow painted on its bea...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$1,869 Sale Price
48% Off
Huang Gang (1961), Metal Mao Sculpture, 2000s
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful contemporary art sculptural representation of Mao Zedong by Huang Gang (1961) from the early 2000s Chinese art movement. Signed and numbered.
Dim...
Category
Early 2000s Modern East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Elegant Terracotta Standing Court Dignitary, Tang Dynasty, EU Passport
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Elegant Standing Court Dignitary with joined hands in blue robes and a bird headdress. Polychrome Traces.
When China was unified again, first briefly ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Tang Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Bronze Multiple Armed Avalokitesvara Guan Yin Statue, Very Fine
Located in Somis, CA
A most exquisite bronze Multiple Headed and Armed Avalokitesvara Guan Yin statue. Standing on double lotus throne with the main pair of hands held in t...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,880 Sale Price
47% Off
Tibetan Tara with Recumbent Goose
Located in Somis, CA
Featured a beautiful silvered bronze sculpture of Tibetan Tara with an recumbent goose. The Tara is decorated with flowers, lariats, ankle bracelets and cuffs. She wears an elaborate...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$1,200 Sale Price
33% Off
Bronze Tibetan Buddha
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An early 20th century bronze Buddha.
Category
Early 20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,800
Meiji Bronze Fisherman Okimono, Sealed Masatsune Saku
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meiji Bronze Fisherman Okimono, Sealed Masatsune saku
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
A fine and rare Meiji period bronze Okimono of a fisherman by Masatsune Saku, originating from Japan and crafted during the Meiji period (1868–1922). This exquisite piece is a notable example of the Tokyo School's artistry, dating to the late 19th century.
The Okimono depicts a fisherman seated on a four-rung ladder, holding a bamboo fishing rod...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$2,360 Sale Price
27% Off
Vintage Chinese Zodiac Blue and White Figurine Statues - Set of 4
Located in Cookeville, TN
This charming set of four vintage Chinese zodiac porcelain figurines showcases classic blue-and-white artistry with timeless appeal. Each figu...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Gilt Bronze Tibetan Buddha Manjushree
Located in Somis, CA
A large, beautiful gilt bronze, 6.35 lb statue of Tibetan Bodhisattva Manjushree. This special piece features Manjushree with lowered head in the motion of observing and taking actio...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$980 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Balinese Carved Wood Statues of a Naked Lady Great Carving, 1950 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Balinese Carved Wood Statues of a Naked Lady Great Carving, 1950 20th Century
Beautiful piece.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pot...
Category
20th Century East Asian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
$358 Sale Price
20% Off