Hand-Carved Jati Wood Arts Crafts Bookends with Indigenous Male Sculptures

Rare, beautiful, practical, decorative and wonderfully characterful bookends. In all our years of collecting and trading antiques, we have never come across bookends quite like thes...

Rare pair of original, American made, Marked, Native American / Indian bookends. In the earliest years of the 1900s a lady artisan working out of New York created these now very r...

Go fetch!! These wonderfully stylized dog sculptures truly display the energy and joy of dogs when they have just fetched an object. They can't wait for you to take the stick or bal...

Unique on 1stdibs and possibly worldwide. It was in the early 20th century that meditation became known in Western society. Like many artists, the one who handcrafted the sculptures that were used to create these bookends probably traveled through Indonesia or India. These creative minds came back full of inspiration of all they had witnessed, because certainly back then, they entered a whole new world. The meditating males on these marble based bookends are made of silvered brass and the artist perfectly captured their serene faces, their turban head wear and their relaxed bodies. Sitting with their minds at rest and with their consciousness in the entire body or possibly focussed on breathing only, they would certainly arouse interest with western travelers...

Beautiful stylish Art Deco hand-carved wooden figural bookends. These hand-sculpted bookends are beautiful in shape and color and they are a true joy to own and look at. Pair of stun...

Handsome pair of hand carved wood tribal figural bookends. One male and one female. They are in fabulous vintage condition. Please see photos, circa mid-20th century. Calling all bi...

These beautifully hand carved wooden bookends feature sculptures of two sitting and reading man, an older and younger man that could be a teacher a...

Hand carved bookends with a marketplace and figures motif. Early 20th Century. Original painted finish.