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Qing dynasty 2 tier pagoda birdcage
Located in Waxahachie, TX
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Qing dynasty
Stunning statement piece in any room
2 tier floating pagoda birdcage
Highly carved and detailed
Dragons, flowers, fish...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$1,800 Sale Price
55% Off
Antique Japanese Koto Wakizashi Sword
Located in Dallas, TX
Japanese Koto Wakizashi Sword
Japan
Ca. 1400-1600s
Length: 24.25” Blade
Total Length: 27.25
Nagasa: 18.5”
Koto wakizashi, with wild midare (Soshu?) hamon, including wild boshi. Hada indeterminate, with Shakudo & gold dragon menuki, beehive design fuchi kashira...
Category
16th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Steel
Large Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Model of a Prancing Horse, TL Tested
Located in Austin, TX
A magnificent and large early Tang dynasty (618-906 AD) model of a prancing or dancing horse, circa 7th century.
The majestic animal is caught mid-motion, one leg raised, head grace...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Gandharan Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya, Carved Black Schist, 2nd-4th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive and well carved Gandharan figure of the Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, carved black schist, ancient Kingdom of Gand...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Schist
Khmer Bronze Buddhist Triad, Style of the Bayon, 12th-13th Century, Cambodia
Located in Austin, TX
An important Khmer bronze Buddhist triad group featuring an image of the Buddha sheltered by a naga, and flanked by the bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Prajnaparamita, Angkor Period, Style of the Bayon, late 12th-early 13th century, Cambodia.
This triad represents one of the most important images in Khmer art...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Gandharan Stucco Head of the Buddha, 3rd-5th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Greco-Buddhist stucco head of the Buddha, ancient region of Gandhara, circa 3rd-5th century.
A fragment of a larger statue, the Buddha's face...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Stucco
Chinese Archaic Bronze Hu and Cover, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), China
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic Chinese Han Dynasty archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, hu, and cover, ex. Michael Goedhuis, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), China.
The archaic ritual bronze hu of typical...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Archaic Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel, Gui, Early Western Zhou, 11th century BCE
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and rare Chinese archaic bronze gui, a type of ritual bronze vessel used to hold grain, either for feasting, or for making offerings ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Dian Culture Large Gold Cuff, circa 2nd Century BC, Southern China
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive solid high karat gold cuff from the Dian Kingdom, circa 2nd century BC, modern day Yunnan Province, China.
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This striking cuff is crafted from hand hammered ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Gold
Large Thai Ban Chiang Painted Pottery Vessel, Late Period, circa 300 BC
Located in Austin, TX
A massive Ban Chiang culture painted pottery vessel, circa 300 BC, Thailand.
The large storage jar painted with a bold spiral pattern in red ochre on a b...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
12th Century Indian Carved White Marble Figure of a Jain Tirthankara or Jina
Located in Austin, TX
A well carved Indian white marble Jain temple relief fragment featuring an image of a Jina, circa 12th century, Rajasthan or Gujarat, India.
The Tirthan...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Marble
Dong Son Culture Ritual Bronze Drum, 4th-3rd Century BC, Vietnam
Located in Austin, TX
A well cast and intricately decorated bronze drum from the Dong Son culture, circa 4th - 3rd century BC, Red River Delta, Vietnam.
The face of the drum features a central 8 pointed...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Soldiers
Located in Austin, TX
A well modelled pair of Tang dynasty painted pottery soldiers.
The warriors portrayed standing, dressed in form fitting, elaborate layered Armor with fitted helmets. The breastplate...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
$25,000 / set
Pair 19th Century Chinese Carved Zitan Elephants Bronze Cloisonné Palm Fans
Located in Houston, TX
A rare pair of 19th Century or earlier, towering Chinese bronze cloisonné Royal palm leaf fans atop hand carved titan wood poles and elephants on gallery plinths.
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Bianhu, Han Dynasty, China
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Chinese archaic bronze wine vessel, called a bianhu, Han Dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD), China.
The bianhu with a flattened oblong body,...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Urns
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of late 19th century Chinese bronze cloisonné urns with lids
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$22,000 / set
Chinese Tang Dynasty Brown Glazed Jar with Lug Handles, 9th-10th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Tang dynasty (618 to 906 AD) brown glazed jar with applied lug handles, circa late 9th or early 10th century, China.
The jar of somewhat st...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Stoneware
Magnificent Court Attendants in Terracotta - Ming Dynasty, China 1368-1644 AD TL
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A magnificent pair of male and female courtiers from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 CE) in excellent condition. They are wearing traditional Daopao robes in green and black garments wit...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Pair Gu Cloisonné Vases
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Imperial yellow Gu form cloisonné vases.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
$22,000 / set
Chinese Western Han Dynasty Bronze Garlic Head Vase, 206 BC - 25 AD
Located in Austin, TX
A rare and attractive Chinese bronze "garlic head" vase with an encrusted patina, Western Han Dynasty, 206 BC - 25 AD, China.
Of classic form, the bronze vase is set on a short, s...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Khmer Bronze Uma, Angkor Wat Style, 12th Century, Cambodia
Located in Austin, TX
A small Khmer bronze figure of the Hindu goddess Uma, Angkor Period, Style of Angkor Wat, circa 12th century, Cambodia.
This small Khmer bronze devotiona...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Small Black Jewelry Chest
Located in Dallas, TX
This old wooden chest was probably a jewelry box back in the day. It was painted in black then hand painted with decor and organic forms throughout. The two wooden front doors...
Category
18th Century Asian Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Khmer Bayon Bronze Garuda on Naga Finial, 12th/14th Century, Cambodia
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Khmer cast bronze finial or standard featuring a fantastic image of Garuda atop Naga, Angkor Period, Style of the Bayon, 12th to 14th century, Cambodia.
The t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Tang Dynasty Sancai Glazed Horse and Rider, TL Tested, China
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual Chinese Tang Sancai glazed model of a horse and rider, Tang Dynasty (618 to 906 CE), early 8th century, China.
This fantastic sculpture portrays a male figures se...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Gandharan Terracotta Figure of the Bodhisattva Maitreya, 4th-6th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A very rare and decidedly charming half-scale terracotta sculpture of the bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, ancient region of Gandha...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Tibetan Travelling Buddha Shrine
Located in Houston, TX
A large antique Tibetan Buddha shrine or prayer box (also known as Gau) which encases a painted terracotta Buddha figure, all wrapped in a hand embroidered quilted silk brocade. This was used as traveling shrine and carried on one's person when away from home.
Beginning with the “om” written on the left hand side of this traveling shrine, an itinerant Tibetan monk once traced his fingers clockwise over the embossed characters. As he did this, he recited "om ma ni padh mey hum," the universal Tibetan Buddhist prayer for the well-being of all sentient beings. Known as a Gau, this portable shrine...
Category
Early 1900s Tibetan Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Copper, Silver
Large Dong Son Culture Ritual Bronze Bell
Located in Austin, TX
A large and finely cast ritual bronze bell from the Dong Son Culture (circa 1000 BC-200 AD).
Of unusually large size, the thinness of the bronze speaks to the advanced techniques ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Pottery Camel, Northern Wei Dynasty (386 - 535 AD), China, TL Tested
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful and rare Chinese painted high fired gray pottery model of a wooly camel, Northern Wei Dynasty (386 - 535 AD), China, with TL test.
The charming camel is portrayed stand...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Korean Goryeo Bronze Bottle Vase with Green Patina, 12th/13th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and unusually large Korean Goryeo bronze bottle vase with green patina, Goryeo Dynasty, 12th/13th century, Korea.
The graceful vase of typical bottle form, with a bulbous...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Korean Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th-Early 20th Century Chinese Hand Decorated Porcelain Figure
Located in Houston, TX
Late 19th-early 20th century Chinese hand decorated porcelain figure.
Beautifully hand decorated Chinese porcelain figure. This stunning colorful finely detailed figurine or sculptur...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse and Rider, TL Tested
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Tang dynasty painted pottery figure of a horse and mounted noble rider. TL tested by Oxford Authentication.
The horse portrayed standing fours...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Siwa Culture Burnished Pottery Jar, 1500 - 1100 BC, China
Located in Austin, TX
A striking Chinese Neolithic to Bronze Age burnished red pottery double handled saddle mouth storage jar, Siwa Culture (circa 1500 to 1100 BC), modern day Gansu Province, China.
...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Six Dynasties Pottery Model of an Armored Horse, 3rd-4th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
An extremely rare Chinese painted pottery model of an armored horse, Six Dynasties period (220-581 AD), TL tested by Oxford Authentication.
The stocky ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Korean Silla Dynasty Footed Jar, circa 6th Century, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Korean high fired gray pottery stoneware footed vessel, Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom, circa 6th century.
The vessel of traditiona...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Korean Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Chinese Tang Dynasty Pottery Court Lady
Located in Austin, TX
Painted pottery figure of an opulent Chinese court woman with up-swept hair and standing in a simply draped robe from the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Her beauty is illuminated by the ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery, Acrylic
Han Dynasty Gray Pottery Figure of a Female Kneeling Long Sleeve Dancer
Located in Austin, TX
A stunningly quiet and elegant Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE) high fired gray pottery figure of a female long sleeved dancer.
The young dancer is portrayed in a moment of quie...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Han Dynasty Standing Cowled Lady, Gray Pottery, 202 BC - 9 AD, China
Located in Austin, TX
A tall and dramatic Chinese high fired gray pottery model of a standing lady wearing a hood and a flared skirt, Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE - 9 CE), Shaanxi, China.
This striking ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Lopburi Style Cast Bronze Figure of Uma, 13th-14th Century, Thailand
Located in Austin, TX
A charming and unusual cast bronze figure of the Hindu goddess Uma, Lopburi Style, 13th-14th century, Thailand.
Uma, the Hindu goddess of love and beauty, also known as Parvati, i...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Thai Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Red Pottery Vessel, 2200 BC - 1600 BC, China
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Chinese neolithic burnished red pottery jug, Qijia Culture (2200 BC - 1600 BC), modern day Gansu Province, China.
The simple jug of alluring form, with a voluptuous body, short, narrow neck with slightly everted mouth, and a single ear handle.
The red pottery of gorgeous shades of terracotta, and slightly burnished.
Overall surprisingly contemporary for a piece over three thousand years old.
The Qijia Culture was a late Neolithic...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Red Pottery Vessel, 2200 BC - 1600 BC, China
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive Neolithic Chinese burnished red pottery vessel, Qijia Culture (2200 BC - 1600 BC), modern day Gansu Province, China.
The vessel of compressed globular form set on a short, pieced pedestal foot, and featuring two ear handles, a short, wide neck, and slightly everted mouth. A simple incised band decorates the otherwise plain body.
The red pottery with a beautiful rich terracotta hue. The slight burnishing makes the vessel glow.
The Qijia Culture was a late Neolithic...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Gandharan Stucco Head of a Donor, 4th-5th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime molded stucco head of a young male donor from the ancient region of Gandhara, 4th-5th century.
The youthful nobleman sculpted in an idealized...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Hellenistic Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Stucco
Gandharan Column Capital Fragment with an Image of the Buddha
Located in Austin, TX
A bold and expressive Gandharan carved gray schist column capital fragment, circa 2nd - 3rd century, ancient region of Gandhara.
The fragment of a c...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pakistani Hellenistic Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Schist
Superb Set of 5 Elegant Court Attendants, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD TL Tested
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A stunning set of 5 graceful terracotta figurines from the Ming Dynasty '1368-1644' AD. These elegant attendants are standing on a yellow glazed lotus flower over a high hexagonal green plinth and wear fine robes in matching green and yellow glazes. The unglazed areas have pigmented colors in red, black and white. Each is carrying essential offerings for the royal family. The head is detachable as often seen on the larger figures from this period. Meticulously detailed facial expressions have been hand-painted.
Condition: Mint, finely preserved glaze and pigment, undamaged and no repairs.
Provenance: Ex. Danish Collection.
This set is guaranteed authentic and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and TL Test from Laboratory Kotalla in Germany (The Oldest Thermoluminescence Testing Laboratory in the World).
Dimensions: Average 54 H cms
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period.
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the Empire of the Great Ming – for 276 years (1368–1644 AD). Founded by Chu Yuan-chang, the rebel leader that was successful in removing the mongols from the throne. Chinese control was re-asserted in China and eastern Asia. Literature became more important, schools were created, and the justice system was reformed. The Ming dynasty is described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history,” was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
The practice of burying ceramic objects with the deceased went into decline from the 10th to the 14th Century AD. There was a revival in placing miniature representations of glazed terracotta objects such a furniture, food offerings, horses, miniature statues...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Reverse Glass Painting of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesh from the Pal Collection
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING and HIGHLY DESIRABLE and IMPORTANT 19C Reverse Glass Painting of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesh from the Pal Collection.
This piece has impeccable Provenance!
It was purchased by a Private Dallas Collector at Christie’s New York Auction on 20th March 2008. Sale Number 2112, Lot No. 290.
Christie’s operate a twice yearly auction of Southeast Asian Art & Antiquities in New York in the months of March and September.
This sale was titled “The Scholar’s Vision: The Pal Family Collection”.
The painting was described as “A reverse glass painting of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesh – India, Maharashtra, 19th Century.
The holy family seated on the floor, mother and child in the lap of Shiva, with a red background and blue borders. Opaque pigments and metal leaf on glass. 12 x 16 in. (30.4 x 40.6 cm.)
Exhibited:
Durga: Avenging Goddess, Nurturing Mother, Norton Simon Museum of Art, 7 October 2005 – 27 March 2006″.
It carried an Auction estimate of USD 2,500 to USD 3,500 and Sold for USD 2,500 (not including Buyers Premium).
Allowing for inflation alone this would be over $4,300 in today’s value. At highest estimate, this would equate to over $6k in today’s value.
As an added bonus and proof of authenticity the painting still retains it’s original Christie’s Lot No. Label.
It has substantially increased in value over the years as a RARE piece from the ‘renowned’ Pal Family Collection and a RARE piece of antique Asian Indian...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Dong Son Bronze Bells, Group of 6, circa 3rd - 1st century BCE, Vietnam
Located in Austin, TX
A highly decorative group of six Dong Son Culture cast bronze bells, circa 3rd to 1st century BCE, modern day Vietnam.
The bells of various sizes, shapes, and designs. All with hea...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Japanese Jewelry Box
Located in Dallas, TX
This early 20th century Japanese jewelry box is made of black lacquer and decorated with beautiful floral detailing. This piece sti...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Texas - Antiquities
6 Elegant Ming Dynasty Court Attendants in Glazed Terracotta, China 1368-1644 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
A fine set of a six court attendants as in the Forbidden City of Beijing, elegantly dressed in a Green & Red Daopao – a traditional men’s formal attire from the Ming Dynasty dated 1368-1643 A.D. – with glazed robes and Red Pigment remains in their hat and belts. They stand in an honorary posture atop a red plinth, some with orifices in their hands, where spirit objects were placed to comfort or satisfy the deceased. The heads are detachable, as often seen on the larger figures from this period.
They are accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, and Certificate of Expertise by Jean-Yves Nathan - a leading authority specialized in Far East Archaeology from the CEDEA (The European Confederation of Art Experts).
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period.
The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China – then known as the Empire of the Great Ming – for 276 years (1368–1644 AD). Founded by Chu Yuan-chang, the rebel leader that was successful in removing the mongols from the throne. Chinese control was re-asserted in China and eastern Asia. Literature became more important, schools were created, and the justice system was reformed. The Ming dynasty is described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history,” was the last imperial dynasty in China ruled by ethnic Han Chinese.
The practice of burying ceramic objects with the deceased went into decline from the 10th to the 14th Century AD. There was a revival in placing miniature representations of glazed terracotta objects such a furniture, food offerings, horses, miniature statues...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Fine Dehua, Blanc de Chine, Quan Yin Porcelain Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
Blanc de chine porcelain seated figure of Quan Yin. Qing dynasty. Kangxi period.
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Buddha Torso White Marble Sculpture - Tang Dynasty China 618-907 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Beautiful and impressive early Tang white marble sculpture of headless Buddha, dressed in an elegant pleated toga. China. 618-907 AD. A true collectors piece.
This magnificent piece...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Marble
19th c. Chinese Qing Dynasty Children
s Hat
Located in Dallas, TX
19th c. Chinese Qing Dynasty children's hat
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Silk
Chimera (Pixiu) Terracotta Mythological Being - Tang Dynasty, China
618-907 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Magnificent Mythological Being "Chimera" with Human Face and Flaming Rays Halo. Orange Terracotta with Traces of Stucco and Painting.
This creature is commonly known as Pixiu. Fierc...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Hongshan Style Red Jade Sun God Carving
Located in Houston, TX
A Chinese Hongshan style carved red jade sun god. These early jade style carvings were typical ceremonial burial pieces of the Neolithic period and Hongshan c...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Jade
Chinese Painted Stucco Head of a Luohan, Song Dynasty, 11th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A remarkable Chinese life sized painted stucco head of a luohan, Song, Liao or Jin Dynasty, circa 11th century, China.
The amazingly life-like figure depicts a luohan (sometime spelled lohan), also known as an arhat, one of the original disciples of the Buddha. The elderly man has been molded in stucco with inset glass eyes and painted with idealized, if slightly exaggerated features.
The unidentified luohan sports a bald, or perhaps shaved, domed head above a bulging forehead, symbolizing his vast wisdom. The wrinkles in his furrowed brow, and creases around his eyes add to his realism. The learned man stares out wisely from deep set, heavily lidded inlaid glass eyes that catch the light.
The luohan has high cheekbones and a prominent jawline. His lips full and pursed as if about to speak. The corners of his mouth turned up ever so slightly in a faint smile, causing his gaunt cheeks to dimple charismatically. A series of dots above the upper lip indicate he may originally have sported a mustache of real hair.
This life sized head with extremely realistic features fits into a very narrow time frame of Chinese Buddhist art. Perhaps the most recognized group of large, finely molded Chinese luohan...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Glass, Stucco
Eastern Han Dynasty Terracotta Barn Workshop, China
206BC - 220AD
Ex-Museum
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Slab pottery constructed barn workshop having a peaked roof – open walled form with a mechanical pounder and a large round covered storage container. Light blue-green mottled glazed surface with some iridescence patina to the glaze.
Condition: Intact, excellent condition, an unusual example.
Provenance: The Living Torah Museum, Brooklyn; ex. Sands of Time, 2002.
Sculptural effigies of domesticated animals were often interred in the tombs of nobility and elite members of the social hierarchy. Models like this one were made to represent everything from simple goat or pig pens to the most elaborate towers and palaces. Because very few ancient Chinese buildings have survived intact, these models, along with descriptions from ancient texts, give a good representation of what the buildings might have looked like.
This fantastic piece is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
Burial figurines of graceful dancers, mystical beasts, and everyday objects reveal both how people in early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of worldly life, these figurines, called mingqi, sometimes referred as “spirit utensils” or “vessels of ghosts” disclose details of routine existence and provide insights into belief systems over a thousand-year period. For the first time in Chinese history, we have images of rural and daily life during the Han in the form of contemporary...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Pre-Khmer Pottery Pouring Vessel, Kendi, 6th-8th Century, Cambodia
Located in Austin, TX
An evocative large pottery pouring vessel, kendi, pre-Khmer, 6th-8th century, Cambodia.
The large kendi of typical form, with a bulbous body set on a...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Korean Bronze Bottle Vase, Goryeo Dynasty, 11th/12th Century, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive Korean Goryeo Dynasty bronze bottle vase with traces of gilding, 11th - 12th century, Korea.
The vase of typical form, with a short recessed foot supporting a pear s...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Korean Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
10th Century Red Sandstone Relief of a Mithuna Couple
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning piece of southeast Asian antiquity, namely, a 10th century red sandstone relief of a mithuna couple.
This piece has impeccable Provenance!
It was purchase...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Indian Archaistic Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Sandstone
17C SE Asian Indian Pair of Brackets with Elephants and Mahuts
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a stunning piece of Indian antiquity from the 17th century, namely, a pair of red Sandstone brackets with elephants and mahuts Central India carvings.
From Central India.
This piece has impeccable Provenance !
It was purchased by a Private Dallas Collector at Sotheby’s New York Auction on 15th October 2001. Sale Number 7694, Lot No. 102.
Sotheby’s operate a twice yearly auction of Southeast Asian Art & Antiquities in New York in the months of March and September.
The sculpture was described as: “A pair of brackets with elephants and mahuts.
Red Sandstone.
Central India.
17th century.”
It carried an Auction estimate of USD 8,000 to USD 10,000 and sold for USD 8,400 (not including buyers...
Category
17th Century Indian Archaistic Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Sandstone
$26,600 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Very Elegant Tang Dynasty Dignitary in Orange Terracotta, China
618-907 AD
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Very elegant terracotta dignitary in blue and red robes standing with the hands joined at the chest. He wears a blue headdress with a bird at its center. Orange Terracotta
This gorg...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Massive Chinese Eastern Han Dynasty Impressed Pottery Jar
25-220 AD
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning and massive Chinese high fired gray pottery jar of remarkable size and girth, with impressed geometric design, Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD), ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antique Texas - Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
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Japanese Lacquer Comb
Japanese Spinning Wheel
Japanese Swords 16th Century
Japanese Swords Stands
Lavender Jade Figure
Lizard Carving
Luristan Bronze
Manila Manton Shawls
Monkey Gong
Obi Stand
Pegu Bronze
Persian Dagger
Qing Dynasty Tea Cups
Quran Stand
Relic Holder