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Agaricia Sheet Coral Catalogue: Gifts & Home Decor: Flora and Fauna: New item# 1166233 (stock# 442AOG)
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This particular genus was identified by Lamarck in 1801. Most species form thin vertical plates. References available upon request. This particular piece has taken the shape of a giant clam shell. The upper surface forms a fascinating intricate pattern. It is creamy white in color. Size: ~ 5" H x 13" wide; Weight: ~ 1444 grams;

Carved Ivory Okimono Budhisattva with Mark Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Ivory: Pre 1980 item# 1166229 (stock# 439AOG)
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The Art and Orchid Gallery presents a finely modeled okimono of Kwannon (Japanese name for Kwan Yin of China).[191A] Kwannon with her various forms and titles is generally known as the Goddess of Mercy and , in Japan, is one of 75 Bodhisattvas.[191B] Most prominently, she displays the 'lun', one of the eight Buddhist emblems of happy augury.[73C] The lun is represented by the wheel of the law when enveloped in flames. The wheel is symbolic of Buddha's law and his preaching of the ...click for details

Blue Coral Catalogue: Gifts & Home Decor: Flora and Fauna: New item# 1166166 (stock# 440AOG)
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This blue coral, Heliopora coerulea, is the only known octocoral to produce a massive skeleton. The skeleton is of aragonite, a form of calcite crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. It is common in shallow reefs of the Indo-Pacific including the Ryukyu Islands of southwest Japan, the Coral Sea in northeast Australia and American Samoa. The largest blue colony in the world is thought to be off the southwest coast of Japan. Due to its unusual blue color and being fairly tolerant of conditi ...click for details

Pair of Japanese Ivory Carved Uma on Stands Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Ivory: Pre 1920 item# 1166112 (stock# 438AOG)
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The Art and orchid Gallery is selling a matched pair of okimonos on custom carved wooden stands. The Japanese ivory running horse (uma, in Japanese) carvings exhibit the usual skillful techniques and clever modeling that made their netsukes so popular in the West after exhibiting them in the World Wide Fair during the 19th Century.[191A, 113B] The horse is not indigenous to Japan but excavations of clay uma models are found in B.C. Times.[191A] This pair have a glossy, high polish patina sheen, ...click for details

Red Organ Pipe Coral Catalogue: Gifts & Home Decor: Flora and Fauna: New item# 1165247 (stock# 436AOG)
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Tubipora musica, or organ pipe coral, was first described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is the only known species of Tubipora and belongs to the Order of soft corals. Although it is a soft coral, it has a unique hard skeleton of calcium carbonate that contains many organ pipe-like tubes. The skeleton is bright red. When the coral is alive, the skeleton is obscured by numerous green to gray colored polyps. This coral is native to the Indian Ocean and regions of the central and western Pacific Ocean. T ...click for details

Pair of Ivory Emperor and Empress on Horseback Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Ivory: Pre 1920 item# 1165009 (stock# 435AOG)
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This pair of figures in carved, incised and stained Oriental ivory was probably made before 1920. The ivory carving exhibits some Japanese motifs, such as the rising sun designs on the saddle cloth and the three clawed dragon prominently shown on the Emperor's jacket.[42A, 168B] The Chinese styles, however, seem more obvious to us. They include: the figures' physiognomy, particularly facial and body posture; head dress; and sectional appliques.[25C] There is a back-to-back 'pakwa ...click for details

Antique Japanese Kenzan-Style Pottery, Meiji Period Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920 item# 1163863 (stock# 432AOG)
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The Art and Orchid Gallery's Japanese pottery has a high gloss interior and multiple unusual motifs of exterior decoration. We think it was made by the skillful potter, Miura Kenya (1821-1889),or his student.[3C, 33D] It is a discus-shaped vessel with a very narrow neck and mouth, typically Japanese.[28E] It copies the style of Kenzan's wares, like raku of Meiji Times, even showing the 17th Century Kyoto potter, Ninsei, influence with its dark brown emulated wood finish from mid-vessel d ...click for details

Cluster of Purple-Striped Barnacles Catalogue: Gifts & Home Decor: Flora and Fauna: Contemporary item# 1163593 (stock# 433AOG)
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Balanus psittacus is a marine crustacean of the subclass, Cirripedia. It is completely sedentary in the adult stage. Its loss of power of locomotion leaves little trace of its resemblance to other crustaceans. This purple-striped barnacle can attain a growth of up to 9" in length and 3" in diameter. It is native to Chile where fleshy portions of the body are much relished as seafood. This particular cluster consists of 8 barnacles is still attached to its rocky base. Each barnacle r ...click for details

Antique Rudolstadt Cobalt and Gilt Tripod Vase Catalogue: Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Porcelain: Pre 1920 item# 1162778 (stock# 430AOG)
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The Art and Orchid Gallery's German cobalt glazed vase has a modified brazer style. Three body-length handles run down into an elaborate tripod ring base with an inverted finial under the vase. The antique has a true Rudolstadt blue underglaze mark used between 1882-1918 by the company "New York-Rudolstadt Pottery", co-owners.[59A, 7AA, 5B, 49C] The Company can be traced to 1720 Thuringia, Germany starting as faience factory. In the 19th Century it moved to Rudolstadt, Germany.[178 ...click for details

Tibetan Calligraphy Brush made w Copper, Silver, Brass Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1980 item# 1162235 (stock# 429AOG)
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THe Art and Orchid Gallery's writing/painting instrument was handcrafted in Tibet of the three metals: copper, silver and brass plus animal hair brush (maybe goat) and wood. These are the same metals frequently combined by Tibetans to make decorative and ritualistic objects like the 'mani', or prayer wheel (AOG-309, 187A, 162B); 'gau', or portable shrines [189C, 162D] ; and censers (AOG428). Buddhism spread east from India to China through Tibet. Today the Buddhist religio ...click for details

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