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item #573573
(stock #DG-002)
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A pair of iron Tibetan Phurbu Daggers. The top of the handles have four expressive faces of very good workmanship crowned with human skulls.The handle has a double lotus and eternal knots on each end.Above the blades there is a makara.
Size: L. 21.7cm each. Condition: No repairs. Nice patina
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An unusual double headed silver dragon bracelet with both dragons chasing the elusive pearl connected by alternating bands of plain and textured links. Age: Mid 19th century. Size: Inside diameter. 6.5cm.
Condition; No repairs. Normal wear.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1900
item #887289
(stock #TIB-006)
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A nice well made Tibetan prayer beads consisting of 108 bone beads and three pink mountain coral. Two leather counters with ten silver rings each ending with silver inlaid with coral and turquoise. The bone is most likely yak but could also be human.
Size:Total length of the necklace 52cm. Each bead is 1.2-1.3 cm in diameter. Condition: No repairs. All original.
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A nice old Chinese tea holder made of bamboo, carved with a bird in flight and mountain scene. The back has beautifully incised calligraphy of a poem.
Size: H.15.5cm. W. 11.4cm
Condition: One old small repair on the back. See photo.
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An inscribed very heavy blackwood chest. The inscription states that it was given to a high official as a gift. There are two dragons carved on the front panel that probably had protruding heads that are now missing. Size: H. 36cm. L. 36.2cm. W. 28cm.
Condition: No repairs.
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Very pale celadon color jade buckle with 2 dragons. The dragons are beautifully carved with nice detailing. A graceful arch formed by the body of the main dragon curves over the "button." Period: Ching (Early 19th Century) Size: Length = 3-3/4", W = 1" Condition: Very good. A slight inclusion, natural to the stone, on the bi-furcated tail of the smaller dragon
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All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1900
item #1260065
(stock #TIB-025)
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An Old group of Bodhi wooden prayer beds made from the wood of the Bodhi tree where Buddha received his enlightenment. These beads were purchased in Lhasa many years ago.
Condition: No repairs. Size: 42 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1900
item #1317084
(stock #TIB-011)
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A very rare Tibetan cabinet with many animal figures,religious items and scenes.
Size: H. 75.5cm. W. 47.8cm. D. 33.5cm
Condition: Normal wear.No repairs.
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A well carved circular pendant with two facing dragons carved in the Shang Dynasty Style There is a carved circular relief designs on both sides. Age: Qing. Size: Diameter. 4.8cm. Condition. No chips or repairs.
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A cricket cage made of a long bodied gourd with ivory mounts to accommodate the ivory and tortoise shell lid. The surface of the gourd has a leathery look from age. The tortoise shell piece has intricate pierced carvings of the "Eight Taoist Symbols" amidst curling tendril patterns.
Period: Ching (19th Century)
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1900
item #1373384
(stock #CARP-002)
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A large Tibetan Temple prayer carpet with two dragons, each chasing it's elusive pearl.
Size: L. 163 cm. W. 88cm.
Condition. No repairs. Very good for it's age.
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The fish is symbolically employed as the emblem of wealth or abundance on account of the similarity in the pronunciation of the words "yu", fish, and "yu", superfluity. Age: Song. Size:L. 6.5cm. W. 2cm.
Condition: No repairs or chips.
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item #806912
(stock #TIB-008)
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A set of seven (7) miniature paintings on canvas of winged Tibetan protector deities and gods surrounded by flames including Vajrapani and Yama Dharma Raja. Four (4) of the miniatures are finely executed line drawings with color washes on a light-weight canvas. These four appear to have been done by the same artist and are of approximately the same size. The other three are painted on a heavier canvas - two of which are painted in full with darker pigments...
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A beautiful red glass bead necklace made from a court official's rank necklace. Made from very high quality matching glass beads. Most of these rank necklaces were broken apart during the cultural revolution.
Size: 34cm folded. Bead size: 1cm.
Condition: Very good. No chips etc.
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item #1219287
(stock #SBUD-001)
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An alloy metal Buddha sitting under a bodhi tree.This is where Buddha gained his great Enlightenment by sitting in concentrated meditation beneath the bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar,India. Can be made into an amulet. Size: H. 6.3cm. W. 3.3cm.
Condition: No repairs.
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An opium scale made of two carved bamboo parts that pivot open at the rounded end and close together with a leather strap. Inside this violin-shaped instrument are the original items - metal scale tray, counterweight and a measuring rod made of a long single piece of ivory that is approximately 38 cm (14-3/4 inches). (See photos) The interior is carved so that all 3 items fit snugly inside...