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Koi have traditional attributes of good luck and success in the Japanese culture. This massive (over 5 feet long) Koi bell or Mokugyo is masterfully carved out of one enormous trunk of Teak wood. To achieve the divine (Third Chakra) chime resonance confirmed and blessed by a Buddhist monk, the belly, mouth and the ball in the mouth were precisely carved to exacting specifications (see photos). (The wooden fish is one of the most important Dharma instruments that leads and controls morning and ...

“Rattlesnake” Signed: "Copyright by Frederic Remington". The most famous Western Artist in American, Remington’s principal subjects of course included the iconic Cowboy. Remington completed an initial version of The Rattlesnake in January 1905, and he was immensely pleased with its daring off-balance composition. Three years later, however, after ten casts were produced, he grew dissatisfied with the original design, reworking the plaster model into a larger, more massive form. The chang...

Bring the vibration of good fortune and confidence in to your life with the artisanship of this Outstandingly fine and unusually detailed hand carved jade water buffalo in the Yuan style with wood stand. The water buffalo represents the Natural forces of strength, good fortune, leadership, confidence, eloquence and fertility. Dimensions: height 5.5" length 7.5" depth 3.5".

Bring good fortune to your life with this unusually large, exceptional 19th Century Japanese carved wood statue of Daikoku, the god of wealth (one of the seven lucky gods of Japan). He is in his traditional pose with his sack of treasure slung over his shoulder, holding his magic mallet (which produces coins and wishes) and standing on two bales of rice (signifying abundance). This robust figure carved out of a large native Japanese cypress(Kiso-Himoki) trunk (see the rings on the bottom) stan...

Finest grand Italian marble sculpture “Busto di un Giovane” signed verso by Antonio Frilli (“A. Frilli Firenze”) active from 1860 - 1920. Dimensions: 30" high X 31" wide X 16" deep. Frilli became one of the finest 19th Century sculptors in the Classic style in the world during his lifetime. Strong demand for Frilli art works include the $200,000 sale price of the sculpture “The Three Graces” lot # 77 at Sotheby’s New York on October 26th, 2004. Similar pieces to this one inc...

Two massive 19th Century French Classical hand carved sandstone alagorical sculptures – one of Poseidon with trident and dolphin and one of Dionysus with infant Satyr and grapevine. Dimensions: 6’ 10” high X 23” wide X 23” deep each. Condition: Comensurate with age. Each of the the sculptures has cracks (see wrists in photos). Celebrate the blessings and foundations of civilization with these patron deities.

Bring Harmony into your life with this rare crafted 18th Century Chinese polychrome carved wood prayer sculpture of Lao Tzu the famous founder of Taoism. Tao (pronounced Dao) "the Way" can be described as the force that flows through everything. Taoism includes strong themes of harmony with nature. Note the cut out square compartment in the back to place the written prayers. It shows considerable signs of genuine use on an altar for many years, including burns to the bottom of the figure from...

This very old outstanding example of Italian Mannerism (1527-1600) is rare indeed. This Saint Francis of Assisi depiction’s Mannerist intentionally exaggerated and elongated proportions, exquisitely fine artisanship of 16th Century Florence and Rome is NOT to be confused with more common, less refined, differently proportioned and far less valued much newer colonial figures. Evidence of silver-leaf gilding, worm damage, clear St. Francis subject, elegant lines, and craftsmanship further conf...