China, an authentic antique matching pair (2) hand-carved and hand-painted limestone temple figures of the venerable lohans, Kasyapa and Ananda. These beautiful Buddhist sculptures will bring serenity and timeless style to your home, office, sacred space, or garden Handmade and hand-carved, solid limestone with weathered remnants of older temple paint as applied by the temple...

For your garden setting or indoors, this huge 26.5 inch antique bronze bell complete with complimentary striker Beautiful deep resonating ring tones await the new owner of this big one-of-a-kind antique work of art. This superb antique hand cast bronze temple bell dates to 1900. Dimensions: Bell measures 26.5 inches tall and 11.5 inches diameter....

A Rare Signed Treasure Lighting Lantern 什物 “Jyumotsu” from Japan’s Western Shining Temple 西光寺 Saikoji, Japan, a huge and handsome antique large scale bronze temple lighting lantern hand wrought in an attractive “Lotus Flower Purity” motif , Edo period circa 1850. Caste’s a lovely night light through its prolific hand pierced roof and six beautiful...

China antique monumental Pagoda Shrine with carved Lohans, 115″ high, red sandstone, eight sections, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) This stone pagoda is a monumental work of art seldom seen in the west. Pagodas evolved from Indian stupas which were originally designed to hold the Buddha’s relics and textual paper sutras. This tiered tower composition became popular...

Unique Discovery Japanese rare and beautifully cast Buddhist Bronze Temple bell inscribed with the temple name, dated 1765, and with a remarkable inscribed passage by Jou Rin, a monk, from a Buddhist verse from the “Sutra of Eternal Life.” The Inscription can be translated : “If I try to satisfy my countless mundane desires ,...

No ordinary antique gong- Impressively rare art. Extra oversized massively thick bronze measures 20 inches diameter and 10.5 inches thick. Magical resonating sound guaranteed to please you. Found in Japan and used by Buddhist monks, this unusual extra 10.5 inch thick bronze gong is the first of this bell form we have seen. It was...

Special collectors item, first we have seen This is a very fine solid cast silver effigy of the seated Buddha This was sourced from a large Japanese collection this past year. Signed on bottom “gin” sterling silver The buddha practices the mudra of bodhyagri or mudra of supreme wisdom. The right forefinger is grasped in...

Bronze precious documents box mint, signed, and boxed With original artist designer documents and signed collector hinoki wood storage box, tomobako. We will include an authentic 19h century Buddhist chanting script woodblock printed on mulberry paper as shown in photo. A fine and unusual old Japanese hand cast bronze vessel cast in a tube form...

From Japan, a very nice collection of three (3) graduated small to medium scale mid-20th century bronze temple meditation bells with a handmade cushion and including a complimentary hardwood striker. Our bells yield serene resonating sounds guaranteed to please you Dimensions: Largest bell 4 inches high (with cushion) and 4.75 inches diameter; smallest bell 2...

Instant display and collection, one of a kind. From western China and collected some 20 years ago, comes this group of three (3) large hand carved red sandstone Lohans or Monks dating to the early 20th century. These characters feature fantastic and exaggerated eyes, ears, eye brows and cranials. Tallest measures 16 inches high Photographed...

From our recent Japanese Acquisitions Imagine this wonderful antique stone sculpture in your garden–a warm and lovely example seated in a quiet, relaxing pose- she may be seen as in a solemn act of thinking about mankind and contemplating how to save our people. This attractive serene and contemplative Japanese 18th century stone seated Buddha...

China antique monumental Wooden Pagoda, total height is 70 inches, hand carved and hand painted wood, seven hexagonal sections plus finial, late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) This is a monumental work of art seldom seen in the west. Pagodas evolved from Indian stupas which were originally designed to hold the Buddha’s relics and textual paper sutras....

Japan, an elegant and finely cast antique bronze standing Kanon Maitreya Guan Yin clutching a lotus branch – a sign of purity- and with pensive down cast eyes, a superb work of art, 19th century. This example is the tallest version of this style bronze pensive pose Kannon we have seen. An ideal indoor or...

Thailand, Ayutthaya Kingdom, 16th-17th century gold gilt bronze temple Buddha, measuring 60 inches tall The long aquiline nosed holy Buddha , with pleated robes and protruding large and arched eye lids with the eyes narrowly open revealing the pupils,over arching brow continuing the line of the nose, a thin raised outline as the hairline surrounding...

China Pagoda Shrine with carved Lohans, 115″h, red sandstone, Late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 C.E.) Provenance: Private New England Collection acquired in 2005 from a private collection Cheng Du, Sichuan Province. This stone pagoda is a monumental work of art seldom seen in the west. Pagodas evolved from Indian stupas which were originally designed to hold...

China important ancient standing figure of Buddha, limestone, 60″h. x 19″w. x 10″deep, Tang Dynasty (618-907AD), superb patina with original traces of ancient gold gilding the serene figure shown standing with right hand raised in Varadamudra and left hand extended in sign of charity and compassion, wearing a simple dhoti with ten folds, the right...

China, a monumental pair of tall hand carved stone tigers, 115cm, 46” high and 60cm, 24” in width, early to middle Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. The powerful, benign carved sitting effigies perched on haunches and front paws with round heads and faces exposing defined eye sockets, ears and two fangs a top bases that feature...

China an important ancient hand carving of a standing effigy of a winged bird, stone, 14″ high , Gansu Province, Qijia culture (2100-1500 BCE) China, a hand carved standing effigy of a winged bird, stone, 35cm, 14” high, northwestern China, Late Neolithic (2100-1100 BCE) The upright plump bird form with two well shaped wings of...