Swans & Dragon Motif Here’s a rare treasure from Japan and an unusual find- plus an excellent candidate to accent your indoor or outdoor garden space. This is an unusual antique bronze cast temple bell complete featuring unusual motifs of an impressive writhing dragon finial and eight (8) pairs of swans fashioned in high relief...

Here’s a rare treasure from Japan and an unusual find- plus an excellent candidate to accent your indoor or outdoor garden space. This is a larger than unusual vintage bronze heavily hand cast temple bell complete featuring classic motifs of an impressive dragon finial with high relief features on all sides of the bell. This...

This substantial one-of-a-kind hand painted gouache on wood temple painting of a pair of Monks engaging in a tea ceremony – sipping tea- reminds us of peaceful pleasures. We believe this work of art to be vintage early to mid-20th century and are offering this last work from a collection of painted panels. It is...

Japan, an unusual hand cast iron ringing lantern or wind chime in the form of a Japanese mountain minka cabin that may be suspended in your favorite indoor or outdoor space. It comes with a delightful gilt bronze hanging bell depicting a Buddha and mountain imagery. It possesses beautiful roof details of flowers and vines...

From our recent Japanese travels A pair of bronze figures, a flute player goddess Krishna and a smaller Buddhist attendant. Hand caste bronze with fine details. Attractive brown patina surfaces. Dimensions: Flute player is 5 inches tall Smaller attendant is 2 inches tall Provenance: Old Yangon, Burmese collection Handmade. Hand cast. Lifetime guarantee of authenticity:...

Japan, an elegant and fine seated Kanon Maitreya, Guan Yin in a pensive pose, a superb work of art cast in a white stone. An ideal indoor or garden candidate. Dimensions: 12 inches tall and 6 inches width. The peaceful and youthful Kanon with sublime down cast eyes and his right leg crossed over his...

Japan, a classic antique Daruma with a stern, demon like stare , the Bodhidharma and founder of the Zen sect of Buddhism. He is hand-carved in wood with flowing robes and fine details – a wooden Talisman of perseverance and good luck from the 19th century. These were often carved and given as gifts for...

Unique sculpture. From our recent Japanese acquisitions travels. Japan, a fine and rare early classic hand carved lotus form finial sculpture, hand carved in granite stone, and signed. Meiji period, 19th century The seldom found, early calligraphy signature suggests a “Buddhist earth elements” translation Dimensions: 8 inches high and 5 inches diameter Good condition with...

An authentic & extraordinary Japanese antique 19th century treasure to accompany you in meditation, reflection and pleasure- perfect for your home, studio, or an impressive garden choice. We guarantee that its deep and serene reverberating sound will please you. And it is signed by the temple donor. From Japan comes this hand-hammered and wrought bronze...

From a fifty year old UK Buddhist collection comes one of our tallest Buddhas, 33″ high. Thailand Antique Bronze Seated Buddha Shakyamuni , in U Thong style, fine condition. This beautiful Buddha sculpture will bring serenity and timeless style to your home, office, sacred space, or garden. The Buddha is seated, in virasana, cross-legged symbol...

Thailand, large hand-carved stone Buddha head, later Ayutthaya period (1351–1767) Traces original gold gilt Pensive,serene, down cast eyes , aquiline nose and lined lips Fine quality Dimensions: Buddha with display stand 17.5 inches tall Buddha only 13.5 inches tall and 9 inches deep Provenance: Private Latin American collection acquired 1980 History of Ayutthia: The Kingdom...

China, an authentic antique hand-carved and hand-painted limestone temple figure of the venerable lohan, the joyful Ananda. Substantial dimensions: 35 inches high and 12 inches wide Handmade and hand-carved, solid limestone with weathered remnants of older temple paint as applied by the temple from where it originally came, Chengdu, China. Stone statues like these were...

From Japan, a very nice collection of eight graduated small to medium scale mid-20th century bronze temple meditation bells with handmade cushion and hardwood striker set. Dimensions: Largest bell 4″ high (with cushion) and 4.5″ diameter; smallest bell 1.5″ high and 2.5″ diameter. Eight total bells including plush beautiful handmade cushion and hardwood white suede...

Burma, Mandalay, a pair of hand carved, hand lacquered , and gilt stone Buddhist kneeling attendants in joyful pose Dimensions: 26 inches high and 12 inches width The joyful attendants in a worshipful pose with hands atop their laps hand carved in alabaster and embellished with gilding, lacquer, paint, and glass inlay. Hand made and...

This is a large exceptional ancient Chinese Buddhist Lotus Offering Jar with an applied series of zodiac figures ringing the upper most section. It dates to the 13th century, Yuan dynasty. This rare and interesting pottery jar had been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province back in the 1990s. This jar is quite...

An excellent hardcovered primer that details Buddhas history, life, afterlife, and teachings; Buddhism’ basic philosophy, how to read the Buddha image, Cosmic Buddhas, and much more. Ninety six pages including forty five superb and selected four color Buddha images from the museum’s renown collection, juxtaposed with atmospheric photographs taken at international Buddhist sites. Simple, concise, well illustrated, a must...

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...

Eastern Han Dynasty (25 -220 CE),  Bronze “Money Tree” YAOQIAN SHU, Money for Heavenly After life , 60” in height.  Consisting of a sculpted pottery base, inserted with a segmented bronze pole and with twenty five hanging bronze open work money “branches” attached in tiers and mounted with a figure of a phoenix as apex.  Pottery...