From our recent Japanese Acquisitions Travels. A rare couple. These Japanese Tachibina dolls represent the simplest essential form of the imperial couple. Their beautiful faces were crafted from crushed shell called gofun over carved wood and their dress feature period Edo (1840) textile kimono dress. Used as the display for the Girl’s day celebration, more...

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...

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...

Eastern Han Dynasty (25 -220 CE),  Bronze “Money Tree” YAOQIAN SHU, Money for Heavenly After life , 62” in height.  Consisting of a sculpted pottery base, inserted with a segmented bronze pole and with twenty four hanging bronze open work money “branches” attached in tiers and mounted with a figure of a phoenix as apex, total...