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Antique Mala

Vintage Mala
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Origin: Persia Dimensions: 6’6 x 4’1 Age: 1920’s Design: Malayer Material: 100% Wool-pile Color: Blue, Taupe, Beige, Light Grey 17095 Persian rugs and carpets of various t...
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Early 20th Century Antique Mala

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Wool

Antique Mala
Vintage Mala
W 49 in L 75 in
Mala Faena. Watercolor. Signed in the lower left corner. LLANECES,
By José Llaneces
Located in Madrid, ES
Bad job. Watercolor. Signed in the lower left corner. LLANECES, JOSÉ DE SAN BARTOLOMÉ (Madrid, Spain, 1863-1919). José de San Bartolomé was a Spanish painter and sculptor who worked...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Other Antique Mala

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Other

Japanese Temple Buddhist Monk Samurai Juzu Prayer Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
hand-crafted natural wood (perhaps Rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads. These rosary-type large prayer
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala

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Wood

Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
handcrafted natural wood (perhaps rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads with four large square-like beads called
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala

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Wood

Japanese Antique Zen Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 800 Beads With Alms Bowl
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find!: 24 feet long Zen monk Mala Prayer Bead String plus original wooden alms bowl with its
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala

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Wood

Old or Antique Japanese Wooden Figurine of a Buddhist Monk
Located in Philadelphia, PA
scroll in his left hand, and a mala/juzu (rosary) in his right hand. Part of the mala has broken off
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala

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Wood

Tibetan Coral Necklace with Silver Painted Wooden Beads c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of a Tibetan Coral Bead mala / neckpiece with a stunning mix of orange & red
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Early 20th Century Tibetan Tribal Antique Mala

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Coral, Silver

Antique Tibetan Coral Necklace with Silver Painted Wooden Beads c. 1900
Tibetan Coral Necklace with Silver Painted Wooden Beads c. 1900
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H 15.75 in W 1.58 in D 0.79 in
Chartreuse Ground 'Cavalcade' Oversize Carpet by Jean Lurçat for Maison Myrbor
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Milan, IT
blends radical minimalism with a striking hymn to the ancient world. Provenance: The Estate of Mala
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1920s French Art Deco Antique Mala

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Wool

Roundel depicting St. Catherine
Located in Fairlawn, OH
: propter nomen suum. Nam et si ambulavero in medio umbrae mortis: non timebo mala, quoniam tu mecum es
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Antique Mala

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Gouache, Pigment

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18th Century Spanish Guard Room Dining Table w/ Trestle & Forged Iron Stretcher
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful 18th century Spanish baroque guard room /dining table in walnut with plank-top resting on carved H-form trestle legs and hand-forged iron stretchers forged in Toledo. Spa...
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Mala

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Walnut

Go-Mai Uchidashi Dō Tosei Gusoku Samurai Armor Decorated with an Embossed Rabbit
Located in Milano, IT
Go-mai uchidashi do tosei gusoku Samurai armor decorated with an embossed rabbit Edo period, 19th century This samurai armor is complete and original, with consistent elements...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Mala

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Iron

17th-18th Century, Edo, A Set of Japanese Samurai Armor
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A set of Japanese Samurai armor. Age: Japan, Edo Period, 17th - 18th Century Size: Height 190.5 C.M. / Width 60 C.M. Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due...
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17th Century Japanese Antique Mala

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Metal

Early 19th Century Decorated Kutani Porcelain Bottle Vase
Located in London, GB
A finely decorated late 19th century Kutani porcelain vase, of bottle form. Meiji Period (1868-1912). Condition: Rim chip restored.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Mala

19th-Century Danish School, Idyllic Landscape With Farm, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming late 19th-century Danish oil painting depicts a picturesque rural view with a farm, wandering shepherd and trees. Akin to a classical vision of pastoral bliss, this ma...
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1880s Romantic Antique Mala

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Canvas, Oil

Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese Buddhist portable traveling zushi shrine altar with Amida Buddha (Amitabha) concealed inside the folded wood doors. This work dates back to the late Meiji/ E...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Mala

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Metal, Gold Leaf

Edo period Japanese medicine chest
By Japanese Studio
Located in CARLTON, AU
This is a very old and rare Japanese tooling storage tansu. It was made early Edo period of Japanese cedar and its handle was made of iron. Its ultimate beauty can be seen from its r...
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17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala

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Cedar

Edo period Japanese medicine chest
Edo period Japanese medicine chest
H 35.44 in W 35.04 in D 11.82 in
Japanese Antique God's House "Zushi" 1800s-1860s / Mingei Wabi Sabi Object
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a very old Japanese house of God. In Japanese it is called 'zushi'. It dates from the Edo period. (1800s-1860s) The material used is cedar. It has long been a favourite...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala

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Cedar

Antique Japanese Lacquered, Enameled, and Inlaid Box With Hinged Lid, c. 1800's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Japanese lacquered box with hinged lid. The lid is decorated in gilt with red enamel and abalone inlays on a burgundy red ground. A motif of birds and apple blossoms are rendered in ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Mala

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Enamel

Pair of Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonne Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good pair of antique Japanese large-scale Meiji period cloisonné vases. Of very rare mallet or suppressed bottle form with rich goldstone ground and phoenix decoration. Meas...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala

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Enamel

Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful string of Japanese hand-crafted Buddhist Juzu mala beads made of natural wood. These rosary-type prayer bead necklaces were used by Buddhist monks in temple prayers/ritua...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Mala

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Wood

Japanese antique white porcelain vase/1818-1900/”Iwatani ware”/rare sake bottle
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a white porcelain sake bottle made at the end of the Edo period. The name of this pottery is Iwayaki. The Yako was built in Hikino-cho, Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture. (...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala

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Porcelain

Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful string of Japanese hand-crafted Buddhist Juzu mala beads made of natural wood. These rosary-type prayer bead necklaces were used by Buddhist monks in temple prayers/ritua...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Mala

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Wood

Kinkozan Satsuma vase.
By Kinkozan
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality Meiji period (1868-1912) Japanese Satsuma vase by Kinkozan. The vase of a slender elegant shape, depicting gilded rims with exotic mythical birds around the neck, blos...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Mala

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Porcelain

Kinkozan Satsuma vase.
Kinkozan Satsuma vase.
H 22.05 in Dm 9.45 in
Danish Early 19th Century Oil Painting Of A Farm House
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish early 19th Century oil painting of a farm house in a period gilded frame.
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Early 19th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Mala

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Canvas, Wood

Antique Decorative Vanity Case, Japanese, Lacquer, Lidded Box, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative vanity case. A Japanese, lacquer and Mother of Pearl lidded box, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Highly distinctive example of Japanne...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Late Victorian Antique Mala

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Lacquer

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18th Century Tibetan Skull Bead Rosary
Located in Hudson, NY
This 18th Century Tibetan rosary (mala) is made up of 19 carved beads of bone (including the head
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Late 18th Century Tibetan Antique Mala

19th Century Gold Mounted Rudraksha Seed Pencil, Unmarked, circa 1880
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
Elaeocarpus; however, E. ganitrus is the principal species used in the making of organic jewelry or mala
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1880s English Victorian Antique Mala

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Gold

Gilt Ganapati
Located in New York, NY
. His hands hold a mala, his broken tusk, an ax, and a fruit. Known as Dispeller of Obstacles, Ganesha
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19th Century Nepalese Antique Mala

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Brass

Gilt Ganapati
Gilt Ganapati
H 17.5 in W 14.5 in D 7.5 in
Japanese Antique Mala Beads Jizo Spiritual Guardian of Travelers
Located in South Burlington, VT
what a string of prayer mala beads and an alms bowl in his left hand and carrying a hat "kasa or
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Mala

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Stone

Mala Noche - Original Etching and Aquatint by Francisco Goya - 1799
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
Mala Noche (A Bad Night), Plate n. 36, from Los Caprichos Etching and aquatint on laid paper
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1790s Old Masters Antique Mala

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Etching, Aquatint

A Ming Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Fresco
Located in Austin, TX
crossed in front of her. She holds a mala (Buddhist rosary) in one hand, a fly whisk in the other. A large
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18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Mala

A Ming Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Fresco
A Ming Dynasty Chinese Buddhist Fresco
H 26.75 in W 17 in D 1.5 in
Infant Jesus of Prague Hand Carved and Painted Wood Plaque, Early 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
cruciger, located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady Victorious in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech
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Early 19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Mala

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Paint, Wood

Cydonea Mala cotonea majora (Quinces - Pears)
By Elizabeth Blackwell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
) titled "Cydonea Mala cotonea majora (Quinces - Pears)", c. 1750. (Plate 137). Edition size unknown. Comes
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1750s Rococo Antique Mala

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Watercolor, Engraving

19th Century Buddhist Prayer 'Mala' Beads, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Buddhist prayer (Mala) beads, Japanese, 19th century Japanese Buddhist prayer (Mala) beads
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala

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Wood

Mala Noche - Origina Etching by Francisco Goya - 1868
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
Mala Noche is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1799
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1860s Old Masters Antique Mala

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Etching, Aquatint

Antique Chinese Amber Court Necklace or Mala, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
based on the Buddhist mala, a string of Tibetan prayer beads. Legend has it that when the Emperor
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19th Century Chinese Antique Mala

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Amber

Japanese Antique Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 1000 Beads
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find 24 feet long A huge antique communal 24 foot prayer bead necklace consisting of over 1000 handcrafted wooden hard wood beads with a large central largest diameter "Guru ...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala

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Wood

Japanese Antique Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 1000 Beads
Japanese Antique Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 1000 Beads
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H 0.6 in W 283 in D 0.6 in
Antique Yellow-Orange Amber Chinese Court Necklace, Mala, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Bergdorf Goodman, a fine intense yellow-orange translucent natural amber 108 bead court necklace, mala. The
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19th Century Chinese Antique Mala

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Amber

Japanese Rosewood Temple Mala Prayer Beads 800 Beads, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare find 18 feet long A huge antique communal 18 foot prayer bead necklace consisting of over 800 handcrafted wooden hard wood beads with a large central largest diameter "Guru b...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala

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Wood

Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
natural wooden (perhaps Rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads with customary larger "Guru" beads. These
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mala

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Wood

Vintage or Antique Emerald Green Jadeite Necklace, Mala, or Prayer Beads
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
This vintage or antique necklace of emerald green jadeite beads, also known as mala or prayer beads
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mala

Materials

Stone, Jade

Japanese Edo Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
natural wooden (perhaps Rosewood) Buddhist Juzu mala beads with customary larger "Guru" beads. These
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mala

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Wood

An Indian White Marble Figure of Ganesh
Located in Austin, TX
rat, under his feet. His four arms hold various attributes: a pot of sweetmeats, a mala, an axe and
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19th Century Indian Antique Mala

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Marble

White Marble Figure of Ganesh
Located in Austin, TX
here in his four armed form holding a pot of sweetmeats, a mala, an axe and lotus buds. On his forehead
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19th Century Indian Antique Mala

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Marble

White Marble Figure of Ganesh
White Marble Figure of Ganesh
H 7 in W 5.5 in D 2.75 in
Large Steamer Trunk
Located in Barcelona, ES
manufacturer engraved in the front part: Grande fabrica de malas de Manoel Joaquim Marinho, 35 Rua Sete do
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Mid-19th Century Portuguese American Colonial Antique Mala

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Brass, Iron, Zinc

Large Steamer Trunk
Large Steamer Trunk
H 25.2 in W 37.41 in D 19.69 in
A Rare 17th-Century Depiction of a Garden
Located in New York, NY
male figure with a standard stating: Dele mala quae feci ("Destroy the harm that I have done"). The two
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18th Century and Earlier French Antique Mala

Nepalese Painting of an 8 Armed Duo-Toned Deity
Located in New York, NY
implements (drum, scepter, vase, mala, conch, leaf, etc.), astride two totem animals. A disciple appears at
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19th Century Nepalese Antique Mala

Marble Sculpture of Parvati
Located in New York, NY
. She holds a mala in her upper right hand, shiva lingam in her upper left, baby Ganesha in her lower
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19th Century Antique Mala

Marble Sculpture of Parvati
Marble Sculpture of Parvati
H 28.5 in W 12.5 in D 5.75 in
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Antique Mala For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique mala available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, fabric and stone, every antique mala was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer antique mala, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right antique mala, those designed in Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. Jean Lurcat each produced at least one beautiful antique mala that is worth considering.

How Much is a Antique Mala?

Prices for an antique mala start at $695 and top out at $214,119 with the average selling for $1,300.