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Vintage Carved Copper Thousand hand Bodhisattva Buddha Statue
Located in San Diego, CA
The thousand arms of a bodhisattva symbolize compassion and the ability to help all beings
Category
Vintage 1940s Tibetan Primitive Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Thousands Leaf Mirror in Solid Hand-carved Wood
Located in Paris, FR
Mirror Thousands Leaf with hand-carved solid
wood frame hand-painted with gold leaf paint.
With
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Modern Unframed Erté Hand Signed Thousand and One Nights Lithograph
By Erté
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a stunning, hand signed lithograph by artist Erté, father of the Art Deco
Category
Vintage 1940s Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
H 13.5 in W 6.5 in D 0.25 in
Contemporary Korean Thousand Cranes Moon Jar
Located in New York, NY
Impressive hand made Thousand Cranes Moon Vase, in perfect, undamaged condition. The vase features
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Korean Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Eight Thousand Miles of Home by Ango, Hand-Crafted Light First Shown at MAD, NYC
By Ango
Located in Bangkok, TH
Ango offers a special re-edition of the installation piece EIGHT THOUSAND MILES OF HOME, exhibited
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Organic Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Silk
H 22 in W 25 in D 90 in
Satsuma Imperial Vase "A Thousand Faces" Meiji Period
By Satsuma
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Satsuma Imperial Vase "A Thousand Faces" Meiji Period
A Japanese collectible vase, hand painted
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Thousand Flowers Porcelain Figural Vases
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Thousand Flowers Porcelain Figural Vases
Late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
A stunning
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Chinese Famille Rose Thousand Flower Pattern Shallow Porcelain Bowl Centerpiece
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese shallow porcelain bowl with a "thousand flower"" pattern that covers the bowl in such an
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Qing Dynasty Style Famille Rose Thousand Flower Pattern Decorative Bowl
Located in Queens, NY
"thousand flower" pattern that covers the bowl in such an abundant array of brightly colored florals that
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Satsuma One Thousand Faces and Dragon Meiji Period Baluster Shaped Vase
By Satsuma
Located in Tustin, CA
A very exquisite and elaborately detailed collectible antique hand made "A Thousand Faces" Japanese
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Simon Gate for Orrefors Thousand Windows Art Deco Crystal Vase, 1932
By Simon Gate, Orrefors
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Simon Gate designed "Tusen Fönster”, or Thousand Windows, series for Orrefors in 1932. It is a
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Vases
Materials
Crystal
Simon Gate for Orrefors Thousand Windows Art Deco Crystal Bowl, in Box
By Orrefors, Simon Gate
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Simon Gate designed "Tusen Fönster”, or Thousand Windows, series for Orrefors in 1932. It is a
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Decorative Bowls
Materials
Crystal
Two Thousand Year Old Han Frog Drum-Rare Chinese Rain Drum Southern China/Yunnan
Located in Ukiah, CA
Two-thousand-year old Han frog drum. Rare to find in such complete condition- usually only found in
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
H 15.25 in Dm 23.125 in
Japanese Silk Suijaku Scroll Nyorai-Kojin with Mixed Buddhism and Shinto Deities
Located in Atlanta, GA
kitchen. From the top to bottom and left to right, here is the list of the deities: Kanon with Thousand
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Wood
H 85.5 in W 33.5 in D 3 in
Moorish Handcrafted Metal Lanterns Pendants with Hand of Fatima, North Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan handcrafted metal lantern pendants.
Amazing Moorish light fixtures hand-pierced
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
H 39 in W 18.5 in D 18.5 in
Exquisite Hand-Colored Lily Prints: Botanical Study of Lilium Species from Japan
Located in Langweer, NL
thousands of hand-colored lithographs, many of which depicted exotic plants, including lilies, roses, and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
H 9.65 in W 6.42 in D 0 in
1930's French White Glass Bead and Zinc Memorial Crucifixes
Located in Hastings, GB
of wood then covered in thousands of strung, hand made opaque glass beads, to the top of each there
Category
Vintage 1930s French Rococo Religious Items
Materials
Zinc
Moroccan Handcrafted Metal Lanterns, North Africa set of 2
Located in North Hollywood, CA
lanterns.
Amazing Moorish light fixtures hand-pierced with thousands of small holes to diffuse the light
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Handcrafted Moroccan Gilt Metal Pendant, North Africa
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan lantern hand-pierced with thousands of small holes to diffuse the light through.
Pomegranate shape
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Handcrafted Moroccan Metal Orb Pendant, North Africa
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
lantern hand-pierced with thousands of small holes to diffuse the light through.
Pomegranate shape adorned
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
1910's Persian Sarouk Carpet with Modern Style
Located in Dallas, TX
wool and dyed in the colors of a thousand gardens, this hand-knotted antique Persian Sarouk rug tells a
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Empire Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Anglo-Indian Mughal Mother of Pearl Inlaid Klismos Armchair with Ram Head 1 of 2
Located in North Hollywood, CA
, they must have taken hundreds of hours to craft, imagine hand cutting thousands of pieces of mother of
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Armchairs
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl
H 34.5 in W 25 in D 21 in
Marc Fish, Vortex Dining Table, Centre Table
By Marc Fish
Located in Newhaven, GB
Vortex is a very special piece by Marc Fish. Hand crafted using thousands of pieces of veneer and
Category
2010s British Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Acrylic, Oak, Sycamore, Carbon Fiber
Moroccan Handcrafted Metal Lantern Pendant, North Africa
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted metal lantern pendant.
Amazing Moorish light fixture hand-pierced with
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug 3'10'' x 7'7''
Located in New York, NY
life Cinggis Qahan said "Let Bo'orcu govern the ten thousand of the right hand which take the Altai as
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Russian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Moroccan Moorish Handcrafted Metal Lantern Pendant
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted metal lantern pendant.
Amazing Moorish light fixture hand-pierced with
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Anglo-Indian Mughal Mother of Pearl Inlaid Side Chair with Ram's Head
Located in North Hollywood, CA
hours to craft, imagine hand cutting thousands of pieces of mother of pearl and bone into just the right
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Side Chairs
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Abalone, Shell
Art Glass Millefiori Collectable Paperweight
Located in North Hollywood, CA
in beautiful Millefiori (a thousand flowers) pattern.
Murano Venini hand blown flower design Italian
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Paperweights
Materials
Glass
Meuble Soleil Commode by François Linke
By François Linke
Located in New Orleans, LA
this work of art. Tens of thousands of hand-wrought chisel marks are visible within the ormolu frieze
Category
Early 20th Century French Louis XV Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Fine Bronze Tibetan Thousand-Hand Kwan Yin, Goddess of Compassion
Located in SOMIS, CA
details on all the heads and hands.
This is a substantial piece. Rare and extremely fine.
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
A Highly Important Antique German Meissen Porcelain Figural Mirror, 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
, birds & adorned with over one thousand hand made porcelain flowers of superb detail, 19th century
Category
Antique 19th Century German Rococo Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Materials
Porcelain, Mirror
Large Multi-Armed Brass Tibetan Buddha, Tara
Located in SOMIS, CA
A spectacular piece featuring the Tibetan "Bodhisattva with Thousand Hands". The Tara is
Category
20th Century Tibetan Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
V. Nason for Mazzega "Thousand Moons" Chandelier
By Mazzega
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic Mazzega "Thousand Moons" chandelier was designed by V. Nason, and it was
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Flower Basket of Thousand-Line Construction with Embroidered Plaiting
By Kosuge Kogetsu
Located in New York, NY
Signed underneath with incised and stained characters Kogetsu saku ??? (Made by Kogetsu).
Category
20th Century Japanese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
1932 Waring and Gillow British Sideboard Hand-Painted by Kensa Design
Located in Oxted, Surrey
refurbished to a very high standard and hand-painted by Kensa Designs.
This elegant curved sideboard is large
Category
Vintage 1930s British Sideboards
Materials
Acrylic, Lacquer, Wood
African Beaded Yoruba Chair, 20th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
created with thousands of beads hand sewn on, taking an average of three months to complete. This
Category
20th Century Nigerian Chairs
Materials
Canvas, Beads
Telarcito
By Charabati Bizzarri
Located in Mexico City, Bosques de Las Lomas
thousands of individually hand-made ceramic pieces. This work is made with 100% organic material. The clay
Category
2010s Mexican Organic Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Versailles Mirror
By Michelle Woolley Sauter
Located in Raleigh, NC
that of stained glass…and a generous sprinkling with thousands of hand set Swarovski crystals allows it
Category
2010s American Vienna Secession Decorative Art
Materials
Crystal
Victorian Rocking Horse
Located in Manchester, GB
, this horse suffered at the hands of a thousand grand nationals, escaped from millions of Apaches and
Category
Antique 1850s English Victorian Children's Furniture
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Sculpture 'Echinothrix Imago Sui' by Rowan Mersh, 2017
By Rowan Mersh
Located in London, GB
A wall sculpture hand-made using thousands of tiger sea urchin spines by English Artist Rowan Mersh.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Wall-mounted Sculptures
10th Century Buddhist Stupa
Located in Hudson, NY
directions. Each of the four sides depicts Buddha with a different hand mudra. This thousand year old stupa
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indian Antiquities
Materials
Sandstone
Pair of Massively Scaled Chinese Jade Cranes Sculpture
Located in Southfield, MI
.
Thousands of pieces of hand-carved jade make up the features of this pair. Both come with matching wooden
Category
Vintage 1970s Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Vallée Du Rift, Customizable, Digital Printing, Mural Decor, Isidore Leroy
Located in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
with thousands of small hand-made dots, requiring a lot of patience and precision in the realization
Category
2010s French Modern Wallpaper
Materials
Paper
H 98.43 in W 137.8 in D 0.01 in
Small wooden Buddha statue painted with Japanese lacquer/"Senju Kannon"/Edo
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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Doctrinally, he is Kannon Bodhisattva with a thousand hands.
The thousand hands represent the vastness of
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
H 8.31 in W 3.47 in D 2.56 in
19th Century Quilt Mini Postage Stamp-Thousands of Pieces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
thousands of pieces and multi colors. This fine museum quality quilt was found in a estate in Pennsylvania.
Category
Antique 19th Century American Country Quilts
Materials
Cotton
Pair of China Porcelain Vases with "Thousand Flowers" Design
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Pair of China Porcelain Vases with "Thousand Flowers" Design"
Pair of hand painted Chinese
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Blue and White Delft Vase in the Thousand Flowers Pattern circa 1750
Located in Katonah, NY
is hand-painted in an all around scene in the "Thousand Flowers" style of the mid-18th century. A
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Vases
Materials
Delft
Ming Dynasty Gilt Lacquered Bronze Songzi Guanyin
Located in Dallas, TX
representations of a lady in white robe and a bodhisattva with a thousand hands. The Chinese might have believed
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Artisan Handcrafted Floor Lamp "Tower Of Light", Pair Available
Located in South Burlington, VT
cut, hand hammered, and hand pierced in thousands of light emitting pin points. After attachment a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Copper
Artisan Arts & Crafts Handcrafted Floor Lamp "Tower of Light"
Located in South Burlington, VT
. Rectangular panels are individually hand cut, hand hammered, and hand pierced in thousands of light emitting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Copper
Zinc Metal Wrapped Sideboard Credenza or Buffet
Located in Rio Vista, CA
metal zinc cover secured with thousands of hand-hammered tiny nails. The zinc has a rich dark grey
Category
20th Century Indian Industrial Sideboards
Materials
Zinc
Japan Tall Gold Gilt Eleven-Arm Protection Kanon Guan Yin, Rare Find
Located in South Burlington, VT
yin statue is depicted with a "thousand" armsand hands. This is because it's said her head split open
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Fine Artisan Handcrafted Floor Lamp "Ribbon Floral" Tower
Located in South Burlington, VT
. Unusual ribbon shaped panels are individually handcut, hand-hammered, and hand pierced in thousands of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Showa Table Lamps
Materials
Copper
Vintage Moroccan Kilim
Located in New York, NY
traditional weaving techniques and cultural motifs that have been handed down for thousands of years. These
Category
20th Century Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Art Deco Style Tessellated Bone Dining Table
Located in Chicago, IL
incredible table was painstakingly hand-veneered with thousands of tiny lacquered bone mosaic tiles. Two 20
Category
Vintage 1970s Colombian Dining Room Tables
Vintage Yoruba Nigerian African Beaded Tribal Ceremonial Chiefs Arm Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
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Traditionally made for the Yoruba tribe Kings and Queens, Yoruba chairs are hand embellished with thousands of
Category
Late 20th Century Tribal Tribal Art
Materials
Glass, Hardwood, Beads
Vintage Italian 'Sarasar T' Table Lamp, Renato Toso and Roberto Pamio for Leucos
By Roberto Pamio & Renato Toso, Leucos Design Lab
Located in Zagreb, HR
thousands small hand threaded amber glass beads accented with a rim of black glass beads. Metal base and
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 22.05 in W 17.72 in L 22.05 in
Italian 1940s Gilt-Iron and Crystal Beaded Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
scrolled gilded iron frames which have been hand beaded with thousands of tiny glass beads throughout their
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Louis XV Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Iron
Rare Antique Pair of circa 1900 Mother of Pearl Inlaid Rams Head Klismos Chairs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
must have taken hundreds of hours to craft, imagine hand cutting thousands of pieces of mother of pearl
Category
Antique Early 1900s European Late Victorian Side Chairs
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Oak
H 34.85 in W 23.63 in D 20.08 in
19th Century Micromosaic 'Grand Tour' Decorative Box of Architecture Scenes
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in London, GB
Italian polychrome micromosaic plaques.
Micromosaic is a type of work consisting of thousands of tiny
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Classical Roman Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cut Glass, Oak
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At 1stDibs, there are several options of thousand hands available for sale. Each of these unique thousand hands was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, porcelain and fabric. Find 9 antique and vintage thousand hands at 1stDibs now, or shop our selection of 2 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished furniture. Thousand hands have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Thousand hands are generally popular furniture pieces, but Art Deco, Modern and Rococo styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made thousand hands over the years, but those made by Atelier Frigerio Mirva and Erté are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much are Thousand Hands?
Prices for thousand hands start at $475 and top out at $8,544 with the average selling for $2,400.