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A Signed Japanese Netsuke of a Monkey Riding a Turtle, Showa Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An amusing Showa Period (1926-1989) hand carved hardwood netsuke depicting a monkey riding atop a turtle, the eyes of the monkey inset with cabochon pupils, signed with etched charac...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Hardwood

An Amusing Japanese Netsuke in the Form of an Octopus, Taisho Period (1912-1925)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The hand carved & stained boxwood netsuke deftly rendered in the form of an octopus with somewhat anthropomorphic features, showing black stained eyes & furrowed brow effecting an am...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

A Fine Hand Carved & Ebonized Wood Display Stand, Japan Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely carved & ebonized plateau in the form of open framework of pine tree limbs with etched fronds, rising from an entwined root-like skirt. ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

A 19th Century Burl Root Wood Display Stand, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A striking root-wood display stand comprised of a series of entwined organic elements with various gnarled appendages, rising to support a plateau with a burled & polished surface. M...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Burl

A Diminutive Copper Alloy Head of Buddha, Thailand Sukhothai Period (1350-1400)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This Sukhothai Period copper alloy (bronze) head cast with tightly curled ‘snail shell’ hair beneath a domed ushnisha rising to a flame shaped finial - denoting an enlightened state ...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Thai Other Sculptures and Carvings

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Metal, Bronze

A Diminutive Gilt Copper Alloy Head of a Crowned Buddha, Ayutthaya Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
This 17th century Ayutthaya Period copper alloy (bronze) head of Buddha depicted in the ‘Phra Chao Song Khruang’ manner (Lord Wearing Ornaments), showing Buddha adorned with an ornat...
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Antique 17th Century Thai Other Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze, Gold Leaf

A Diminutive Japanese Bronze of Amitabha Buddha, Taisho Period (1912-1925)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A finely rendered & patinated diminutive bronze of Amitabha Buddha, 'The Enlightened One', shown wearing a flowing robe and seated in a meditative position with both hands clasped in...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Carved Yellow Soapstone Figure of Guanyin, Chinese circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely carved full length figure of 'The Goddess of Compassion, Kindness & Mercy' shown attired in flowing robes, her hair worn in high chignon with her face effecting a serene a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Soapstone

Finely Carved Soapstone Buddhist Stele of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Guanyin
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
In Indian Buddhism, Avalokiteshvara is a male Bodhisattva, however in Chinese Buddhism he takes the form of the female Bodhisattva, Guanyin - ‘The One Who Hears the Cries of the Worl...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Soapstone

A Finely Cast Standing Bronze Figure of Guanyin, 17th / 18th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The finely cast bronze figure of Guanyin - Bodhisattva Goddess of Compassion, Kindness & Mercy. Shown wearing an outer robe finely modelled with cascading folds tied at her waist, h...
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Antique 1690s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Exceptional & Highly Decorative Pair of Chinese Export Carved Giltwood Panels
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An exceptional & highly decorative pair of antique Chaozhou hand carved giltwood panels, both showing finely executed relief-carved & gilded vignettes, composed in a terraced format ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

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Giltwood

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Japanese Carved and Lacquered Wood Shogun, Edo Period, 19th Century, Japan
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Japanese Edo Period (1603-1868) Skeleton Foetus Netsuke
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Japanese Theatre Mitsumekozo Theatre Mask Meiji Period, circa 1900
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