Highly Important Wood Sculpture Fudo Myo-o 'Acala'

This wood carving sculpture origins from China, circa 1880.  

"Important Amida Buddha - Kannon Bosatsu - Lacquered / Gilded Wood - Edo Period - Japan - XVIIIth" Lacquered and gilded wooden sculpture representing kannon bosatsu* in front of an a...

Highly decorated ancient Roman round bronze hand mirror in very good condition with lovely patina without a cover. Possibly there was a held attached to it but now only the three sma...

A Rare and Important Late Roman Marble Column With a fluted spiral central column shaft rising to a carved integral capital with Corinthian ‘acanthus’ leaf decoration, the base with ...

Rare, striking (no pun intended) and top quality workmanship, antique Chinese gong with hammer. This hand-crafted Chinese gong from the early 190...

China, a carving of a canine “Pug”, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 CE Dimensions: 38 cm, 15” High Photographs taken indoors and out of doors for your viewing pleasure. The hand carved limestone beast shown on its haunches with naturalistic joyful expression and a well defined compact head, ears, noes, eyes, feet, and tail parted to one side on reverse with distinctive collar ornament seated four square on a thick base all-over showing a weathered surface from significant age. Formerly exhibited “Asia Week” New York City, Fuller Building, Hutton Gallery 2006. Provenance: ex collection luoyang, Henan Province, China. Includes custom display base as shown Catalog reference: 35 years collecting 35 treasures, Number 35, p.76 (photo) In ancient China, it is a well-known fact that several types of small dogs were bred and were favored pet gifts between emperors and kings including Lion Dogs, Pekingese and Lo-sze breeds. Some Lo-sze are pictured wearing collars with bells a frequent combination fancied by European royalty of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Lo-sze or pugs were prized for their compact body, good bones, flat face, square jaw, short coat, curled tail, side set back ears, and temperate disposition. History: Placing stone animals in important tombs can be traced back at least to the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), some two thousand years ago. In ancient times, stone animals and human figures placed before imperial tombs symbolized royal power and privilege in addition to decorative functions. The first Ming tomb...