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Place of Origin: East Asian
Chinese Carved Ancestor Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Ancestor worship was an integral part of traditional Chinese home life. This carved figure bears the likeness of one of its original owner's important for...
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Early 19th Century Primitive Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Sculpture by Kawano Shoko
By Kawano Shoko
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary Japanese bamboo sculpture entitled Light at Dawn (Gyoko) made in 2004 by Kawano Shoko (B. 1957). This airy piece is unconventi...
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Early 2000s Modern East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Finely Carved Chinese Brush Holder Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese Rosewood brush holder (pen pot) circa late Qing dynasty. Finely carved on surface with a sitting Buddha on lotus throne holding his hands in Vitarka mu...
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19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Chinese Guan Yin Figure Early Ming Dynasty
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare Chinese Guan Yin figure, early Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Beautifully painted carved wood retaining a significant amount of its apparently or...
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15th Century and Earlier Ming Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Gilt Bronze Figure of Xi-Wang-Mu, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Kingdom
Located in Torino, IT
The queen mother of the west is cast in a seated position with her hands held before her chest holding a "gui". She is dressed in long-sleeved robes. Her face is framed by an elabora...
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1790s Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Japanese Wood and Stone Wabi Sabi Sculpture
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese wood root and stone Wabi Sabi - "The Acceptance of Transience & Imperfection" sculpture. From Kyoto, Japan. Possibly earlier than 19th cen...
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Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

19th Century Chinese Carved Wooden Altar God
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Chinese carved seated altar god was once used on the family altar to honor their ancestors. Ancestor worship plays a major role in Chinese religion. This beautifully carved figure is rich with character from a century of use with wonder signs of wear. The darken patina is created through years of burning of incense with the original gold gilt painting...
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Early 19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Paint

Large 19th Century Chinese Carved Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautifully carved Qing dynasty tea caddy from Elmwood (yumu), with floral motifs and finished with an oxblood color lacquer. The handle has a finely carved bat motif, which symbolizes good fortune. The large size is very usual and was used in a large family compound. The tea caddy is designed to hold and keep warm, large tea pot filled with tea. The tea pot’s spout comes out the front opening for pouring. The horizontal bar used as the container’s handle has a pivoting lock when open, the handle bar can be removed and closing of the pivoting lock, the handle is secure for use. The wooden tea caddy...
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Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Elm

Chinese rock crystal female immortal
Located in New York, NY
carving on fitted wooden base; carving only: 5.7in(H) x 3.75in(L) x 1in(D); overall measurements with wooden base: 6.7in(H) x 3.8in(L) x 1.6in(D)
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Early 20th Century East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Rock Crystal

Set of Two Tibetan Tsa Tsa
Located in Chicago, IL
This stack of two molded ceramic tsa tsa bricks depict Buddhist deities. Each was a meditation created in a monastery by a Buddhist monk in training. They were...
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Early 20th Century Tibetan East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Clay

Chinese Soapstone Carving of a Buddhist Village Scene, Mid-20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
The Chinese soapstone carving from the mid-20th century is depicting a village scene, is a stunning piece of art with intricate details and cultural significance. The carving showcas...
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Mid-20th Century Qing East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Soapstone

Japanese bronze of a Snail in a Naturalist Pose
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze with a brown patina representing a snail with a very interesting pose. Its angular pose suggests that it could be exposed in such a way that he would mimic a real snail going ...
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Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

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 Meiji East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Burl

Chinese Gilt Brocade Ball Fragment, c. 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-carved wooden fragment was originally a decorative element of ornate Qing-dynasty furniture or architecture. Colored by gilt pigments over an underlayer of red lacquer, the fragment depicts a silk brocade ball, commonly depicted alongside fu dog lions to symbolize high rank or power. The embroidered ball is flanked by chrysanthemum blossoms and tied with a long flowing ribbon, a sign of longevity. Elevated by a custom steel display mount, the storied fragment adds bright color and iridescence to a bookcase or table arrangement...
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Late 19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Carved Chinese Inkstone with Longevity Symbols and Marks
Located in Atlanta, GA
A black carved Chinese inkstone with an conforming oval cover circa early 20th century (late Qing to Republic period). The inkstone appears to be slate stone and was likely a She type (SheYan), one of the four famous inkstones in China that comes from She County (Anhui Province) and Wuyuan County (Jiangxi Province). It features a slight scalloping edge with elaborate surface carving that depicts the Sanxings (three beloved gods): Fu, God of Fortune (top right), Lu, God of Prosperity (top center holding a Ruyi staff) and Shou, God of Longevity (center on the lid who is holding a magical peach and a staff with a gourd with a deer at the back) . A towering evergreen pine was placed on the left with scrolling clouds and bats (the sound of bat in Chinese is Fu, the fortune). A famous Chinese couplet...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Chinese Polychrome Wooden Altar Spirit, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in wood, this 19th-century figure of a spirit paid tribute to ancestors past on a traditional altar table. Allowing the base to reflect the wood’s natural state, the artist ca...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Tomb Lady in Waiting Figurine Han Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a pottery figurine of lady in waiting, found in the tombs as funeral objects in Han dynasty of China. Generally known as Han tomb ladies, t...
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15th Century and Earlier Han Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Pottery

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 Qing East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Soapstone

Japanese Meiji Period Shibayama and Rosewood box
By Shibayama Factory
Located in Sarasota, FL
Meji period shibayama top box with rosewood body, circ 1890's. Fine carving and application. Unsigned..
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Late 20th Century Meiji East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Horn, Shell, Abalone, Rosewood

Rare 19th C. Chinese Nephrite Spinach Jade Carved Arrow Vase on Carved Wood Base
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Rare 19th Century Chinese Nephrite Spinach Jade Hand-Carved Arrow Vase with its Original Carved Wood Base. Nephrite is one of the two dis...
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19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Jade

18th Century Chinese Stone Artefact
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This double sided hitching post was used to stall horses for short period of times. They are found throughout China and made during centuries. This hardstone example dates from the 1...
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Early 18th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Japanese Lacquered and Gilt Wood Buddhism Statue from Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional and wood statue of Buddhism Guardian Seitaka Doji from Japan circa Edo period (1603-1868), likely the earlier part of 17th century. One of two chief attendants of Fudou Myouou (the other being Kongara Doji), the name of Seitaka Doji is a transliteration of Sanskrit "Cetaka", meaning servant, slave, and he is said to personify expedient action. He is most commonly found on the right side of Fudou, together with Kongara Doji on the left, forming the Immovable triad, Fudou Sanzon, the terror of evil doers. Seitaka largely adheres to the iconography of a wrathful youth with fleshy body and face, skin in the color of a red lotus, has his hair tied in five knots, and holds a vajra in his left hand and a vajra-club in his right hand, but the actual artistic representations of him in Japan do...
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17th Century Japonisme Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Metal

19th Century Chinese Inkstone
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 19th century Chinese Inkstone. The upper part decorated with floral lotus motives serving as water basin. The Inkstone was one of the four principal ele...
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Early 19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Large Chinese Original Bronze Figure of Guanyin
Located in Southall, GB
This large original bronze figure of Guanyin, depicting the bodhisattva with a sea dragon, is an exquisite example from the Qing dynasty, likely refl...
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19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Drum Form Column Bases, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These 19th century column bases likely figured into the grand and imposing surroundings of a Qing-dynasty courtyard, flanking the entryway with their protective presence. Carved from...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Limestone

Japanese Sculpture Okimono of a Dutchman, Dutch Colonial, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An extremely rare wood Japanese Okimono of a Dutchman playing with a bat Edo period, 18th-19th century or earlier The Dutchman is standing and h...
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Early 18th Century Edo Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

19th Century Chinese Carved Figure
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century Chinese carved figure. While this sculpture may be small it isn't lacking in its attention to detail. Across the chest of the figure you cans see two overlapping carved...
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19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Pair of Petite Mythical Qilin Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite their muscular frames and fearsome expressions, these petite stone beasts are actually the benevolent creatures known as qilin. Also known as kirin or Chinese unicorns...
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21st Century and Contemporary East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Limestone

19th Century Nephrite Jade Carved Plaque on Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
This carved Nephrite Jade plaque of a mythical best has the attributes of a dragon and a fish leaping from the water. Carved we believe in the late 18th or early 19th century to be u...
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19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Jade

Chinese Stone Shoemaker's Weight with Zhu Bajie, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved of stone, this object would have been used in a shoemaker’s shop to press down large pieces of leather. Doubling as a handle, the central figure depicts the curious figure of a man with pig-like facial features holding a rake. The figure is Zhu Bajie, a character from the Ming-dynasty novel “Journey to the West...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Chinese spinach jade dish
Located in New York, NY
quatrefoil design
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Early 20th Century East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Jade

Reclining Ho Ho Boy Charm Weight, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century weight originally used its heft domestically to protect a child. A simple yet ingenious concept, the stone anchored the baby’s swaddling cloth to the bed so the chi...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Ceramic

A Japanese Bronze Monkey Smoking A Pipe
Located in Dallas, TX
A Japanese bronze monkey smoking a pipe. Early 20th century
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Early 20th Century Edo East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Antique Japanese Carved Village Buddha Enku Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A carved wood buddha with lacquered surface in the style of Erku (1632–1695), a monk from Edo period who was famous for hand-carving Buddha statues in a primitive style. From a single wood block of what appears to be cedar, the standing buddha was carved in an unpolished manner with exposed knife strokes that effectively depicted a subtly smiling face and the folding of the cascading robes. The rustic style is full of Mingei charm being a great example of Japanese Buddhism...
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18th Century Edo Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

carved Chinese agate cover jar
Located in New York, NY
carved in high relief with floral motif
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Mid-20th Century East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Agate

Chinese Charm Token Shoe with Compartment, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally tucked in a pocket as a charm, this tiny shoe was kept close at hand as a talisman for marital happiness. Meticulously carved from wood, the shoe is decorated with a double happiness symbol, the traditional symbol for conjugal bliss. A lovely Valentine’s Day or anniversary gift, the charm has a compartment ready to be filled with a note or small gift...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Pine

Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese stoneware day bed model circa Ming dynasty (15th-17th century). The miniature models were traditionally made as burial offering objects. Pottery models of daily life necess...
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16th Century Ming Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stoneware

19th Century Asian Architectural Fragment
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 19th century Asian stone architectural fragment. This intriguing sculpture probably had a utilitarian function as a water deposit. As often in China prac...
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Early 19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Early 19th Century Chinese Carved Agate Urn Set on a French Gilt Base
Located in Hudson, NY
This fine Chinese urn carving from the early 19th century has been in the late 19th century placed on a carved wood base that has been gilded creating a dramatic foil for the carving...
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Early 19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Agate

Contemporary Wooden Kimono Sculpture Carved in Japanese Elm by Toru Kaizawa
By Toru Kaizawa
Located in London, GB
This hand-carved wooden kimono sculpture is a contemporary piece of art made by award-winning artist Toru Kaizawa. Entitled “Hagi”, this piece was cre...
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2010s Other East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Elm

Chinese Pair of Wood Carved and Polychrome Sculptures of Chinese Warriors
Located in Marbella, ES
Chinese pair of wood carved and polychrome sculptures of Chinese warriors.
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19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Bronze Meditating Daruma
Located in Chonburi, TH
This 19th-century Japanese bronze Daruma statue is a striking and contemplative representation of Bodhidharma, the revered founder of Zen Buddhism. Cast in bronze with exceptional de...
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19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Meiji period bronze plaque.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century (Meiji period 1868-1912) patinated and gilded bronze plaque depicting four men looking into the sky, two under a Palm tree, the other two standing next to a Tiger and holding a smoking vessel...
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Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

Finely Carved Japanese Okimono on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Okimono (Japanese means artsy display ornament object) displayed on a small custom wood stand from Meiji Period circa early 2oth century. T...
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Early 20th Century Japonisme East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Monkey Suaka
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture of a monkey laying on a golden brass tray adorned with copper leaves. This sculpture is made of sentoku and shibuchi bronze with a very interesting suaka patina. ...
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Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

A Chinese hand carved agate hardstone figure group on stand circa 1930
Located in Central England, GB
This amazing Chinese carving has been cut from a single large boulder grey agate hardstone which has some brown and black veins and inclusions which the artist carver had cleverly us...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Agate

Antique Chinese Gourd Wooden Bottle
Located in New York, NY
Antique Magic Chinese Gourd Wooden Bottle. A double gourd shaped wooden bottle believed to carry magic and medicine for the immortals. Carved sculpted pi...
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1890s Qing Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Woven Bamboo Sculpture by Honda Syoryu
By Honda Shoryu
Located in Atlanta, GA
Entitled "Rhythm", this abstract sculpture was made by Japanese bamboo artist Honda Syoryu (Japanese, born 1951) in 2005. The free vertical form defies the limit of the traditional material bamboo as a rigid medium, and instead displays a nearly impossibly fluidity. Rooted in ages of tradition of Japanese basket weaving, the artist managed to break that ikebana tradition using bending and twisting techniques to create a pure sculptural work. The work is a testament of how traditional craft can be reinvented into modern art form. Signed with carved signature "Syoryu" underneath. The sculpture is displayed on a custom-made stand and can be appreciated from all angles. It comes with its original box and cloth, with label and Japanese inscription as shown. Provenance: Purchased in 2005 from Tai Modern...
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Early 2000s Organic Modern East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Bamboo

Antique Chinese Carved Teak Sailing Boat Centerpiece, circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Chinese carved teak sailing boat centerpiece, Circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Teak

Han Dynasty Stick Figure from Xian
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This Han pottery figure of a foot soldier is molded and engraved with facial details. It has been fired at high temperatures. The color pigments are painte...
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15th Century and Earlier Han Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Terracotta

Vintage Bean Beater, Natural Wood Branch, Japanese, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Bean Beater, natural wood branch, Japanese, mid-20th century A natural branch shaped like a wishbone. A kitchen tool to shuck beans by "beating"...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood, Hardwood

Monumental Chinese Buddhist Mountain Monastery Soapstone Carving, 20th Century
Located in Islamabad, PK
The Monumental Chinese Buddhist Mountain Monastery Soapstone Carving is a masterful work of art that encapsulates the grandeur and spiritual significance of Chinese Buddhist archite...
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Late 20th Century Qing East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Soapstone

Large 19th century Chinese Carved Wooden Tea Caddy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautifully carved Qing dynasty tea caddy from Elmwood (yumu), with floral motifs and finished with an oxblood color lacquer. The large size is very usual and was used in a large family compound. The tea caddy is designed to hold and keep warm, large tea pot filled with tea. The tea pot’s spout comes out the front opening for pouring. The horizontal bar used as the container’s handle has a pivoting lock when open, the handle bar can be removed and closing of the pivoting lock, the handle is secure for use. The wooden tea caddy...
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Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Elm

Old Rare Wooden Sculpture "Sleeping Chinese Baby"
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Enjoyable wooden statue with a smiling sleeping Chinese baby, with the head resting on a pillow. This was used as a head rest for elaborate hairstyles of ...
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Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Hardwood

Shakyamuni, the Original Buddha Sculpted in Schist Stone, Originally from a Cave
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Shakyamuni, the original Buddha sculpted in schist stone. Originally from a cave. Sui dynasty '589-618' AD Gautama Buddha, also known as Siddhartha or simply the Buddha. He was an a...
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15th Century and Earlier Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Schist

Japanese Noh Mask
Located in Chonburi, TH
This Japanese Noh mask is a finely crafted example of traditional theatrical art, hand-carved from wood and featuring a serene, enigmatic expression typical of classical Noh performa...
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20th Century Showa East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Sculpture Honma Hideaki
By Honma Hideaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
A bamboo table top sculpture by Japanese bamboo artist Honma Hideaki (b. 1959) made in early 2000s. The basket form sculpture was a creative ikebana and could be used as such or simply as a okimono (decorative piece). The piece is of an unusual oval dish form with the wall irregularly outlined with bent bamboo, thousand-line construction form the upper part of the wall and the patterned twining was added in the lower part to give it a visual shift from airiness to solidity. A large piece of bamboo was selected as the base. Signed "Hide" underneath. An American Midwest collection. Honma Hideaki was born in Sado, Niigata prefecture. He studied under Honma Kazuaki...
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Early 2000s Organic Modern East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bamboo

Japanese Art Glass Sculptural Vessel by Kyohei Fujita
By Kyohei Fujita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A free standing glass sculpture in an open vessel form by Kyohei Fujita (1921-2004). The striking piece features an organic body with alternative strips of blue, white and transparent strips with gold sparkle inlays. The rim takes a free biomorphic form that resembles bone structure. It is etch signed underneath. The vessel was made in the earlier period of the artist's career before he dedicated most of his work to the "magical box...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

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Art Glass

Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Chair Models
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Chinese stoneware horseshoe cross chairs circa Ming dynasty (15th-17th century). The miniature models were traditionally made as burial offeri...
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16th Century Ming Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Ceramic Glazed Guardian Ming Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stoneware figure depicting a seated armored warrior with a striking pose circa 15th-17th century. He is likely one of the four heavenly kings, th...
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16th Century Ming Antique East Asian Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stoneware

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