Vintage Asian Wood Carving Four-Faced Guanyin Buddha Head Statue

This Old Chinese Wood Carving Standing Buddha Statue Pendent is a significant artifact that combines artistic craftsmanship with profound spiritual symbolism. The standing posture of the Buddha represents readiness and active engagement with the world. It symbolizes the Buddha's teaching and his compassion for all sentient beings. The serene and calm expression on the Buddha's face signifies inner peace, enlightenment, and compassion. The pendent often symbolizes spiritual protection, blessings, or particular virtues associated with the Buddha. It may also signify specific attributes or stories from the Buddha's life. Wood carvings have been an integral part of Chinese Buddhist art, reflecting the regional styles and historical periods. The use of wood for religious sculptures has a long tradition, often found in temples, monasteries, and private collections. This statue serves as a timeless reminder of the Buddha’s compassion, wisdom, and dedication to the path of enlightenment. A depiction of the Buddha vase...

This Chinese Vintage Wood Carving features a beautifully handcrafted Sitting Green Tara Buddha Statue, radiating serenity, compassion, and protectio...

Large 20th century Chinese head of Guanyin. This piece is quite large and has been hand crafted by a skilled artisan from a single log. It measures 27 1/2” ...

A most impressive fine quality large antique patinated bronze South Asian Buddha head. Add a touch of relaxed warmth, elegant tranquility and harmony with this rare striking authentic life-size Buddha head. Almost certainly originating as a full-body Buddhist monastery temple statue, dating to the 19th century or earlier, likely Tibetan or Nepalese, finely detailed throughout with special attention to realistic proportions, facial features and serene expression, depicted with slightly angular closed eyes, thin arched eyebrows flanking wisdom eye, elongated pierced ears, and traditional curly snail hair with cranial protuber-ance (ushnisha) rising from the top of the head, indicating his vast wisdom. PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION: Acquired from the highly reputable auction house, J. Garrett Auctioneers, Dallas, Texas. Turtle Creek & Dallas Estates catalog. Garrett was pleased to present the contents of a fine Turtle Creek estate. Property seized from JMJ Development, the Dallas development firm controlled by Tim Barton and set to become the first Mandarin Oriental hotel in Dallas. DIMENSIONS: (approx) 14" Tall, 10" Wide, 8" Deep CONDITION REPORT: Beautifully aged warm rich dark patina. Strong, sturdy, stable, structurally sound. Wear consistent with age, use, handling and exposure, including scattered oxidation and buildup, small minor holes around the neck from where the neck would have attached to the body. --- We here at Lynx Hollow Antiques have a special fascination with religious antiques, and have an extensive collection, crossing all religions, regions and periods. From Thai Ayutthaya, Burmese, or other Southeast Asian Buddha and Buddhavista figures, ancient Chinese and Japanese carving, relics, important temple or church architectural salvage building elements, early Santos, icons, altar tables, tabernacle, to primitive folk art paintings...