Thai Carved Stone Green Painted Temple Wall Plaque Depicting Ceremonial Dancers

An antique Indian polychrome temple capital, with carved foliage motifs and original paint. Discover the enchanting beauty of this antique Indian temple...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period stone temple pedestal from the 19th century with hand-carved motifs. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this temple pedestal features a linear si...

A pair of Chinese sculpted and polychromed temple guardian lions architectural wood carvings. Born in China during the 18th or 19th century, each...

A large hand-carved temple sculpture from the 19th century depicting a Thai warrior holding a sword and a trident, with great distressed appearance. Creat...

A vintage Thai ceremonial carved giltwood temple guardian sculpture from the mid-20th century, with gold, black and red patina. Crafted in Thailand during the midcentury period, this...

A Thai kneeling ceremonial monk sculpture from circa 1920 with hand painted gilt and lacquer over stone. This remarkable Thai ceremonial kneeling monk sc...

This temple roof final is from the Isan region of Northern Thailand. Hand carved from teakwood into the shape of a chofa, it was used as an architectural...

Remarkable weathered aged temple fragment of a mythical warrior made of tropical hardwoods on a museum mount of black Formica with short steel rod supp...

Pair of tall Antique architectural carved wood temple truss fragments from India on stand. Wooden hand-carved fragments architectural truss temple, ...

Ancient hand carved polychrome frog and koi temple elements. As found showing original weathered age. Each element pierced on a steel rod raising above solid wood base. Frog stands...

A majestic pair of antique architectural salvaged Chinese temple corbels, now mounted as one-of-a-kind wooden sculptures on custom floor standing display pedestal stands. Originally commissioned for an important religious temple in China, the impressive large scale wall bracket corbels were notoriously difficult as they had to serve as both highly decorative temple ornaments and structural building elements used to support the weight of a wall. Hand-crafted in the early 19th century, smilarly styled design, each exceptionally hand carved, sculpted, and painted by highly trained artisans. Profusely carved and decorated, featuring very fine quality high relief work throughout, extensive bas relief, pierced openwork, rich carvings and intricate incised detailing, depicting various Chinese folk religion figures and imagery. Rising on bespoke handmade stands, consistenting of sturdy rectangular shaped thick plank plinth base embellished with foliate carvings, held upright by turned column single support. Rich in culture and history, interesting, unusual, highly decorative, whimsical and artistic, sure to add sophisticated elegance, rustic character, color, space, texture and lots of visual interest. Dimensions, largest (approx): Each: 32.5" H, 19" W, 7.25" D. Please note, the objects were sourced and transported both legally and ethically, retaining partial original red wax export seal to top. Display the three Sanxing, in their iconic representation as three, old, bearded, wise men, which dates back to the Ming dynasty, when the Gods of the three stars were represented in human form for the first time. One panel having two monumental smiling figures with hand painted eyes and tongue, the other fragment depicting four figures, seated and standing, likely Immortals, Gods, Shen deity, and other characters from ancient Chinese mythology and folklore. Both pieces with elaborate lotus and pine tree motif, a powerful symbol of wisdom and longevity. Sanxing figures are an important part of Asian culture. Statues of these three Gods...

Japanese Edo period wooden temple carving with two doves in branches. The scene is set into a frame that suggests the piece having been initially part o...