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Place of Origin: East Asian
Japanese antique stone Buddha “Nyoirin Kannon”/1750-1850/garden ornament
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This Buddha is called "nyoi-rin-kannon" in Japanese.
It is a Buddha statue that grants wishes as you wish and removes suffering.
This sitting figure with his hands on his cheeks show...
Category
Mid-18th Century Edo Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Stone Buddha with Smiling Countenance 37 lb
Located in Somis, CA
LAST ONE! A beautiful solid stone statue of Buddha Amitabha. The face broad in Tang dynasty style, with downcast eyes and long earlobes, neatly coiled ha...
Category
20th Century Tang East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Small stone Buddha made in the Edo period in Japan/18th to 19th century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This small stone Buddha dates back to the Edo period (around 1603–1868), and the moss and weathering on the surface of the stone quietly tell the story of time’s passage. Made from s...
Category
18th Century Edo Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Lucky Chinoiserie Blue and White Ceramic Elephant Plant Stand or Garden Statue
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful blue and white ceramic elephant plant stand or garden statue. This piece features an elephant shown with the trunk up. (In South...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie East Asian Statues
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Chinoiserie Ceramic Lucky Elephant Plant Stand in Green and Cream
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small chinoiserie ceramic lion garden statue or plant stand. A wonderful way to add a touch of In South East Asian decor to a space. (Fun Fact: Ele...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie East Asian Statues
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Japanese Antique Stone Garden Kanon Guan Yin in Royal Ease 19thc.
Located in South Burlington, VT
Big, Beautiful And Signed
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions
An early and hard to find Japanese hand carved stone Kanon in a mudra of contemplation. Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu is b...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Cast Stone Garden Pagodas A Pair
Located in Bradenton, FL
Beautiful large pair of Japanese cast concrete Pagoda Garden Statues. These statues are made of durable, weather resistant concrete and have a muted stone-gray appearance with subtle...
Category
Late 20th Century Japonisme East Asian Statues
Materials
Concrete
Antique Pair of Late Ming Dynasty Silk Road Carved Stone Guardian Lions
Located in Kastrup, DK
Rare pair of large Chinese carved stone foo dog guardian lions. Originated from a house of a mandarin (a public official in the Chinese Empire), located on The Silk Road.
Here they were placed in front of the gate, with the gate doors mounted on the base behind the lions.
The pair consist of a male with a ball on his back, and a female holding a puppy. The ball represents the world and the puppy represents nature or a nurturing spirit.
One stand lightly carved with a horse, the other with a deer. The front of the stand is carved with camel...
Category
17th Century Ming Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Huge Colored Glaze Ceramic Foo Dog
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese antique colored glaze ceramic lion statuary are hand made and hand carved in Museum quality. According to historical books, lion...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Chinese Vintage Carved Stone Horse Statue/Sculpture
Located in Pomona, CA
This vintage Chinese noble steed horse sculpture is hand craft with exquisite detail which was very common in horse sculptures crafted during the Tang Dynasty. Especially for imperia...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Vintage Oriental Blue & White Large Foo Dog Terracotta Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful vintage blue & white foo dog. No chips or breaks. Incredible details. Dimensions: 18 H x 16 W x 9 D.
Category
1940s Hollywood Regency Vintage East Asian Statues
Materials
Terracotta
American Large Bronze Sensual Beauty By Important Midcentury Sculptor
Located in South Burlington, VT
An important large scale hand cast bronze sculpture of a sensual nude woman signed Benson and dated 1939 by mid century American sculptor Stuart Benson (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Statues
Materials
Bronze
Extraordinary Hand-Carved Stone Statues of the Four Arts
Located in Rome, IT
Rare set of sculptures composed by a set of the four female figures representing The Arts.
Music, Painting , Architecture ,Sculpture.
Measures: Height cm 150
Very good original con...
Category
20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Carved Stone Foo Dog Guardian Lion Sculpture
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period carved stone foo dog guardian lion from the 19th century, on square base. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this st...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Silver Bronze Guan Yin Statue 7 Lb Avalokiteshvara Compassion
Located in Somis, CA
A large 7.15 lb Republic era silver bronze statue of the Goddess of Compassion Guan Yin. Seated on lotus throne, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is depicted in the most traditional fashi...
Category
20th Century Qing East Asian Statues
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Chinese Elephant Form Porcelain Garden Seats
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pair of Chinese Elephant Form Porcelain Hand-Painted Garden Seats. These garden seats are hand-painted with intricate details and showcase Chinese motifs including florals and geom...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Garden Sculpture of a Crane w/ Lotus Flower Atop a Dragon Turtle, China
Located in Atlanta, GA
20th Century Garden Statue of Bronze intricately detailed and fine quality, China, 1950s.
The sculpture depicts a tall and elegant crane poised and holding a lotus flower in its be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Bronze
Two Japanese Handcrafted Terracotta Sculptures Indoor or Outdoor Use
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Set of two Japanese handmade terracotta female sculptures with musical instruments, early 20th century. These beautiful sculptures are for indoor or outdoor use.
Both pieces are in g...
Category
Early 20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Terracotta
China Pair Monumental Antique Stone Spirit Pathway Tigers, Qing period 1750-1850
Located in South Burlington, VT
China Monumental Pair (2) Antique Stone “Spirit Pathway” Tigers, middle Qing period 1750-1850.
Dimensions: 115cm, 46” high and 60cm, 24” in width.
Likely utilized as spirit pathway tomb markers, these powerful, benign carved sitting effigies perched on haunches and front paws with round heads and faces exposing defined eye sockets, ears and two fangs a top bases that feature curled tails on side each whole atop a block shaped base and hand-carved from limestone whose surfaces show considerable weatherization from exposure and good age.
Reference: 35 Years Collecting 35 Treasures, Schneible Fine Arts catalog Number 30, p. 66.
Provenance: originally found in Fujian Province. Fujian has the distinction of being home to China’s last remaining wild tigers and famous “tiger” mountain. No wonder then that these early stone works...
Category
Late 18th Century Qing Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
A Japanese Bronze Garden Statue Of A Crane
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Bronze Garden Statue Of A Crane, Japanese
Realistically modelled with natural verdigris.
Provenance: John Dunn Antiques.
Category
Mid-20th Century Meiji East Asian Statues
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Antique Chinese Carved Wood Foo Dog Statues
Located in London, GB
A large and extremely impressive pair of antique Chinese carved wood foo dog statues. They date from the 19th century and are genuine antiques, not to be confused with the many contr...
Category
1850s Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Wood
Chinese Carved Stone Garden Guardian Lion
Located in Sheffield, MA
The features of this stone Foo lion has been softened by being exposed to the elements for many centuries. Still a very handsome sculptural specimen made from carved stone, it is kno...
Category
18th Century Archaistic Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Chinese Navy Glazed Porcelain Parrot Statue
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese glazed porcelain statue of a navy blue parrot with a brown beak and talons perched atop green grasses.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Stone Fu Dog Guardian Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-carved from a single block of limestone, this stone fu dog sits at attention as a watchful guardian of the home. He exudes a remarkable sense of life and energy - crouched on al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Japanese Tall Bronze Lady with a Summer Hat, Isao
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan a lovely, sensitive tall hand cast bronze sculpture of a woman displaying her summer hat on a summer day stroll.
Designed and cast by by noted Japanese mid century sculptor T...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Statues
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Green Glazed Porcelain Parrot Statue
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese glazed porcelain statue of a green parrot with a gray beak and talons perched atop matching green grasses.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved Limestone Head of the Buddha, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sensitively carved limestone monumental head of the Buddha, China, mid-20th century.
The large carved limestone head displays a quiet sensuousness typical of the Northern Qi style, and follows Northern Qi stylistic conventions, with an oval shaped head covered in pinwheel shaped curls. His full lips...
Category
Mid-20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Mid-20th Century Carved Wooden Gilt Standing Thai Buddha Statues, Set of 4
Located in Pomona, CA
Set of 4 Thai hand carved wooden standing Buddha set on display stands. Beautifully carved and gilt in details. Dated Mid-20th Century. Great addition to any collection or eye-catchi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Wood
Pair of Carved Stone Chinese Pagodas with Figural Decoration
Located in Milford, NH
A fine pair of carved stone Chinese pagodas with square bases decorated with Buddha figures on the front, and incised figures around each side. Each pagoda can easily be disassembled...
Category
20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Pair of Chinese Stone Guardian Lions
Located in Chicago, IL
Often referred to as “Fu Dogs” in western culture, these handsome stone sentinels are iconic gatekeepers seen throughout China and elsewhere in Asia. Traditional symbols of protectio...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Multicolor Glazed Porcelain Pheasant Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Mid 20th Century) porcelain sculpture of a pheasant with colorful, gold-outlined plumes perched on a rocky formation of green and brown.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Large Antique Stone Garden Kanon Guan Yin in Royal Ease 19thc, signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Big, Beautiful And Signed
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions
An early and hard to find Japanese larger scale hand carved stone Kanon in a mudra of contemplation. Nyoirin Kannon ...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Japanese Garden Bamboo Pagoda Shrine with Carved Stone Animal
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Japanese bamboo Pagoda shrine with carved marble animal figure.
Category
Mid-20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Marble
Chinese Stone Garden Sculpture of Welcoming, Happy Buddha
Located in Hudson, NY
Chinese carved garden sculpture of welcoming, happy Buddha. Carved white marble.
Category
20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Marble
Giant Granite Fish, Neolithic Style
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful Neolithic style fish is carved from a single boulder. Its design is typical of China's ancient Red Mountain Culture. The stone has a brownish green color and the texture of polished granite...
Category
20th Century Primitive East Asian Statues
Materials
Granite
Japan Smiling Ebisu -Carved Garden Stone Effigy of God of Prosperity
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan, an old early 20th century hand-carved stone image of Ebisu one of Japan's seven lucky gods signifying prosperity, good business, and patron of fishermen, circa 1920. He sits ...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Chinese Foo Dogs
Located in Dallas, TX
Here we offer a pair of Chinese Guardian Lions, often called "Foo Dogs." Chinese Guardian Lions are a symbol of power and protection.
Category
18th Century Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Japanese Big Antique Stone Garden Kanon Guan Yin in Royal Ease 19thc 24 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions
An early and hard to find Japanese larger scale hand carved stone Kanon in a mudra of contemplation. Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu is beautifully depi...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Tranquil Chinese Stone Bodhisattva Head
Located in Chicago, IL
Exuding an energy of calm and tranquility, this larger-than-life stone bust depicts a Buddhist bodhisattva in serene meditation. A disciple of the Buddha, a bodhisattva is a compassi...
Category
20th Century Qing East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Antique Chinese Bronze Guanyin Statue 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Bronze top level Chinese statue
Qing period, 19th century.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze, Metal & Cloisonne
Type: Statues
Region of Origin: China
Period: 19th century
C...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Porcelain
A pair of palatial carved white marble Chinese Lions
Located in Dallas, TX
A large and impressive pair of palatial Chinese hand carved large and heavy Chinese lions. These lions were used as a symbol of good fortune and to keep away evil spirits . Very heav...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Marble
Pair of Chinese Guardian Lion Dogs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of monumental Fu-Lions, also known as shizi, once would have flanked the entrance to a Qing-dynasty home in China’s Shanxi province. One has a pearl under its foot, and the...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Pair of Early 16th Century Granite Ram Garden Sculptures
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of early 16th century granite ram garden sculptures.
Category
16th Century Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Granite
Pair of Stone Foo Dogs Candle Holder Garden Statues
Located in Somis, CA
A pair of magnificent stone foo dogs, meticulously hand-carved from solid stone. Their muscular forms, wide eyes, and open mouths while adorable convey ...
Category
20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Important Massive Ancient Japanese Stone Sculpture Double Jizo Buddha
Located in South Burlington, VT
Large work of garden art, 18th/19th century, 200 years old
Japanese stone rectangular plaque Jizo Bosatsu in unusual "double Jizo" Desojin panel form. It stands tall in a fine m...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Granite
Stone Standing Buddha Guan Yin Silk Road Tang Style
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, finely carved Tang dynasty Silk Road style solid stone statue of Goddess of Compassion Guan Yin Avalokitwshavara. The bodhisattva is sho...
Category
20th Century Tang East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
Antique Chinese Glazed Guardian Lion Foo Dogs, a Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent pair of large antique Chinese porcelain temple Guardian Lions - Foo Dogs. The near matching male and female pair of handcrafted arc...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Porcelain
China Antique Pair "Spirit Path" Horse Sculptures, Ming Dynasty 500 Years Old
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a monumental pair (2) of 500 year old lime stone “Spirit Path” Equine horse head sculptures.
Ming dynasty, (1368-1644 CE).
A pair of near life size and robust head sections with fine, wavy combed manes, well defined mouths, ears, nostrils, and ornamental bridles, all carved in a medium to dark gray limestone with considerable weathering to surfaces. The smaller head with a later inscription on bottom and signed “Zhuang”.
Formerly exhibited “Treasures from Asia”, Shelburne Vermont, Shelburne Art Center, 2006. Originally found in the vicinity of the village of Chuan near Luoyang City, Henan Provance, China.
Each mounted on a custom iron display stand.
Dimensions:
A the smaller 32.5cm, 13” high and 62.5cm, 25” in length and with display stand, 60cm, 24” high;
b the larger 37.5cm, 15” high and 67.5cm, 27” in length and with display stand
65cm, 26” high.
Please view additional photographs from our Chinese antiquities catalog 35 Years Collecting 35 Treasures, page 60.
History:
Placing stone animals and human figures along spirit paths in front of 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. Life size “spirit path” stone horse sculptures are known and can be viewed from Ming dynasty tombs including thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over an area of forty square kilometers in Changping District to the northwest of Beijing.
The first Ming tomb...
Category
16th Century Ming Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Antique Ming Revival Immortal Qing or Republic Chinese Statue, 1900 Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
China, finely carved statue of an immortal, in the style of Ming period pieces. Ca 1900.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: China
Condition: Han...
Category
19th Century Ming Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Bronze Midcentury Sculpture "Sweet Child” Zenmoto
Located in South Burlington, VT
Mid Century Signed Discovery
Japan a charming sweet little girl bundled in a thick coat with a ribboned coat tie that almost hides her happy face, hand mufflers, and top of face her...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Statues
Materials
Bronze
Japan Important 1939 Bronze Life-Size "Seaman with Cape" Museum Work, Koga Tadao
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan an important life-size , early period sculpture of a muscular working man dated to 1939 and entitled "Seaman with a Cape", by mid century master sculptor Koga Tadao...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Statues
Materials
Bronze
20th Century Marble Kwan-Yin Statue with Child and Foo Dog
Located in Stamford, CT
Carved Marble Kwan-Yin Statue with child and foo dog ca 1977 from main land China. Hard to find a Kwan-Yin statue with both child and foo dog its a fantastic piece. This statue would...
Category
Late 20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Marble
20th Century Chinese Bronze God of Warrior Guan Gong Statuary
Located in Pomona, CA
Take look at this magnificent Chinese Antique carved bronze guan gong statuary. It shows very detailed carving works on it. It is all hand made and hand carv...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Bronze
Catalog Gerard Hawthorn Oriental Art Chinese Art Porcelain Bronze Statue, 17/18c
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Hawthorn oriental art catalogue. Great research catalog.
Additional information:
Material: Paper
Type: Statues
Region of Origin: China
Period: 17th century, 18th century
China Dynas...
Category
17th Century Ming Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Paper
Pair of 18th/19th Century Solid Teak Foo Dogs, Opposing, Statuary
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pair of 19th century / 1930s solid teak foo dogs, statuary.
A pair of finely carved from one sold piece of wood ancient opposing foo dogs. The dogs have uniquely expressive faces ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Gold Wooden Buddha Statues
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese gold, carved wooden Buddha figures seated atop floral and red platform bases (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Statues
Materials
Wood
18th Century Chinese Stone Guardian Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This ancient stone guardian lion shizi was carved by hand out of a single block of limestone. The artisan beckoned the guardian out from the stone, manipulating the unyielding materi...
Category
Early 18th Century Qing Antique East Asian Statues
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Stone Warrior Statue with Fu Dog
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-carved stone statue depicts a fearsome Chinese warrior or general, clad in armor with a chest plate and fu dog sleeves. He stands atop a reclinin...
Category
20th Century East Asian Statues
Materials
Stone
