Colorful Set of Three Framed Hand-Painted Hand Glazed Dutch Flower Tiles

An attractive Chinese pair (2) of richly crackle glazed garden stools (garden seats), ornately black hand painted with a handsome leaf design . Beautifully executed and ready for y...

Magnificent Swan Pair "Mates for Life" A fine matched pair (2) of large scale Japanese original hand-cast and hand painted garden swans from the 1930s-194...

Unique one-of-a-kind Studio Creation- an unusual opportunity Tall, old and all handmade and hand painted rabbit sculpture handcrafted and hand paint...

China, an authentic antique hand-carved and hand-painted limestone temple figure of the venerable lohan, Kasyapa. This beautiful Buddhist sculpture will bring serenity and timeless style to your home, office, sacred space, or garden Substantial dimensions: 35 inches high and 12 inches wide Handmade and hand-carved, solid limestone with weathered remnants of older temple paint as applied by the temple from where it originally came, Chengdu, China. Head and hands are later replacements. Stone statues like these were regularly - refreshed- by the temple monks. In our extensive travels to western china we saw many instances of old stone figures like this with varying degrees of paint refreshing, ,replacement of heads as this one, and periodic refreshment by the temple monks to maintain a seemingly new appearance. Please note the offering cavity on his back side- undoubtedly used by patrons to place offering scripts or perhaps food as a sign of respect and veneration. This enjoyable character would make a fine garden presentation or special indoor choice. Only one. Provenance: Originally from a collector in Chengdu, China, acquired by us directly from this collection around 2002 on one of our many visits to that part of historic China. About Kasyapa: Kasyapa is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. He was one of the seven ancient sages considered as Saptarishis in Sanskrit texts and Indian mythologies. He is the most ancient rishi listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and called a self-made scholar in the Atharvaveda. He was based in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, and legends attribute the region of Kashmir to be derived from his name. One of the more frequently depicted lohans in Chinese sculpture is Kasyapa, a cousin to the Buddha. Throughout Six dynasties...

Pink flowers Extraordinary natural stone work of art, one of a kind. This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" suggestive of a likeness of flowers and another world space features light and dark colors, pinks, white, cream, yellow and dark green. This is called a dream stone Shih-Hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble...

A handsome quality tall sturdy old "Iris, Flowers & Vines" tea garden lantern in a convenient portable size. May be suspended from loop or installed on any surface using the three...

1990s Portuguese hand painted glazed ceramic panel with late Baroque Rococo style flower planter.

Classical 1990s Portuguese hand painted glazed ceramic panel of a woman with two geese on a leash. They are represented on a base, as if it was a group sculp...

Set of three Dutch terracota low round planters finished in white crackled glaze finish. PTMD stamped on bottom.

Set of four stoneware tiles with sgraffito flower design created by Stan Bitters for Hans Sumph. Tiles measure approximately 5.75" square by .50" deep and are unsigned. In very good ...

Pair of Asian yellow glazed porcelain urns with lids and decorated with Chinese inscriptions.

Pareja de tibores de ceramica vidriada rosada con tapa y letras chinas. Asia.