Bronze Figure of Ashinaga Holding a Lotus Garden Ornament

Signed Valton. Mastiff standing with an aggressive pose, chained. On a circular base. A later copy but still with considerable age. Finely cast.

Well cast with greyish patina.

Each seated with stylized faux marble bases. From a Palm Beach Florida Estate.

Depicting two large melons with calligraphy surmounted with lotus and flower and dragonfly. Painted in golds, reds, blues and green. Estate of John Volk, Pa...

Typical form with a ebonized wood base and now electrified for indoor use.

Stamped Milinaire Frere, Paris.

1172 Japanese hand cast finely detailed sculpture of a spread feathered peacock

Pair finely detailed hand cast Japanese bronze ducks.

A fine Japanese pair (2) of hand cast bronze "spotted" deer dating to the mid last century. Executed with finely incised and realistic ears, eyes, legs, tail, and excellent surfac...

From our recent Japanese acquisitions- a good garden candidate Japan, a large 49" tall antique cast bronze seated Kanon Maitreya, Guan-Yin in an attractive pensive pose- a good gard...

A Chinese vintage carved stone seated monk sculpture from the mid-20th century, carrying objects in his hands. Created in China, this vintage carved stone ...

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...