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CLOISONNE ALTAR INCENSE POT (Item No. Incense Pot 01)
Origin: Tibet or China
Age: 120 - 70 years approx
Height: 127mm (5 inches) approx
Diameter: 108mm (4.25 inches) approx
Price: £110 (including postage worldwide) -SOLD
Beautiful cloisonne altar incense burner. Designed for Tibetan stick incense rather than loose 'smudge', the sticks are normally placed in sand or ash held within the pot.
A delightful and very special sacred object for your altar or collection.
WHITE METAL OR SILVER ALLOY ALTAR OFFERING PIECE (Item No. Altar Item 01)
Origin: Mongolia
Age: 100 - 30 years approx
Height: 110mm (4.3 inches) approx
Price: £45 (including postage worldwide)
A charming altar decoration piece in two pieces with a lotus base. Filled with auspicious symbols it is suitable for putting on your own altar. A one-off, hand made ltem of sacred folk art.
WOODEN SHAMANIC SPIRIT GUARDIAN FETISH (Item No. Fetish Figure 01)
Origin: Tibet or Mongolia
Age: 600 - 400 years approx
Height: 217mm (8.5 inches) approx
Price: £95 (including postage worldwide)
Extreamly rare, ancient carved wooden fetish, possibly in the form of a naga. The fetish is in beautiful condition, although is obviously time-worn. The wood is hard and in good condition and it has a very special quality with a nice patina.
A delightful and very special sacred object for your altar or collection. Items like this only come up rarely.
FOUR FACED BRONZE BUDDHA (Item No. Rupa 001)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 220 - 150 years approx
Height: 320mm (12.5 inches) approx
Width: 205mm (8 inches) approx
Depth: 100mm (4 inches) approx
Price: £235 (including postage in UK) (Postage to places outside of the Uk at cost)
Beautiful, moderately large and heavy, finely detailed, peaceful Tibetan Buddha with four faces holding a dharma wheel. It is possible that this is a form of Amitayus the Buddha of long life, although he would normally be shown holding a long life vase not a dharma wheel. Despite extensive research I have been unable to identify him further.
The statue is in good condition with nice patina, although there is evidence of some minor repair work in its distant past, but the repairs are unobtrusive and completely stable, probably being done over 100 years ago.
A beautiful historic sacred object that would sit well on an altar or it could simply be bought as a beautiful work of art.
AVALOKITESHVARA (CHEN RESI) (Item No. Rupa 002)
Origin: Eastern Tibet or China
Age: 150 - 40 years approx
Height: 400mm (15.75 inches) approx
Width: 150mm (6 inches) approx
Depth: 100mm (4 inches) approx
Price: £195 (including postage in UK) (Postage to places outside of the Uk at cost)
Fine tall, standing statue of the Boddhisattva of compassion. The statue is of his thousand armed (although there are only 16) and eleven headed form.
The finely cast statue made of bronze with gold pigment, is in good condition with nice patina, except that one side of the flame behind him has come separated from the main body. This is quite stable and the flame is not in danger of breaking off, but it would be advisable not to pick the statue up by the flame back.
Suitable for an altar or simply enjoyed as a work of art.
TARA STATUE (Item No. Rupa 003)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 30 - 15 years approx
Height: 210mm (8.5 inches) approx
Width: 150mm (6 inches) approx
Depth: 75mm (3 inches) approx
Price: £65 (including postage in UK) (Postage to places outside of the Uk at cost)
Charming, well cast bronze and gilt (not likely to be real gold) statue of Tara. She is sitting with her legs in an unusual position that's somewhere between the Green and White Tara postures..
The casting of the statue is crisp and well detailed, and the statue is in good condition except for one small spot of slight corrosion on her bottom.
Suitable for an altar or simply enjoyed as a work of art.
TARA - THE PROTECTRESS STATUE (Item No. Rupa 004)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 25 - 10 years approx
Height: 325mm (12.75 inches) approx
Width: 170mm (6.75 inches) approx
Depth: 145mm (5.75 inches) approx
Price: £169 (including postage in UK) (Postage to places outside of the Uk at cost)
Quite large, fairly recently made, bronze and gilt (not likely to be real gilding) statue of the popular Tibetan Goddess Tara acting as a protector. She is sitting on a beast representing negative energy, and by sitting on it she is containing it and stopping it being free to cause harm.
This is a rare form of Tara, statues of her in this protective, suppressing negative energy posture are not common. The statue is nicely cast and quite heavy. The detail is crisp and clear and the dark colour of the bronze is in sharp relief with the brightness of the gilding.
A beautiful sacred object that would sit well on an altar for protection work or it could simply be bought as a beautiful work of art.
MEDICINE BUDDHA STATUE (Item No. Rupa 005)
Origin: Nepal
Age: 120 - 50 years approx
Height: 140mm (5.5 inches) approx
Width: 75mm (3 inches) approx
Depth: 60mm (2.3 inches) approx
Price: £34 (including postage in UK) (Postage to places outside of the Uk at cost)
The Medicine Buddha is the Buddha of medicine and healing, and he represents the healing aspects of the historical Buddha Sakyamuni.
This is a village cast statue and although being a little crude it has a great deal of charm. It is quite heavy for its size is in very nice condition.
Suitable for an altar or for decoration.
YELLOW DZAMBHALA (WEALTH BUDDHA) STATUE (Item No. Rupa 006)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 20 - 10 years approx
Height: 130mm (4.75 inches) approx
Width: 95mm (3.75 inches) approx
Depth: 60mm (2.3 inches) approx
Price: £55 (including postage Worldwide) - SOLD
Dzambhala is the Buddhist deity of wealth. One of the historical Buddha’s disciples, Dzambhala made a vow to assist all sentient beings by providing for their material needs. His practice is for prosperity to make you free to follow spiritual practice with out the distractions of needing material things. He holds a mongoose which vomits jewels and precious things for all who do his practice.
This is a beautiful, very fine bronze casting of a delightful quality, made in the fairly recent past. Suitable for an altar, personal practice or decoration.
YELLOW DZAMBHALA (WEALTH BUDDHA) RIDING A SNOW LION STATUE (Item No. Rupa 007)
Origin: Tibet
Age: 20 - 10 years approx
Height: 105mm (4.2 inches) approx
Width: 92mm (3.5 inches) approx
Depth: 45mm (1.75 inches) approx
Price: £55 (including postage Worldwide) - SOLD
Another aspect of Dzambhala the Buddhist wealth deity, this time he rides upon the back of a snow lion while his mongoose vomits jewels and precious things for all spiritual practitioners who need.
A beautiful, very fine bronze casting of a delightful quality, made in the fairly recent past. Suitable for an altar, personal practice or decoration.
