Zentner Collection: Antique Japanese Tansu, Asian Works of Art
pages:    Previous   1 4 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 20   Next   
Antique Tibetan Mechag Flint Pouch
Antique Tibetan Mechag Flint Pouch
Antique Tibetan flint carrying pouch (also mechag or chuck muck), made of leather with plaques of repousse silver with inlaid turquoise front medallion. Motifs of filigree are seen through the silver plating with a pair of diving swallows. The backside of the pouch with heavy studs. The top of the pouch is fitted with a ring for suspending from the wearer's belt.

19th century

Dimensions: 5" L x 1 1/2" D x 3 1/2" H
item #1399506
$1,250.00
Tibetan 18th Century Green Tara Thangka
Tibetan 18th Century Green Tara Thangka
Antique Tibetan thangka painting of Green Tara, one of the manifestations of the bodhisattva of protection. The central figure of Green Tara is flanked by bodhisattvas while the Amitabha Buddha is seated directly above her head. Below Tara are a fierce deity with mortal attendants carrying offerings. Thangka translates to “that which can be rolled up”, as traveling monks could easily carry them from place to place to use as a teaching tool.

18th century... Click for details
item #1396536
Sold
Antique Nepalese Buddhist Ceremonial Shrine Painting
Antique Nepalese Buddhist Ceremonial Shrine Painting
A long Buddhist religious painting, the top corners with remnants of the fixtures once used for hanging from the ceiling so both paintings are visible. One side of the cloth is painted with hanging human and animal skulls and skins intertwined. Skeletal faces of the Citipati hang amongst the human heads, their skeletal form serving as a reminder of the impermanence of life and eternal change. Below the hanging heads and skins are lingzhi clouds carrying the bodhisattvas with their heavenly... Click for details
item #1396037
Sold
Pair of Sino-Tibetan Silver Offering Cups
Pair of Sino-Tibetan Silver Offering Cups
Antique pair of Sino-Tibetan footed silver offering cups. Decorated with repousse floral motifs.

19th century

Dimensions: 2" x 2 1/8" diameter
item #1394706
Sold
Sino-Tibetan Silver Cup with Key Fret Border
Sino-Tibetan Silver Cup with Key Fret Border
Antique Sino-Tibetan silver cup with key fret border. Decorated with engraved deer, birds, and scrolling lotus in the round.

19th century

2 1/8" diameter
item #1394705
$1,850.00
Tibetan Bronze Seated Figure of Tara
Tibetan Bronze Seated Figure of Tara
Tibetan bronze figure of Tara, goddess of compassion. She is seated on a double lotus base with her right foot extended and resting on a smaller lotus. Her left hand holds the stem of an utpala flower (symbolizing longevity) between her thumb and third finger in Vitarka Mudra or teaching gesture. Her right hand is resting palm up on her knee with just thumb and forefinger touching in Varada Mudra, the gesture of boundless giving. On her right side, blooms a lotus. She wears an elaborate... Click for details
item #1388956
$7,500.00
Tibetan 17th Century Bronze Offering Cup
Tibetan 17th Century Bronze Offering Cup
Small antique Tibetan bronze cup. Intended for holding water in a Buddhist shrine. Made of bronze and shaped in the form of a lotus with petals starting in a gardroon and ending in a scalloped edge just below a ring around a smooth rim.

17th century

Dimensions: 2" high
item #1387335
$2,000.00
Antique Tibetan Lacquered Burl Wood Container
Antique Tibetan Lacquered Burl Wood Container
A Tibetan round burl root wood container. The top surface of the lid is flattened with low relief carved rings. Inside the container has been lacquered in black, the edges of the container with traces of red pigment.

Dimensions: 4" x 2 1/2" H
item #1386977
Sold
Tibetan Antique Cabinet with Phoenixes
Tibetan Antique Cabinet with Phoenixes
Antique Tibetan cabinet with 2 large compartments. The entire front of the cabinet is decorated in kyungbur technique (designs and pictures painted in raised lines of a gesso and resin mixture) on a deep red ground. Two large compartments are covered by 8 large panels decorated with phoenixes in medallions of scrolling vines and flowers. The middle four panels open to the compartments. The bottom of the chest has 3 additional stationary panels decorated similarly with flowers. The top was... Click for details
item #1386408
$4,000.00
Tibetan Antique Silver Tripod Censer
Tibetan Antique Silver Tripod Censer
Tibetan antique silver tripod censer. Rounded form with pierced lid. The lid has a simple incised detail around a decorative finial.

18th/19th century

Dimensions: 5 1/8" high x 3 1/2" wide.
item #1385056
Sold
pages:    Previous   1 4 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 17 19 20   Next