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Intriguing Chinese carving appearing to consist of two unique figures, said to represent a shaman morphing into a bird. Resembling carvings attributed to the Hongshan culture, this carving includes an ox-nose loophole, i.e., a double hole resembling the nostrils of an ox, indicating that it was attached to clothing as pendant. Some scholars believed some of the carvings were adornments attached to the cloth of a shaman's ritual vestments. Some Hongshan jade animals figures were believed to possess ...mystical powers. Learn More

Intriguing and interesting Chinese carving said to represent a shaman figure, typical of the Hongshan culture. Resembling carvings attributed to the Hongshan culture, this carving includes an ox-nose loophole, i.e., a double hole resembling the nostrils of an ox, indicating that it was attached to clothing as pendant. Some scholars believed some of the carvings were adornments attached to the cloth of a shaman's ritual vestments. Some Hongshan jade animals figures were believed to possess ...mystical powers. Learn More

This fascinating stone carving bears a Hong Shan dragon and bird facing each other nose to nose on one side and a pig dragon on the back of a water dragon's tail. Learn More

Carving in the shape of a coiled creature with the rounded horn and bulging eyes reminiscent of the Neolithic period Hongshan culture c. 3500-3000 BCE. Note the ox nose hole believed by scholars to allow for the pendant to be attached to a garment. China. Learn More

Bells and dorjes are used in many Tibetan Buddhist rituals. The bell symbolizes the feminine principle, the wisdom of emptiness, while the dorje, or vajra, symbolizes the masculine principle, that of compassion expressed through skillful means. The union of these two principles is enlightened mind. Our beautifully and intricately decorated bell and dorje set is crafted in the Tibetan Lingtsang colony in northern India.

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