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Welcome
to Asian Art Mall
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We
offer one of the Internet's largest selections of Asian Arts,
Crafts, and Collectibles with over 8,000 different items in stock
in our Maryland warehouse. Our products are handcrafted and
imported from Japan, China, Korea, Bali, India, Vietnam, Russia,
Ceylon, Nepal, Thailand, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua,
and Argentina. So sit back, relax, and enjoy your visit. Be sure
to check out our Reference
Section to
learn more about the products we sell and the countries and people
that make them for us.
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CHINESE SCROLL PAINTINGS
See our Scroll
Paintings - The art of the Chinese scroll
painting dates back at least 4,000 years. This
art form is considered by many people as the highpoint aesthetically speaking
during the cultural history of China civilization.
The Chinese use special brushes and inks to create calligraphy, which are
the same tools used for the scrolls.
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TAGUA CARVINGS FROM PANAMA
Shop our Tagua
Carvings - Imported directly
from the Native Indian Artists that created these little masterpieces. Choose
from Animals, Fish, Birds, and Reptiles - all native to the country of Panama
that the carvings come from. The
tagua nut has a strong resemblance to animal ivory, making it a wonderful
resource for creating all types of beautiful things.
For many years, the tagua nut was used primarily for making buttons but
with new technology and more affordable materials such as plastics, a decline
began. Even so, the tagua nut still
has value in the making of other things to include chess set pieces, jewelry,
handles for canes, dice, figurines, etc.
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HUICHOL YARN ART
View our Yarn Art from Mexico - Nestled in the
Sierra de Nayarit, just north of Guadalajara, Mexico, you will find
approximately 12,000 Huichol (Wee-Chol) Indians, a tribe believed to descend
from the Aztec Indians. This area
of Mexico is remote and rugged, and home to one of the last tribes to exist
under the Spanish rule. The Huichol
Indians still follow pagan beliefs, consider deer a sacred animal, grow corn,
which is thought to be the source of all life, and use a form of communication
called peyote. Because of this, the
core of the Huichol Indians consist of deer, corn, and peyote.
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FIMO CLAY SCULPTURES
Shop our Fimo
Sculpture - These beautiful and
artistic animals are created with fimo clay. Many different colors of fimo clay
are used in each design. Colored canes of clay are used to create an
illustration. The central design is repeatedly stretched and cut as other
designs are added. Just as in nature simplicity is replicated over and over
until the finished organism becomes quite complex. The composite image is
finally reduced by stretching to the size of a small coin and then cut and
applied much like mosaic tiles to the animals form. Each and every stage of the
process is done by hand. Because each piece is hand made no two pieces are
exactly a like.
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GOLD LEAF LACQUER
Gold
Leaf Lacquer - is
one of the finest crafts produced in China. It involves a 20 step process that
converts normal objects of porcelain or wood into beautiful masterpieces. Each
piece is hand painted and gilded with gold leaf, then finished with over 10
coats of lacquer, a process that can take up to a month to complete.
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BLANKETS & THROWS
Shop for Mexican
Blankets - Whether for yoga class or to
add a little Mexican flare to your home decor, our fine Mexican blankets are the
solution. We select only the finest hand crafted Molina Indian blankets. These
thick blankets are truly quality.
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LATIN TEXTILE ART
Shop our Wall Hangings from Peru and Mexico - You
will also find tapestries depicting things such as flowers, birds, butterflies,
and many other Andean cultural aspects. All
of the sheep wool is handspun, and then naturally dyed with native vegetable,
mineral, and animal dye.
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TAGUA CARVINGS FROM ECUADOR
Shop our Carvings from Ecuador - Located
in the northwest portion of Ecuador, a unique venture began called the Tagua
Initiative was formed. This began
in 1990 by Conservation International as a means of creating economic incentives
associated with the tagua palm nut, trying to find a way for the harvests to be
sustained. Because of this
initiative, today we see almost 2,000 people belonging to the Comuna Rio
Santiago-Cayapas, holding down jobs. However,
these jobs depend on the rainforest being left unharmed, allowing the tagua nut
to continue growing.
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Gift
Ideas & Suggestions
Looking for a
gift for that special someone? Visit our Gift
Suggestion section for a quick ideas. We have selected
our most popular items and listed them by recipient or
event to make it easier to find the perfect gift. There's
even suggestions based on Asian Symbolism and Feng Shui
for selecting a gift with a special message or wish.
We even have
special pages with charts for Chinese and Traditional
Zodiac Signs, and Birthstones to help zero in on just the
right gift.
Click
here to Browse our Gift Ideas
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Featured
Products
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Pond Collection - Adorable reptile figures from the
Golden Pond Collection by Green Tree. These products originated in
Dehua ... one of the finest ceramic capitals of Asia with over
3000 years of ceramic history and culture. A process of 8 working
procedures all fired at different temperatures is how the hand
painted finish is achieved on these wonderful collectible pieces.
Our assortment includes Frogs, Lizards, and Alligators. Shop
the Collection
We just expanded
our selection of Golden Pond sculptures with lots of great new
designs, including our new line of Ocean Creatures. Penguins,
Dolphins, and Whales.
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In the town of Hakone Japan
craftsmen practice an art form that has been passed down through
the generations. This famous art is called Himitsu-Bako, or Puzzle
Box also know as Secret Boxes. Each amazing secret box
only open if you move the various panels in a very specific order.
They range from boxes that open with only 4 moves, to boxes that
can take up to 72 moves. These make great
gifts.
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Japanese
Puzzle Boxes
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Shop
our New Jewelry Collections
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Buy
her something she won't be expecting. Choose from our selection of
unique and unusual handcrafted arts and crafts from the Far East.
We have Silk Scarves and Shawls from Thailand. Exotic Jewelry from
Bali, Thailand, and Russia; and a great assortment of Home Decor
items.
Click
here for gift ideas for the women on your list
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Men
are always difficult to shop for. Choose from our selection of
unique and unusual handcrafted arts and crafts from the Far East.
We have Dragons and Foo Lions in Brass and Jade, Tribal Masks from
Bali, Chinese Snuff Bottles, and many other unusual items.
Click
here for gift ideas for the men on your list
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Visit
our Exotic
Zoo to shop by Creature. Choose
from:
Carp
& Koi, Dragons,
Elephants,
Foo
Dogs, Frogs,
Panda
Bears, and Turtles
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BATIK TAPESTRIES
View our Batik
Tapestries - Batik is an ancient art that
reached its peak of development on the Indonesian island of Java.
Dutch traders were so impressed by this craft that in 1835, they brought
Batik artists back to Holland with them when they returned from trading trips.
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HUICHOL BEAD ART
Shop our Bead Art - Huichol Bead Art The Huichol
Indians have used art figures and other decorative pieces as offerings to the
Gods for centuries. The Indians work their spiritual symbols and designs into
each piece. This hand carved wood jaguar head was first covered with a layer of
beeswax then using a long needle one small bead at a time is pressed into the
wax creating this vibrant work of art.
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