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Paul Chen’s Dragon Armour, named for the helmet crest (mon), is made for the connoisseur of Japanese armours. It faithfully replicates a “Byotoji Do Gusoku” from the Edo period which, like many fine armours, incorporates an earlier helmet bowl from the Momoyama period.

European influence on Samurai armour is discernible in the slight median ridge to the front section of the byotoji okegawa do (breastplate) which, by this period, was designed to deflect musket balls. The plates of the do, with waved edges, are fastened with elaborate shakudo rivets in the form of flowers with gilt centers.

This feature illustrates the Japanese preference for a more flexible style of armour than the typical European one-piece breastplate construction. The carrying chest/display seat (hitsu) is black lacquered with the Dragon mon emblazoned in silver on the front panel.

Overall, the antiqued patina of the gusoku gives a period appearance and provides a rich addition to any Japanese décor. Our full-sized suits of Samurai armour provide displays of outstanding quality for the den or the dojo.

Crafted by the armourers of CAS/Hanwei, the armour is authentically detailed and completely realistic. These very affordable pieces are made with traditional styling and materials and are wearable (within a reasonable size range!).

They are supplied in the customary black lacquered box which, along with an included wooden frame, provides the support for the display.

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Ganesh, also called Ganapati, the elephant headed God of Wisdom and Success is the defender and remover of obstacles and has to be propritiated first before worshiping other Gods. He is one of the sons of Siva and Parvati.

He is known as “Sidhi Data” or bestower of success in the work. His elephant head is believed to be an emblem of wisdom. His head often has one full tusk, while the other is broken.

It is said that he lost it in a fight or that he used it to dictate the Maha-Bharata to the sage Vyasa.

His mount or standard is a rat, a symbol in Hindu fable of the sagasity & trickery of this world, much like the fox in the west.

So it is natural that the rat should first be conquered, then subdued and employed by the being who represents spiritual strength, whom he was bound to recognise as his superior, since his own cunning would tell him that Ganesh would prove a better guide than even his own perspicacity.
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This Deadwood replica revolver is getting so much attention because of it design and quality.  Eveyone who has bought one loves it.

On sale Only $79.95 Click here.

I think it is a beautiful piece of Art.

This non-firing .45 single action old west revolver is a distinctive representation of the frontier spirit. An elaborately engraved stagecoach is captured on the barrel, representing the role that Deadwood, Dakota Territory played in the wild and treacherous stagecoach lines of the old west.

This handsome reproduction is assembled by hand from over 40 separate components. Adding to the visual impact of this antique replica gun is an intricate oak-leaf and scroll work design. The grip is inspired by the age old art of scrimshaw, featuring a powerful eagle, the symbol of America’s soaring spirit.

Egyptian Museum, Cairo Dynasty XVIII, 1347-1237 B.C.

This marvelous mask of excellent workmanship protected the head of the mummy of Tutankhamun. Further protection was assured by a magic formula engraved on the shoulders and the back of the mask.

The usual Nemes headdress knotted back at the nape of the neck, is a striped blue-green imitating lapis lazuli. The Uraeus and vulture head in gold inlaid with semi-precious stones and colored glass, ornaments the brow.

The mask’s eyes are made of obsidian and quartz with a touch of red at the corners: the cosmetic lines and the lids are of inlaid blue glass. The divine beard, plaited and turned up at the end, is of cloisonné work (colored glass held in a framework of gold.)

The wide necklace collar is formed of rows of lapis lazuli, quartz, amazonite and colored glass beads attached at each shoulder to a gold falcon’s head ornamented with obsidian. This mask presents us with a beautiful albeit idealized portrait of the young King

I’ve always had a Passion for ancient art.  It  amassed me that the ancients could have produced such works of art.

I always loved ancient art. So much so that I started selling ancient art reproduction in my museum store at www.art-of-the-ancient.com. We sell all kinds of ancient art, Egyptian, Buddha, Greek, roman art to name a few. We even sell medieval armor, swords, samurai swords, civil war reproductions, replica firearms and much more. 

So let devote this blog to ancient art.  Please joint us, lets talk about ancient art and the mysteries surrounding the Art of the Ancient.

The samurai used various weapons, but the katana is the weapon that is synonymous with samurai. Bushido teaches that the katana is the samurai’s soul and sometimes a samurai is pictured as entirely dependent on the katana for fighting. They believe that the katana was so precious that they often gave them names and considered them as part of the living. However the use of swords did not become common in battle until the Kamakura period (1185-1333), where the tachi and uchigatana (the predecessor to the katana) became prevalent. The katana itself did not become the primary weapon until the Edo period.

After a male child of the bushi was born, he would receive his first sword in a ceremony called mamori-gatana. The sword, however, was merely a charm sword covered with brocade to which was attached a purse or wallet, worn by children under five. Upon reaching the age of thirteen, in a ceremony called Genbuku, a male child was given his first real swords and armour, an adult name, and became a samurai. A katana and a wakizashi together are called a daisho (lit. “big and small”).

The wakizashi itself was a samurai’s “honour blade” and purportedly never left the samurai’s side. He would sleep with it under his pillow and it would be taken with him when he entered a house and had to leave his main weapons outside.
The Tant? was a small dagger sometimes worn with or instead of the Wakizashi in a daisho. The tanto or the wakizashi was used to commit seppuku, a ritualized suicide.

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