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Museum Mounted 18th Century Chinese Sterling -Silver Mounted Buckle Fragment
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Museum Mounted 18th Century Chinese Sterling -Silver Mounted Buckle Fragment A unique and rare
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Chinese Silvered Copper Alloy White Jade Inset Snuff Bottle Qing c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
Fine antique Chinese Qing Dynasty silvered golden copper alloy snuff bottle of hulu double gourd
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Jade, Silver, Copper

Chinese Jade Archer's Ring, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
worn by a gentleman-scholar in northern China. Traditionally, Chinese archers wore these rings to
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Jade, Sterling Silver

Antique Chinese Color Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle Bats Yellow Snowstorm Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
flying bats. The use of bats and coins together is highly symbolic in Chinese culture. Bats are
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Silver

Antique Chinese Famille Rose Double Fish Enameled Decorated Snuff Bottle
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, likely 19th century. An unusual Famille Rose porcelain snuff bottle depicting two
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Porcelain, Rose Quartz

Vintage Mongolian Silver Filigree Chained Stopper Snuff Bottle 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Mongolian snuff bottle, with silver filigree work and inlaid blue and red paste gems
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20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Silver

Chinese Silver Repoussé Box with Warriors, Early 20th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
to the eminent Chinese Silver scholar Adrien Von Ferscht, "is not unusual for Qing Dynasty and
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Chinese Carved Jadeite Vase and Cover, Qing Dynasty, Ex. C.T. Loo
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning carved and pierced Chinese jade vase, Qing Dynasty, 19th century. The vase is carved
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Jade, Silver

Antique Chinese Carved Blue Colour Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle Late Qing 19/20c
Located in Richmond, CA
Presenting a splendid antique Chinese snuff bottle, a fine example late Qing dynasty artistry. This
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Milk Glass

Antique Ruby Red Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle Fisherman Wood Gatherer Qing c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
side. The scenes of a fisherman and wood gatherer, often depicted in Chinese art, carry significant
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Silver

Chinese Export Silver Card Case
By Luen Wo
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Silver Card Case embossed and chased with figural scenes of Chinese scholars among bamboo
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Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Chinese Export Silver Card Case
H 0.8 in W 7.4 in D 4 in
20th Century Chinese Export Solid Silver Trophy Cup, Woshing, Shanghai c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th Century Chinese export solid silver trophy cup, impressive and exceptionally
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

18th Century Chinese Export Porcelain Bowl with Chinese Domestic Furniture
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Famille Rose porcelain bowl with Chinese "Antiques" & Scholar's items on Furniture
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Antique 1730s Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture, 2018
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture was assembled in
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture, 2011
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's scholar rock cup sculpture was assembled in
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #51, 2018
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar rock cup sculpture was assembled in
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #28, 2017
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #28 was assembled
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #25, 2018
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture with stand #25 was
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture #32, 2017 - 2018
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Scholar Rock Cup Sculpture with stand #32 was
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal
Located in Chicago, IL
regularly signed formal documents, such as scholar-officials, merchants, and doctors. The final addition to
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Seal
H 1.5 in W 2.25 in D 2.25 in
Chinese Turquoise Enamelware Teapot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Tea Sets

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Spoon, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
porcelain soup spoon was likely used as an everyday eating utensil. Used in China as early as the Shang
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Serving Pieces

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Porcelain Qianlong Period Blue White Dinner Plate, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
symbolize easy life after retirement as reflected by the Song dynasty Scholar Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073) who
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Antique 18th Century Chinese Export Qianlong Porcelain Chocolate Tea Pot
Located in Dayton, OH
"Antique late 18th to early 19th century Chinese Export (Qianlong Period, circa 1780) floral
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Export Tea Sets

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Meiji Terra Cotta Pitcher
Located in New York, NY
of scholars in high relief (signed Sumida Gawa).  
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20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Pitchers

Materials

Terracotta

19th Century Chinese Solid Silver Aristocratic Processions Scene Box, c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Chinese export solid silver box, of rectangular form, decorated in repousse
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
Located in Chicago, IL
Tai in China's Jiangsu province. Speckled with painterly daubs of color, the blue-grey puddingstone
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stone

Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
H 2.5 in W 13 in D 10 in
Petite Zhenzhu Serving Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
Tai in China's Jiangsu province. Speckled with painterly daubs of color, the blue-grey puddingstone
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stone

Petite Zhenzhu Serving Stone
Petite Zhenzhu Serving Stone
H 2.5 in W 20 in D 9.5 in
Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
Located in Chicago, IL
Tai in China's Jiangsu province. Speckled with painterly daubs of color, the blue-grey puddingstone
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stone

Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
H 2.5 in W 12.5 in D 10 in
Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
Located in Chicago, IL
Tai in China's Jiangsu province. Speckled with painterly daubs of color, the blue-grey puddingstone
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Platters and Serveware

Materials

Stone

Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
H 2.5 in W 13 in D 9.5 in
Antique early 20th Chinese Exceptional Solid Silver Teapot, Wu Hua物華, Tianjin
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Antique early 20th Century exceptionally rare Chinese solid silver teapot, of traditional round
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Bronze Sculpture Japanese Scholar Scroll Fukurokuju Inlay
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Well done, very sharp detailed cast bronze figure with inlay of silver metal on scroll, 1920s
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Ancient Pair of Italian Maiolica Dishes Milano, circa 1770
By Felice Clerici
Located in Milano, IT
directly inspired by Chinese porcelain from the Kang'hsi period known as "Famille Rose". The Clerici
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Antique 1770s Italian Rococo Ceramics

Materials

Maiolica

18th Century Italian Maiolica Dish Milano, circa 1770
Located in Milano, IT
resembling completely the contemporary Chinese works. The plate is a fund with an especially thin thickness
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Antique 1770s Italian Rococo Ceramics

Materials

Maiolica

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Ceremonial Vessel, Tripod Vessels Collection, 1984
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic Art Classics by Baiming, China, Raku Investigations into Fire by David Jones, England, The History
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20th Century American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Creamy White Primal Cups with Stands, 2018
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic Art Classics by Baiming, China; Raku Investigations into Fire by David Jones, England; The History
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Primal Cups with Stands, 2014
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Baiming, China; Raku Investigations into Fire by David Jones, England; The History of American Ceramics
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Ceremonial Vessel #12, Tripod Vessels Collection, 1994
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Ceramic Art Classics by Baiming, China; Raku Investigations into Fire by David Jones, England; The
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20th Century American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Vessel and Stand, Tripod Vessels Collection, 1987 - 1994
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Ceramic Art Classics by Baiming, China; Raku Investigations into Fire by David Jones, England; The History
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20th Century American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Richard Hirsch Ceramic Ceremonial Vessel #10, Tripod Vessels Collection, 1994
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
ceramic art Classics by Baiming, China; Raku Investigations into Fire by David Jones, England; The History
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20th Century American Modern Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Blue and White Delft Plate or Dish Chinoiserie Scene Made 17th Century Ca. 1690
Located in Katonah, NY
. In the center of the charger, we see a Chinese scholar seated in a garden
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Antique Late 17th Century Delft and Faience

Materials

Delft

19th century English Large Faience Serving Platter with Chinoiserie Scene
Located in Palm Desert, CA
large faience serving platter circa 1880, with its oriental theme evoking a Chinese scholar's garden
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Antique Late 19th Century English Chinoiserie Platters and Serveware

Materials

Faience

Chinese Conch Shell Charm Ring, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this silver charm ring was believed to protect the wearer from bad
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Silver

Chinese Mustard Jade Archer's Ring, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
gentleman-scholar in Northern China. Traditionally, Chinese archers wore these rings to protect their thumbs
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Jade, Sterling Silver

Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese roiro lacquer scholar combo box with an upper tier of inkstone box (Suzuribako) and a
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Stone, Metal

Tables in Wood and Bronze Attributed to Meret Oppenheim, France, 1930
By Meret Oppenheim
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
wearing at the time—Oppenheim selected a teacup, saucer, and spoon to cover in Chinese gazelle fur. The
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tables

Materials

Bronze

Unusual 2 Tables in wood and bronze Attributed to Meret Oppenheim, France, 1930
By Meret Oppenheim
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
, and spoon to cover in Chinese gazelle fur. The result, Object, was part of the first Surrealist
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Tables

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Lacquered and Metal Birdcage
Located in Sarasota, FL
Well made Chinese Birdcage (Chinese silver trim) and then lacquered black with red speckled design
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Metal

Chinese Scholars Large Shallow Dish
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Chinese orange and gold 14.5 inch shallow dish with a four inch band of scholars on the
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL SCHOLAR’S TABLE
Located in San Francisco, CA
the top with a landscape scene with a reserve over a pierced apron above a rounded and scalloped base with a pierced swan-scrolled legs; scrolling vine and geometric floral decoratio...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Ceramics

Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vase
Located in Chamblee, GA
A beautiful vase decorated with scholars and government official in varied activities. Based on the
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vase
Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vase
H 18.5 in W 10 in D 10 in
Chinese Kraak Porcelain Bowl
Located in Leeds, GB
scholars' motifs. Unsigned By, WANLI MING (1573-1619)
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Kraak Porcelain Bowl
Chinese Kraak Porcelain Bowl
H 16.19 in Dm 9.65 in
Chinese Export Famille Verte Porcelain Vase
Located in Chamblee, GA
This beautiful large Famille Verte vase is decorated with scholars and government officials in
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain

Materials

Paint, Porcelain

antique Blue and white Chinese export porcelain cachepot
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A lovely blue and white antique Chinese cachepot with three legs, and a "treasures of the scholar
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Porcelain

Chinese Export Plate Decorated with a Music Party, circa 1745
Located in St. Louis, MO
.) Chinese Export scholar David Howard explains music scenes were a popular motif, "[this] is one of at least
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Rococo Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Silver Inkstand
Located in London, GB
A Chinese Export Silver and wood Inkstand with dip-pen dating from around 1885. The hinged ink
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Silver

Late Qing Dynasty Carved Zitan Scholar's Tray with Silver Bamboo Design Handles
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
This Chinese tray of great color from the late 19th century features elaborately carved gallery
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Scholar's Objects

Materials

Silver

Chinese Calligraphy Brush Large Jade Green with Silver and Stones Decor
Located in North Hollywood, CA
. Amazing decorative Asian Arts & Crafts Chinese calligraphy brush.
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Soapstone, Metal

Chinese Scholar's Display Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century provincial scholar's display stand with well worn patina Northern China.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tableware

Materials

Elm

Chinese Scholar's Display Stand
Chinese Scholar's Display Stand
H 4.5 in W 18.5 in D 13 in
Chinese Scholars' Tea Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
sought after by traditional Chinese scholars, who filled their studios with creative inspiration
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Platters and Serveware

Materials

Limestone

Chinese Scholars' Tea Tray
Chinese Scholars' Tea Tray
H 2.25 in W 19.75 in D 9.25 in
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Chinese silver scholar for your home. Frequently made of metal, silver and stone, every Chinese silver scholar was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer Chinese silver scholar, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Each Chinese silver scholar bearing hallmarks is very popular.

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The average selling price for a Chinese silver scholar at 1stDibs is $1,080, while they’re typically $88 on the low end and $29,500 for the highest priced.
Questions About Chinese Silver Scholar
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 1, 2024
    Yes, some Chinese silver is valuable. The term largely refers to silverware manufactured in and exported from China from 1870 through the 1940s. How much a particular piece of Chinese silver is worth depends on its style, age, condition and overall demand. Consult a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antiques dealer for assistance with valuation. Shop a wide range of Chinese silver tableware, jewelry and decorative objects on 1stDibs.