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Item Ships From: Chicago
Chinese Lacquered Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the r...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Drum-Form Chinese Birdcage with Faux Branches, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This delicate wooden birdcage was once home to the tiny pet bird of a Qing-dynasty aristocrat. Dated to the mid-19th century, this drum-shaped cage is carefully assembled of thin bam...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinese Woven River Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This hand-woven example rema...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Willow
Chinese Woven River Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This hand-woven example rema...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Willow
Chinese Kang Table with Ridged Legs, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century hardwood kang table was traditionally used as a convenient working surface for painting, writing, sewing, or eating atop a heated kang platform. The petite table fe...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Calligraphy Brush
Located in Chicago, IL
Along with paper, ink, and inkstone, the brush is one of the Four Treasures of the scholar’s studio. Arguably the most important tool, the brush served as a direct link to the artist’s creative spirit. This large calligraphy brush...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Other
Chinese Painted Courtyard Stool, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, this early 20th century stool from Shanxi province shows off the ingenious mortise-and-tenon joinery methods traditionally used by Chinese carpenters. The stool h...
Category
20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pine
Chinese Drip Glaze Kitchen Jar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating textured glaze coats the simple, slightly-tapered form of this Qing-dynasty kitchen jar. Drip patterns and firing imperfections give the jar fantastic character, castin...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Ornately Carved Chinese Luohan Bed, circa 1550
Located in Chicago, IL
This gorgeous luohan daybed anchors its surroundings with its monumental scale and incredible carved decoration. Known as a luohan chuang, or couch bed, this form of low-backed daybe...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Speckled Tri-Leg Stool, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic stool from Shanxi province charms with its simple form and fantastic texture. The wooden stool embraces the notion of "wabi-sabi" with its irregular surface textured with...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pine
Midnight Glazed Kitchen Jar, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A dark blue-black glaze coats the body of this small kitchen jar, sheeting down the sides and pooling at the sharp angle drawn by its high shoulders. The glazed vessel dates to the e...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Traveling Knife and Chopstick Set with Bone Inlay, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant set of eating utensils dates to the mid-19th century and would have accompanied a well-to-do traveler on a long cross-country journey. The set includes a pair of bone chopsticks and a long blade with a highly decorated handle. The handle and scabbard having matching designs, both crafted of blackwood with brass and bone inlay of Buddhist and Taoist symbols, including the parasol, golden fish, infinite knot...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Famille Rose Scholarly Gathering Baluster Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Green Glazed Carrying Teapot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This six-sided ceramic teapot borrows its unusual shape from traditional wooden tea cosies. Used to keep hot tea warm, such tea cosies were crafted with remov...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
C. 1800 Butterfly Style Side Chest with Three Drawers and Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant small coffer, features a floating panel top sitting above three drawers, each and fitted with boldly-scaled rectangular brass hardware and a curved handle. Beneath the drawers is a floating panel, which conceals interior storage, accessible only by removing one of the drawers. Our eyes are immediately drawn to the carved archaistic spandrels (inspired by a dragon) that decorate the sides and give the piece its distinctive profile.
With its refined proportions design aged black lacquer patina, this middle Qing Dynasty will be a unique focal point in any room. This is a very old piece and remarkably, almost unrestored. The legs have suffered water damage from placement on the moist terra cotta floor...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Gilt Soldier Figurine, c. 1700
Located in Chicago, IL
Lavishly pigmented and carved with intricate detail, this gilt figurine was originally a decorative element from an ornate bed surround. The petite figurine...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Ming Stone Table, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This stone table was carved over 400 years ago from a solid piece of limestone. With time, the stone develops particular undeniable characteristics: beautiful wear, patina, and oxida...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Calligraphy Brush, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Along with paper, ink, and inkstone, the brush was part of the Four Treasures found in a scholar’s studio. Arguably the most important tool, the brush served as a direct link to the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Famille Rose Scholarly Gathering Baluster Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Persimmon Orange Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of ceramics, this striking long-necked vase is cloaked in an all-over persimmon-orange glaze. With a rounded, globular body and cylindrical neck, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Rice Measure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, an ancient Chinese measurement. Hand-crafted with dovetail joints, the vessel has gracefull...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Provincial Chinese Porch Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, this rustic stool from the early 20th century shows off the ingenious joinery methods traditionally used by Chinese carpenters. The stool's three splayed legs are...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Korean Blanket Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
This brightly ornamented Korean chest once contained blankets and clothing given as part of a marriage dowry. The elaborate white brass hardware i...
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Korean Blanket Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
This brightly ornamented Korean chest was used to hold blankets, garments and other gifts that would be presented to the newlyweds as part of the dowry. It has a fall-front opening and large metal handles for carrying on either side. The elaborate white brass hardware...
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinese Gnarled Brush Pot, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A brush pot, such as this one made in Hainan province, may once have sat on the desk of a learned scholar next to his brushes, inkpot, and ink stone. Made of rustic, gnarled wood...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Meandering Tea Tray, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully carved of a fine-grained hardwood, this late 19th century tray reflects the Qing-dynasty literati's taste for fine materials and balanced proportions. Once used to serve ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese "Winged Guardian" Lingbi Scholar's Rock
Located in Chicago, IL
Known as gongshi, or scholars' rocks, lingbi stones such as this were fixtures of the scholars' studio, displayed as sources of beauty and creative inspiration. Meditating on the sto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Calligraphy Brush, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the early 20th century, this fine calligraphy brush would have been an essential tool for a Qing-dynasty scholar-official, used to draft official documents or compose poetry...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Bamboo Teapot with Arched Handle, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions. In addition to tea leaves, water, and he...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Low Tibetan Peony Table with Four Drawers, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary low Tibetan table dates to the mid-19th century and is lavishly decorated from end to end with tree peonies and offering fruits. The square table has a waisted des...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pine, Lacquer
19th Century Japanese Firemen's Coat on Custom Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare 19th century Japanese firemen's coat, constructed from smoked deer leather and with bold white stenciled characters creating a wonderfully modern pattern across the back and b...
Category
19th Century Japanese Modern Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Leather
Pair of Provincial Chinese Courtyard Stools, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
More portable than chairs, stools were a versatile seating option for Qing-dynasty scholars, nobles, and peasants alike. The balanced proportions of this pair of early 20th century tapered stools...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
"Boys Beneath Lotus" Chinese Folk Painted Panel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This folk hand painted panel, laden with meaning, was originally an interior painted panel of a large storage cabinet. The panel is painted with a sc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Dried Gourd Noodle Strainer, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Due to their many seeds, gourds are traditionally perceived as auspicious symbols of good fortune and perpetuity. When dried, gourds became durable natural vessels used as ladles, fl...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Organic Material
Pair of Mongolian Yak Butter Containers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These beautifully-aged wooden containers date to the late 19th century and were originally used to transport and store a nutritious butter made from y...
Category
Early 20th Century Mongolian Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Leather, Bamboo, Elm
19th Century Carved African Bone Tool from Cameroon
Located in Chicago, IL
Old primitive small bone carved tool from
Cameroon
Beautiful and delicate Objet d' Art.
Category
19th Century Cameroonian Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bone
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