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Very Rare 19th Century Rko Ningxia 'Ninghsia' Rug from West China
Located in Vienna, AT
RKO motion picture company, see C.G. Ellis, "Chinese Rugs,"
Textile Museum Journal II/3, Washington
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chinese and East Asian ...
Materials
Wool
Chinese Cinnabar Altar Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
part of traditional rituals honoring ancestors. Ideal as a console or sofa table, the altar features a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Pine
Chinese Altar Tables, 19th C. Lacquer
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an unusual pair of Late Ching Chinese cinnabar-toned coromandel lacquer small altar or side
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Cinnabar Red Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In traditional Chinese homes, slender, long tables such as this one are used to hold musical
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer, Elm
Chinese Ruyi Altar Coffer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese artisans often weave stories and symbolism into their furniture designs. In Mandarin, the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Cypress
Chinese Stone Tabletop Altar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This tabletop altar with scrolled edges, a scalloped apron, and turned legs from China's Shanxi
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antiquities
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Painted Altar Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Made of Chinese northern elm, this altar cabinet once contained the essentials for ancestor rituals
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Cloud Spandrel Altar Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century Chinese altar table expresses Ming-dynasty tastes with clean lines and a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer, Pine
Chinese Polychrome Altar Spirit, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
upon a traditional altar table to pay tribute to ancestors past. The figure is carved with detailed
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Chinese Four Drawer Inlaid Altar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This shallow console table was crafted over 150 years ago in China's Fujian province, and was
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood
Very Large Chinese Altar Table, 19th C.
Located in Doylestown, PA
An unusual large Chinese altar table in hardwood, with simple straight legs and plank top, with an
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Dining Room Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Trailing Clouds Altar Sideboard, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
coffer played a central role in Chinese ancestor worship. Handcrafted of northern elmwood in China
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Polychrome Wooden Altar Spirit, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
traditional altar table. Allowing the base to reflect the wood’s natural state, the artist carved the figure
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Round Leg Altar Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese table design: round legs linked by simple stretchers, a curved apron, and a floating panel
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Wood, Elm
Elegant Chinese Waterfall Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With no stretchers or spandrels, this gorgeous altar table flows like a ribbon, rounding the bend
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Miniature Chinese Altar Display Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
) with clean lines and perfect proportions. Once used as a tabletop altar for ancestor worship, we love
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Pedestals
Materials
Elm
Chinese Altar Table with Everted Ends, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
In traditional Chinese homes, slender, long tables such as this one are used to hold musical
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Altar Table with Everted Ends, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant console table was made 150 years ago in China’s Shanxi province and likely served as a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Bronze God of Wealth Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
No idol in China is more widely worshiped than Caishen, the God of Wealth. His shrine can be found
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Two-Drawer Carved Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
of this beautifully proportioned altar table. Expressive scrollwork articulates the table’s graceful
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Side Tables
Materials
Pine
Chinese Polychrome Jade Emperor Altar Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
heaven and earth in Chinese folklore and Taoist mythology. Ruler of all deities and benevolent defender
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Fine Plank Top Altar with Cloud Medallions, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant 19th century altar table is light and beautifully proportioned. It was masterfully
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer, Elm
Chinese Hardwood Altar Table with Clouds and Dragons, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
home altar where they paid their respects to revered ancestors. The top is comprised of a solid plank
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer, Hardwood
Chinese Plank Top Longevity Altar with Everted Ends, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A prime example of Qing-dynasty furniture design, this 19th century table from China's Shanxi
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Original Chinese Elm and Bronze Lowboy Altar Table c. 1830
Located in Heathfield, GB
beautiful Chinese altar table in a rarely seen small size, with a very lovely colour and tactile quality
Category
Antique 19th Century Lowboys
Materials
Elm
19th C. Chinese Two Drawer Altar Coffer with Floral Brass Door Pulls
Located in Morristown, NJ
Qing Dynasty (19th c), an elm wood, two drawer, altar coffer with brass flower-shaped ring pulls
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Altar Table with (8) Drawers circa 1900 Restored Condition
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese developed furniture during the Eastern Zhou period (770B.C. - 221B.C.). What we might call
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood
H 33.63 in W 58.5 in D 22.5 in
Chinese Lacquered Offering Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
traditional rituals honoring ancestors. Ideal as a console or sofa table, the altar features a rectangular
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Side Tables
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Finely Carved Chinese Console Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Altar tables with everted ends seen in Chinese paintings and prints are typically depicted in a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
19th C. Carved Qing Period Asian Altar Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A classic Chinese form chest In a reddish-brown stain. With a banded top over two deep drawers with
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Asian Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood
Monumental Chinese Ancestral Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Reflecting the role that ancestor worship played in Chinese culture, this Qing-dynasty painting
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings
Materials
Linen
A Qing Dynasty Narrow Altar Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This long and graceful Chinese altar table features an oxblood patina that has darkened with age
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sofa Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Playful Wisdom Coffer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This gorgeous black lacquer coffer from China's Hebei province may have begun its life as part of a
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Gilt Ancestor Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Red and Gold Shrine Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
of the altar, the chest may have held ancestral tablets and incense and provided an additional
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Monumental Chinese Ancestor Portrait Scroll, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Believing that the departed continue to hold influence over the lives of the living, many Chinese
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Chinese Hatamen Brand Cigarette Advertisement Poster, c. 1935
Located in Chicago, IL
, their attention focused on a book, enter a room containing an altar table laden with smoking incense
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
Six-Door Chinese Dongbei Sideboard, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
six-door coffer. Made for a provincial home in northeastern China, this sideboard was once used as a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Polychrome Seated Ancestor Figure, C. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Polychrome Seated Ancestor Figure, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An integral part of traditional Chinese home life, ancestor worship before a domestic altar often
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Celadon Glazed Temple Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
ceremony before a raised altar. A pale blue-green celadon glaze cloaks the exterior with a glassy finish.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Provincial Chinese Two-Drawer Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted of northern elmwood in China's Shanxi province, this early 19th-century altar table was
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Elm
Petite Chinese Gilt Offering Plate, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
bowl atop a home altar. Comprised of finely woven bamboo sides and a thin wooden base, the plate is
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Purple Elm Chinese Sofa or Console Table, C. 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
A simple and elegant Chinese table in purple elm with mortise and tenon construction and lovely
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Sofa Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Famille Rose Footed Offering Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Bronze Tripod Censer with Strap Handles, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
For many centuries, people in China have burned incense in shallow censers such as this, placed
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Chinese Ancestor Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Reflecting the role that ancestor worship played in Chinese culture, this Qing-dynasty painting
Category
20th Century Qing Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Wood, Paint, Pigment
A LARGE ANTIQUE CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE CENSER BOWL 19th C
Located in London, GB
A LARGE ANTIQUE CHINESE ARCHAIC BRONZE CENSER BOWL 19th C.
This is an old cast bronze piece with
Category
Antique 1850s Chinese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Hatamen Cigarette Advertisement Poster, c. 1935
Located in Chicago, IL
, two women, their attention focused on a book, enter a room containing an altar table laden with
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chinese Offering Table with Ruyi Spandrels, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
. Originally used as a home altar for ancestor worship, this long table blends into modern interiors as a
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Red Lacquer Coffer with Gilt Carvings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this vibrant red coffer was likely used as both an altar for
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Materials
Cypress, Lacquer
Pair of Chinese Sancai Fu Dog Incense Burners, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These petite ceramic fu dog figurines likely once stood upon a home altar as incense burners to
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fabulous 19th Century Walnut Altar Table With Great Patina
Located in New York, NY
An unusual 19th Century Chinese walnut altar table with simple decorative carvings. This piece has
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Footed Offering Bowl with Mythical Figures, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Red and Gold Incense Stands, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These hand-carved wooden pillars were once used to elevate burning incense in a shrine or altar
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Mounted Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Footed Offering Bowl with God of War, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
dish for ritual offerings, placed before a home altar and piled high with fruit, baked goods, and other
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Alter Table in Original Red Lacquer, C 1820 - 1840
Located in Kastrup, DK
porcelain vases on.
From Jiangsu Province, China 1830-1840.
It's are called altar tables due to the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Altar Bowl with Blown Glass Weapon, 2002
By Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Altar Bowl with Glass Weapon #22 is raku
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Rare Antique Monumental Japanese Imperial Carved Elm Altar Sideboard Console
Located in Dayton, OH
Important 19th C. Japanese Meiji Period ornately carved extreme high relief, credenza or bar back
Category
Antique 19th Century Meiji Sideboards
Materials
Elm
H 106 in W 85 in D 30 in
Richard Hirsch and Peter Voulkos Ceramic Altar Bowl with Weapon, 2001
By Peter Voulkos, Richard A. Hirsch
Located in New York, NY
' Altar Bowl with Weapon is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. It was fired in Peter Callas' wood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
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