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Mid-1800s Oversized Palace Chinese Rug Museum Quality Large Chinese Rug 13x18
Located in New York, NY
Rare Oversize Antique Peking Chinese Art Deco Rug Blue
12'10" x 17'6"
391cm x 534cm
"THIS RUG
Category
Antique 1870s Chinese Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
W 153.94 in L 210.24 in
Chinese Stoneware Tomb Figure Han Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese molded stoneware figure on a custom display stand likely from Han Dynasty (202BC-220AD
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Terracotta Tomb Figure East Han Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Chinese terracotta tomb figure (Ni Yong) from East Han dynasty (25-220 AD), likely from the
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese stoneware day bed model circa Ming dynasty (15th-17th century). The miniature models were
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese stoneware day bed model circa Ming dynasty (15th-17th century). The miniature models were
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Terracotta Statue Tomb Figure East Han Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese terracotta tomb figure (Ni Yong) from East Han Dynasty (25-220 AD), likely from the area
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Clay
Rare Early Chinese Limestone Tomb Guardian-Tianlu
Located in Sarasota, FL
Rare Early Chinese Limestone Tomb Guardian-Tianlu. Late Han through Liang Dynasty, 200 BCE – 550 CE
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Central Asian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone, Limestone, Iron
Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Chair Models
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Chinese stoneware horseshoe cross chairs circa Ming dynasty (15th-17th century). The
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Chinese Ming Dynasty Ceramic Ox Bow Tomb Votive Chair
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese green glazed ceramic votive chair.
Ming Dynasty 1368 A.D.–1644 A.D. Originally
Category
Antique Early 1600s Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Ming Dynasty Antique Sancai Glazed Attendants Tomb Figure Pair
Located in Forney, TX
, were funerary objects placed in tombs during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in China. These figures were
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Song Dynasty, a Pair of Antique Chinese Pottery Brick Tile with Tomb Guardian
Located in Sampantawong, TH
A pair of Chinese pottery brick tile with tomb guardian.
Age: China, Song Dynasty, 10th - 12th
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
H 15.75 in W 6.97 in D 2.37 in
Tomb Lady in Waiting Figurine Han Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
dynasty of China. Generally known as Han tomb ladies, these clay molded figures were buried with the
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Western Han Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Painted Grey Earthenware Standing Female Tomb Figure, Western Han Dynasty.
The tall
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Ceramics
Materials
Clay
Believed to be dignity tomb figures from the Ming Dynasty
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of pottery dignitary tomb figures from the Ming Dynasty era.
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Set of Five Stoneware Tomb Figurines of Musician Ming Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
figurines of musicians were made as burial objects to be placed in the tomb, often as a larger group forming
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Tang Dynasty Sancai Glazed Tomb Guardians, Zhenmushou, 7th-8th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic and powerful pair of Chinese Tang Dynasty three-color (sancai) glazed zhenmushou, tomb
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Earthenware
Tang Style Sencai Glazed Funerary or Tomb Pottery, Hunter on Horse with Dog
Located in Nova Scotia, NS
spirit objects or Mingqi in Chinese burial tombs for millennia. This Tang style horse, rider, and dog
Category
20th Century Chinese Tang Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Copper
Chinese Male Mingqi Spirit Attendant
Located in Chicago, IL
míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure a safe journey
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Cocoon Jar, Burnished Gray Pottery, Western Han Dynasty, China
Located in Austin, TX
A classic Chinese Han Dynasty "cocoon jar" of high fired burnished gray pottery, Western Han
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Green Glazed Chinese Mingqi Spirit Scholar
Located in Chicago, IL
míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure a safe journey
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Male Mingqi Spirit Attendant
Located in Chicago, IL
míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure a safe journey
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Male Mingqi Spirit Attendant
Located in Chicago, IL
míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure a safe journey
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Large Chinese Painted Pottery Horse Torso, Han Dynasty, China
Located in Austin, TX
A large Chinese painted pottery figure of a horse torso, Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD).
An
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Miniature Mingqi Skirted Table
Located in Chicago, IL
type of ancient Chinese burial good. Mingqi were placed in tombs to give the dead everything they’d
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese statuette of a horse
Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES
ITEM: Statuette of a horse
MATERIAL: Pottery
CULTURE: Chinese, Tang Dynasty
PERIOD: 618 – 907 A.D
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Tang Dynasty Pottery Lokapala Tomb Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful Chinese red clay pottery tomb figure from the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907). Guarding a
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Six Dynasties Pottery Model of an Armored Horse, 3rd-4th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
AD, until the reunification of China by the Sui in 581. The tomb pottery form this period is
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
H 10.5 in W 16 in D 5 in
Dusk from the Tomb of Lorenzo di Piero de'Medici - Original Ink Drawing
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
and give the study an overall three-dimensionality.
Christopher Ganz
Dusk from the Tomb of Lorenzo di
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Paper
H 24 in W 13.5 in D 1 in
Blue Glazed Chinese Mingqi Spirit Scholar
Located in Chicago, IL
míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure a safe journey
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Yellow Glazed Mingqi Spirit Scholar
Located in Chicago, IL
míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure a safe journey
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Ceramic Glazed Guardian Ming Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
. He is likely one of the four heavenly kings, the protective guardians widely worshiped in China. This
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Tang Dynasty Earth Spirit
Located in Atlanta, GA
living by keeping the spirits of the dead from inappropriately roaming the world outside the tomb.
TL
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Chinese Han Dynasty Standing Cowled Lady, Gray Pottery, 202 BC - 9 AD, China
Located in Austin, TX
A tall and dramatic Chinese high fired gray pottery model of a standing lady wearing a hood and a
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
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H 19.25 in W 14 in D 8 in
Chinese statuette of a Fat Lady
Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES
ITEM: Statuette of a Fat Lady
MATERIAL: Pottery
CULTURE: Chinese, Tang Dynasty
PERIOD: 618 – 907
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Chinese statuette of a Fat Lady
Located in EL CAMPELLO, ES
ITEM: Statuette of a Fat Lady
MATERIAL: Pottery
CULTURE: Chinese, Tang Dynasty
PERIOD: 618 – 907
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Chinese Shizi Hong Ginger Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
palaces, tombs, temples, and wealthy homes for centuries.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Tang Dynasty Mingqi Earth Spirit Tomb Guardians
Located in Dallas, TX
Chinese, Tang Dynasty (618 AD to 906 AD)
A pair of semi-human earth spirit figures seated on their
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Set of Five Chinese Sancai Female Attendant Figures
Located in Chicago, IL
figurine known as míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Stone Warrior Statue with Fu Dog
Located in Chicago, IL
the life-size burial figures that guarded important Chinese tombs, this stone warrior makes for a
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stone
Pair of Chinese Flambe Glazed Foo Dogs or Lions
Located in London, GB
purple and blue streaks
China, 20th century
Why we like them
We love the opulence of colours and the
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Iron Bound Courtyard Doors, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
plates in the shape of ruyi symbols. Originally a Daoist symbol from ancient Chinese mythology, the ruyi
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Iron
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
Chinese Stoneware Funeral Shrine Model and Figure Ming Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stoneware shrine model with a figurine made in Ming dynasty (15th-17th century) in China and used
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Important Chinese Ancient Bronze Money Tree, 25BC-220AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
late Han Dynasty tombs of western China, money was created as heavenly offerings to grow on trees
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
Big Cache Old Chinese Heavenly Green Jade Bi , 94 Pieces
Located in South Burlington, VT
This is a guaranteed authentic old Chinese jade bi cache of ninety four (94) discs
from the Qijia
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Jade
China Ancient Stone Entertainer, Han Dynasty 200 AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
. Private New England collection.
Early Chinese human figures carved in small-scale in stone for tomb
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Miniature Mingqi Robe Rack, c. 680
Located in Chicago, IL
were buried in tombs and represented all of the things the deceased might need in their next life or in
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Sancai Fu Dog Incense Burners, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
protectors and are traditionally placed at the thresholds of sacred spaces, such as homes, temples, and tombs
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Fantastic 19th Century Chinese Blanc De Chine Model of a Water Buffalo or Ox
Located in New York, NY
China for centuries, with terracotta pieces found in Han dynasty tombs. By creating these porcelain
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Elegant Han Dynasty Terracotta Warrior - China '206 BC - 220 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
- Certificate of Authenticity
The Han dynasty was the second imperial dynasty of China (206 BC–220 AD
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Ancient China Monumental Stone Ram Han Dynasty, 206BC-220AD
Located in South Burlington, VT
small-scale in stone for tomb burial or display are rare. During early Chinese periods hundreds of
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Antique Chinese Tang Style Glazed Terracotta Bactrian Camel Figure
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Tang style Bactrian camel tomb figure - featuring an over-all amber glaze with brown
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Tang Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
A Fine Archaistic Chinese jade gui (ritual sceptre) Ming dynasty.
Located in London, GB
Archaistic jade gui (ritual sceptre).
China Ming or Qing dynasty, 16th-17th century AD
A gui, a
Category
Antique 16th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Jade
Rare and Important Pair of Early 20th Century Chinese Export Foo Dogs
Located in Dublin, IE
A rare and important pair of early 20th century Chinese Export polychrome ceramic foo dogs. Both in
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Group of Three Chinese Han Dynasty Style Gray Pottery Granary Models
Located in Austin, TX
AD) style, and most likely of the period, China.
The granary models of varying cylindrical form
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Chinese Guardian Fu Lions with Riders, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
home in 19th-century China. Also known as shizi or foo dogs, the mythical creatures are believed to be
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Expressive Court Lady in Orange Terracotta - Wei Dynasty, China '386-557 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
early China approached death and how they lived. Since people viewed the afterlife as an extension of
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Eastern Han Dynasty Terracotta Barn Workshop, China '206BC - 220AD' Ex-Museum
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
animals were often interred in the tombs of nobility and elite members of the social hierarchy. Models
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
Chimera (Pixiu) Terracotta Mythological Being - Tang Dynasty, China '618-907 AD'
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Chinese history and heralded through the millennia by fantastic stories of powerful and grandiose feats of
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Antiquities
Materials
Terracotta
H 13.78 in W 11.82 in D 3.94 in
Important Ancient Chinese Effigy Pug Dog, Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a carving of a canine “Pug”, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 CE
Dimensions: 38 cm, 15” High
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of Chinese tomb art for your home. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using ceramic, stone and pottery. If you’re shopping for an item from our selection of Chinese tomb art, we have 403 options in-stock, while there are 4 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for newer or older items, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A choice in our collection of Chinese tomb art is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in folk art, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made object in our assortment of Chinese tomb art over the years, but those crafted by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Tang Dynasty and Ole Wanscher are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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The average selling price for a piece of Chinese tomb art at 1stDibs is $2,657, while they’re typically $59 on the low end and $195,000 for the highest priced.
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