Garden Pavilion

They are depicted enjoying a spring afternoon strolling past a garden pavilion, surrounded by blossoming cherry branches.

Originally, a piece like this would have been used in a scholar’s studio or garden pavilion, where it might hold precious objects, scrolls, or incense burners—supporting the contempl...

Thanks to its durable construction and weathered finish, this piece could also be placed in a covered outdoor area such as a loggia, veranda, or garden pavilion. Its stylized neoclas...

In the first scene and second Emperor Shah Jahan and the courtesan are situated in a luxurious garden pavilion. Shah Jahan is depicted with regal poise, seated on an ornate divan ado...

The floating ornamental forms appear almost suspended within the softly luminous ground, lending the rug a dreamlike quality reminiscent of frescoed European salons and secluded gard...

The front depicts an elaborate panoramic courtly scene with elegant figures gathered in pavilions and garden terraces amid bridges engaged in leisurely activities.

In contrast, the teapot on the right has a faceted, three-dimensional structure, with each panel depicting different scenes, including flowers, gardens, pavilions, birds, and trees. ...

Rendered in softened shades of celadon, soft crimson, beige, and light yellow, the pastel palette feels airy and restorative, evoking the atmosphere of sunlit courtyards and ancient ...

Every blossom appears suspended in motion, as though carried by a warm evening breeze through a private garden pavilion. Together, these revered floral motifs form the celebrated “F...

The "Imari Pavilion pattern" refers to a decoration pattern found on porcelains made during Early Qing Dynasty, influenced by Japanese Imari ware, which was produced in the Arita reg...

To the left, a graceful stone bridge spans the canal, connecting garden pavilions shaded by trees. The lush landscaping, ornamental structures, and waterways evoke the atmosphere of ...

The medallions themselves resemble tessellated garden pavilions viewed from above, each one functioning as a self-contained world of ornament and symbolism.

The second engraving shows a temple or pavilion setting within a landscaped environment, integrating architectural design with figures in traditional dress.

Fantastic 19th century Japanese Edo/Tokugawa period two-panel byobu screen featuring Chinese children frolicking on a garden terrace with a pavilion and large pine tree.

One principal reserve depicts a tranquil Japanese garden with a graceful weeping flowering tree, blooming irises, a winding path, and an elegant roofed garden lantern or pavilion.

What remains are the intense images captured by the eye, captured by the moment that flees without recourse. Amid its garden and the four tea pavilions that border the central pond, ...

The Golden Age design draws its inspiration from the great classical weaving traditions of Mughal India and Safavid Persia — the two most magnificent court cultures of the Islamic wo...

One of the most globally renowned sculpture gardens, complete with a sculpture pavilion, an amphitheatre, and an architecturally significant canal link bridge, the Sydney and Walda B...

Each piece is finely hand-painted in underglaze cobalt blue, featuring a central scene of an elegant lady standing in a lush garden landscape with pavilions, peonies, and natural sce...

Copper engraving showing Moorish garden elements including a pavilion and temple. This print originates from 'Jardins Anglo-Chinois à la Mode' by Georg Louis le Rouge.

The Muses of Gwinn tells the story of how this work of art was created, and still today reflects the style and economics of the United States during the early 20th c. With its formal...

Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...

This low drum stool from Shanxi province was hand-carved from solid limestone over 150 years ago, designed to add the essential stone element to a traditional Chinese garden. Stone d...

This low drum stool from Shanxi province was hand-carved from solid limestone nearly 250 years ago, designed to add the essential stone element to a traditional Chinese garden. Stone...

Hand-carved from solid marble, this low drum stool dates to the late 19th century and provided the essential stone element to a traditional Chinese garden. Stone drums such as this w...

Hand-carved from solid marble, this low drum stool dates to the late 19th century and provided the essential stone element to a traditional Chinese garden. Stone drums such as this w...

This impressive drum stool from Shanxi province was hand-carved from solid limestone nearly 250 years ago, designed to add the essential stone element to a traditional Chinese garden...

This impressive drum stool from Shanxi province was hand-carved from solid limestone nearly 250 years ago, designed to add the essential stone element to a traditional Chinese garden...

Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper-class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...

Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper-class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...

A large octagonal form Chinese export tea caddy in black lacquer decorated throughout in gilt and red with figural garden scenes, pavilions, and dense scrolling foliage.

The front depicts scholars and courtiers engaged in daily activities within the grounds of a traditional palace or noble residence, surrounded by pavilions, terraces, gardens and sty...

A highly decorative and unusually large Chinese Export black lacquer coffer, dating to the early 20th century and beautifully decorated with traditional gilt landscape scenes and fin...

The circular panel is inlaid with sections of high quality bone carving in high relief depicting children at play with lanterns, firecrackers, and holding banners, all amongst planta...

This attractive pair of Chinese porcelain vase lamps are decorated in the traditional famille rose palette, featuring lively courtly scenes with elegantly dressed figures gathered wi...

Its clear antecedent is the monumental lantern with flowers in the Pavillon Français at Versailles. The pavilion in the garden of the Petit Trianon was built for King Louis XV and hi...

The central panels depict an elaborate palace and garden scene: terraced pavilions, figures in conversation, processions, and attendants arranged across a deep, layered landscape of ...

The surface is decorated with acid-etched chinoiserie palace scenes depicting elegant figures, pavilions, gardens, and landscape motifs rendered in intricate relief.

Chinoiserie box with hand-painted garden and pavilion scenes on all sides, including floral borders and a central landscape panel on the lid.

Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...

Its magnificent lacquered top, adorned with finely executed Chinese decor — landscapes, pavilions, court or garden scenes — rests on a brass base with clean lines, creating a strikin...

Executed in rich gold tones against a deep black ground, the cabinet features finely detailed scenes of pavilions, garden walls, bridges, figures, and waterside landscapes, creating ...

Two scholars standing on the patio of a pavilion contemplate the garden. Two other scholars are shown walking among the rocks the opposite side.

The interior decorated with a landscape vignette depicting a gentleman standing on a terrace beside a balustrade within a garden setting. A small pavilion rises behind the figure, wh...

A wonderful early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with a dark indigo field surrounded by a lacy floral and scrolling vine border with an oval cutout framing a garden landscape with...

The cylindrical jar and round box are adorned with courtly scenes: scholars, attendants, children, and animals depicted amid pavilions, garden landscapes, and rolling hills. The colo...

Exquisite pedestal with a scene depicting elegant ladies in a pavilion garden with birds, architecture and trees.

An early 20th century Chinese Art Deco pictorial rug depicting a scholar's garden landscape including a pavilion on one side of a pond, and scholar amidst several scholar's rocks on ...

Crossman writes that such scenes show "in great detail an idealised view of the pavilions and gardens of the residence of a wealthy Chinese, rather than the place of manufacture."

The composition captures the grandeur and symmetry of the royal estate’s large pond (grand étang), flanked by elegant pavilions and lush gardens. In the foreground, stylishly dressed...

A superb very large 19th century Japanese Imari vase, of baluster form, decorated in the typical Imari palette of iron reds and blue with gilt highlights, but also blacks and greens,...

By the mid-1750s, the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were sporting "Chinese Pavilions and Boxes" and several design books, including Chippendale’s The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Direct...

By the mid-1750s, the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens were sporting "Chinese Pavilions and Boxes" and several design books, including Chippendale’s The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Direct...

The garden is anchored with the pavilion in its center, a bridge in front and clusters of landscape Taihu rocks priced in Chinese garden design, among trees and plants.

The centre painted with a large lion with a hairy mane flexing his tail and standing in front of a pavilion in a garden landscape. The rim painted with four repeats of a man sitting ...

Low cylindrical box with a flat lid that is red on the outside and black on the inside, decorated on the lid and the upper part of the body with bands of geometric and vegetal fretwo...

A couple is sitting at a table in the shade of an umbrella in the gardens. The Ledoyen Pavilion was originally an inn (1779).