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Gu Bronze Vase

Ming Dynasty Bronze Gu Beaker Vase
Ming Dynasty Bronze Gu Beaker Vase

Ming Dynasty Bronze Gu Beaker Vase

Located in Dallas, TX

Chinese bronze vase, Gu, the trumpet-shaped upper section cast with four blades filled with archaic designs.

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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Vases

Materials

Bronze

Pair Chinese 18th Century Late Ming Bronze Archaistic Gu Vases
Pair Chinese 18th Century Late Ming Bronze Archaistic Gu Vases

Pair Chinese 18th Century Late Ming Bronze Archaistic Gu Vases

Located in Dallas, TX

Near Pair of Chinese Archaic bronze Gu vases. 18th century Late Ming Period, Measures: Height: 11.4 inches.

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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Archaistic Vases

Materials

Bronze

Large Chinese Bronze Gu Form Vase, Signed
Large Chinese Bronze Gu Form Vase, Signed

Large Chinese Bronze Gu Form Vase, Signed

Located in Norton, MA

A large two-piece Gu form vase with archaic designs and squared handles. The underside of the base has a raised archaic mark. Dimension: Vase Height: 18.5 inches, 9,5" Dia. Wood Bas...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Bowls

Materials

Bronze

Pair Gu Cloisonné Vases
Pair Gu Cloisonné Vases

Pair Gu Cloisonné Vases

Located in Houston, TX

Pair of Imperial yellow Gu form cloisonné vases.

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Antique Gu Ritual Vessel, Oriental, Bronze, Ceremonial, Posy Vase, Victorian
Antique Gu Ritual Vessel, Oriental, Bronze, Ceremonial, Posy Vase, Victorian

Antique Gu Ritual Vessel, Oriental, Bronze, Ceremonial, Posy Vase, Victorian

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

Delightfully weathered offering vessel, with appealing detail and colour Displays a desirable aged patina, in original time worn order Tactile bronze with verdigris weathering and br...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Late 19th-Early 20th Century Bronze Chinese Gu Vases/Vessels
Pair of Late 19th-Early 20th Century Bronze Chinese Gu Vases/Vessels

Pair of Late 19th-Early 20th Century Bronze Chinese Gu Vases/Vessels

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of bronze "Gu" shaped vases with patina. Each vessel has flared petal rims.

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Archaistic Bronze Vase, Circa 1900 Shang Dynasty Style Gu Vessel
Chinese Archaistic Bronze Vase, Circa 1900 Shang Dynasty Style Gu Vessel

Chinese Archaistic Bronze Vase, Circa 1900 Shang Dynasty Style Gu Vessel

Located in Miami, FL

Of Classic vessel form, with an oval, splayed foot, narrow, waisted body and wide, flaring mouth. Very heavy and archaist vessel with lucky beetles around the sides.    

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Antique 1890s Asian Archaistic Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Gu-Form Pink Porcelain Family Vases, Late 19th Century
Pair of Gu-Form Pink Porcelain Family Vases, Late 19th Century

Pair of Gu-Form Pink Porcelain Family Vases, Late 19th Century

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

Small gu-form porcelain vases decorated with pink family enamels on a yellow background with green interlaces.

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Antique Late 19th Century Asian Chinese Export Porcelain

Materials

Bronze

Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form Vase, 17th/18th Century, Kangxi Period
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form Vase, 17th/18th Century, Kangxi Period

Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form Vase, 17th/18th Century, Kangxi Period

Located in New York, NY

A Fantastic, rare, and antique Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Gu Form vase, 17th/18th century, Kangxi Period. This cloisonne vase is extremely rare to find in this quality, condition, age,...

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Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Modeled as a Candlestick
Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Modeled as a Candlestick

Chinese Export Porcelain Canton Famille Rose Elephant Modeled as a Candlestick

Located in Downingtown, PA

Rising from the elephant's back is a gu-form vase—a ceremonial bronze shape adapted here as the candle holder—which sits upon a raised saddle.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Candlesticks

Materials

Porcelain

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Chinese Bronze Beaker Gu Vase
Chinese Bronze Beaker Gu Vase

Chinese Bronze Beaker Gu Vase

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H 13.7 in Dm 6.5 in

Chinese Bronze Beaker Gu Vase

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Tall flaring neck and bell-form foot decorated with formal leaf lappets, the rounded mid-section with three extending flanges.

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowl and Stand, Yongzheng, 18th Century
Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowl and Stand, Yongzheng, 18th Century

Chinese Porcelain Tea Bowl and Stand, Yongzheng, 18th Century

Located in London, GB

A Chinese porcelain semi-eggshell tea bowl of conical form, painted on the exterior in grisaille, gilt, blue and green enamels with two circular medallions enclosing an incense burne...

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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Ming Dynasty Chinese Bronze Gu-Form Vase, 17-18th Century
Ming Dynasty Chinese Bronze Gu-Form Vase, 17-18th Century

Ming Dynasty Chinese Bronze Gu-Form Vase, 17-18th Century

Located in Dallas, TX

A Chinese bronze gu-form vase. 17-18th century; 14-1/2 inches high (36.8 cm.)

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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Ming Vases

Materials

Bronze

Antique Pair Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Chinese Gu Vases Urns 19ct
Antique Pair Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Chinese Gu Vases Urns 19ct

Antique Pair Famille Rose Medallion Canton Cantonese Chinese Gu Vases Urns 19ct

Located in Dublin, Ireland

An exceptionally fine pair of Chinese Cantonese hand decorated porcelain vases of rare outline gu form, of quite good size proportions, (see last image in situ) mid-nineteenth centur...

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Early Victorian Vases

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Chinese Qing Archaic Style Floral Patterned Bronze Gu Vase
Chinese Qing Archaic Style Floral Patterned Bronze Gu Vase

Chinese Qing Archaic Style Floral Patterned Bronze Gu Vase

Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire

An elegantly shaped archaic style Chinese bronze Gu, beaker form vase molded with floral designs believed to date from the qing dynasty or possibly earlier.

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Antique 18th Century Chinese Ming Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Archaistic Bronze Gu Vases
Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Archaistic Bronze Gu Vases

Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Archaistic Bronze Gu Vases

Located in Dallas, TX

A rare pair of bronze cast archaistic Gu vases with wood bases, 17th century.

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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Vases

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Chinese Blue and White Gu Vase
19th Century Chinese Blue and White Gu Vase

19th Century Chinese Blue and White Gu Vase

Located in Chicago, IL

Originally cast in bronze, the gu vase form dates back nearly three thousand years.

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Bronze GU Form Vase by L'Escalier de Cristal-Paris
Chinese Bronze GU Form Vase by L'Escalier de Cristal-Paris

Chinese Bronze GU Form Vase by L'Escalier de Cristal-Paris

By L'Escalier de Cristal

Located in Jonquerettes, FR

Chinese bronze GU form vase in gilded bronze. The upper flaring section with leaf-shaped panels, the central and lower sections with taotie masks and geometric decoration, all divide...

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Antique 19th Century French Japonisme Vases

Materials

Ormolu

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Archaic Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel, Gui, Early Western Zhou, 11th century BCE
Archaic Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel, Gui, Early Western Zhou, 11th century BCE

Archaic Chinese Bronze Ritual Vessel, Gui, Early Western Zhou, 11th century BCE

Located in Austin, TX

A stunning and rare Chinese archaic bronze gui, a type of ritual bronze vessel used to hold grain, either for feasting, or for making offerings to the ancestors, late Shang to early ...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Qing Dynasty Flambé Glazed Bottle Vase, Tianqiuping, Late 19th Century
Chinese Qing Dynasty Flambé Glazed Bottle Vase, Tianqiuping, Late 19th Century

Chinese Qing Dynasty Flambé Glazed Bottle Vase, Tianqiuping, Late 19th Century

Located in Austin, TX

A gorgeous Chinese monochrome red flambé glazed bottle vase, called a tianqiuping, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century. The voluptuous body of the vase of globular form, rising to br...

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Vases

Materials

Porcelain

Archaic Bronze Ding Warring States Period
Archaic Bronze Ding Warring States Period

Archaic Bronze Ding Warring States Period

Located in Dallas, TX

Chinese Bronze Archaistic Warring States Period Ding Pot. Circa 500 BCE A beautifully shaped medium size bronze ritual vessel with three elegant feet and a lid with three bovine fig...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Archaistic Jars

Materials

Bronze

Lrg Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Style Round Dragon Box Qianlong Mk
Lrg Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Style Round Dragon Box Qianlong Mk

Lrg Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Style Round Dragon Box Qianlong Mk

Located in Richmond, CA

Large antique Chinese carved and painted cinnabar lacquer style covered round box, top decorated in relief with two fierce, scaly, slithering dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst ...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet

Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet

Located in Houston, TX

Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...

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Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines

Materials

Glass, Mahogany

Antique Japanese Lacquer Inlaid Hardwood Meiji Period Shibayama Shodana Cabinet
Antique Japanese Lacquer Inlaid Hardwood Meiji Period Shibayama Shodana Cabinet

Antique Japanese Lacquer Inlaid Hardwood Meiji Period Shibayama Shodana Cabinet

Located in Portland, OR

An exquisite antique Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Shodana cabinet, circa 1880. One of the finest antique Shibayama cabinets one will see, the cabinet is finely inlaid and overlaid...

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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Gold

Chinese Interior-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, Signed, 19th Century
Chinese Interior-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, Signed, 19th Century

Chinese Interior-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, Signed, 19th Century

Located in Norton, MA

Chinese Interior-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, signed, 19th Century, very well painted inside of glass depicting landscaping on both sides in colors.  

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Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Glass

An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan
An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan

An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan

Located in Long Island City, NY, NY

An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan. This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Canton Enamel Lobed Round Box, Qianlong Mark, Late Qing Dynasty, China
Chinese Canton Enamel Lobed Round Box, Qianlong Mark, Late Qing Dynasty, China

Chinese Canton Enamel Lobed Round Box, Qianlong Mark, Late Qing Dynasty, China

Located in Austin, TX

A well painted Chinese Canton enamel lobed round box and cover featuring the Eight Immortals, with a Qianlong mark to the underside, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China The deligh...

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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire
Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire

Rare Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim & Pauly Cie Et Venice Antique Carved Armoire

By Guggenheim Museum, Pauly et Cie

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare one of a kind Pauly CIE Et stamped hand carved walnut armoire made by the genius that was Moses Michelangelo Guggenheim 1837-1910 W...

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Antique 19th Century Italian Victorian Wardrobes and Armoires

Materials

Walnut

Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Carved Gem Stone/ Serpentine Medallion & Ring Handles
Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Carved Gem Stone/ Serpentine Medallion & Ring Handles

Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Carved Gem Stone/ Serpentine Medallion & Ring Handles

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Carved Gem Stone/ Serpentine Medallion & Ring Handles China, Later 20th Century An exquisite Chinese cloisonné bowl from the 20th century, a masterwork of cra...

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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Urns
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Urns

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Bronze Cloisonné Urns

Located in Houston, TX

Pair of late 19th century Chinese bronze cloisonné urns with lids

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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Antique Chinese Qing Bronze Censer Incense Burner Cachepot
Antique Chinese Qing Bronze Censer Incense Burner Cachepot

Antique Chinese Qing Bronze Censer Incense Burner Cachepot

Located in Forney, TX

A high quality Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) Chinese bronze brazier censer (today use as an incense burner - cachepot planter - decorative table box) encircled with traditional characters...

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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Pair 19th Century Chinese Carved Zitan Elephants Bronze Cloisonné Palm Fans
Pair 19th Century Chinese Carved Zitan Elephants Bronze Cloisonné Palm Fans

Pair 19th Century Chinese Carved Zitan Elephants Bronze Cloisonné Palm Fans

Located in Houston, TX

A rare pair of 19th Century or earlier, towering Chinese bronze cloisonné Royal palm leaf fans atop hand carved titan wood poles and elephants on gallery plinths.

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Antique 19th Century Asian Antiquities

Materials

Bronze

Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums
Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums

Massive Chinese Cloisonné Vase with Phoenix, Magnolia, Lotus and Chrysanthemums

Located in New York, NY

A massive Chinese blue cloisonné vase or urn depicting a colorful imperial phoenix with gilt bronze wires among birds and butterflies in an imperial garden of magnolia blossoms, chry...

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Vintage 1920s Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Enamel

Chinese Bronze Scholar Vase with Taotie, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 17th century, China
Chinese Bronze Scholar Vase with Taotie, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 17th century, China

Chinese Bronze Scholar Vase with Taotie, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 17th century, China

Located in Austin, TX

A small and interesting cast bronze archaistic scholar vase with loose ring handles and taotie mask design, late Ming or early Qing Dynasty, mid 17th century, China. The small vas...

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Antique Mid-17th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

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Gu Bronze Vase For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal gu bronze vase for your home. Each gu bronze vase for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bronze and ceramic. There are many kinds of the gu bronze vase you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. A gu bronze vase is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Gu Bronze Vase?

A gu bronze vase can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,150, while the lowest priced sells for $395 and the highest can go for as much as $8,861.