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Qing Dynasty Burl Scroll Pot 'Scholars Pot', China
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Qing dynasty (1644-1911) burl scroll pot (Scholars Pot), China.
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wood

19th Century Pair of Chinese Scholar's Carved Bamboo Brush Pots Brass
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Hand carved intricate Chinese scholar's bamboo brush pots with brass rings and script. Original
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Antique 1880s Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bamboo

Antique Chinese Scholars’ Incense Tray of Coconut Wood
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Unusual Chinese Scholars’ Incense Tray, beautifully crafted of wood covered in a parquetry of small
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Wood, Coconut

Antique Chinese Scholars’ Incense Tray of Coconut Wood
Antique Chinese Scholars’ Incense Tray of Coconut Wood
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H 1.5 in W 14.63 in D 9.88 in
Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese Huanghuali brush pot 18th century Carved cylindrical Chinese scholar’s brush pot
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Wood

Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot
Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot
H 5.88 in Dm 5.38 in
Chinese Bamboo Calligraphy Brush Holder Carved With Scholars in a Garden
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Ming style hand carved bamboo brush pot carved in the round with various scenes against the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Scholar's Objects

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Bamboo

Antique Chinese Tea Pot Caddy
Located in New York, NY
used for large gatherings. Holding a large tea pot of hot tea with the spout protruding from the
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Elm

Antique Chinese Tea Pot Caddy
Antique Chinese Tea Pot Caddy
H 16.5 in W 18 in D 13 in
Antique Chinese Carved Bamboo Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy brushes were generally kept in the brush pots but
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Bamboo

Finely Carved Chinese Brush Holder Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese Rosewood brush holder (pen pot) circa late Qing dynasty. Finely carved on surface with a
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Cypress Root Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful organic shaped Cypress root brush pot. This cypress root was carved out to hold the
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Antique Early 19th Century Scholar's Objects

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Cypress

19th Century Chinese Cypress Root Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful organic shaped Cypress root brush pot. This cypress root was carved out to hold the
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

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Cypress

19th Century Chinese Cypress Root Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful organic shaped Cypress root brush pot. This cypress root was carved out to hold the
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Cypress

19th Century Chinese Cypress Root Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautiful organic shaped Cypress root brush pot. This cypress root was carved out to hold the
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Cypress

Fine Chinese Bamboo Root Carved Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
pots were used by Chinese and Korean scholars between the 18th and 19th century. Calligraphy brushes
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bamboo

18th century Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot (Bitong)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot, Bitong, an elegant simple form, well carved from one honey coloured
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Hardwood

Rare Traditional Chinese Bamboo Hand-carved Brush Pot
Located in Hampstead, QC
This antique hand carved Chinese bamboo root brush pot is in excellent condition. No cracks in the
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Bamboo

19th Century Chinese Root Wood Calligraphy Brush Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a beautiful 19th century Chinese brush pot made from a hardwood root. The root brush pot
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

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Hardwood, Burl

Chinese Zitan Brush Pot with Soapstone Inlay, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This beautiful example is carved
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Soapstone

19th Century Monumental Chinese Carved Rosewood Brush Pot
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare and unusual 19th century monumental Chinese rosewood brush pot carved from a large, solid
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Rosewood

Chinese Qing Simulated Bamboo Brown Glazed Pottery Brush Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and stylish antique Chinese simulated bamboo brush pot decorated in brown glazes and
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Pottery

Chinese Late Qing Carved Soapstone Jar Shaped Brush Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A well carved Chinese soapstone brush pot of jar shape believed to date from the latter Qing
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Antique Early 1900s Asian Qing Scholar's Objects

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Soapstone

Chinese Jadeite Pair of Brush Pots on Stands, Qing Dynasty
By Wang Hing & Co.
Located in Gainesville, FL
Pair of Chinese jadeite hand carved brush pots o the stands, mid 19th century. Each brush pot 3 1
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

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Jade

Large Zitan Huanghuali Hardwood Brush Pot Bitong, Qing Dynasty, China
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Large Zitan Huanghuali hardwood brush pot bitong, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, China Measures
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Zitan

Chinese Finley Moulded Ebonized Plaster Brush Pot Bitong Imitating Carved Zitan
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Chinese finely moulded ebonized plaster Brush pot bitong imitating carved zitan 20th century
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

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Plaster

Awaji Shima Pottery Brush Pot Artist's Vase Arts & Crafts Bronze Weaving
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
Great Awaji brush pot with bronze weaving, circa 1910. Impressed double diamond mark from the
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Arts and Crafts Scholar's Objects

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Pottery

Japanese Old Tea Ceremony Pot Chagama "Trellice and Flowers" Immediately Usable
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese acquisitions with original signed box. A finely cast Japanese traditional iron teapot -chagama- with a wonderful relief band and design of summer time bam...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Scholar's Objects

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Iron, Bronze

Antique Artist's Box, English, Walnut, Paint Palette, Winsor & Newton, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
colour names and several vintage paint pots Lid interior emblazoned with a gold tooled Winsor & Newton
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Antique Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

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Ebony, Walnut

Japan, Hanakago, Flower Basket, Signed Okazaki Chikuhosai II, circa 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
complete with its bamboo water pot, paulownia wood tomobako (original storage box) and cloth to wrap the
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20th Century Japanese Scholar's Objects

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Bamboo

Black Bronze Censer in Beast Form
Located in Somis, CA
legs and paws stabilize the pot. Romantic, exotic scrolls decorate the body. Open mouth allows the
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20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

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Bronze

Black Bronze Censer in Beast Form
Black Bronze Censer in Beast Form
H 5.75 in W 5.25 in D 3.25 in
Gilt Bronze Inkwell with Chinese Style Lacquer,  Late 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
mountains, pagodas and characters, two gilt bronze covered pots shape reservoirs are fixed. They stand on a
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Antique Late 19th Century European Chinoiserie Scholar's Objects

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Bronze

Blue and White Brush Pot with First Scholar
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

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Porcelain

Chinese Export Finely Carved Soapstone Scholars/ Tea Pot
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Export finely carved soapstone scholars/ tea pot With deeply carved floral and vine
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Soapstone

Chinese Scholar Object Oxblood Porcelain Water Pot or Dropper - Kangxi Mark
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, 20th century. Chinese. A porcelain oxblood red porcelain horseshoe water pot of bell
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique Japanese Hirado Porcelain Ink Pot Well Scholar Table, 19th Cen
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Rare. Similar pieces are pictured in "Louis Lawrence : Hirado Prince of Porcelains. Lid not original. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & ...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Inkwells

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Porcelain

Awaji Pottery Japanese Scholar's Desk Yellow Brush Pot/Pencil Cup Bronze Weave
By Awaji Pottery
Located in Wilton, CT
Awaji Pottery brushpot/pencil cup in sunny yellow glaze with bronze weaving. Sumoto kiln. 5" high, 3 1/2" diameter. Impressed export and kiln marks. Excellent condition.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Ceramics

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Pottery

Antique Chinese Baotou Scholar’s Rug with Confucian Pictorial Design
Located in Dallas, TX
77586, antique Chinese Baotou Scholar’s rug with Confucian Pictorial Design. This hand-knotted wool
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

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Wool

Blue and White Qilin Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Meiji Bronze Basketweave Pattern Sake Pot
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional quality Japanese Meiji bronze sake pot decorated with a basket weave patterning
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Metalwork

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Bronze

Japanese Meiji Bronze Basketweave Pattern Sake Pot
Japanese Meiji Bronze Basketweave Pattern Sake Pot
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H 6.3 in W 3.15 in D 2.37 in
Blue and White Brush Pot with Fish & Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

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Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Koi & Lotus
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots...

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Fish & Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stoneware brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Koi & Lotus
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Birds and Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Birds and Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Birds and Peonies
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Brush Pot with Shan Shui Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcelain brush pot
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Porcelain

Small Late 19th Century Chinese Carved Hardwood Brush Pot
Located in Central England, GB
A Small Late 19th Century Chinese Carved Hardwood Brush Pot This stylishly restrained hexagonal
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Antique 19th Century Unknown More Desk Accessories

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Hardwood

Majolica flower pots Samson & Fils Factory, France, late 19th century
By Emile Samson
Located in Milano, IT
Maiolica flower pots “a mezzaluna” Samson & Fils Factory Montreuil-sous-Bois, France, late 19th
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Antique Late 19th Century French Rococo Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Maiolica

Antique 18th Century Chinese Export Qianlong Porcelain Chocolate Tea Pot
Located in Dayton, OH
famille rose Armorial porcelain hot chocolate pot or chocolatière. History of the Chocolate Pot: The
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Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Export Tea Sets

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Porcelain

Antique Dry Flower Vases, Chinese, Bamboo, Bitong, Brush Pot, Qing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
brush pot, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Superb bitong or traditionally carved
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Vases

Materials

Bamboo

"Moche Owl Pot, " Animalic Ceramic Vessel created in Pre-Columbian Peru
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This piece is a pot made by an unknown artist in Pre-Columbian Peru. It takes the shape of an owl
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15th Century and Earlier Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Seven Chinese Cast Bronze Ancient Articles 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
- 10.5"H x 4.25"W x 3.5"D (scholar) 4.5"H x 1.5"W x 1.5"D (square block w/ peak
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Metalwork

Materials

Bronze

Sculptural Cave Stool in Dark Bronze by Elan Atelier
By Elan Atelier
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural Cave Stool in Dark Bronze by Elan Atelier Inspired by the Chinese scholars' stones and
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2010s Unknown Modern Stools

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Four Drawer Inlaid Altar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
-tenon joinery techniques, the altar is subtly decorated with exquisite inlaid decorations of scholars
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Wood

Italian Art Deco Style Mid-Century Modern Tea Set by Montagnani
By Montagnani
Located in Northampton, GB
this uber stylish Tea Service in the Art Deco Style. The Service complete with a Tea and Coffee pot
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets

Materials

Metal

Chinese Yixing Red Clay Teapot Poems & Bamboo Leaves Seal Mark, C 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
popualr among scholars. The pot is marked to the base with a four- character seal mark This is a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Clay, Stoneware

Antique Wood Carving Good Fortune Set of 4
Located in Somis, CA
A wonderful set of four 19th century wood carvings each featuring two scholars in a garden pavilion
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Antique Wood Carving Good Fortune Set of 4
Antique Wood Carving Good Fortune Set of 4
H 5.5 in W 14.38 in D 0.25 in
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Scholars Pot For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal scholars pot for your home. Each scholars pot for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and ceramic. If you’re shopping for a scholars pot, we have 169 options in-stock, while there are 11 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a scholars pot — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right scholars pot, those designed in folk art, Arts and Crafts and Art Deco styles are of considerable interest. Pieter Compernol & Stephanie Grusenmeyer, Awaji Pottery and Elan Atelier each produced at least one beautiful scholars pot that is worth considering.

How Much is a Scholars Pot?

The average selling price for a scholars pot at 1stDibs is $1,650, while they’re typically $125 on the low end and $62,600 for the highest priced.