About PAGODA RED
PAGODA RED is the destination for collectors who love the art, history, style & spirit of Asian and handcrafted objects. Every item is authentic—historically and geographically—and wears the patina of many lifetimes served in homes, palaces and gardens. In the early 1990s, owner Betsy Nathan studied Mandarin and moved to Beijing. There, she met a group of legendary Chinese furniture experts. Under their mentorship, she became an expert in provenance, craftsmanship, joinery and history. Nathan moved back to the United States and established her first showroom in Chicago i...Read More
Established in 19971stDibs seller since 2006
Featured Pieces
Thai Rattanakosin Seated Buddha Figure in Gilt Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This gilt bronze figure depicts the historic Buddha Shakyamuni in perpetual meditation. Also known as Shaka, Gautama Buddha, or Prince Siddhartha, Shakyamuni embodies the virtues of ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Thai Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Blue & White Phoenix Tail Vase, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique Chinese porcelain vase from the mid-19th century is hand-painted in the blue-and-white manner with an idyllic mountain landscape. Attributed to the imperial kilns of Jin...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Petite Chinese Apothecary Chest, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This low cabinet with many drawers is a small Chinese apothecary chest, once used in a 19th-century pharmacy to organize and store traditional herbal medicines. The medicine cabinet ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Side Tables
Materials
Elm
Vintage Chinese Mahjong Set in Hardwood Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A test of skill, strategy, and luck, the game of mahjong (麻將) was invented in China in the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and has been popular ever since. Played by exchanging tiles t...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Bone, Bamboo, Hardwood
Chinese Blue & White Plate with Trailing Vines, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century porcelain plate is richly decorated in the blue-and-white manner, hand-painted with dark, cobalt-blue underglaze against a blue-grey field. The small plate is brush...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Celadon Lacquer Peach Box, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This small presentation box from the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) is cloaked in a rare shade of celadon-teal lacquer, an unusual color we've never seen in our years of collecting. T...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Petite Chinese Blossom Tea Plate, Late 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite hardwood tray from the late Qing dynasty reflects the literati's taste for fine materials and balanced proportions. The little tray is shaped as a six-petal flower blosso...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furni...
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Ming Dynasty Cizhou Rice Bowl, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique Chinese rice bowl dates to the late Ming dynasty (1368–1644) and is beautifully glazed in neutral earth-tones in the manner of cizhou ware. A border of abstract florals ...
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Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Chinese Mahjong Set in Lacquered Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A test of skill, strategy, and luck, the game of mahjong (麻將) was invented in China in the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and has been popular ever since. Played by exchanging tiles t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Bone, Bamboo, Pine
"Boundary Layer II" Abstract Painting by Issy Wilson
Located in Chicago, IL
Awash with swirling colors and abstract forms, the mixed-media paintings of emerging artist Issy Wilson reflect the interconnectedness of the natural world. A collaboration between t...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Chinese Flambé Drip Glaze Bowl in Oxblood Red, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used as a tabletop fish bowl or censer, this antique Chinese basin is drenched in a beautiful flambé glaze with sang-de-beof coloring, also known as oxblood-red or langyao...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue & White Lotus Dish, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
An everyday example of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics, this petite footed dish from the late 19th century charms with expressive sweeps of cobalt blue atop a blue-grey field. The lo...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
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