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
"Snowmelt 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Chinese Cast Iron Relief Planter with Mythical Animals
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand, cast iron planter is modeled after traditional Qing-dynasty vessels used for collecting rain water in case of fire. Set on tripod legs and flanked with dramatic ring hand...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Iron
Chinese Cast Iron Relief Planter with Mythical Animals
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand, cast iron planter is modeled after traditional Qing-dynasty vessels used for collecting rain water in case of fire. Set on tripod legs and flanked with dramatic ring hand...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Iron
Antique Chinese Drip Glazed Kitchen Jar, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique Chinese jar from the early 20th century is cloaked inside and out with a beautiful drip glaze of red-brown color with irregular strea...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Chinese Double Gourd Altar Table, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
In households throughout China, long tables with everted ends were traditionally placed against the back wall of the main room as an altar for ancestral tablets, Buddhist iconography...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Antique Chinese Censer-Form Cinnabar Planter with Peonies, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This incredible red lacquer planter dates to 19th-century China and belongs to a genre of decorative arts known as qidiao (漆雕), or carved lacquer. ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Chinese Black Lacquer Scholar's Box, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant container is a 19th-century Chinese document box, once used by a Qing-dynasty scholar-official to store stationery accessories such as brushes, seals and ink sticks. Cra...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Pine
Antique Chinese Reeded Leg Altar Table, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This long console table once resided in a 19th-century Chinese home, laden with food offerings and incense as a home altar for ancestor worship. The antique table feels at once tradi...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Ming-Dynasty Green Glazed Jar Lid, 15th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural object is the lid to a Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) offering jar from Yunnan province, a Buddhist vessel for ritual offerings such as coins, shells, flowers and grains. T...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Primitive Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Narrow Chinese Splayed Leg Benches, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
These rustic Chinese benches are simply designed with clean lines and little decoration. Dated to the mid-19th century, the lightweight benches would have been a casual form of every...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Furniture
Materials
Cypress
Chinese Black Marble Scroll Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Minimal and refined, this elegant marble riser is a sophisticated way to add dimension to a tabletop display. Shaped from a single block of black marble, the low pedestal is carved w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Pedestals
Materials
Marble
Monumental Chinese Peach Patch Console Table, 18th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
With monumental proportions and an unconventional design, this grand Chinese altar table from the mid-18th century is a truly special find. The long table has an expansive plank-top ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Wood
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