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Period: 19th Century
Petite Chinese Stone Trough, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this early 20th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. Hand-carved from solid limestone, the trough has a shallow, rectangular form with slight asymmetry. The surface of the stone still maintains its raw organic...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Bent Handle Fisherman's Basket, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art. This bent handle basket was made i...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Willow, Bentwood
Chinese Bent Handle Fisherman's Basket, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art. This bent handle basket was made i...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Willow, Bentwood
Chinese Two Person Bench, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 19th-century bench would have originally resided in the courtyard of a Qing-dynasty home to provide much-needed outdoor seating on hot summer days. The bench is designed i...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Benches
Materials
Pine
White Brass Five Blessings Chinese Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Filled with burning coals, this finely crafted 19th-century brazier once warmed the hands of a wealthy lady on a cold winter's night in northern China. The portable brazier is hand-w...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Measure Basket, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art. This basket was made in China long...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Willow
Chinese Measure Basket, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art. This basket was made in China long...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Willow
Benin-Style Bronze Figural Pipe Mouthpiece
Located in Chicago, IL
World-renowned for high-quality lost wax casting, the city of Benin in West Africa has been a leading producer of fine cast brass and bronze sculptures since as early as the 16th cen...
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Antique Late 19th Century Nigerian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Quadrilobe Lattice Courtyard Panel, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant, 19th-century door panel evokes life in a traditional courtyard home, where the openwork lattice design allowed light and air to flow into the inner rooms while maintain...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Doors and Gates
Materials
Fir
Set of Three Chinese Quadrilobe Lattice Courtyard Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The sweeping elegance of these 19th-century courtyard doors, with their intricate lattice panels, hides the mathematical brilliance required to create them. The wax-finished, knotty ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Doors and Gates
Materials
Fir
Chinese Lacquered Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the r...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Lacquered Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the r...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Lacquered Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the r...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Polychrome Khmer Guardian Lions, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Grand and imposing, these monumental lion sculptures offer protection to all those who stand before them. Dated to the mid-19th century, the ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Southeast Asian Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal
Chinese Puddingstone Top Game Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century square table is inlaid with a solid slab of puddingstone, a conglomerate stone long appreciated for its beautifully irregular patterning. The inlay is a particularl...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Game Tables
Materials
Stone
Chinese Studded Lacquer Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the recipients, the unassuming...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Miniature European Wax Portrait, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Wax is one of the earliest known mediums for portraiture. Miniature wax portraits were first invented in Italy during the 16th century and remained exceedingly popular around the wor...
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Antique Mid-19th Century European Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Camphor Burl Compound Cabinets, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These refined Qing-dynasty compound cabinets command their surroundings with grand scale and fine materials. Constructed of camphor with traditional joinery, the tall cabinets are co...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Burl
Folding Chinese Traveler's Hat Rack, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This folding hat rack displays the opulence of court fashion, where rank and status was expressed through fashion and its accouterments. During the Qing dynasty, wearing a hat was cu...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Hat Racks and Stands
Materials
Wood
Chinese Blacksmith Iron Scissors on Mount, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-forged metal sculpture, with its delicate appearance and whimsical shape, was once an integral tool to a 19th century Chinese cobbler’s trade. Made of iron, these scissors ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Chinese Blacksmith Iron Scissors on Mount, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-forged metal sculpture, with its delicate appearance and whimsical shape, was once an integral tool to a 19th century Chinese cobbler’s trade. Made of iron, these scissors ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Chinese Woven Bamboo Foot Soldier's Helmet, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This conical woven hat originates from 19th century China and is expertly crafted entirely of bamboo. The outside consists of slivers of bamboo woven together with rattan strips, sec...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Arms, Armor and Weapons
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese Blacksmith Iron Scissors on Mount, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-forged pair of 19th century scissors would have been a valuable and versatile tool, whether used by a trained shoemaker to cut leather or a refined scholar to trim a bonsai...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Shaker Dining Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant Japanese kimono stand dates to the early 20th century and is an updated example of traditional garment racks used to display silk ob...
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Antique Mid-19th Century American Shaker Dining Room Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Oak
Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This extraordinary Chinese headrest from the late Qing dynasty is hand-crafted of lacquered hide atop an elongated bamboo frame. Used while sleeping like a modern pillow, the headres...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects
Materials
Hide, Bamboo, Lacquer
Chinese Splayed Leg Cypress Table, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Though crafted in the mid-19th century, this three drawer center table embodies the style of farmhouse modern with clean lines and the natural warmth of cypress timbers. Constructed ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Center Tables
Materials
Cypress
Chinese Painted Black Lacquer Scholars' Cabinet, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Constructed with four doors, this spectacular Qing-dynasty cabinet from the mid-19th century is lavishly painted with scenes of courtly life in a grand palace garden. Seamlessly constructed and darkly lacquered, the tall cabinet provides the perfect blank canvas for an artist’s painted embellishments.
The upper doors depict a gathering of scholar-officials and fine ladies in a traditional courtyard pavilion. The lower doors are painted with mythical wise men navigating the wilderness with their young attendants. Surrounding the lower doors are several boys leaping about and playing together, a version of the Hundred Boys...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Chinese Black Lacquer Square Corner Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With clean lines and a darkly lacquered finish, this square corner cabinet celebrates the restraint of classic Chinese furniture forms. Dated to the mid-19th century, the tall cabine...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Chinese Traveling Chopstick Set with Repoussé Fittings, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant set of eating utensils dates to the mid-19th century and would have accompanied the well-to-do traveler on a long, cross-country journey. The set originally included a p...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Pair of Chinese Relief Carved Daybed Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These carved wooden panels were once a part of the railing to a grand Qing-dynasty daybed or canopy bed enclosure. Expertly crafted, the panel displays a beautiful relief carving wit...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Elm
Korean Buddhist Guardian Mural Taenghwa Painting, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Evolving from the Korean tradition of tomb mural painting came the Buddhist practice of “taenghwa,” or hanging-painting, a form of religious painting that included hanging scrolls, framed paintings and wall murals. Influenced by Chinese and Central Asian Buddhist art...
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Antique Early 19th Century Korean Paintings and Screens
Materials
Cotton, Paint
Pair of Chinese Guardian Fu Lions with Riders, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of intricately carved limestone fu lions once protected the entry of a grand courtyard home in 19th-century China. Also known as shizi or foo dogs, the mythical creatures a...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Tibetan Red and Gold Painted Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late-19th century storage cabinet is intricately hand-painted in the Sino-Tibetan style with brightly pigmented gouache paints in a palette of red, yellow, green, and black. The...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Japanese Seated Portrait of a Zen Master, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century Japanese sculpture likely portrays an accomplished teacher of Japanese Zen Buddhism. Developed from wood with a polychrome finish, this monk is expertly carved with...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Chinese Gnarled Boxwood Tobacco Pipe, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental Chinese pipe is beautifully sculpted with a long boxwood handle shaped to resemble a branch gnarled with knots and burls. Although its grand size recalls large bamboo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Silver, Brass
Chinese Blue and White Spoon, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A delicate example of the time-honored practice of blue-and-white ceramics, this 19th-century porcelain soup spoon was likely used as an everyday ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Spoon, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A delicate example of the time-honored practice of blue-and-white ceramics, this 19th-century porcelain soup spoon was likely used as an everyday ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Burl Top Game Table with Cloud Spandrels, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 19th century square table from northern China expresses Ming-dynasty tastes with clean lines and a simple silhouette. The table stands on four straight legs stabilized by ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Center Tables
Materials
Elm, Burl
Burmese Teak Bird Lintel, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This teakwood lintel from 19th-century Burmese architecture is beautifully carved in relief with alternating patterns of birds, flowers and fruits. An architectural lintel is a horiz...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese Primitive Architectural Elements
Materials
Teak
Provincial Chinese Blue and White Plate, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-19th century footed plate is cloaked in a cool, off-white glaze and brushed with calligraphic sweeps of blue, bringing life and character to its simple ceramic form. Once used as an everyday serving dish, this expressive example of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics can today be used as a decorative tabletop centerpiece...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Provincial Chinese Blue and White Plate, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-19th century footed plate is decorated in the blue-and-white style with a pattern of stamped geometric and curvilinear motifs. At the center of the plate is a starburst meda...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Provincial Chinese Blue and White Plate, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-19th century footed stoneware plate is cloaked in a blue-grey glaze and brushed with calligraphic sweeps of dark blue, bringing life and character to its simple tapered form. Once used as an everyday serving dish, this expressive example of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics can today be used as a decorative tabletop centerpiece...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Gilt Black Lacquer Shanxi Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in the early 20th century, this tall cabinet has a clean-lined form designed with straight sides and square corners. The cabinet is cloaked in a glossy black lacquer finish, ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Paint
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Paint
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Paint
Chinese Mythical Immortal Screen Painting, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Since the 12th century, people in China have used folding screens and doors to partition and decorate their homes - the vivid scenes backing the screens added life and color to a roo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Paint
Pair of Monumental Chinese Stone Spirit Way Tigers, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These monumental stone tiger sculptures offer protection to all those who stand before them. Hand-carved from solid limestone with terrific scale and careful detail, the majestic tig...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Statues
Materials
Limestone
Tibetan Golden Peony Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century storage cabinet is intricately hand-painted in the Sino-Tibetan style with brightly pigmented gouache paints in a palette of yellow, orange, green, and black. The c...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Oil Portrait of a Victorian Lady, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted in the 19th century, this exquisite miniature portrait wonderfully exemplifies realism in traditional oil painting. The small artwork is painted in the conventional portraiture style of the Old Masters, and achieves soft realism with fine brushwork and a subdued, neutral palette. The half length portrait depicts a fine Victorian woman dressed in all black with a delicate lace collar and bonnet. She wears a ruby broach...
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
English Oval Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique English side table is elegantly crafted with a versatile and lightweight design. Recently refinished to a rich, dark brown, th...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Shaker Side Tables
Materials
Mahogany
French Louis XV Style Upholstered Footstool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This rectangular footstool was crafted in 19th century France in the Louis XV style with an upholstered seat and an elegant carved fruitwood base. The stool rests on four short cabri...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Footstools
Materials
Fabric, Fruitwood
Chinese Red and Gold Shrine Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Coat upon coat of red, black and yellow lacquer was hand-applied to this 19th-century footed trunk likely originated as a display stand and storage chest in an elaborate shrine displ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Kang Table with Ridged Legs, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century hardwood kang table was traditionally used as a convenient working surface for painting, writing, sewing, or eating atop a heated kang platform. The petite table fe...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Lacquered Offering Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfected in the Ming dynasty, complex joinery techniques allowed craftsmen to create furniture with flowing lines, a sense of lightness, and remarkable durability. Crafted using tra...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Side Tables
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Chinese Pair of Fine Yoke Back Armchairs with Bamboo Carvings, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
With exemplary proportions, fine carvings, and soft, fluid lines, this pair of early 19th century armchairs are among the most elegant in our collection. The chairs are designed in a...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Italian Painted Dining Chair, C. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This upholstered dining chair wonderfully recreates the delicate, feminine seating of 17th and 18th century European furniture, designed in the style of Venetian Rococo and Louis XV....
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Louis XV Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Chinese Blonde Hide Storage Trunk, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, kitchen utensils, and other miscellaneous items, trunks were found in every room in the home and were often stacked on top of one another.
This early 19th century storage trunk has a simple, rectangular form, wrapped in a layer of softly worn hide and accented by a square brass lock plate decorated with double coins and subtle floral motifs. Likely originally coated in dark oxblood-brown lacquer, the hide exterior has been stripped and bleached to a neutral, pale blonde color. The interior is lined with colorful fabric printed with pink...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Brass
Chinese Four Door Herdsman Coffer, circa 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the style of Mongolian storage coffers, this late 19th-century herdsman's chest has a minimalist design with rustic appeal. The square corner cabinet is decorated with a s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Petite Chinese Display Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted of a beautiful dense hardwood, this petite table from the late 19th century is designed for displaying precious objects, such as fine porcelain, sculptures, or incense burner...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
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