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Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Granite
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Planters, Cachepots and ...
Materials
Granite
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Granite
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Granite
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Granite
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Granite
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Granite
Chinese Meditation Dream Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
A well-chosen stone is the focal point of both a traditional Chinese garden and a scholar's studio - evoking the complexities of nature and inspiring creative thought. In the spirit ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone, Steel
Pair of Chinese Black Lacquer Tapered Cabinets, c. 1840
Located in Chicago, IL
With simplicity of form and an understated presence, these elegant lacquer cabinets exemplify the timeless appeal of classical Chinese furniture. Used in traditional homes in lieu of...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Chrysanthemum Lady's Chair, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming lady's chair dates to the early 19th century and is an armless variation on the classic Chinese 'southern official's hat chair.' The side chair is crafted of elm (yumu)...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Side Chairs
Materials
Elm
Chinese Full Moon Chopping Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century tri-leg stool from China's Shanxi province charms with its top-heavy form and timeworn texture. Crafted of elm with mortise-and-tenon joinery, the robust stool stan...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Oblong Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this 19th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. Hand-carved from...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Granite
Pastoral Chinese Trailing Vines Coffer, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic four-door coffer from the early 20th century balances modern simplicity with humble, timeworn materials. Attributed to artisans of Xinjiang province in Western China, the...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Bohemian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Dou Rice Measure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, a traditional Chinese unit of volume. The rice measure has a square form with tapered sides...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Baskets
Materials
Iron
Patched Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
The round top of this rustic, tri-leg side table is an antique wooden cart wheel, repurposed from an early 20th century ox-drawn wagon or far...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Side Tables
Materials
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
$1,280
Patched Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
The round top of this rustic, tri-leg side table is an antique wooden cart wheel, repurposed from an early 20th century ox-drawn wagon or far...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Side Tables
Materials
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
$1,280
Pastoral Chinese Four Door Coffer, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic four-door coffer from the early 20th century balances modern simplicity with humble, timeworn materials. Attributed to artisans of Xinjiang province in Western China, the...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Bohemian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Dou Rice Measure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, a traditional Chinese unit of volume. The rice measure has a square form with tapered sides...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Elm
Chinese Woven Garden Basket, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
It is easy to imagine someone, long ago, gathering a harvest from their garden or strolling to the market with this beautiful basket tucked under their arm. Hand-woven of young willo...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Willow, Bentwood
Patched Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
The round top of this rustic, tri-leg side table is an antique wooden cart wheel, repurposed from an early 20th century ox-drawn wagon or far...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Rustic Side Tables
Materials
Pine, Reclaimed Wood
$1,280
Chinese Blue & White Jar with First Scholar
Located in Chicago, IL
Loosely brushed with cobalt blue pigments, this round, blue-and-white storage jar is underglazed with a celebratory procession of young boys leading a mythical qilin. Also known as k...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
"Moss Garden 02" by Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Concrete, Other
Chinese Swirled Wood Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite wooden vessel is sculpted in the manner of a traditional Chinese brush pot, a container used to hold calligraphy brushes and tools in a scholars' studio. Placed alongside...
Category
20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Wood
"Chasm" Root Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking silhouette elevates this gnarled rootwood object into an incredible natural sculpture. The organic root form recalls the tradition of Chinese scholars' rocks, or gongshi, ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
$3,880
Chinese Ho Ho Boy Water Dropper, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This curious object is a late 19th-century Chinese water dropper, a calligraphy accessory that would have been found upon a scholar's painting ta...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Vases with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille verte.” Named for a palette of o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Kitchen Charm Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial tapered cabinet dates to the early 20th century and was once used in a rural Chinese kitchen to store dish ware, baskets and other kitchen supplies. Crafted of pine with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, the tall cabinet has a lightweight design with a tapered A-frame, an overhung top and plenty of storage, including two drawers and two enclosed compartments.
The upper compartment opens by two central doors secured with a brass latch on chrysanthemum plates...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Chinese Spotted Bamboo Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden vessel is an early 20th-century brush pot, a container used to hold select calligraphy brushes in a traditional Chinese scholars' studio. Placed alongside the Four Treasu...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Planters, Cachepots and Jardin...
Materials
Bamboo
"Ultrablue Garden 05" by Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Concrete, Other
Chinese White Marble Drum Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A wide Chinese stone drum carved of solid Dali marble, a refined white marble sourced from historic quarries in Yunnan province.
Five drums available. Each varies slightly due to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Side Tables
Materials
Marble
$3,980 / item
Untitled (Red Door Coffer), c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century coffer from Shanxi province has a streamlined design and plenty of rustic appeal. Originally configured to open from the top, the chest has been modified to o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Modern Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Pair of Chinese Persimmon Fantail Vases with Children at Play, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century porcelain vase is sculpted to a classic Chinese phoenix-tail form and decorated with persimmon-orange enamel and several cartouche paintings of picturesque sc...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Jean-Michel Frank Style Angled Armchair
Located in Chicago, IL
A cushioned armchair in the style of Mid-Century Modern, recently updated by Chicago design firm Yung Atelier with cotton blend upholstery in a ne...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cotton, Oak
Pair of Chinese Phoenix Tail Vases with Birds & Flowers, c. 1924
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculpted to a traditional Chinese phoenix tail vase form, these elegant early 20th-century vases are adorned with charming scenes of birds & flowers. Brushed with famille rose enamel...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Provincial Chinese Full Moon Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, this early 20th century stool from Shanxi province shows off the ingenious joinery methods used by traditional Chinese carpenters. The stool's three splayed legs ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
"Crimson Garden 01" by Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Concrete, Other
Chinese Blue & White Jar with First Scholar
Located in Chicago, IL
Loosely brushed with cobalt blue pigments, this round blue-and-white storage jar is adorned with a ribbon-tailed bird perched on a cluster of rocks, a symbol for a long and happy lif...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Provincial Chinese Clay Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculpted during the early 20th century in China's Shanxi province, this clay vessel has a smoky grey exterior with balanced proportions and a beautifully irregular unglazed surface. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Stamped Yunnan Pot, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This earthenware vessel from China's Yunnan province is distinguished by its rustic drip glaze and allover stamped pattern. Originally used for storing rice wine or other liquids, th...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Lobed Pantry Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Charged with the humble task of storing dry goods, this small earthenware jar was hand-shaped in the early 20th century with balanced proportions and a beautifully irregular unglazed...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Vases with Censers, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Thai Gilt Bronze Seated Buddha, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once ornately gilt, this serene bronze seated Buddha was created in Thailand in the mid-19th century. Cast in the older Sukhothai style, the Buddha bears a uniquely Thai flame-like s...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Thai Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
"Poets in the Garden" Chinese Blue and White Vase, 21st Century
Located in Chicago, IL
One of the primary functions of the Chinese garden was to provide a setting for literary gatherings, places where poets and scholars convened with nature and commemorated the affair ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Gilt Teacups with White Cranes, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions both practical and decorative. This pair ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
"Tiffany Garden 01" by Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Concrete, Other
Chinese Limestone Buddha Cushion, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite being carved from solid limestone, this 19th-century stone display stand has the presence of a plush, down-filled cushion. Resembling a col...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Pedestals
Materials
Limestone
$2,380 / item
Chinese Red on White Longevity Teacup
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions both practical and decorative. This fine ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Porcelain
"Crimson Garden 02" by Patrick Burns
Located in Chicago, IL
"Concrete Gardens" is a body of work that translates Patrick Burns' deep love of the land and complicated past into richly textured, mixed-media paintings with reverberating, monochr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Concrete, Other
Monumental Chinese Green Glazed Koi
Located in Chicago, IL
A visual pun for "abundance," this monumental ceramic fish sculpture brings an abundance of blessings, wealth and marital bliss. The terracotta statue depicts a large koi, or carp, j...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Animal Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Stone Column Base with Mythical Qilin, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th-century limestone column base carved in relief with mythical qilin, chimeric animals from Chinese mythology described as having the head of a dragon, the body of a tiger, the ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Limestone
Embroidered Miao Baby Carrier Textile
Located in Chicago, IL
The connection between love and embroidery is nowhere stronger than among the minority peoples of China. Hand-stitched by a mother herself or gifted by the women in her family, the t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Textiles
Materials
Silk, Cotton
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Baluster Jars with Ancient Censers, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this pair of baluster jars, censers have been used for thousands of years as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings. Filled with dried aromatic plant...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Sandstone Column Bases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of late 19th-century column bases likely figured into the grand and imposing surroundings of a Qing-dynasty courtyard, supporting large wooden beams that flanked an entry o...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Pedestals and Columns
Materials
Sandstone
$6,480 / set
Grand Chinese Black Lacquer Cabinet, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand black lacquer cabinet epitomizes the austere beauty of classical Chinese furniture design. Dated to the mid-18th century, the tall cabinet is crafted of northern elm (yumu...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Minimalist Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Elm
Oval Puddingstone Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
Uniquely patterned, this exceptional tray is hand carved from puddingstone. Named for its intriguing patterning, the conglomerate stone is embedded with pebbles of different minerals...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Decorative Dishes a...
Materials
Stone
$1,280
Indonesian Carved Tapestry Hanger
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-carved wooden object is an Indonesian wall hanger for displaying batik textiles, woven tapestries or works of embroidery. The hanger is carved with a pierced, low relief de...
Category
20th Century Indonesian Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Silk Brocade Chair Panel with Pagoda & Crane, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This framed silk brocade tapestry is one half of a magnificent Qing-dynasty chair panel, or chair strip. Because traditional Chinese seating was not upho...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles
Materials
Silk
Chinese Silk Brocade Chair Panel with Fu Lion, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This framed silk brocade tapestry is one half of a magnificent Qing-dynasty chair panel, or chair strip. Because traditional Chinese seating was not upho...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles
Materials
Silk
Chinese Twisted Rootwood Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every traditional scholars' desk. This small wooden bru...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Burl
Pair of Reclaimed Elm Side Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
These artisan-crafted side tables are a celebration of wabi-sabi style. Crafted of thick elmwood timbers reclaimed from Qing-dynasty architecture, the tables have a minimalist waterf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Night Stands
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
$5,280 / set
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