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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
Gilt Lacquer Compound Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This striking gilt lacquer compound cabinet commands its surroundings with grand scale and lavish decoration. Seamlessly constructed of northern elm (yumu), the tall cabinet is actua...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Chinese Etched Floral Charm Ring, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this silver charm ring was believed to protect the wearer from bad luck and malevolent spirits. The ring is etched with an elegant flower blossom, ham...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
Chinese Conch Shell Charm Ring, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this silver charm ring was believed to protect the wearer from bad luck and malevolent spirits. The ring is decorated in relief with a scene of two ro...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
Chinese Blue & White Tea Leaf Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Lidded jars like these were used in tea shops throughout China, where tea drinking was a symbol of taste and upper-class refinement. This tea leaf jar dates to the early 20th century...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese Primitive Architectural Elements
Materials
Teak
Vietnamese Deco Burl Armchair, c. 1940
Located in Chicago, IL
This Vietnamese Deco armchair is characterized by clean lines and smooth contours. Dated to the 1940s, the armchair is designed in the timeless style of the Art Deco period, when tra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Vietnamese Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Burl
Chinese Blue and White Water Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brushed with a dark, blue-black glaze atop a white field, this Qing-dynasty water vessel is wonderfully painted in a carefree style with stylized figures and loose shading. Designed ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Ruyi Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary baluster jar from artisans in Jiangxi province continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. Also known as a ginger jar or temple jar, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Garden Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary lidded baluster jar continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain ware. Painted with cobalt pigments for a brilliant blue finish, the ja...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Ashanti Fawohodie Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession in traditional Ashanti culture. The tiered platform, curved seat, and ridged supports on this object reference the Ashanti Kin...
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Chinese Floral Charm Ring, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this silver charm ring was believed to protect the wearer from bad luck and malevolent spirits. The ring is decorated in relief with a stylized flower...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
Chinese Blue and White Ruyi Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary baluster jar from artisans in Jiangxi province continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. Also known as a ginger jar or temple jar, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Garden Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary lidded baluster jar continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain ware. Painted with cobalt pigments for a brilliant blue finish, the ja...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Butterfly and Gourd Charm Ring, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this silver charm ring was believed to protect the wearer from bad luck and malevolent spirits. The ring is decorated in relief with a round gourd and...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
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...
Category
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
Petite Zhenzhu Serving Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
This small stone slab tray is formed of zhenzhu stone, a conglomerate limestone extracted from Lake Tai in China's Jiangsu province. Speckled with painterly daubs of color, the blue-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
Zhenzhu Serving Stone Slab
Located in Chicago, IL
This small stone slab tray is formed of zhenzhu stone, a conglomerate limestone extracted from Lake Tai in China's Jiangsu province. Speckled with painterly daubs of color, the blue-...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Platters and Serveware
Materials
Stone
Chinese Prosperity Drum Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century ceramic garden stool from China's Zhejiang province keeps with tradition with its simple drum-form shape, cloaked in a dark brown-black glaze. Ringing both th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Stools
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Prosperity Drum Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century ceramic garden stool from China's Zhejiang province keeps with tradition with its simple drum-form shape, cloaked in a dark brown-black glaze. Ringing both th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
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
Woven Rattan Colonial Reclining Chair, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This woven rattan armchair recalls the Grand British Colonial style of the early 20th century, combining refined British interiors with natural Indian aesthetics. The plantation chair is characterized by its teak frame, deep seat and long sloping back. Made from woven rattan to allow air flow...
Category
20th Century British Rustic Lounge Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Teak
Provincial Chinese Washing Stone, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved in the late 19th century in northern China, this limestone washing stone would have been used by a Qing-dynasty woman for washing clothes and textiles. Used by beating wet fab...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Garden Ornaments
Materials
Limestone
Blue and White Double Phoenix Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary lidded baluster jar continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain ware. Painted with cobalt pigments for a brilliant blue finish, the ja...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
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
Lotus Form Puddingstone Basin
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary hand-carved stone basin evokes the graceful shape of a traditional lotus flower. Shaped with undulating curves, the container has the look of free-form pottery. The...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Decorative Dishes a...
Materials
Stone
Chinese Blue and White Chrysanthemum Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This large, tapered ginger jar continues a centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain ware. Painted with expressive brushwork, the jar is festooned with trailing vines and flower blossoms, densely patterned around large chrysanthemum medallions. Common motifs in Chinese art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Chrysanthemum Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This large, tapered ginger jar continues a centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain ware. Painted with expressive brushwork, the jar is festooned with trailing vines and flower blossoms, densely patterned around large chrysanthemum medallions. Common motifs in Chinese art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Longevity Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This large drum-form jar continues a centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain ware. Hand-painted with cobalt-blue glaze, the jar is festooned with trailing vines a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Dark Glazed Kitchen Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A cool, blue-black glaze coats the stout body of this early 20th-century terra cotta kitchen jar. As evidenced by the glazed interior, the wide-mouth jar was once used daily in a pro...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Terracotta
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
Indonesian Teak Rice Bed, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental Indonesian rice bed was once used daily as both a storage coffer and a bed platform. The expansive top opens by two small hinged doors to reve...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Teak
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
Pair of Chinese Red Lacquer Square Fantail Vases
Located in Chicago, IL
Made for serving food and spirits, this narrow wine table once gathered together convivial imbibers who engaged in group toasts and lively conversation. Dated to the 19th century, th...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
French Art Deco Frosted Glass Pendant Light, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This whimsical hanging pendant combines bold geometric metalwork with the soft refinement of French Art Deco art glass. The pendant fixture has a conical, tapered form comprised of f...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel
French Gothic Wrought Iron Chandelier, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This magnificent frosted glass chandelier combines the soft finish of molded Art Deco glass with the striking forms of a Gothic wrought iron frame. The cent...
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Iron
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...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Decorative Art
Materials
Paint
Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary lidded baluster jar continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain ware. Painted with cobalt pigments for a brilliant blue finish, the ja...
Category
20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
French Deco Frosted Glass Pendant, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This refined frosted glass pendant light combines bold geometric metalwork with the soft refinement of French Art Deco art glass. The fixture has a conical, tapered form comprised of...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Metal
Pair of European Gilt Wall Brackets of Ho Ho Birds
Located in Chicago, IL
These lavish gilt wall brackets are crafted in a Chinoiserie-meets-Rococo style with a whimsical design of Ho Ho birds perched on scrolled branches. A Western interpretation of the mythical phoenix of Chinese and Japanese decorative arts, the Ho Ho bird is often depicted like an eagle and was a common motif in French and English furniture design beginning in the 18th century. The head and wings of each Ho Ho bird support a small flat shelf...
Category
20th Century European Chinoiserie Wall Brackets
Materials
Resin
"Embrace" Luba Headrest Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
The Luba people of Zaire believed that ancestors visited them through dreams. This belief led to elaborately worked headrests, known as "seats of dreams." Such headrests were used to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Chinese Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stonewa...
Category
20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
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
Chinese Reclaimed Elm Waterfall Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary console table is a celebration of wabi-sabi style. Crafted of wood reclaimed from Qing-dynasty architecture, the table has a minimalist waterfall design with doveta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Blue and White Charger, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An elevated example of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, this large footed dish charms with dark, cobalt-blue brushwork atop a cool white field. The plate is decorated with an all-ov...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Tea Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brushed with dark cobalt blue atop a creamy white field, this Qing-dynasty tea leaf jar beautifully exemplifies the timeless allure of blue-and-white porcelain. The tea jar has a gen...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Hardwood Altar Table with Clouds and Dragons, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant console table was expertly crafted over 150 years ago and likely served as a family’s home altar where they paid their respects to revered ancestors. The top is comprise...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer, Hardwood
Chinese Blue and White Peony Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This stonewa...
Category
20th Century Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
"Red Rust Jacket" by Gordon Chandler
Located in Chicago, IL
Upon discovering a weathered steel drum that had been warped to resemble the sleeve of a garment, artist Gordon Chandler was inspired to embark on a series of kimono sculptures forme...
Category
2010s American Industrial Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Ming Cizhou Storage Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive glazed vessel dates to the early 17th century and was used to store condiments or pickles in a Ming-dynasty kitchen. The grand jar has an elegant, tapered form and is...
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks of wheat to separa...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Ming Cizhou Wine Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive glazed vessel dates to the early 17th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The Ming-dynasty jar has an elegant, tapered for...
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Ming Cizhou Wine Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive glazed vessel dates to the early 17th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The Ming-dynasty jar has an elegant, tapered for...
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Glazed Elephant Garden Seat
Located in Chicago, IL
Glazed in a loose, free drip style that recalls ancient sancai ware, this colorful ceramic garden stool charms with a dark brown glaze accented with bold blues, greens, and yellows. ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Side Tables
Materials
Ceramic
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
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