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Chinese Art Deco Persimmon Vase with White Cranes, circa 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on the enduring phoenix tail form that dates to China’s Bronze Age, this porcelain vase from the 1920s exhibits the sinuous lines and gilded refinement that helped to define ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Koi Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Bai White Meiping Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Meiping vases were traditionally used to hold the branches of plum trees, celebrated in China as symbols of strength. This contemporary update made in Jiangxi province streamlines th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Quilt Warmer Vessel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual squat vessel would have been kept near a Kang platform to warm one's blankets before bed. Much like a hot water bottle, the ceramic vessel was filled with hot water thro...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Quilt Warmer Vessel, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual squat vessel would have been kept near a Kang platform to warm one's blankets before bed. Much like a hot water bottle, the ceramic vessel was filled with hot water thro...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Springtime Phoenix Tail Vase, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The phoenix tail vase dates from the bronze age and has remained a popular shape for its clean lines and graceful curves. Dating from circa 1900, this vase depicts a peacock in a lovely garden setting. Lavishly detailed and masterfully painted, the vase demonstrates the high level of craft obtained by Qing-dynasty ceramic...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Springtime Phoenix Tail Vase, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The phoenix tail vase form dates back as far as the bronze age and has remained a popular shape for its clean lines and graceful curves. Created in the early 20th century, this parti...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar with Mountain Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an important part of Chinese culture for at least a thousand years. Emulating traditional blue-and-white porcelain, this contempora...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Quilt Warmer Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual squat vessel would have been kept near a kang platform to warm one's blankets before bed. Much like a hot water bottle, the ceramic vessel was filled with hot water thro...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Citron Yellow Round Onion Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
The striking bright yellow of this vase draws on a long Chinese tradition of glazing sculptural forms with a single, statement-making color. This contemporary take cloaks the round curves of the onion...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Tall Chinese Blue and White Qilin Fantail Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
A parade of Qilin, Chinese mythical creatures symbolizing magnificence, joy and benevolence, march around this hand painted porcelain fantail vase. It is a wonderful example of conte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Urns
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Chinese Blue and White Porcelain 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 Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Quilt Warmer Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual squat vessel would have been kept near a kang platform to warm one's blankets before bed. Much like a hot water bottle, the ceramic vessel was filled with hot water thro...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Rice Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century footed bowl would have been offered by Chinese traders traveling along the Silk Road in exchange for spices or gems. The Chinese a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Headrest with Guardian Lion, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In order to keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic box as a pillow. Lavishly decorated in the traditional blue-and...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Faceted Wine Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In Qing-dynasty China, large glazed jars such as this were used to store wines, foods, and other consumable items. The combination of high shoulders textured by an irregular, faceted...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Dragon Meiping Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white porcelain has inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. Made in Beijing, this contem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Persimmon Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
White cartouches open on this vibrant vase’s persimmon orange field like parting clouds, revealing scenes of young boys practicing martial arts. Perhaps c...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Century Chinese Spring Blossoms Phoenix Tail Vase, c. 1910
Located in Chicago, IL
Translated as “After the New Year, spring will begin in Suzhou (China’s garden city),” the beautifully scripted phrase painted at the top of this elegant vase is accompanied by the s...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Shan Shui Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Introduced to Europe in the 14th century, Chinese blue-and-white porcelains were highly sought after as luxury items and are still avidly collected by connoisseurs today. This bottle-shaped vase from Jiangxi province is decorated with a landscape rendered in the traditional shan shui...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Persimmon Orange Oval Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This large tapered vase reinterprets the classic curves of traditional Chinese ceramics with simplified lines and a bright, persimmon-orange glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's Zh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Persimmon Phoenix Tail Vase with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
This vase is a perfect example of enduring Chinese symbolism and design. The attendants in the garden are watching over young boys playing with lotus branches, butterflies and small ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ceramic Glazed Urn, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
At once ancient and contemporary, this beautiful urn speaks to the timelessness of Chinese ceramic design. Made in northern China in the early 20th century, the urn pays respect to m...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Urns
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Phoenix Tail Vase with Figures in a Garden, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The form of this 19th century porcelain vase is called "phoenix tail" because of the way its flared mouth and slender waist mimic the shape of the bird. The vibrant landscape leaps o...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Shizi Hong Ginger Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
A rich, monochrome red glaze coats this ginger jar shaped contemporary vase, drawing attention to its updated profile and its sculptural Fu dog top. Referred to as shizi, these mythi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Dingyao Vase, c. 1100
Located in Chicago, IL
Dingyao porcelain, often called Ding ware, is famous for its creamy-white coloring, refined forms, and low-relief surface patterning. Ding ware was produced ...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Minimalist Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Chinese Indigo Blue and White Scroll Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming blue and white scroll jar speaks to an era and way of life long gone. With unique scale and a wide mouth, this contemporary jar resembles the vessels used to store and display painted scrolls in a Qing dynasty scholar's studio. The detailed scenes that decorate the jar paint a romantic picture of this moment in time. Framed by billowing clouds, a man rides a horse through...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Fish and Flora Blue and White Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. Delicately rendered with fish and flora beneath fanciful waves, the vase's whimsical motif draws from these traditional Chinese symbols...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Sancai Peony Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. Its unusual form is densely patterned with abstrac...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Wine Vessel with Shizi Lid, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic vessel was handcrafted in the Jiangxi region of China in the spirit of ancient temple jars. The style and glaze is reminiscent of Han dynasty burial vessels designed to ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Wine Vessel with Shizi Lid, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This ceramic vessel was handcrafted in the Jiangxi region of China in the spirit of ancient temple jars. The style and glaze is reminiscent of Han dynasty burial vessels designed to ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Springtime Phoenix Tail Vase, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculpted in a traditional Chinese phoenix tail vase form, this elegant early 20th century vase is adorned with a scene of magpies flitting between branches covered in cherry blossoms...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Persimmon Ovoid Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
This vase is the perfect example of enduring Chinese symbolism and design. Each side of the ginger jar bears a cartouche painting containing a picturesque scene. Attendants watch ove...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar with Shizi
Located in Chicago, IL
Images of shizi, a lion-dog symbol of power and strength of character, cavort among the stylized clouds of heaven on this hand-painted covered jar. Original...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Scholar's Joy Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary ginger jar continues the tradition of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics with classic curves and auspicious, hand-painted decorations. Symbols that would surely give a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Provincial Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea has an auspicious beginning—it was purportedly enjoyed by the Buddha himself, and cakes of tea as large as wagon wheels were given to Chinese emperors as tribute. Tea drinking wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Scene Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Working within the time-honored tradition of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics, this lidded ginger jar depicts a Qing-dynasty man engaged in the four arts he must master to become a renowned scholar. Separated by screen motifs with an eternal coin pattern, the jar depicts a scholar painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Four Seasons Chinese Phoenix Tail Vase, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The form of this 19th century porcelain vase is called "phoenix tail" for the way its flared mouth and slender waist mimic the shape of the auspicious bird. The vibrant painted scene...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Peony Fantail Vases, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Resplendent with lush florals and brilliant color, this pair of porcelain vases combines stencil work with hand-painted foliage in a decorative style popular during the first two decades of the 20th century. The stenciled petals and blooms of the peonies, symbols of love and affection, create a graphic pattern of soft, modulated color, while the painted stems and small flowers punctuate the design with sharp detail. Innovative in decoration, the vases are firmly rooted in China’s time-honored ceramic tradition with their Classic fantail contours and butterfly handles.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Oval Jar with Domestic Scenes, 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 rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Blue and White Chinese Floor Vase with Scholars' Garden
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white ceramics have inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. This contemporary vase from ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Miniature Mingqi Skirted Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This miniature ceramic table is from Shanxi Province and may have been made to represent Mingqi, a type of ancient Chinese burial good. Mingqi were plac...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Jar with Scholars' Objects
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white ceramics have inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. This contemporary vase from ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
