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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
Black & White Peony Mediation Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
Sourced from Henan province, this sculptural meditation stone looks as if it were sprinkled with a flurry of peony blossoms, the result of flower-like aggregates of lighter-colored f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Stone
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
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
"Crashing Wave" 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
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
Chinese Blue & White Jar with Birds & Flowers
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 Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
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
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
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
Chinese Blue & White Keepsake Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain storage jar is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner with allover pattern of abstract florals, reminiscent of chrysanthemums, clouds or auspiciou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue & White Jar with Birds & Flowers
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
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
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
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
Chinese Cizhou Glazed Wine Jar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This glazed vessel dates to the mid-19th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The jar has an elegant, tapered form and is beautifully glaze...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Ming Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Cizhou Glazed Wine Jar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive glazed vessel dates to the mid-19th century and was used to store wine and spirits made from rice and other grains. The large jar has an elegant, tapered form and is ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Ming Jars
Materials
Earthenware
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
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
Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar with Peacocks & Peonies
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 Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three Petite Chinese Apothecary Jars, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These petite glazed jars from China's Shanxi province exemplify the timeless appeal of handcrafted pottery. Once used in an apothecary to hold ground herbs and oils for traditional m...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Petite Chinese Glazed Apothecary Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite glazed jar from China's Shanxi province exemplifies the timeless appeal of handcrafted pottery. Once used in an apothecary to hold ground herbs and oils for traditional m...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Petite Chinese Glazed Apothecary Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This small glazed jar from China's Shanxi province exemplifies the timeless appeal of handcrafted pottery. Once used in an apothecary to hold ground herbs and oils for traditional me...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Candle Holders
Materials
Ceramic
Petite Chinese Glazed Apothecary Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite glazed jar from China's Shanxi province exemplifies the timeless appeal of handcrafted pottery. Once used in an apothecary to hold ground herbs and oils for traditional m...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Petite Chinese Glazed Apothecary Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite glazed jar from China's Shanxi province exemplifies the timeless appeal of handcrafted pottery. Once used in an apothecary to hold ground herbs and oils for traditional m...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Petite Chinese Brass Opium Box with Dragon Etching
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite metal canister was once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Providing an airtight seal, the small box is formed of brass with an etched and stamped d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A small brass canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box dates to the 19th century and is decorated with etchi...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Metalwork
Materials
Brass, Copper
Chinese Pewter Oil Jug, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A squat pewter vessel for pouring oil fuel into a small opium lamp.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box is formed of brass with a copper interior and...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Set of Four Petite Glass Chinese Medicine Bottles
Located in Chicago, IL
A set of four petite medicine vials of hand-blown glass from an early 20th-century Chinese apothecary, likely originally used to store liquid opium known as chandu.
Additional Dime...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Bottles
Materials
Blown Glass
Chinese Burled Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Carefully carved from a cypress tree burl, this late 19th-century burlwood vessel is known as a brush pot, a container traditionally used to hold select calligraphy brushes in a scho...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Burl
Chinese Folk Painted Rooster Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered serving tray is crafted with a hand-painted panel salvaged from a vintage Chinese cabinet. Selected for its charming folk art decoration, the found panel is painted wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Folk Art Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Pine
Chinese Folk Painted Tray with Railway Scene
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered serving tray is crafted with a hand-painted panel salvaged from a vintage Chinese cabinet. Selected for its charming folk art decoration, the found panel is painted wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Folk Art Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Pine
Chinese Gilt Repoussé String of Charms, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This curious Chinese jewelry chain dates to the early 20th century and is strung with an array of petite bells, charms and amulets. Worked of gilded silver alloy, the repoussé charms are laden with blessings and symbolism, including fruits for abundance, bats for happiness, and a lotus for perfection. The chain is strung with three larger charms of a horse, a donkey and a three-legged toad, the mythical creature known as the Jin Chan, or Money Toad...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects
Materials
Silver
Chinese Petite Gilt String of Charms, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite Chinese jewelry chain dates to the early 20th century and is strung with an array of petite bells and good luck charms. Among the charms is a bat, a stone chime, two litt...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects
Materials
Silver
Chinese Gnarled Root Brush Pot, c. 1850
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 wooden brush pot...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Organic Modern Planters, Cachepots and ...
Materials
Burl
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Butterfly & Gourd Containers, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Used to store loose leaf tea, these small porcelain jars are decorated in a style of overglaze enameling known as "famille rose." Sometimes referred to as "yangcai" or "foreign color...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Repoussé Silver Grooming Set
Located in Chicago, IL
This elaborate chain of repoussé charms and tools is a traditional Chinese grooming kit, intricately worked of silver alloy with fantastic detail. Much like a Victorian chatelaine, a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Mounted Objects
Materials
Silver
Chinese Coiled Pickling Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used for fermenting rice or sorghum into vinegar, this earthenware vessel from the early 20th century is coated inside and out with a thick, dark glaze. The rich brown gla...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Hardwood Opium Bowl Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to resemble a scroll-form altar table, this narrow footed box has an elegant silhouette with waterfall sides and minimal ornamentation. Dated to the late 19th century, the b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Perfecting line and form, the small box has a balanced, oval form shaped of white brass (...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Petite Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box is formed of brass and provided an airtight s...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Blue and White Double Happiness Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The symbol for double happiness adorns this round tea leaf jar with best wishes for love, companionship and marital bliss. Glazed in the classic blue and white manner, the porcelain ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Rose Inkstone Soap Dish
Located in Chicago, IL
A fixture of the Chinese scholars' studio, the inkstone was among the "Four Treasures of the Study" and was used in calligraphy and landscape painting along with paper, ink and brush...
Category
20th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Japanese Silver Fan-Form Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This lovely silver box exemplifies Japanese refinement in all crafts. Precious in the hand, the petite bonbonnière is formed of high quality silver in the shape of a paper folding fa...
Category
20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Japanese Enameled Silver Chrysanthemum Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This lovely silver box exemplifies Japanese refinement in all crafts. The petite bonbonnière is formed of high quality silver with a rectangular cartouche form and a removable lid. T...
Category
20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Silver
Tibetan Tsa Tsa on Mount, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This molded ceramic tsa tsa brick depicts Buddhist deities. The tsa tsa is a meditation created in a monastery by a Buddhist monk in training and was sold to r...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Three Tibetan Tsa Tsa, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This stack of three molded ceramic tsa tsas depict Buddhist deities. Each was a meditation created in a monastery by a Buddhist monk in training. They were sol...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Mounted Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$680 / set
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Phoenix & Peony Jars, 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
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Woven River Basket, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This 19th-century example re...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Reed, Wood
Chinese Woven River Basket, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This hand-woven example rema...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Reed, Wood
Erotic Chinese Baitong Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite white brass (baitong) canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Dated to the 19th-century, the box is an example of Qing-dynasty erotica, incorp...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Brass