Chinese Ceramic Garden Pedestal

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...

To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. The headrest is shaped as a crouching house cat, w...

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...

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 ...

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 opaque overglaze enamels that favored roses and pinks, famille rose porcelain ware was crafted with the same technical virtuosity as imperial porcelain but designed for Western tastes. This pair of fine porcelain dishes is a beautiful example of famille rose, decorated with pastel enamels in a palette of purple, turquoise, and pink. The center of each plate is decorated with a calm scene of a woman and a young boy in a garden, surrounded by flowering plum branches and lingzhi fungi of immortality. The scene is bordered by an all-over purple fish...

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 ...

An attractive Chinese pair (2) of richly crackle glazed garden stools (garden seats), ornately black hand painted with a handsome leaf design . Beautifully executed and ready for y...

A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese Cantonese (Rose medallion) porcelain garden seats. Each with pierced decoration to the top and sides. Wonderful bold hand painted cla...

An antique 18th or 19th century Annamese ceramic garden seat from Vietnam with green and brown glaze, raised scrolling frieze, pierced top, guardian l...

This font/ urn on a pedestal is two piece garden element consisting of a cement font on top decorated with angel or putti faces and garland on a foo...

Hand painted garden stool/pedestal.

Pretty pair of very decorative garden stools or plant stands or side tables in the shape of Asian elephants. Hand painted ceramic. The elephants are in ceremonial dress...