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Place of Origin: Chinese
Decorative Fireplace in Ebony Wood White Carved Elements and Peacock Design
By Alexander's Collection, Alexander Anisimov
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Decorative Fireplace in Ebony Wood White Carved Elements and Peacock Design
Alexander's Collection Peacock decorative fireplace (limited edition, only 10 pieces) was used as an exhi...
Category
2010s Art Deco Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
$6,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Meditation Stone Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This meditation stone table was carefully selected for its biomorphic shape and beautiful, organic patterning. The colorful material is known as greenery stone, named for its natural...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Set of Four Chinese Courtyard Lattice Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A hallmark of Qing-dynasty domestic architecture, tall lattice panels such as these were used in provincial courtyard homes to allow light and air into a room whilst maintaining priv...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Elm
Cap Bistro Table by WL Ceramics
By Lex Pott
Located in Geneve, CH
Cap Bistro Table by WL Ceramics
Designer: Lex Pott
Materials: Porcelain
Dimensions: H75 x Ø120 cm
The CAP tables consist of two porcelain parts; a base and a table top. Each piece i...
Category
2010s Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
$3,726 / item
Set of Four Qing Dynasty Elmwood Open Fretwork Panels with Delicate Carvings
Located in Yonkers, NY
A set of four Chinese Qing Dynasty period large carved elm wood interior door panels from the late 19th century, with fretwork design, openwork and figures in landscape scenes carved...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Elm
Chinese 19th Century Black Vertical Sign with Gold and Red Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese antique black vertical sign from the 19th century, with gold calligraphy. Created in China during the 19th century, this tall and narrow woode...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Pot Flowers, Kangxi Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this fantastic and large pot from the Kangxi period. At first hand we thought it was a teapot but possibly this was also used a a wine pot, not sure. The painting qu...
Category
18th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
$4,551 Sale Price
20% Off
China Large Stunning Red Flower Pandora Natural Marble Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Magnificent Red Flower Pandora - Chinese extraordinary natural marble stone painting of a mythical sky landscape called a dream stone Shih-hua.
It is a huge monumental masterwork o...
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Chinese Unique Black And White Cascading Mountain Marble Stone "Painting"
Located in South Burlington, VT
A unique black and white "moon light" reflection of a cascading mountain formation in this Chinese extraordinary natural marble stone landscape painting called a dream stone Shih-hu...
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Chinese Stone Courtyard 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
Mid-19th Century Minimalist Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
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
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Oval Stone Trough, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A rustic stone trough such as this was once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, filled with grain or water for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a bloc...
Category
Late 19th Century Rustic Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
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
Mid-19th Century Rustic Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
Chinese Ruyi Stone Drum
Located in Chicago, IL
Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
$3,880
Antique Shop Sign with Carved Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Antique Shop Sign with Carved Calligraphy from the 19th century with dark brown/black lacquer, calligraphy carved in low relief and iro...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair of Chinese Black Lacquer Courtyard Doors, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive set of doors dates to the turn of the century and originated as the outermost entrance gate to a traditional courtyard home in northern China. The pair is crafted of northern elm (yumu) and finished with dark black lacquer and hand-worked iron hardware. Bands of studded iron reinforce the fronts and simple iron plates secure the door latch and round door pulls...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Pair Carved Chinese Carved Hardwood Doors
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is an exceptional set of palatial hand carved hardwood and lacquered set of doors (two pairs are available). The doors Measure just short of 10 feet in height and are in overall very good condition considering age and use. Each door features four panels carved with Chinese symbols together with a large central panel with open work or tracery in a modified quatrefoil pattern. The tracery is all in very good condition with no faults noted. The doors retain their original brass hardware. The height of the doors is impressive; these doors could be configured as a large 4 panel screen...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Hardwood
$3,950 Sale Price
31% Off
Chinese Mill Stone, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual stone pedestal is actually a late 19th-century cylindrical mill stone. Hand-carved of solid limestone with a textured and ribbed surface, the stone was used for threshing wheat and other grains on a farm in China's Shanxi province. The heavy stone roller...
Category
Early 20th Century Organic Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Beautiful Antique Blue & White Chinese Planter on Wooden Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classic elegant Chinese blue and white planter on ebonized stand with foo dog handles. Could be matched with a round glass top to use as drinks table.
16.5” Diameter
17” H with stan...
Category
1920s Chinese Export Vintage Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Temple Architectural Corbel Carved Sculpture Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A majestic pair of antique architectural salvaged Chinese temple corbels, now mounted as one-of-a-kind wooden sculptures on custom floor standing display pedestal stands.
Originally commissioned for an important religious temple in China, the impressive large scale wall bracket corbels were notoriously difficult as they had to serve as both highly decorative temple ornaments and structural building elements used to support the weight of a wall.
Hand-crafted in the early 19th century, smilarly styled design, each exceptionally hand carved, sculpted, and painted by highly trained artisans. Profusely carved and decorated, featuring very fine quality high relief work throughout, extensive bas relief, pierced openwork, rich carvings and intricate incised detailing, depicting various Chinese folk religion figures and imagery.
Rising on bespoke handmade stands, consistenting of sturdy rectangular shaped thick plank plinth base embellished with foliate carvings, held upright by turned column single support.
Rich in culture and history, interesting, unusual, highly decorative, whimsical and artistic, sure to add sophisticated elegance, rustic character, color, space, texture and lots of visual interest.
Dimensions, largest (approx):
Each: 32.5" H, 19" W, 7.25" D.
Please note, the objects were sourced and transported both legally and ethically, retaining partial original red wax export seal to top.
Display the three Sanxing, in their iconic representation as three, old, bearded, wise men, which dates back to the Ming dynasty, when the Gods of the three stars were represented in human form for the first time. One panel having two monumental smiling figures with hand painted eyes and tongue, the other fragment depicting four figures, seated and standing, likely Immortals, Gods, Shen deity, and other characters from ancient Chinese mythology and folklore. Both pieces with elaborate lotus and pine tree motif, a powerful symbol of wisdom and longevity.
Sanxing figures are an important part of Asian culture. Statues of these three Gods...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Paint
Pair of brown glazed ceramic elephants, garden stools or plant holders, China
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Silver Bronze Guan Yin Statue 7 Lb Avalokiteshvara Compassion
Located in Somis, CA
A large 7.15 lb Republic era silver bronze statue of the Goddess of Compassion Guan Yin. Seated on lotus throne, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara is depicted in the most traditional fashi...
Category
20th Century Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
$750 Sale Price
37% Off
Chinese Gilt Metal Drum-Shaped Garden Stool
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese gilt metal drum-form garden seat with a band of circular studs around the top and bottom and an incised decorative yin and yang symbol.
Category
20th Century Han Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Metal
Monumental Provincial Chinese Bathtub, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
With its grand scale and perfect proportions, this rustic wooden bathtub is true showstopper. The tub has an elongated, oval shape is comprised of thick cypress wood staves held together by three iron bands. Two iron handles on either side of the basin allow it to be easily moved about a space.
Dated to the early 19th century, the wood exhibits beautifully irregular grain patterns and a warm, richly aged patina that only time can achieve. An incredible way to add rustic texture to the home, we love this gorgeous bathtub as a garden planter, a firewood bin...
Category
Early 19th Century Rustic Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Chinese Antique Large Qing Hand Carved Stone Drum Stool Display Pedestal, 19thc.
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare and Hard To Find 19th Century
From China's Qing dynasty (1644-1912) a hard to find solid limestone finely carved "drum" pedestal - perfect for displaying your indoor or outdoor...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone, Limestone
Chinese Antique Hand Carved Mythical Winged Guardian Sculpture
Located in South Burlington, VT
Powerful Hand Carved Sculptoral Work of Art, "Chimera"
This powerful old mythical winged sculpture could be installed in your favorite home, office, or ...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
$900 Sale Price
81% Off
Chinese Navy Glazed Porcelain Parrot Statue
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese glazed porcelain statue of a navy blue parrot with a brown beak and talons perched atop green grasses.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Early 20th Century Brown and Red Two-Panel Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two-panel screen from the early 20th century, with carvings, gilt motifs and calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this screen features ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Chinese Teardrop Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This stone basin was carved by hand nearly two centuries ago, sculpted from solid limestone with irregular texture and an asymmetrical teardrop shape. A pattern of chiseled grooves a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Organic Modern Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Extraordinary Natural Stone "Pink Flowers Painting", Natural Stone
Located in South Burlington, VT
Pink flowers
Extraordinary natural stone work of art, one of a kind.
This Chinese extraordinary natural stone "painting" suggestive of a likeness of flowers and another world space features light and dark colors, pinks, white, cream, yellow and dark green. This is called a dream stone Shih-Hua. They are cut from historic Dali marble...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
$236 Sale Price
40% Off
Late Qing Dynasty Red Lacquered Shop Sign with Carved Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese late Qing Dynasty period red lacquered shop sign with hand carved calligraphy and black and yellow frame. Showcasing a rich history, this late Qing Dynasty period Chinese s...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Large Chinese Early 20th Century Hand Carved Shop Sign with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Chinese hand carved shop sign from the early 20th century, with calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this shop sign features Chinese char...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
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
Mid-19th Century Organic Modern Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
Chinese Terracotta Buddha Base, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this low, terracotta pedestal base from Shanxi province likely originated as a column base or as the display plinth for a large Buddha statue. The roun...
Category
Mid-19th Century Minimalist Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Large 19th Century Lacquered Black Signboard with Red Calligraphy, Qing Dynasty
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Qing Dynasty period black signboard from the 19th century, with red calligraphy. Crafted during the 19th century Qing Dynasty, this large signboard once adorned a temple, gui...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
China Antique Pair "Spirit Path" Horse Sculptures, Ming Dynasty 500 Years Old
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a monumental pair (2) of 500 year old lime stone “Spirit Path” Equine horse head sculptures.
Ming dynasty, (1368-1644 CE).
A pair of near life size and robust head sections with fine, wavy combed manes, well defined mouths, ears, nostrils, and ornamental bridles, all carved in a medium to dark gray limestone with considerable weathering to surfaces. The smaller head with a later inscription on bottom and signed “Zhuang”.
Formerly exhibited “Treasures from Asia”, Shelburne Vermont, Shelburne Art Center, 2006. Originally found in the vicinity of the village of Chuan near Luoyang City, Henan Provance, China.
Each mounted on a custom iron display stand.
Dimensions:
A the smaller 32.5cm, 13” high and 62.5cm, 25” in length and with display stand, 60cm, 24” high;
b the larger 37.5cm, 15” high and 67.5cm, 27” in length and with display stand
65cm, 26” high.
Please view additional photographs from our Chinese antiquities catalog 35 Years Collecting 35 Treasures, page 60.
History:
Placing stone animals and human figures along spirit paths in front of important tombs can be traced back at least to the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), some two thousand years ago. In ancient times, stone animals and human figures placed before imperial tombs symbolized royal power and
privilege in addition to decorative functions. Life size “spirit path” stone horse sculptures are known and can be viewed from Ming dynasty tombs including thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over an area of forty square kilometers in Changping District to the northwest of Beijing.
The first Ming tomb...
Category
16th Century Ming Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
$18,500 Sale Price
61% Off
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
Mid-19th Century Minimalist Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
Antique Chinese Bronze Guanyin Statue 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Bronze top level Chinese statue
Qing period, 19th century.
Additional information:
Material: Bronze, Metal & Cloisonne
Type: Statues
Region of Origin: China
Period: 19th century
C...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Carved and Lacquered Door Panels
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (19th Century) red lacquered carved filigree door panels with scenes (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
$18,000 / set
Giant Granite Fish, Neolithic Style
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful Neolithic style fish is carved from a single boulder. Its design is typical of China's ancient Red Mountain Culture. The stone has a brownish green color and the texture of polished granite...
Category
20th Century Primitive Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
Chinese Interlocking Limestone Drum
Located in Chicago, IL
Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
China Rare Antique Double Dragon Stone, 19thc
Located in South Burlington, VT
Here's one of the most beautiful Chinese antiques we have ever found in our travels in China over the past three decades.
This is a one-of-a-kind antique sandstone lintel which when installed and displayed could be a handsome addition to your decor. It dates to the 18th century of the Qing dynasty.
It still retains remnants of its original poly chrome surfaces. The carving and detail is deep and very fine.
Depicted are a pair of writhing dragons competing for the fabled -wish granting jewel- and possibly water waves beneath- all auspicious signs.
Dimensions:
13 inches high and 71 inches wide and 14 inches deep
Photographs taken in natural light in our garden.
Rare work of art.
Provenance: originally found in Chengdu Province and has been part of family collection since its acquisition in 2004.
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity. We are members of NAJGA- North American Japanese Garden...
Category
Early 19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Sandstone
$12,000 Sale Price
57% Off
19th Century Chinese 3d Carving Wood Panels Hanging Architectural Element, Set
Located in Pomona, CA
These set of three antique Chinese wood carving panels has very deep 3D carving works of Chinese folks art - Chinese Opera with gilt. These ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Chinese Stone Fu Dog Guardian Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-carved from a single block of limestone, this stone fu dog sits at attention as a watchful guardian of the home. He exudes a remarkable sense of life and energy - crouched on al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
1850s Antique Marble Buddha Torso Carved with Draped Robes
Located in Marbella, ES
Impressive marble sculptural fragment depicting the torso of a Buddha, possibly of Asian origin and dating from between the 18th and 19th centuries. The figure, although incomplete, ...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Small Footed Porcelain Vaso Planter in Matte Denim Blue
By Cultivated Gardens for Middle Kingdom
Located in Manassas Park, VA
Middle Kingdom garden vaso are modeled after traditional terra cotta wares but are made from pigmented porcelain. The bowl can be moved from the base for planting and watering. The C...
Category
2010s Greco Roman Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Large Porcelain Green Frog Planter Cachepot
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Whimsical Antique Chinese Frog planter with textured body in a bright spring green glaze over black with lavender eyes. These planters were a st...
Category
1870s Chinese Export Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Horizon Painting Stone Drum Table
Located in Chicago, IL
As if blotted with ink and brushed with calligraphy, this polished painting stone drum from Guangxi province is marked with swirling patterns of dark and light. Selected for its orga...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Antique Huge Garden Mill Stone, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
A good find comes this large 26 inch diameter, 5 inch thick round hand-carved mill stone from the 19th century or earlier period. This was likely a grinding base stone for a large oi...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Wash Basin / Vessel Sink 'HUI' Made of Terrazzo 'red'
By Bentu Design
Located in Paris, IDF
'HUI' is a wash basin / vessel sink made of terrazzo
by Bentu design
Terrazzo colors: white, black, red, sky blue, green mint
Dimensions: H 13cm - D 40.8c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Industrial Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terrazzo
Qing Dynasty Period Oversized Bronze Planter with Calligraphy and Handles
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Qing dynasty period bronze oversized planter from the 19th century, with mythical animal handles. Crafted during the 19th century Qing Dyn...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Black and Gold Hand Painted and Carved Pedestal
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Embrace the elegance of traditional Chinese art with this Black and Gold Hand Painted and Carved Pedestal. Featuring exquisite floral and bird motifs against a gold backdrop, this pe...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Chinese Hand Chiseled Stone Planter
Located in Pomona, CA
This stone planter is retrieved from the village in northern part of China. It is hand chiseled out of solid stone and hand carved by the local stone master. It come with 2 pieces an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Vintage Boho Glazed Ceramic Elephant Garden Low Stool
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Enhance your garden or living space with this Vintage Boho Glazed Ceramic Elephant Garden Low Stool. Combining whimsical bohemian style with the charm of an elephant motif, this vers...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Aqua Botanica Washbasin by WL Ceramics
By Edward van Vliet
Located in Geneve, CH
Aqua Botanica Washbasin by WL Ceramics
Designer: Edward van Vliet
Materials: Porcelain
Dimensions: H136 x Ø100 cm
At WL CERAMICS we make porcelain with passion. We are a family run...
Category
2010s Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
$16,716 / item
Chinese Famille Verte Bok Choy Planter with Gilt Accents, Qing Style
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This stunning Chinese bok choy porcelain planter features a vivid palette of famille verte enamels, intricate botanical motifs, and gilt embellishments, all wrapped around a graceful...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Porcelain Bulb Pan in Matte Mint Green
By Cultivated Gardens for Middle Kingdom
Located in Manassas Park, VA
Middle Kingdom garden wares are modeled after traditional terracotta wares but are made from pigmented porcelain. The classic, elegant style of this bulb pan ...
Category
2010s Greco Roman Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
$55 / item
New Gensun Casual Ventura 5 Piece Cast Aluminum and Wicker Outdoor Patio Set
Located in Stamford, CT
New Gensun Casual Ventura 5 piece cast aluminum and wicker sofa and rocking lounge chair outdoor patio set.
A streamlined transitional design with a unique use of materials. Ventura ...
Category
2010s Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum
19th Century Qing Dynasty Shop Sign Panel with Calligraphy and Distressed Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A rectangular Qing Dynasty period shop sign panel from the 19th century with calligraphy and distressed dark brown patina. Crafted during the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century, this r...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Brass Planter Pot
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This antique hand-beaten brass vessel showcases traditional craftsmanship. This pot includes Toa-tie mythological lion handles inspired by Chinese mythology, intricate beaded motifs ...
Category
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
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