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Provincial Chinese Washing Stone, c. 1900

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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 threshin...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Pedestals and Columns

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Limestone

Chinese Washing Stone Pedestal, 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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Pedestals and Columns

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Chinese Kang Table Column Base, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century column base likely figured into the imposing surroundings of a Qing-dynasty courtyard, supporting a tall wooden beam as part of a grand entryway. Atop a square slab patterned with hash marks, sits an eight-sided base, carved with small footed legs to resemble a low kang table. Octagonal motifs are common in Chinese art, due to the auspicious nature of the number eight in traditional culture. The table-like base is carved with a decorative apron of intertwined vines and floral motifs. Tucked amidst garden plantings or placed indoors, this low column...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Pedestals and Columns

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Limestone

Chinese Limestone Buddha Cushion, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite being carved from solid limestone, this 19th-century stone display stand has the presence of a plush, down-filled cushion. Resembling a col...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Pedestals

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Limestone

Provincial Chinese Guanyin Table Stand, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
For thousands of years, precious Chinese artworks have been elevated for display on fine wooden table stands. Recognized today as works of art in their own right, these display stands are typically finely carved, crafted of exquisite hardwoods, or designed with the refined proportions of larger furniture pieces. Resembling a low kang table, this waisted table...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

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Elm

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...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Pedestals

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Terracotta

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