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Item Ships From: Chicago
Chinese Shanghai Deco Perfume Bottle
Located in Chicago, IL
In the 1920s and 1930s, Shanghai, China was swept up in the Art Deco design movement. Design, architecture, art, fashion, and furniture were all influenced by this modern movement, permeating every part of life in the bustling, vibrant city. This blue glass perfume bottle...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass
Chinese Art Deco White Sofa, circa 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
In the 1920s-30s, Shanghai, China was swept up in the Art Deco design movement. Design, architecture, art, fashion, and furniture were all influenced by this modern movement, permeat...
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Hide, Hardwood
Chinese Spotted Deer Painting Fragment, c. 1751
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as spirit screens, small Chinese table screens such as this were often used to block drafts and other intrusions in a scholar's workspa...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper, Pearwood
Textured Japanese Tetsubin Teapot with Lotus Bud Knob, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Decorated with a dotted, textured surface and an elegant arched handle, this Japanese teapot was used to boil water for traditional tea ceremonies. Known as tetsubin, the kettle’s cast-iron construction is said to change the quality of the water, making tea taste mellow and sweet.
Made by pouring iron into clay or sand molds, the kettle has a rustic texture in pleasing contrast to its unusual angular form and incised lid, which bears a knob in the shape of a lotus bud...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Chinese Bent Handle Fisherman's Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket can become a truly beautiful work of art. This bent handle basket was made i...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Fabric, Willow
Pair of Chinese Lotus Stools, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, these early 20th century stools from Hebei province show off the ingenious joinery methods traditionally used by Chinese carpenters. The stool's three splayed leg...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Midcentury Chinese Vase with Engraved Poem
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic large mid-20th century Chinese vase with heavily carved characters that complete part of a poem. The neck, bottom, and interior are...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Altar Table with Everted Ends, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
In traditional Chinese homes, slender, long tables such as this one are used to hold musical instruments, flowers, or vases. Often referred to as altar tables, this narrow table form is also used as a domestic altar for familial ancestor worship. This lengthy altar table was constructed of northern elmwood (yumu) in China's Shanxi province over 150 years ago. The expansive tabletop is finished with whimsical everted ends...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Blue and White Hat Stand with Treasured Objects, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Accented with quatrefoil cutouts to provide airflow, this 19th century porcelain hat stand was once used by a Qing-dynasty gentleman to display his cap while it wasn't being worn. The six-sided hat stand is painted with fanciful arrangements of stacked display stands laden with vases, censers, and treasured objects. Behind each vignette stands an ornate lamp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
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
Mid-19th Century Thai Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Hanging Scroll of Prunus Branches, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese scholars used natural imagery and scenery to aid in contemplation within the walls of their studios. The complex beauty inherent to landscapes and natural forms inspired clea...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Literati Tea Tray, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite 19th century tray reflects the Qing-dynasty literati's taste for fine materials and balanced proportions. Once used to serve tea or hold scholarly implements, the tray is...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Collection of H’Mong Tribe Silver Spirit Locks
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely crafted piece was made high in the mountains of southeast China, Laos, Thailand and Burma (modern day Myanmar) by an indigenous hill tribe. The Hmong people are know for ...
Category
20th Century Laotian Tribal Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Tall Persimmon Celestial Ball Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this tall gooseneck vase is glazed in vibrant persimmon-orange glaze. The vase features a rounded, globular body and a nar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Thai Sandstone Torso of Buddha
Located in Chicago, IL
This sizeable torso is from Ayutthaya, and is one of three pieces that made up a figural sculpture of Buddha. Comprised of elegant curves and soft lines, the details of diaphanous ro...
Category
18th Century Thai Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
Chinese Provincial Round Back Chair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prior to the 10th century, Chinese society eschewed raised seats in favour of mats. The rising popularity of chairs and other forms of elevated seating led craftsmen to adapt traditional cabinetry and architecture techniques to the human body. In the case of this Yuanyi, or round chair, the flowing crest rail is a direct descendant of the simple armrests that had traditionally supported individuals on mats in their homes. This homage to an ancestral form, combined with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery techniques, created an elegant, functional chair that has endured for centuries and inspired many contemporary furniture designers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Lucky Eight Stool, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The traditional squared lines of Ming furniture are given a distinctive curved flair in this late 19th century Provincial stool. A narrow seat is supported by four splayed legs that flare outwards with a natural bend. Resembling the Chinese character for the lucky number...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Hatamen Brand Cigarette Advertisement Poster, c. 1935
Located in Chicago, IL
With its product discretely located on the lower left, this early 20th century Shanghai poster for Hatamen cigarettes uses a dramatically rendered imag...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Yao Tribe Silver Torc
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely crafted piece was made high in the mountains above Thailand, Laos and Burma (modern day Myanmar) by an indigenous hill tribe. The Yao people are skilled silversmiths who ...
Category
20th Century Laotian Tribal Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
Pair of Chinese Iron Clad Benches, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of late 19th century benches are designed in a traditional style that dates back as far as the Song dynasty (690 to 1279 CE). The corner leg benches have floating panel top...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Chinese Carved Ancestor Figure, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Ancestor worship was an integral part of traditional Chinese home life. This carved figure bears the likeness of one of its original owner's important for...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Primitive Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Floral Incised Brass Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century handcrafted bronze hand warmer would have been owned by a woman of means and filled with coals so she could warm her hands on cold...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Set of Three Provincial Chinese Wine Jugs, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These early 20th century ceramic jars from China's Shandong province were formed with a bottle-neck shape meant for storing vinegar or rice wine. We suspect these jars were created to store wine for commercial sale, and were likely stoppered with a cork or wax seal. Left unglazed, the jugs are decorated only the irregular, organic smoke patterns created during the firing process. We love the neutral color story told by this set of vessels...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Four Drawer Inlaid Altar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This shallow console table was crafted over 150 years ago in China's Fujian province, and was originally used as an altar table storing incense a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Treasure Chest with Reverse Glass Painted Panels. c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
As much an artwork as a piece of furniture, this 19th century treasure chest from northern China is richly decorated with relief carvings and delicate gilt paintings. The doors bear ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Bamboo Folding Hat Stand, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th century China, government officials wore different hats to show their various ranks of office, the styles and designs changed depending on the season. This one-of-a-kind fold...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese Blue and White Gooseneck Vase with Fish and Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
Elaborately finned fish make their way in a vibrant underwater world on this tall blue-and-white gooseneck vase. Patterned with real and abstract forms, this ceramic vase is a contem...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Red Lacquer Cabinets with Poetic Pairings, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set within a simple black lacquer frame, the three drawers of these early 20th century upright cabinets are brilliantly colored with rich red lacquer t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Japanese Usubata Ikebana Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century iron vessel is a Meiji-era vase designed especially for ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement. The two-piece vase was cast in the classical usubata ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Vintage Chinese Cigarette Advertisement Poster, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
This poster from the 1930s draws from a well known Chinese opera scene. It melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography. These advertisements, influenced by the Art Deco movement in the west, recall the economic boom of early 20th century Shanghai, an international center of business and trade. Layered with imagery of traditional Chinese life, the poster is nonetheless an advertisement for the modern cigarette industry, with several brands displayed in the top left corner, including Lan Ting, Hong Chun, and Jade Rabbit...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Lacquered Bench with Splayed Legs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In most Qing dynasty homes, stools and chairs were the only form of elevated seating, and a bench such as this would have been found at a temple or public theater. This 19th century walnut bench has splayed legs linked by straight double stretchers and topped by finely beaded carved spandrels. Sourced from China’s Shanxi region, walnut was a prized material for Qing dynasty furniture...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Chinese Buddha Belly Bamboo Pipes, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These unusually sinuous lengths of bamboo are known as "Buddha belly bamboo" for each segment's resemblance to the ample gut of the Chinese monk Budai, often referred to as the "Laug...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Steel
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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Eight Immortals Square Table with Stone Top, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Called an "eight immortals" table, this early 19th century square table was designed to seat eight people, with a bench for two on each side....
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Early 20th Century Woven Thai Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th century woven Thai basket
Beautiful patina
Dimensions: Top is 10.5 in H x 14 in W
Bottom is 10 in H x 13.5 W
Total for basket is 12.5 in H x 14 in W x 4.5 in D...
Category
20th Century Thai Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Reed
Chinese Four Seasons Altar Table, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand table from China's Shanxi province was originally used in a Qing-dynasty household as an impressive domestic altar for ancestor worship. Designed to be the centerpiece of ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Eighteen Luohan Walnut Shell Snuff Bottle, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Plastic, Walnut
Vintage Chinese Floral Cast Iron Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage cast iron mortar from China's Shanxi province is patterned in low relief with a simple floral design. Originally used in a traditional ap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Chinese Black Lacquer Square Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-19th century fang deng (square stool) was made in Hebei province and crafted of elm foraged from the forests of northern China. The stretchers encircling the outer edges of the rounded legs highlight the masterful carpentry employed to create this very pure and simple form in the most elegant Ming fashion. This detail gives the design a natural flow and references bent bamboo. Chinese carpenters during the Qing dynasty held simplicity and craftsmanship in equal regard. In this spirit they emulated the simpler forms of bamboo furniture making that were popular in earlier times...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Oval Jar, 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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Comb Back Children's Chair with Umbrella Notch, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Every so often we come across a rare piece of furniture that, even after centuries have passed, still evokes the life and personality of the original owner. Over 200 years ago this c...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Plank Top Ruyi Altar Table, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental early 19th century flanked top altar table from China's Shanxi province is notable for its robust traditional style. The top is carved from a solid plank of elmwood t...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Peony and Pheasant Canopy Painting, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The experience of art itself can be an intimate one and this bed canopy, hand painted over 100 years ago by an artist in Canton, was more intimate than most. Delicately painted birds...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pine
Japanese Iron Tetsubin with Chrysanthemum Blossoms, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Decorated with stylized chrysanthemum blossoms, symbols of longevity and rejuvenation, this Japanese teapot was used to boil water for traditional tea ceremonies. Known as tetsubin, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Chinese Eternal Love Offering Box, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This ornately carved 19th-century offering box would have been presented as a gift filled with popular Chinese snacks, including roasted melon seeds, dried fruit, and soybeans toaste...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Chinese Double Gourd "Root" Amber Snuff Bottle, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Other
Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar with Fish and Flora
Located in Chicago, IL
This blue-and-white covered jar is hand-painted with flora and fauna of the sea, offering blessings of wealth, abundance, and the contented harmony of a fish in water. Chinese blue-a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese 1930s Advertisement Poster
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage poster from the 1930s features a fashionably dressed young mother posing with her son and daughter. The poster may have been given as a gift for the Chinese New Year, as...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
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 Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
"Poets in the Garden" Chinese Blue and White Vase, circa 1900
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
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Flora and Fauna Inkstone, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholarly pursuits such as painting, calligraphy, and poetry were a highly respected and revered subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of tools that were not only f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Chinese Famille Rose Hat Stand Vase with Scholar's Treasures, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This porcelain hat stand is decorated in a style of overglaze enameling known as "famille rose." Sometimes referred to as "yangcai" or "foreign colors," the famille rose style emerge...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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