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Item Ships From: Chicago
Wave Candlestick (sold individually, large, blackened)
By Michael Dreeben
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-turned from sustainably harvested Mango wood, the Wave Candlestick draws its form from sinusoidal waves. Burned and oiled finish. Available in sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Pre-Columbian Ceramic Head Fragment
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing head fragment was once attached to a pre-Columbian bust or full effigy figurine. Earthenware figurines like this were made in great abundance throughout Mesoamerican history, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings.
Figurines like this commemorated important people and events across Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, or coiffure, and ear spools...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Tibetan Mechag Flint Striker, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th century Tibet, many men would have carried a flint striker along with several other tools that could help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. K...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Silver
Monumental Chinese Drip Glaze Relief Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This grandly scaled ceramic vessel was made by hand in northern China in the early 20th century, patterned in high relief with medallions framing floral motifs. Rimmed with texture, the vase is expressively coated inside and out with an ochre glaze, streaked with dark brown, and makes for the perfect a dramatic, large planter, water feature, or stoic sculpture.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Ceramic Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic bowl, beautiful technical glazes.
Signed [CB] underside.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Petite Famille Rose Canton Vase, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the 1920s during China's Republic Period, this petite vase is decorated in a style known as Canton enamel, so named for the long-standing industry of export enamels based in...
Category
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Tibetan Flint Striker, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such strikers would hang from one's belt and often doubled as a small pouch for flint and tinder. The finest strikers were finished with precious metals and decorated with repoussé and inlaid stones.
This leather flint pouch is decorated with silver and gold plated metalwork and three large beads of turquoise and red coral. The mechag hangs from a simple leather strap and three decorative leather beads hang below. The pouch contains two Tibetan prayer flags...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Coral, Gold Plate, Steel, Metal
Pair of Chinese Sancai Fu Lion Protectors, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Believed to be powerful protectors against malevolent spirits, fu lion dogs have stood guard at the entryways and thresholds of Chinese homes for centuries. This pair of small cerami...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stoneware
Rubber Tire Bucket
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic and modern two-handled bucket made from an old rubber tire, sewn with heavy-gauge white string and aluminum rivets. Perfect as your wastepaper basket in your bathroom or next ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Rubber
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 Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Arthur Court Polished Aluminum Tortoise Shell Lamp
By Arthur Court
Located in Chicago, IL
Back lit, cast aluminum tortoise or turtle shell table lamp by Aurthur Court. Pierced opening surround the shell to let in as well as frame the piece. Mounted on a cast aluminum base...
Category
1970s American Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum
Carl Aubock Turkish Walnut Wooden Bowl with Brass Handles
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Chicago, IL
Carl Aubock Turkish Walnut Wooden Bowl with Brass Handles, Produced by Werkstätte Carl Auböck, Austria, c. 1955
Turkish walnut, brass
Dimensions:
4.25"high
14.25"wide
8.50" deep
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Chinese Famille Rose Bowl with Pheasant and Chrysanthemums, 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 Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Modern German Hermle Black Forest Acrylic Grandfather Clock
By Black Forest
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Modern German Hermle Black Forest Acrylic Cased 3 Chime Tubular Movement Grandfather Clock
Decorate your modern living room or office space wit...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Petite Pre-Columbian Chupícuaro Redware Olla
Located in Chicago, IL
This small olla jar is a beautiful example of Mesoamerican pottery, decorated with red, white, and orange slip in the style of Chupícuaro ware. Th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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 Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture No. 6
Signed, F.41.
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913. He trained in his family's furniture desig...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to store tea leaves, this jar is nonetheless a stunning example of blue and white porcelain. Surrounded by peonies and chrysanthemum blossoms, two phoenixes sit perched upon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Metal and Glass Caramelera
Located in Round Top, TX
Metal and glass caramelera for displaying and dispensing candy. Very fun, very rare.
Category
1940s Argentine Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
European Pagoda & Phoenix Embroidery Fragment, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique embroidery fragment offers a Western interpretation of Chinese art styles and traditions. Densely stitched atop off-white silk, the embroidered scene depicts a tiered pa...
Category
Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silk
Phillipe Starck Custom Stainless Steel Dishes, set of Thirty-Eight
By Philippe Starck
Located in Chicago, IL
Phillips Starck Custom Stainless Steel Dishes set of Thirty-Eight, from The Clift Hotel, San Francisco, California.
Two sizes:
Both 1/2" high
Smaller 23" in total
9" x 6"
Larger 15 i...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
Provincial Chinese Farm Cart Wheel, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This large 19th-century wooden wheel once bore the weight of an ox-drawn wagon or farm cart. The impressive wheel is richly aged with wabi-sabi texture, burnished smooth from years o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Enzo Mari Cicladi Plant Stand for Danese 1977
By Enzo Mari, Danese Milano
Located in Chicago, IL
Enzo Mari Cicladi plant stand for Danese 1977 production Italy, Unglazed porcelain.
Stamped manufacturer's mark to underside ‘Danese Milano Enzo Mari 1977 Made in Italy’.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Brass & Copper Decorative Mobile After Bustamante
Located in Chicago, IL
Cut and pierced brass and copper mobile, after Sergio Bustamante. Constructed with birds, fish, a flower and a sun face. Fixed with brass rods and brass filigreed hangers and adorned...
Category
1960s American Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Blue and White Brush Pot with First Scholar
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot, or bitong, was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This porcela...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Handblown Glass Candle Sconces
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic pair of Belgian handblown glass candle sconces with wide bobeches, curved arms, and mounted to a modern oak wall mounts. Etched 'Cleybergh'...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Blown Glass, Oak
Late 19th Century Live Size Renaissance Revival Italian Figural Carved Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century carved wooden sculpture is a lifesize depiction of a young nobleman of the Italian Renaissance. The piece is made entirely from wood and carved gesso under an ebonized finish, giving it the illusion of an oxidized bronze sculpture. The young man is posed in a classic Contrapposto stance, which is an Italian term that means "counterpoise". This term usually refers to a standing human figure carrying its weight on one leg so that the opposite hip rises to produce a relaxed curve in the body, a dynamic pose that is most associated with Renaissance art. He establishes his stance with a hand on his large belt and one hand in the air holding a torch. This Renaissance revival piece is highly detailed through intricate workmanship, down to the Lion of Saint Mark...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Plaster, Wood
Large Porcelain Leaf Platter
Located in Chicago, IL
A large studio-made porcelain leaf platter cast from a real leaf, and finished with a clear glaze. Marked in green with the initials of the artist on the back side.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Medium Tribe Vase by Arik Levy George for Bitossi, 2007
By Arik Levy, Bitossi
Located in Chicago, IL
Medium Tribe Vase by Arik Levy George for Bitossi, 2007 Unglazed White exterior with inside yellow interior
The sharp contrast between textures and colors captures the trademark aest...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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 Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Evase Vase Black Patina
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The iconic bronze Evase vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection.
This is shown in the black patina.
Each bronze is hand crafted in France and is signed.
Can be used as vas...
Category
2010s French Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
"Eclipse" Meditation Stone Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A well-chosen stone is the focal point of both a traditional Chinese garden and a scholar's studio - evoking the complexities of nature and inspiring creative thought. With its round...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Steel
Massive 18th Century Limestone Grinding Stone on Custom Steel Mount
Located in Chicago, IL
Monumental in scale and presence, this 18th-century French carved limestone grinding stone has been reimagined as a sculptural object of striking simplicity. Mounted vertically on a ...
Category
18th Century French Primitive Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Provincial Chinese Grain Container, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-crafted wooden bucket was once used by farmers in Shanxi, China to transport their harvest of rice and grains over long distances. Counterbalanced by a second container, th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
fferrone Contemporary Handcrafted Czech Fluted Glass Albany Medium Vase
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
ALBANY MEDIUM VASE
The Albany Vase inverts tradition with intricate fluting detail on the interior. The strong architectural lines are an exercise in material studies and production...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Czech Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Chinese Picnic Box, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
The basic form of this two-tiered box with handle has remained unchanged for 1,000 years. Stacked boxes were commonly used as portable containers for food or ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Maya Redware Turtle Bowl, c. 600-900 AD
Located in Chicago, IL
Exhibiting a rich patina, this petite redware bowl is attributed to Maya culture and shows many telltale signs of Pre-Columbian pottery. Speckled with imp...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of West African Cast Bronze Birds
Located in Chicago, IL
An arresting pair of 20th century West African cast bronze bird sculptures, each with incised feathers, raised eyes, and standing on two legs, resting on flat bases. Perfect for deco...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Enzo Mari Style Sculpture
By Enzo Mari
Located in Chicago, IL
Enzo Mari style sculpture, solid steel mass with architectural elements.
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Chinese Provincial Grain Container, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-crafted wooden bucket was once used by farmers in Shanxi, China to transport their harvest of rice and grains over long distances. Counterbalanced by a second container, th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Tony Rosenthal Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Rosenthal bronze sculpture.
1965, untitled.
Stamped "Rosenthal, 1965."
Nice original patina.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Gilt Takamaki-E Tabako-Bon, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This box with many drawers is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Chinese "Tree Jade" Petrified Wood Specimen
Located in Chicago, IL
Like scholars' rocks, petrified, or fossilized, wood is appreciated for its natural beauty. Sometimes called "Tree Jade," petrified wood is thought to bring peace and prosperity to i...
Category
20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Petrified Wood
Pair of Early 20th Century French Garden Trugs
Located in Chicago, IL
These charming early 20th-century French wooden garden trugs exude rustic elegance and historical charm. Painted a dark green, each trug bears the patina of time and use, evidenced b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
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 Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
After Franz Bergman, Bronze Buddha Case That Opens to Expose Nude Goddess
By Franz Bergmann
Located in Chicago, IL
After Franz Bergman Vienna Austria bronze with original patina finish to the bronze Buddha. Open the Buddha to reveal a cold painted gold nude female...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Bronze Vessel with Tripod Feet, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th century bronze vessel with tripod feet was crafted by hand in a traditional Chinese shape known as "ding," that dates back to 1600 BC. Tripod bowls were originally used for making religious offerings to ancestral gods. This ding is mounted on a finely carved hardwood...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Wall Sculpture by Richard Filipowski
By Richard Filipowski
Located in Chicago, IL
Richard E. Filipowski, graduate of the Chicago Institute of Design, hand-sculpted Marquette. Stylized branch composition out of delicate components...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper
Tony Rosenthal Tabletop Bronze Sculpture
By Tony Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
Tony Rosenthal Tabletop Bronze Sculpture
Untitled. Vertically oriented black painted bronze sculpture with three interior voids with irregular edges welded to base, signed, circa 19...
Category
1990s Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to prote...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Cherub Carved from Wood with Polychrome & Gilt
Located in Chicago, IL
An Italian cherub, carved from linden wood wood. This graceful and exceptionally well-carved figure was likely part of an altar ensemble. The eyes and face are particularly well-form...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Blue & White Good Fortune Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
These round, porcelain storage jars are brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner with a striking, high-contrast design. Emphasizing the graphic aesthetic qualities of Chi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Massive Yanomami Gathering Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
The largest Yanomami basket we've ever seen! The Yanomami are an indigenous people to the Amazonian regions of Brazil and Venezuela. This monumental ba...
Category
20th Century Brazilian Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
Seri Iron Wood Sculpture Of Female Abstract By Miguel Estrella
By Miguel Estrella
Located in Chicago, IL
Miguel Estrella is a member of the Seri Indians of Sonora, Mexico. Formerly a fishing tribe, ecological disturbances had forced the tribe to seek other...
Category
20th Century Mexican Chicago - Decorative Objects
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
By Nathalie du Pasquier, George Sowden
Located in Chicago, IL
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
A black and white, bullseye-like design plastic postmodern wall clock with yellow hands and numbers designed by Nathalie du Pasquier...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
Scheruich Ceramic Tall Lava Glaze Vase with Relief Bull and Volcanos
By Scheurich Keramik
Located in Chicago, IL
West German Scheurich Keramic tall vase in a red and black lava glaze finish with black and orange outlined relief glazed bull and black relief lava glaze...
Category
Late 20th Century Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Lava
"Forest Mist" Meditation Stone Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculptural and unusual stone formations have long been fixtures of the Chinese scholars' studio, displayed as sources of beauty and creative inspiration. Known as scholars' rocks (go...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Steel
Chinese Terracotta Soup Pot, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Based on vessels fired in ancient Chinese kilns, this jar's perfect proportions haven't changed much since the Bronze Age. Keeping in the tradition of its predecessors, this early 20th century ceramic vessel is glazed with a slip of red clay, yielding a warm, terracotta coloring. Two small strap handles sit on the high shoulders of the jar's otherwise unadorned round form. Originally used as a soup...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
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