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Item Ships From: Chicago
Japanese Tabako-bon with Two Rabbits, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the traditional ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Bakelite, Hardwood
Chinese Yunnan Lobed Pot, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Charged with the humble task of storing dry goods, this small terracotta pot was hand-shaped in the 19th century with balanced proportions and a ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Florence Resnikoff Wall Sculpture
By Florence Resnikoff
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Resnikoff Wall Sculpture, Painted Canvass stretched over wire frame.
Signed on backside Resnikoff
Resnikoff's work can be found in the permanent collections of the City and ...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic vase in glazed stoneware multicolored glaze.
Signed to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$4,830
Chinese Bamboo Pomegranate Teapot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea drinking has been an integral part of Chinese culture for centuries, resulting in a wide range of social customs and material traditions. In addition to tea leaves, water, and heat, the art of drinking tea (chayi) calls for a variety of teaware and utensils - both practical and decorative.
This charming teapot dates to the late Qing dynasty and is hand-carved from a hollow length of bamboo in the shape of a ripe pomegranate. The handle is carved to resemble a thin branch, which forks to either side of the teapot bearing long, slender leaves. The teapot has a squat, rounded form and a dark brown finish, reminiscent of Yixing red clay teapots...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
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 - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
James Prestini Steel Construction #293 Sculpture
By James Prestini
Located in Chicago, IL
James Prestini steel construction #293 sculpture; nickel-plated steel stacked geometric forms.
Signed underside, From the Private Art Collection Harris Bank Chicago
Additional provenance: Staempfli Gallery, New York Acquired via The Arts Club of Chicago in 1975
exhibited: Kyle Morris...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Chrome, Nickel
Chinese Woven River Basket, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This hand-woven example rema...
Category
19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Reed, Wood
Chinese Yunnan Lobed Pot, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Cloaked in a beautifully irregular brown slip finish, this 19th-century earthenware pot was charged with the humble task of storing dry goods in a Qing dynasty kitchen. The lobed pot...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
Diameter Oggetti Fused Blue, Cyan, and Yellow Glass Center Piece Bowl
By Oggetti
Located in Chicago, IL
Italian fused glass 15" diameter bowl by Oggetti. Yellow, cyan and deep blue glass fused in ribbons.
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
$665 Sale Price
30% Off
Chinese Woven River Basket, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This 19th-century example re...
Category
19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Reed, Wood
Florence Resnikoff "Inner Strength" Wall Sculpture
By Florence Resnikoff
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Resnikoff "Inner Strength" Wall Sculpture,
Painted Canvass stretched over wire frame.
Resnikoff's work can be found in the permanent collections of the City and County of Sa...
Category
1960s Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Antique 1900s Solid Brass Apothecary Mortars and Pestles - Set of 2
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of 2 very cool heavy brass (?) antique mortar and pestles. Actually one may be brass and one copper, judging from the green aging tinge inside. They are not a matched set but ver...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Classical Roman Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
19th Century Chinese Spirit Screen with Duan Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century spirit screen from northern China is inset with a duan stone, similar to stones used to create many inkstones for calligraphy. The stand i...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Bambara Ci Wara Headdress Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved to honor the mythical being Ci Wara, a Bambara deity that’s half mortal and half animal, this wooden headdress combines the graceful head and horns of a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Malian Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Fine Chinese Square Lantern with Frosted Glass, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant, delicately crafted lantern was made in northern China over a century ago. The simple frame is crafted of a fine hardwood and inset with panes of frosted glass. Lanterns in China have a history that goes back over 1,800 years to the Han dynasty: during the Lantern Festival (which falls on the 15 day of the first lunar month) people hang lanterns...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Hardwood, Glass
"Senzo Titulo 'Michelangelo Antonioni'" by Patrick Fitzgerald, 2022
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his miniature car sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Born from a fascination with the soap box derby cars of his youth, each vehicle is an exercise in imagining the future through the lens of the past – or vice versa.
Built from found materials collected over the years, the car's futuristic form is layered with personal memories and keepsakes from the past. The most minute of details is always intentional – from the weathered finish to the fictitious sponsor to the miniaturized furnishings of the cramped interior.
This coloful vehicle entitled “Senzo Titulo” is a play upon the 1964 film "Il Deserto Rosso," or "Red Desert," by Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Iron Sponge Car" by Patrick Fitzgerald, 2019
By Patrick Fitzgerald
Located in Chicago, IL
To Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald, his sculptures are a means of traveling through time. Working from found materials, Fitzgerald constructs miniature soap box cars and the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper
Chair with Tubes and Brass by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Chair with tubes and brass by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 42.5 x W 50 x H 63.5 cm.
Materials: brass, silicone tubes
A chair? made of brass and silicone tubes.
Gentner Design...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$20,640 / item
Craig Ellwood Painting Titled for Josef - Black #1
By Craig Ellwood
Located in Chicago, IL
Craig Ellwood Painting Titled for Josef - Black #1 1979-80 Painted Masonite and plywood
Elwood Mid-Century Modern Architect / Artist
Signed, titled, dated and numbered to verso ‘C.El...
Category
1970s Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Masonite, Plywood
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Lacquer Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In many southeast Asian cultures, offering guests a betel quid to chew was the fundamental symbol of hospitality. A blend of leaves, nuts, seasonings, and sometimes tobacco, betel was kept in finely worked and decorated boxes. This round betel box...
Category
Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Signed Spiral Glazed Brown & Gold Foliate Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Spiral glazed brown and gold ceramic vase with a white glazed interior. Beautifully delicate floral details on two sides. Trumpeted opening and footed base. Signed "Rod J-P '61."
Category
1960s American Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Diane Cooper Mixed Media over Wood Wall Mounted Bundle Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Diane Cooper Mixed Media over Wood Wall Mounted Bundle Sculpture, From Ruth Horwich collection.
Textures Canvas and Metal
About Diane Cooper:
Inspired by the visual culture in Japan,...
Category
1990s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Seagulls Sculpture Mounted on Onyx by Bijan Bahar
By Bijan Bahar
Located in Chicago, IL
This lovely mid-century sculpture done by Bijan Bahar features 5 seagulls that appear to be flying wing to wing. It is a tall and fine example of the types of sculptures that earne...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone, Metal
Blue and White Chinoiserie Candle Stand Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage porcelain vase is shaped like a large candle stand and decorated with a blue-and-white Chinoiserie design of an idyllic town square land...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Italian Hand-Carved Wood Candlestick in Old Paint and Finish
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique 18th century Italian painted and carved wood candlestick, with a few hints of gilding still remaining. There are small patches of the ...
Category
1850s Italian Neoclassical Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Gesso, Paint
Petite Chinese Mirror Tray, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Simple lines, a modest form, and a layer of hand-brushed lacquer give this petite Qing-dynasty tray a provincial charm that recalls the warmth of home. The beveled frame is brushed w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror, Pine
Large Tommi Parzinger Brass Candelabra for Dorlyn
By Tommi Parzinger, Dorlyn Silversmiths
Located in Chicago, IL
At two-and-a-half feet tall, this stately four-arm candelabrum is one of Parzinger's larger designs for Dorlyn. Measures: 30".
Category
1950s American Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage English Terra-Cotta Pot Man Sculpture for Home, Garden Cty Staffordshire
Located in Chicago, IL
Outstanding vintage English Terra-Cotta Flower Pot Man. This guy is the perfect folk art host for most anywhere, here at the store we have him in the foyer welcoming guests...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
African Red & Green Painted Mortar
Located in Chicago, IL
Abstract and sculptural, this wooden form demonstrates the timeless appeal of African art. Hand-carved to an hourglass shape, the unusual figure is actually a grinding mortar, compri...
Category
20th Century African Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Chinese Enameled Hat Stand with Children at Play, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Brilliantly colored with bold enamels, this porcelain hat stand was once used by a Qing-dynasty gentleman to display his caps while they weren't in use. This stand is decorated in th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Clyde Burt Ceramic Charger
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt ceramic charger in glazed stoneware with incised image.
Signature to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965
Category
1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Petite Bronze Garuda Figurine
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite bronze figurine is cast in the form of Garuda, a demigod and mythical king of birds in Hindu and Buddhist faith. Taking the form of half-bird...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Robert Arneson Footed Bowl 1960c.
By Robert Arneson 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Arneson Footed Bowl 1960 c.
circa 1960
glazed earthenware, incised 'ARNESON' on underside
Diameter 8.50"
3" high
Category
1960s Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Pentafoil Italian Tronchi Glass Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Free form pentafoil tronchi glass vase with larger top opening. Believed to be from Italy.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Chinese Phoenix Tail Vase with Figures in a Garden, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Artist Charger by Bjorn Wiinblaad for Rosenthal / Wall Sculpture
By Bjorn Wiinblad, Rosenthal
Located in Chicago, IL
A large artist studio ceramic charger by Bjorn Wiinblad. Nice as a Table ornament or possibly mounted as a wall art.
some minor loss/crackling to glaze in the center (as shown).
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Good Fortune River Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This hand-woven example rema...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Willow
Antique French Gilded Porcelain Vases with Hand Painted Courting Scene - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Old Paris Gilded Porcelain Vases with Hand Painted Courting Scenes - Pair
This beautiful pair of Porcelain Gilded Vases from France have a hand painted courting scene...
Category
Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental 1980's Ceramic Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Monumental 1980's Ceramic Vessel from the Collection of Ruth Horwich 22" highX 25" wide X 8" depth
Beautiful colors, Glazed ceramic with slot in top, double sided designs.
Category
1980s North American Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Neoclassical Cherub/Putti Garden Statue
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Neoclassical Cherub/Putti Garden Statue
From a beautiful Southern Estate, approximately 50 years old. Stunning, neoclassical cherubs/putti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Clyde Burt Ceramic Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt Ceramic Motif Bowl in glazed stoneware with hand incised abstract pattern.
Signed to underside: [CB].
American, circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$4,200
Heinrich Porcelain Vase With Gilt, Lavender & Sky Blue Details
Located in Chicago, IL
Heinrich hand cut porcelain glazed vase with lavender and light blue details and parcel gilt hand painted details.
Category
1960s German Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Ruyi Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary baluster jar from artisans in Jiangxi province continues the centuries-old tradition of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. Also known as a ginger jar or temple jar, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Mossi Incised Currency Bracelet
Located in Chicago, IL
The blacksmiths and sculptors of the Mossi People were held in special regard by the tribe's ruling class. Their ability to shape bronze and other precious metals into currency and status symbols made them valuable members of the powerful tribe. The intricate design of this currency bracelet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Bitossi Rosenthal-Netter Vase Gold/Black Metallic, Italy
By Rosenthal Netter, Bitossi
Located in Chicago, IL
Bitossi Rosenthal-Netter Vase Gold/Black Metallic, Italy. Vase is labeled Italy on bottom.
Measurements 8" tall, 4.25" diameter
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Hivo Van Teal Pyramidal Acrylic Sculpture
By Hivo Van Teal
Located in Chicago, IL
Four part acrylic pyramidal sculpture by Hivo Van Teal. Four canted and bevelled triangular pieces of acrylic or Lucite with an open circular carved centre. All surmounted on a bevel...
Category
1970s American Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Acrylic
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Guido Gambone Two-Handled Spouted Pitcher 1955
By Guido Gambone
Located in Chicago, IL
Guido Gambone two-handled spouted pitcher 1955: Blue, Brown Glazed Stoneware, signed 'GAMBONE ITALY' with donkey mark on the underside.
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
$3,600 Sale Price
59% Off
Roger Capron Bowl
By Roger Capron
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron Bowl, Glazed Earthenware Made in France, c. 1960
Glazed earthenware, signature to underside ‘Capron Vallauris M82’.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Ginger Jar Shaped Vase In Celery & Rough Sand Glaze
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual petite vase in a tradition Asian ginger jar form with the uncommon rough sand like finish. The celery colored glaze abstract forms are outlined in black.
Category
1960s American Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Tibetan Silver Repoussé Needle Case, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Lavishly decorated with repoussé, auspicious Buddhist symbols, and a bit of coral, this 19th century silver needle case was once filled with the nee...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Provincial Chinese Farm Tray, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early-20th century wooden tray from northern China charms with rustic texture and asymmetric form. hand carved from a single block of wood, the tray has a rectangular shape with...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Hugh Acton Megaforms Architectural Planter from Acton Residence in Carrara Mable
By Grand Rapids Furniture Co., Hugh Acton
Located in Chicago, IL
Hugh Acton Megaforms Architectural planter from Acton Residence in Carrara Marble ,Italy
Measures: 8 dia x 17.5 h inches.
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Carrara Marble
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand-Carved Chinese Footed Stone Basin
Located in Chicago, IL
A clean-lined interpretation of an ancient form, this footed basin was hand-carved by artisans in China's Shandong province. It looks as if it were meticulo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Chinese Hat Stand
Located in Chicago, IL
Out of context, this carved wood hat stand has a curious, octopus-like appearance. Intricately embellished with carved flourishes, the hat Stand displa...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$310 Sale Price
60% Off
Set of Two Tibetan Tsa Tsa
Located in Chicago, IL
This stack of two molded ceramic tsa tsa bricks depict Buddhist deities. Each was a meditation created in a monastery by a Buddhist monk in training. They were...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Chinese Peking Glass Bok Choy Charm, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Although practiced for centuries, Chinese glass-making gained prominence during the Qing-dynasty with the introduction of Peking glass. Adapting European technologies, workshops in the Imperial Palace began creating layered and intricately-carved glass pieces that mimicked the translucency of jade, semiprecious stones, and rare jewels.
This Peking glass charm is sculpted as a tiny bok choy...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Larry Mohr Sculpture Bars XXVI
By Larry Mohr
Located in Chicago, IL
Larry Mohr Sculpture Bars XXVI: Adjustable Solid aluminum bars connected by bolts.
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered to base ‘Bars XXVI 1/5 6/19/83 Larry Mohr’. This work is number 1 from the edition of 5.
Larry Mohr (1921-2013) was an accomplished sculptor whose figural and abstract works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, Vassar College...
Category
1980s American Industrial Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
$7,040 Sale Price
20% Off
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 (thin rim) form, with a broad, flat top with an upturned lip. Usubata vessels are typically cast of bronze and have been used in ikebana arrangements since the 16th century. The broad rim of this usubata vase...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Yoruba Omo Bell, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This four-sided brass face bell, known as omo, was created by an artisan of the Ijebu Yoruba People of Southern Nigeria. A mark of the wearer's rank and power, the bell would have be...
Category
Early 20th Century Nigerian Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$1,880
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