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Item Ships From: Chicago
Teakwood Architectural Temple Pediment
Located in Chicago, IL
This giant architectural element once graced the pediment of a Northern Thai temple. It is from Chiang, Mai, Thailand and entirely made from Teakwood, which is naturally resistant ...
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Late 19th Century Thai Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Teak

loan Nemtoi (Romanian, born 1964) Hand Blown Art Glass Vase and Display Case
By Ioan Nemtoi
Located in Chicago, IL
Ioan Nemtoi, (Romanian b. 1964) art glass vase with custom, square glass case. A beautiful and breathtaking, hand-blown, thick walled vase in red, blue, yellow, orange, peach, purple...
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1990s Romanian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal

Hurricane Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
We purchased this rather large reproduction hurricane lamp in Europe and have used it as a store prop for a long time.
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Early 2000s Chinese Chicago - Decorative Objects

A Teak Wood Sculpture of a Cambodian Apsara Goddess
Located in Chicago, IL
Newly carved from reclaimed teakwood, this bust takes the form of a Cambodian apsara. With origins in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, Apsaras are female spirits of the clouds and water...
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Teak

Art Deco Bakelite Telechron Clock
By Paul Frankl
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful Period Art Deco Bakelite Telechron Clock in the manner of Paul Frankl As Found Condition. Missing the glass lens. the metal piece in front is ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Bakelite

Chinese Enameled Floral Offering Dish, c. 1940s
Located in Chicago, IL
This colorful porcelain bowl dates to the early 20th century and was once used for serving food or presenting food offerings on a home altar. Shaped like an eight-petal flower, the d...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Table Screen with Soapstone Panel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative stone panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Soapstone

Large 19th Century American Spale Gathering Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful and large 19th century American oak splint spale-form gathering basket with a bent wood ring and a handle on each side. Spale baskets were traditionally used for gatherin...
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19th Century American Country Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak

Marble Dish Up & Up Intl. by Egidio Di Rosa & Pier Alessandro Giusti, Italy
Located in Chicago, IL
Marble Dish Up & Up International by Egidio Di Rosa & Pier Alessandro Giusti Italy Designed by Egidio Di Rosa and Pier Alessandro Giusti for Up & Up International. Black Marquina mar...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble

African Wooden Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This headrest comes from 20th century Kenya, hand-carved from one piece of indigenous wood. Headrests held great value to North Western nomadic pastoral tribes of Kenya as they have ...
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20th Century Kenyan Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Leather, Wood

19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
Immerse yourself in the artistry of 19th-century Japan with this exquisite Meiji period bronze vessel, a captivating embodiment of Japanese decorative arts...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

20th Century Emberá-Wounaan Turtle Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
This 20th-century Emberá-Wounaan basket is a masterpiece of indigenous artistry, exemplifying the extraordinary craftsmanship of the Emberá-Wounaan peop...
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20th Century Panamanian Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Natural Fiber

Monumental Mid-20th Century Italian Ceramic Urn
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic monumental Italian mid-20th century tortoise shell glazed ceramic urn of classical form with a thick lip, fluted body, narrow foot, and two applied handles each with two ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

"Beach-Combed Mochaware" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
Based in Chicago, IL, contemporary artist Michael Thompson creates unique kites, collages and mixed media works assembled from material fragments of past and present collected in his travels. In his ongoing series of memory jugs, Thompson adorns stoneware vessels with a kaleidoscope of ceramic shards, found objects, and pocket-sized trinkets he collected over the course of his life. Also known as forget-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one who has recently passed. Small tokens and mementos of the deceased are gathered and affixed to the exterior of a jug or vase, an abundance of memories that celebrates a life lived to the fullest. Michael Thompson applies this tradition to his own practice, creating tactile assemblages of this and that. Formed in the manner of collage, each jug honors the lost memories of generations past and his own memories of personally discovering each item. With varied sources for materials including Kyoto, Turkey, and Mexico, a great number of the found shards are 18th and 19th century ceramics...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

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...
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15th Century and Earlier Central American Pre-Columbian Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Pair of Chinese Ming Sancai Dragon Roof Tiles, c. 1650
Located in Chicago, IL
This incredible pair of sancai-glazed Chinese roof tiles were once installed as part of the elaborate roof of a Ming-dynasty temple or grand courtyard home. Dated to the 17th century...
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17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Earthenware

Early 20th Century Japanese Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
A chic and modern-in-spirit early 20th century Japanese hand-carved wooden tray of rectangular form raised on two runners, and with a circular convex bowl in the center. There are several knife marks on one side making us believe that this was used in the kitchen. Today its perfect for catching your keys, pocket change...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Etched Celadon Pomegranate Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon ceramics are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This vintage ce...
Category

Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Green Drip Glaze Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
By the 18th century, opium use had become as central to Chinese social life as taking tea or smoking tobacco, fostering a subculture rich with its own customs, traditions, and exquis...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

fferrone Contemporary Minimal Double Black Steel Flower Sculptural Vase
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Two vases in one, composed of a series of black minimal hand-painted stainless steel tubes in various dimensions and cut on the bias, the contemporary Bana Double vase can uniquely accommodate a single stem to full flower...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stainless Steel

Monumental Chinese Stone Guanyin Head, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
As the embodiment of compassion, Guanyin is the most beloved enlightened being in China. Known as the Goddess of Mercy, she is the female bodhisattva form taken by Avalokitesvara in eastern Buddhism and is instantly available to all who call upon her with their mind. Though commonly depicted as a woman in Chinese statuary...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stone

Blenko Architectural Glass Vase Model 5415 in Charcoal by Wayne Husted
By Blenko Glass, Wayne Husted
Located in Chicago, IL
Blenko Architectural Glass Vase Model 5415 by Wayne Husted The neck seems to slant slightly depending on angle of viewing. Showing 2 points of vi...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Art Glass

19th Century Chinese Scholar's Brush Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Carved from a striking piece of black-and-white grained hardwood, this late 19th-century Chinese brush pot exemplifies the ideals of the scholar’s studio—where nature, artistry, and ...
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19th Century Chinese Other Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Vintage Frederic Remington Buffalo Horse Sculpture
By Frederic Remington
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Frederic Remington Buffalo Horse Sculpture Accent your living room or office with this unique sculpture of a cowboy wrestling with a horse and a buffalo by Frederic Remingto...
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Early 20th Century American American Classical Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Petite Chinese Orange Garden Plate, c. 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite porcelain dish from the late Qing-dynasty (1644-1911) has a whimsical design of peonies, begonias and plum blossoms, hand-painted with famille rose enamels and set agains...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century American Dough Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful large 19th century American carved wood dough bowl with a wonderful shape, and an old iron repair. At some point in its lifetime, someone added a hanger on the back so it...
Category

19th Century American Primitive Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

1930s Japanese Champleve Brass Vase with Enamel
Located in Chicago, IL
Champleve is an enameling technique that enamels raised surfaces on a cast brass object and then fired in a kiln. Not to be confused with cloisonné that soldiers wires in a design to...
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20th Century Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Monique Gerber French Small Bronze Rock Form Vide Poche or Ashtray
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
French artist Monique Gerber vintage sculptural bronze abstract rock form vide poche or ashtray. Art du bronze. Patina is beautiful and shows its age. These bronze objects were often...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Chinese Cloisonné War Horse Sculptures on Mahogany Base - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné War Horse Sculptures on Mahogany Base - Pair Exquisite Set of 2 vintage Chinese Cloisonne' war horse sculptures on maho...
Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Gio Ponti rare model Le Mie Terre vase manufactured by Richard-Ginori
By Gio Ponti, Richard Ginori
Located in Skokie, IL
Gio Ponti rare large vase designed in 1929-30. Glazed maiolica. Painted designer's and manufacturer's marks. This exquisite piece showcases the artistry of glazed maiolica, combinin...
Category

1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Majolica

Provincial Chinese Trunk Mortar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This large wooden mortar dates to the late 19th century and was originally used for crushing rice, grain, spices and other foodstuffs. Carved from a single tree trunk, the mortar has...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Primitive Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Wood

Chinese Gnarled Boxwood Tobacco Pipe, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental Chinese pipe is beautifully sculpted with a long boxwood handle shaped to resemble a branch gnarled with knots and burls. Although its grand size recalls large bamboo...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver, Brass

Chinese Blue and White Eternity Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This porcelain tea leaf jar is beautifully glazed in the blue-and-white manner, with hand-painted cobalt-blue decoration against a crisp white field. The porcelain jar has a rounded form and flat lid, a traditional shape for jars used to hold Chinese...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Gathering Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 20th century oak splint gathering basket with a large wood handle and plenty of room for holding berries, vegetables, or any myriad of floral. Today it's perfect for hanging on...
Category

Early 20th Century Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Oak

Late 19th Century American Bronze Sculpture Wild Stag on Marble Plinth
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century bronze sculpture depicts a wild stag in mid-call, standing on a textured base that evokes natural elements. The piece showcases intricate detailing with except...
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Tripp Espenet Vase, Big Leaf Maple
By Tripp Carpenter
Located in Chicago, IL
Tripp Espenet Vase, Big Leaf Maple Solid Burled Elm Root Bowl by Tripp Espenet Beautiful Art Bowl with carving and hand-honing skills make this piece unique and special. Dimensions: ...
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Early 2000s American Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Maple

Art Deco Matched Pair of Czech Glass with Silver Birds Vases / Lamps
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Deco Matched Pair of Czech Glass with Silver Birds Vases / Lamps Presently these are vases, however they would make a great pair of lamps given the...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Art Glass

Pair of Life-Size Cast Brass Roosters
Located in Chicago, IL
Striking in both scale and detail, this pair of life-size cast brass roosters commands attention with their bold presence and exquisite craftsmanshi...
Category

20th Century Unknown Country Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Brass Bud Vase III by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Brass bud vase III by Gentner Design Dimensions: D 5 x W 5 x H 10 cm Materials: dull tarnished brass Each of these delicately, handcrafted Bud Vase...
Category

2010s American Post-Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Found and Salvaged Steel Industrial Objects on Wooden Base
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique, interesting items. Here, a beautifully rusted tobacco box, a steel egg...
Category

2010s American Folk Art Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Metal, Steel

Abstract Organic Polished Aluminum Sculpture by Bill Keating
By Bill Keating
Located in Chicago, IL
Polished aluminum sculpture of three organic shapes, possibly leaves or flower petals, mounted on a pyramidal base. Signed and dated 1977. ...
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1970s American Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Aluminum

Georges Jouve and Marcel Asselbur Ceramic and Brass Wall Mounted Hat Coat Rack
By Georges Jouve
Located in Chicago, IL
Wall-mounted coat or hat rack by Georges Jouve, produced by Marcel Asselbur, France, circa 1950. Glazed matte black stoneware forms, with a brass frame. Four abstract Jouve ceramic...
Category

1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

Arnulf Hoffmann (German, b. 1935) "Mobile" painted metal kinetic sculpture
By Arnulf Hoffmann
Located in Skokie, IL
Arnulf Hoffmann (German, b. 1935) "Mobile" painted metal kinetic sculpture Provenance: Gimpel and Hanover Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1971; Est...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Steel

Powerful Hermanas: Elizabeth and Irene, Female Nude Bronze Pair by Dean Kugler
Located in Chicago, IL
The nude from Ancient Roman art is a conceptually perfected ideal person, each one a vision of health, youth, geometric clarity, and organic equilibrium. Kugler considers an emphasis...
Category

2010s American Greco Roman Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Bronze

Studio Craft Solid Rosewood Lidded Box, in the Style of Arthur Espenet Carpenter
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Chicago, IL
Studio Craft Solid Rosewood Lidded Box, in the Style of Arthur Espenet Carpenter A small, sculptural studio-made lidded box in solid rosewood, crafted in the style of California mast...
Category

1960s American Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Rosewood

Vintage Rattlesnake by Frederic Remington Sculpture Statue
By Frederic Remington
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Rattlesnake by Frederic Remington Sculpture Statue Beautiful Cowboy/Southwestern style sculpture.  Lost wax bronze casting process.  Mounted on a fine marble base.  The ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Other Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Brass

Chinese Famille Verte Cabbage Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This whimsical Chinese ginger jar is decorated with famille verte enamels for an allover design of leafy green cabbage. Depicting the white stalks and curling leaves of a head of nap...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Mythical Beast Coconut Splitter, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural early 20th century coconut splitter was carved into the form of a crouching beast ready to pounce. It was likely a merchant's tool in a Southeast Asian market used to...
Category

Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Primitive Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Steel

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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Willow, Bentwood

Teotihuacan Redware Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This intriguing redware figure was crafted in 400 A.D. from the ancient Teotihuacan region of Mexico. Earthenware figurines were made in great abundance throughout Teotihuacan's history. After 250 A.D. objects made from clay increased dramatically, serving a wide variety of purposes and functions from religious rituals to burial offerings. Figurines like this commemorated important people and events within the city of Teotihuacan and other parts of Mesoamerica, portraying individuals of different rank and status such as soldiers, merchants, bureaucrats, and occasionally divinities. This figure is adorned with an elaborate headdress, a thick beaded necklace...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Mexican Pre-Columbian Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

Antonio Gresiaga Kieff Abstract Bronze Sculpture, 1970
By Antonio Kieff
Located in Chicago, IL
Antonia Gresiaga Kieff Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Black Marble Base, 1970's. Canadian/Spanish, Born 1936. Mounted on marble base which is signed and marked 1 of 5. Measures 33" tal...
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Tibetan Gau Traveling Shrine with Silk Case, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tibetan traveling shrines, known as Gau, were believed to offer protective powers and were used to hold and carry sacred objects during long journeys. Crafted over a century ago, a B...
Category

Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass, Copper

circa 1900 Miniature Model of a Black Forest Bear Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
circa 1900 Miniature Model of Black Forest Bear Bench. "Black Forest" is a term to describe elaborate, realistic wood carvings from an area in ...
Category

Early 20th Century German Black Forest Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Walnut

Vintage MASTAD 554 Pewter Pebbled Vase ... Midcentury Modern Norwegian Bud Vase
By Mastad Pewter Norway
Located in Chicago, IL
Shapely vintage pewter bud vase, made in Norway. Marked "MASTAD. Pewter. Norway. 554". With great midcentury modern lines and pebbled geometric design around base. Very good vintage...
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Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Pewter

18th Century French Wrought-Iron Dragon Weathervane
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning and rare 18th century French hand-wrought iron weathervane, from Normandy, with a stylized dragon "flag" the moves according the wind, and with four wrought-iron flowers t...
Category

18th Century French Primitive Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Wrought Iron

Fausto Menotti Italian Purple and Gray Ceramic Dish Bowl Italy c 1960
By Fausto Melotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Fausto Melotti (Rovereto 1901 - Milan 1986) was an Italian sculptor, painter and musician. He was born in Rovereto when it belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and he attended th...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Ceramic

A Bronze Indian Urli
Located in Chicago, IL
This shallow bronze bowl is an open fire cooking vessel known as urli, used throughout southern India for preparing ayurvedic medicines and cooking large quantities of food for gathe...
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Brass

A Bronze Indian Urli
A Bronze Indian Urli
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Petite Celadon Water Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon ceramics are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This vintage ce...
Category

Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Stoneware

Robert Venturi Post Modern Silver Candleholders for Swid Powell
By Swid Powell, Robert Venturi
Located in Chicago, IL
Robert Venturi Post Modern Silver Candleholders for Swid Powell, Both stamped RVenturi MADE IN ITALY SILVER PLATED with copyright mark.
Category

1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects

Materials

Silver Plate

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

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