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Item Ships From: Chicago
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
$616 Sale Price
30% Off
Miniature Bud Vase 1, Made from Brass and Patinated Finish
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these delicately, handcrafted bud vases is perfect as an individual home accessory or whimsical series. Made of brass and hand tarnished, each bud vase has its own unique for...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Bruno Gambone Pair Glazed Ceramic Bottle Vases, Italy, circa 1970
By Bruno Gambone
Located in Chicago, IL
Bruno Gambone Italian ceramic bottle-shaped vessels with chalk-white surface with a black and blue green drip glazed motif (circa 1970s). With a modern rectangular base and lean, el...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$3,040 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Chinese Stone Garden Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once a common sight in courtyards throughout rural China, this textured stone vessel was used as a grain or water trough for chickens and other barnyard fowl. Chiseled from a block o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Granite
Neoclassical Cherub/Putti Garden Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
Neoclassical Cherub/Putti Garden Sculpture
From a beautiful Southern Estate, approximately 50 years old. Stunning, neoclassical cherubs/putti garden statue...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Clay
Petite Tibetan Brass Lama Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This small brass figure from the early 20th century depicts a Lama, a spiritual master and teacher of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism. Dressed in monk's attire, he rests in seated med...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Butterfly & Gourd Containers, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Used to store loose leaf tea, these small porcelain jars are decorated in a style of overglaze enameling known as "famille rose." Sometimes referred to as "yangcai" or "foreign color...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Mario Dal Fabbro Sculpture
By Mario Dal Fabbro
Located in Chicago, IL
Mario Dal Fabbro sculpture no. 3
circa 1978
Multi-disciplinary artist Mario Dal Fabbro was born in Cappella Maggiore, Italy in 1913.
He trained in his family's furniture design ...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
$3,780 Sale Price
48% Off
Found Object Sculpture - Collected Steel Assemblage No. 3 by Jim Rose
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Using entirely found and collected steel objects, this sculpture shows the beauty of repurposed steel. Meticulously crafted, artist Jim Rose was a master welder as well as artistic c...
Category
2010s American Shaker Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
19th Century Chinese Famille Rose Floral Punch Bowl
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
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
White Brass Five Blessings Chinese Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Filled with burning coals, this finely crafted 19th-century brazier once warmed the hands of a wealthy lady on a cold winter's night in northern China. The portable brazier is hand-w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Woven Chinese Grain Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
This woven tray basket was originally used for harvesting grains or in a kitchen for food prep and storage. Despite its humble origin, the basket exhibits remarkable workmanship, bea...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Willow
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small 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 protec...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Atlantis, Objet d'Art - Architectural Artifacts and Crystal on a Marble Base
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. An ornate decorative metal piece is the focal point forming a cascading...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
Modernist Carved Stone Portrait Bust
Located in Chicago, IL
This 21st century hand-carved stone portrait bust is expertly hewn from a striped gray and tan stone. The artist expertly and intentionally utilized the natural veining of the stone ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
$1,050 Sale Price
25% Off
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
Neos Lorenz du Pasquier & Sowden Postmodern Clock
By George Sowden, Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Chicago, IL
A bright, multicolored postmodern wall clock with blue and green hands designed by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden for Neos of Lorenz in the late 1980s. Co-founders of the Mem...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Plastic
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 17th Century French Eavesdroppers
Located in Chicago, IL
These exquisite 17th century French carved wood eavesdroppers, now mounted on custom steel stands, are a captivating blend of historical artistry and modern presentation. Originally ...
Category
17th Century French Baroque Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Walnut
$900 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Chinese Polychrome Harmony Fish, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand-crafted from reclaimed wood, this large koi sculpture is a traditional symbol of harmony and luck. For Buddhists, such a fish represents a freedom from all restraints. Much of t...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Pine
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 ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Soapstone
Larry Mohr “Nude Study” Female Verdigris Bronze Female.
By Larry Mohr
Located in Chicago, IL
Larry Mohr (American / New York 1921-2013),
"Nude Study", verdigris patinated bronze sculpture of the lower part of a female body, signed L Mohr to base and 2 to edge of base.
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Assemblage No. 08 - Found Object Minimalist Welded Steel Wall Sculpture
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Using entirely found and collected steel objects, this sculpture shows the beauty of repurposed steel. Meticulously crafted, artist Jim Rose was a master welder as well as artistic c...
Category
2010s American Shaker Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Monique Gerber French Sculptural Cast Bronze Letter Opener Art du Bronze
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber French bronze cast letter opener in a very sculptural and minimalist form.
Designed Monique Gerber.
Can be used as a sculptural object or paper weight as well.
Re...
Category
1970s French Minimalist Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Pillar Candlesticks with Three Sizes, Handcrafted in Chicago
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
Spring tension holding up a pillar of wax wrapped around a fiber of cotton ready to be lit on fire.
Sizes:
Small diameter 1.5" x height 6-9/16" - $205.00
Medium diameter 1.5" x hei...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks of wheat to separa...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Incredible 18th Century English Mahogany Platter
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible 18th century, or earlier, English mahogany platter hand carved of one piece of wood, with a handle on one side, butterfly joint repairs, and a fantastic patina that onl...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Mahogany
$1,837 Sale Price
25% Off
Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small 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 protec...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
"Sol" Fruit Bowl in Glass by Ettore Sottsass, 1982
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Skokie, IL
Ettore Sottsass "Sol" fruit bowl for Compagnia Vetraria Muranese for Memphis Italy, 1982
Additional Information:
Materials: Glass
Dimensions: 10 1/4" H × 12 1/2" W × 11 3/4" D
...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
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
fferrone Contemporary Pair of Mirror Polished Stainless Steel Candle Wall Scones
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Strikingly simple and minimal, the contemporary asymmetrical Candle wall sconce, made from mirror polish stainless steel, reflects the light doubling it’s effect. This listing for a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
New Shipment of over 200 Leather Bound Books in English, Photo's Are of Sets
Located in Buchanan, MI
New shipment of over 200 leather bound books in English, photo's are of sets. Preconditioned as we fully condition all of our books before they go out. Also have an extensive collect...
Category
19th Century American George III Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Leather, Paper
Chinese Bronze Mirror with Cast Relief Dragon, Late 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique Chinese mirror is cast of bronze in the tang-dynasty style, with a lobed rim of eight flower petals, each filled with small cloud ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Angelo Mangiarotti Vase for Knoll
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Angelo Mangiarotti Vase for Knoll, Light Grey Marble with Dark Grey veining.
[Stamped underside Made in Italy]
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$3,680 Sale Price
20% Off
Massive Glazed Terracotta Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A massive vintage Mexican glazed terracotta bowl with two applied handles and a beautiful drip glazed pattern on the interior. The exterior is u...
Category
20th Century Mexican Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
$937 Sale Price
25% Off
Head Games, Objet d'Art with Marionette Head and Found Objects
By John Seubert
Located in Chicago, IL
Self-taught artist John Seubert, AKA John Dolly, uses objects he uncovers as he rehabs older homes in Chicago. This piece has a thin metal disc mounted to a wooden column. A severed...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Reclaimed Wood, Paint
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Vases, 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 opaque overglaze enamels that favored roses and pinks, famille rose porcelain ware was crafted with the same technical virtuosity as imperial porcelain but designed for Western tastes.
These rouleau-shaped vases date to the early 20th century and beautifully showcase the intricate decoration characteristic of famille rose ware. Also known as bangchuping (纹棒槌瓶), or 'grain mallet vase', rouleau vases...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Dou Rice Measure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, a traditional Chinese unit of volume. The rice measure has a square form with tapered sides...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Iron
Fontana Arte Mazza Krupp Gramigna Crystal Glass Pocket Vide Poche
By Arthur Krupp
Located in Chicago, IL
Fontana Arte Sergio Mazza Arthur Krupp Giuliana Gramigna
Crystal Glass and Stainless Empty Pocket catchall tray Vide Poche
An Italian vintage vide poche /catchall tray made by Fontana Arte with strongwood glass in nile green color and stainless steel container...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Chinese Glazed Pickling Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used for pickling foods, this early 20th century ceramic jar is coated inside and out with a warm grey glaze. Decorative ridges patterning the jar's high shoulders manipul...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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
Modernist Steel Three-Candle Sconce
Located in Chicago, IL
With its bold geometry and elemental presence, this 21st-century steel sconce reads as both strikingly modern and unmistakably rooted in early American tradition. Three deep candle c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American American Colonial Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Steel
Petite Chinese Blue and White Double Happiness Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
The symbol for double happiness adorns this petite tea leaf jar with best wishes for love, companionship and marital bliss. Glazed in the classic blue and white manner, the small 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
18th Century French Riveted Copper Confectioner's Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
An 18th century French copper confectioner's pot with wonderfully forged handles, a thick rolled rim, and a circular patch at the bottom with the most elaborate hand-hammered rivets...
Category
18th Century French Rustic Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Rather Large 20th Century Hausa Basket
Located in Chicago, IL
Generously scaled and quietly commanding, this late 20th-century Hausa basket was hand-coiled and woven from palm fronds using time-honored techniques passed down through generations...
Category
20th Century Nigerian Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Natural Fiber
Chinese Gilt Lacquer Stacking Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely painted box was once presented as a gift, filled with popular snacks like roasted melon seeds, dried fruit, and cinnamon-toasted soy beans. Used like a modern lunchbox, e...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Pair of Chinese Famille Verte Vases with Ancient Censers, 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 verte.” Named for a palette of o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Paper Brass Bowl II by Gentner Design
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Geneve, CH
Paper brass bowl II by Gentner Design
Dimensions: D 17.7 x W 22.8 x H 14 cm
Materials: tarnished brass
Available in tarnished brass and darkened brass.
The Paper Series embodie...
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$391 / item
Petite Chinese Glazed Apothecary Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite glazed jar from China's Shanxi province exemplifies the timeless appeal of handcrafted pottery. Once used in an apothecary to hold ground herbs and oils for traditional m...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Art Deco Greyhound Dog Statues - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Art Deco Greyhound Dog Statues - Pair
Two bronze greyhound dog statutes are a great vintage gift for a dog lover. Decorate your shelf or mantlepiece in your living room with...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Plump Floating Wall Console in Topaz Yellow, Translucent Resin, by Ian Cochran
By Ian Cochran
Located in New York, NY
Plump Crystal Clear Floating Wall Console by Ian Cochran, Rep by Tuleste Factory
A continuation of the Plump series of sculptural furniture. The shapes play upon the effect that res...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Resin
Chinese Blue and White Scholars' Scene Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Working within the time-honored tradition of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics, this lidded ginger jar depicts a Qing-dynasty man engaged in the four arts he must master to become a renowned scholar. Separated by screen motifs with an eternal coin pattern, the jar depicts a scholar painting...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Lacquered Harvest Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
It is easy to imagine someone, long ago, gathering a harvest from their garden or strolling to the market with this beautiful basket tucked under their arm. The round basket has been...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Willow
Pair of Albert Paley Blossom Candlesticks
By Albert Paley
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of blossom candlesticks by Albert Paley Studio. Forged and blackened steel with brass. Signed and dated [Albert Paley 1994].
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass, Steel
$5,544 Sale Price / set
51% Off
Studio Pottery Platter
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful late 20th century American Studio Pottery platter with a large stylized grape vine with grape clusters and a wonderful splatter glaz...
Category
Late 20th Century American Country Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
$206 Sale Price
25% Off
Manufactured by Daum Nancy Molded Glass Vase Signed Georges de Feure
Located in Chicago, IL
c.1910 Signed Georges de Feure molded pressed amethyst Glass Vase. Some chips and scratches from factory and some from age and use. Manufactured by Daum Nancy for de Feure.
Category
Early 20th Century French Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Amethyst
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Hand Painted Goldfish Motif Vases
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of butter yellow Chinese hand painted gourd form vases. Painted with orange pairs of fancy goldfish to the front as well as the back along with aqu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Mende Women's Helmet Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
This helmet mask created by the Mende people of Sierra Leone was made for the women of their tribe to wear while dancing. Commissioned by women for their ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Sierra Leonean Tribal Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Jacques and Dani Ruelland French Ceramic Bottle in Pale Mauve Glaze
By Jacques and Dani Ruelland
Located in Chicago, IL
An iconic bottle form by the French ceramic artists Jacques and Dani Ruelland. A pale mauve glaze.
Signed.
Literature: Pierre Staudenmeyer, La Ce´ramique Francaise des Anne´es 50, P...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Miniature Bud Vase 2, Made from Brass and Patinated Finish
By Christopher Gentner
Located in Chicago, IL
Each of these delicately, handcrafted bud vases is perfect as an individual home accessory or whimsical series. Made of brass and hand tarnished, each bud vase has its own unique for...
Category
2010s American Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Rather Large Carved Marble Tray
Located in Chicago, IL
This rather large hand-carved white marble tray is a statement piece of exceptional beauty and craftsmanship. Its square form with tall tapered sides provides both elegance and pract...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Chicago - Decorative Objects
Materials
Marble
$1,237 Sale Price
25% Off
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