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Item Ships From: Illinois
Chinese Persimmon Phoenix Tail Vase with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
This vase is a perfect example of enduring Chinese symbolism and design. The attendants in the garden are watching over young boys playing with lotus branches, butterflies and small ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Persimmon Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
White cartouches open on this vibrant vase’s persimmon orange field like parting clouds, revealing scenes of young boys practicing martial arts. Perhaps c...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese White Glazed Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by its rounded body, high shoulders and domed lid, the time-honored look of the Chinese baluster jar takes on a streamlined look in this contemporary interpretation made in J...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Art Deco Persimmon Vase with White Cranes, circa 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on the enduring phoenix tail form that dates to China’s Bronze Age, this porcelain vase from the 1920s exhibits the sinuous lines and gilded refinement that helped to define ...
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1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Cobalt Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this tall gooseneck vase is coated in a deep blue glaze, reminiscent of a dark night sky. The vase features a rounded, glo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Scrolling Vine Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on China’s long-standing blue and white porcelain tradition, contemporary artisans in Beijing replicate the celebrated technique in this handsome jar. Using the jar’s simple ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

White Glazed Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of ceramics, this striking long-necked vase is cloaked in an all-over milky white glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's Jiangxi province, the vas...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

White Glazed Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of ceramics, this striking long-necked vase is cloaked in an all-over milky white glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's Zhejiang province, the la...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Northern Qi Equestrian Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
This dignified equestrian is a soldier from the Northern Qi dynasty, and was sculpted in Shandong province over 1,500 years ago as a míngqì burial figure f...
Category

15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

White Glazed Chinese Pear Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
The striking monochrome white of this porcelain vase draws on a long Chinese tradition of ceramics glazed in a single, statement-making color. The gracefully curved form of this vase...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Illinois - Ceramics

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 Illinois - Ceramics

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Springtime Phoenix Tail Vase, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The phoenix tail vase dates from the bronze age and has remained a popular shape for its clean lines and graceful curves. Dating from circa 1900, this vase depicts a peacock in a lovely garden setting. Lavishly detailed and masterfully painted, the vase demonstrates the high level of craft obtained by Qing-dynasty ceramic...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Chinese Floor Vase with Scholars' Garden
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white ceramics have inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. This contemporary vase from ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

"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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Ceramics

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Persimmon Orange Bottleneck 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 Modern Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Blue and White Scholar's Joy Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This contemporary ginger jar continues the tradition of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics with classic curves and auspicious, hand-painted decorations. Symbols that would surely give a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Faceted Wine Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In Qing-dynasty China, large glazed jars such as this were used to store wines, foods, and other consumable items. The combination of high shoulders textured by an irregular, faceted...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

White Glazed Chinese Baluster Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by its rounded body, high shoulders, and domed lid, the time-honored form of the Chinese baluster jar takes on a streamlined look in this contemporary interpretation made in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Cloud White Double Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
A simple and modern shape defines these bottleneck vases, known as such because of their shorter necks. This charming vase, updates the Classic bottleneck design with a more graphic,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Cloud White Onion Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this round porcelain jar is glazed in serene, cloud-inspired white with celadon undertones. Sculpted by artisans in China'...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Large Blue and White Celestial Ball Vase with Fu Dogs
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully rendered with expressive brushwork, the painted decoration on this monumental globular jar demonstrates the exceptional artistry of Chinese blue-and-white porcelain. Guar...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Shizi Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Images of shizi, a lion-dog symbol of power and strength of character, cavort among the stylized clouds of heaven on this hand-painted covered jar. Original...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Blue and White Jar with Scholars' Objects
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white ceramics have inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. This contemporary vase from ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Blue and White Mythical Bowl with Deer
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautiful to behold yet liable to dart away at any moment, the deer is an apt symbol of wealth and prosperity. On this bowl, the artist used rapid and free-flowing brushwork to depic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Large Chinese Blue and White Baluster Jar with Shizi
Located in Chicago, IL
Images of shizi, a lion-dog symbol of power and strength of character, cavort among the stylized clouds of heaven on this hand-painted covered jar. Original...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Sancai Peony Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman once used this ceramic headrest as a pillow. Its unusual form is densely patterned with abstrac...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Century Chinese Spring Blossoms Phoenix Tail Vase, c. 1910
Located in Chicago, IL
Translated as “After the New Year, spring will begin in Suzhou (China’s garden city),” the beautifully scripted phrase painted at the top of this elegant vase is accompanied by the s...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Ceramic Glazed Urn, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
At once ancient and contemporary, this beautiful urn speaks to the timelessness of Chinese ceramic design. Made in northern China in the early 20th century, the urn pays respect to m...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Blue and White Hibachi with Double Gourds, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to hold glowing embers, hibachi vessels were used as a source of heat or for cooking in Japanese homes. Placed under a low wood kotatsu table with an open slat top, the hibachi functioned as a grill and created a cozy gathering place for the family. This early 20th century hibachi is decorated with intricate blue-and-white patterns surrounding a trail of double gourds, symbols of health, longevity, and good luck. Within several gourds is a traditional landscape painting...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Citron Yellow Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this tall gooseneck vase is glazed in cheerful citron-yellow glaze. The vase features a rounded, globular body and a narro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Illinois - Ceramics

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Brown Drip Glaze Vessel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Tracing its roots back into the Han dynasty, this early 20th-century vessel emulates the full-bodied shapes and unusual glazing found in ancient ceramics...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Blue and White Koi Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Swirled Glaze Wine Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century ceramic jar from China's Sichuan province is formed in a traditional shape meant for storing wine and spirits made from rice a...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Persimmon Orange Oval Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This large tapered vase reinterprets the classic curves of traditional Chinese ceramics with simplified lines and a bright, persimmon-orange glaze. Sculpted by artisans in China's Zh...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Provincial Blue and White Tea Leaf Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Tea has an auspicious beginning—it was purportedly enjoyed by the Buddha himself, and cakes of tea as large as wagon wheels were given to Chinese emperors as tribute. Tea drinking wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Four Seasons Chinese Phoenix Tail Vase, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The form of this 19th century porcelain vase is called "phoenix tail" for the way its flared mouth and slender waist mimic the shape of the auspicious bird. The vibrant painted scene...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Persimmon Ovoid Ginger Jar with Cartouche Paintings, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
This vase is the perfect example of enduring Chinese symbolism and design. Each side of the ginger jar bears a cartouche painting containing a picturesque scene. Attendants watch ove...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Monumental Fish and Flora Blue and White Gooseneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Revered for centuries for its elegant designs and rich cobalt blue and pure white colors, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this hand-painted bottleneck vase. Delicately rendered with fish and flora beneath fanciful waves, the vase's whimsical motif draws from these traditional Chinese symbols...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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