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Item Ships From: Illinois
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated in Shanxi province as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
Pair of French glazed faience plates with scallions and artichokes, c. 1850's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of French glazed faience plates decorated with a hand painted vegetable transfer of scallions, artichokes, and insects.
France, mid 1800’s.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Indian Bronze Ganesha Shrine, c. 1700
Located in Chicago, IL
Well-loved and richly worn, this petite bronze traveling shrine from North India depicts the Hindu god Ganesha. Attributed to 17th century or later, the palm-sized icon reveals its a...
Category
Late 17th Century Indian Primitive Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Angelo Mangiarotti Blue Glass Vase for Knoll International, Circa 1968
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Skokie, IL
Angelo Mangiarotti blue glass vase for Knoll International, Italy, circa 1968
Additional information:
Materials:glass
Dimensions: 8.25" D × 9" H
Condition: Excellent. Free of chips.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Silver Plate Box in Faux Bamboo Motif Attributed to Maria Pergay
By Maria Pergay
Located in Chicago, IL
Faux Bamboo silver plate box attributed to Maria Pergay. Excellent condition. Heavy weight box.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
Sawtooth fish bill
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a fish bill from a predatory fish which is characterized by the long rostrum or bill
With teeth on each side
Category
Early 20th Century Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Muslin, Teeth
$1,500
Pair of French cast brass candlesticks, 1800-10
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of cast brass, engine turned, French Empire period candlesticks. The pear shaped candle shaft are framed by beaded reel turnings and an engine turned kn...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
$1,200 / set
Chinese Puddingstone Calligraphy Brush
Located in Chicago, IL
Along with paper, ink and inkstone, the brush is one of the Four Treasures of the scholar’s studio. Arguably the most important tool, the brush served as a direct link to the artist’...
Category
20th Century Chinese Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stone
Pablo Picasso Ceramic Pitcher Tetes Visages Editions Picasso Madoura
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chicago, IL
Madoura turned pitcher of white earthenware clay with decoration by Pablo Picasso black and white drawings. This work is stamped with the 'MADOURA PLEIN FEU' and 'EDITION PICASSO' po...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Mythical Chinese Statue Hand, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique wooden carving from western China was the removable hand of a much larger statue, most likely of a Buddhist deity or Taoist immortal. Resembling a closed fist, the hand ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Primitive Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Burmese Black Lacquer Hsun-ok Offering Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural, footed box is a type of traditional Burmese offering vessel known as a hsun-ok. Used primarily in Buddhist monasteries to present food offerings during prayer, the h...
Category
20th Century Burmese Minimalist Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
"Bird of Joy" Chinese Pottery Shard Box
Located in Chicago, IL
The lid of this petite trinket box is a shard of glazed porcelain, a remnant of the antique pottery destroyed during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960-70s. Likely dating to the lat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver
Pair of Rosewood Dresser Boxes w/Lids, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Rosewood Dresser Boxes w/ lids, 1960’s. Beautiful condition.
Large box measures 9.5” long 4” deep 2” tall. Small box measures 4” x 4” 2” tall.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Italian Basalt Tazza
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-20th century Italian basalt porcelain tazza is a refined study in classical elegance. With a wide, low bowl gracefully elevated on a turned foot, its proportions echo the ti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Hand woven buttock basket, 1900's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Large hand woven buttock basket. Splines and hand carved ribs of swamp birch with a fixed hickory loop handle.
Early 20th century.
Category
20th Century American Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Birch, Hickory
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Japanese hexagonal weave bamboo basket
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Vintage split bamboo hexagonal weave market basket. The split bamboo is framed by a circular shaped bamboo cane lashed with split bamboo to the basket weave.
Japan, 20th century.
Category
20th Century Japanese Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese Folk Painted Tray with River Landscape
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 Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Pine
Early 20th Century English Brass Horseshoe Clip
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century English desk clip is a charming and practical piece of history. Featuring a brass horseshoe mounted on a chip-carved wood base, it was originally designed to ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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 Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Chinese Tea Tray with Rose Mirror, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Simple lines, a modest form, and a well-worn finish give this small Qing-dynasty tray a provincial charm that recalls the warmth of home. The tray has a beveled pinewood frame, now m...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Mirror, Pine
Powerful Hermanas: Elizabeth, Female Nude Bronze Sculpture 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 equilibr...
Category
2010s American Greco Roman Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Abstract bronze sculpture by Robbie Robins
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a great looking bronze abstract sculpture by Robbie Robins on a moveable black plynth
20 th century
Category
1970s North American Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanned steel clock face with English roses by Edmund Sagar, 1793-1805
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Japanned steel clock face with English roses in the spandrels and center with an Arabic numeral dial. The clock face retains its original steel ha...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Charles X silvered brass baluster form candlestick by Christofle, 1830
By Christofle
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Charles X period silvered brass candlestick. The candlestick rests on a raised circular footed base, centering on a dome which features a waisted transition to the baluster form shaf...
Category
1830s French Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Antique Pressed Botanicals Grouping of (24) More Available 125-Years Old French
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
Antique Pressed Botanicals, Grouping of (24) many more still available. The pressed botanical are roughly 125-Years Old and were found in an old French Monastery School that opened i...
Category
Early 1900s French Country Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Organic Material, Paper
Gigas Tridacna Large Shell
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a wonderful Gigas Tridacna (clam) shell.
It has a wonderful intact shape with a very white interior
This shell came from an estate that had in its collection for many years.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Shell
Paolo Soleri Special Order Large 55 inch Brutalist Windbell 1975
By Paolo Soleri
Located in Chicago, IL
Paolo Soleri Special Order Large 55 inch Brutalist Windbell 1975
Cast aluminum, patinated bronze, and copper
55 h × 13 w × 7½ d in
Cast artist's cipher to body.
Condition:
Natural pa...
Category
1970s American Brutalist Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze, Copper
$6,880 Sale Price
20% Off
1960s Murano Bronze-Mounted Glass Casket Attributed to Sommerso
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Winnetka, IL
A striking vintage bronze-mounted clear thick Murano glass casket attributed to Sommerso having a smoked glass interior.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Glass
Tibetan Gau Traveling Shrine, 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 Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver, Copper
English Mother of Pearl carved casket box with abalone inlay
Located in Winnetka, IL
English MOP carved casket box with abalone inlay. Velvet lining on 4 bracket feet
Category
Early 20th Century English Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Roger Capron French Ceramic Artist Vase Day and Night Vallauris, France c 1970
By Roger Capron, Jean Derval
Located in Chicago, IL
Roger Capron ceramic vase titled Day and Night created in 1970 with Jean Derval.
This form was often also created as a lamp.
The vase is much more rare and a similar vase is pictured...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Carved Italian Wood Mandarin Duck Figurine By Sarreid Limited, Mid/Late 20th C.
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Chicago, IL
Hand carved and lacquered wood and brass Mandarin Duck statue or figurine by Sarreid Ltd. The Sarreid company is know for their quality and craftsmanship in areas of manufacturing su...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
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 Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue & White Tea Pot, c. 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
This blue-and-white porcelain teapot dates to the early 20th century and would have been used as either a teapot for brewed tea or as a ewer for dispensing boiled water during tea ce...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
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...
Category
1990s Romanian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Metal
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Gupta Empire Torso of Vishnu
Located in Chicago, IL
A mesmerizing Gupta Empire (mid-3rd century BCE - 543 AD) mounted terracotta torso of a standing Vishnu. Vishnu is the preserver god, which means he p...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Bangladeshi Hellenistic Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Terracotta
$18,500
Arthur Espenet Wooden Box 1961
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Exotic Walnut Box, 1961
A finely crafted wooden box by celebrated California studio furniture maker Arthur Espenet Carpenter, dated 1961. Made from richly fi...
Category
1960s American American Craftsman Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
French Sculpture of Violins by Artist Arman New Years Gift 1984 For Christofle
By Arman
Located in Chicago, IL
A sculpture of many violins by French artist Fernandez Arman created for Christofle in 1984 as a new years gift wishing for a happy new year.
Signed and stamped. Silver plate bronze...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Silver Plate
'Seated Hermes', a 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
An extraordinary and wonderfully rendered 19th century Italian cast bronze depicting a seated Hermes, the Greek god of messengers, travelers, and merchan...
Category
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage hand woven fixed handle basket, 1900's
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Vintage rectangular hand woven basket of bamboo with ash ribs which continue across the bottom, rim, and fixed loop handle. The rim and handle are attached with round head iron tacks...
Category
Early 20th Century American Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood
Jacques and Dani Ruelland French Ceramic Bottle in Pale Gray to Lavender 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 gray body with a shadow of a stripe with cream white band and then shifting to the palest of gra...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Duck Neck Vase Black Patina Signed Rick Owens
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze duck neck vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection.
This is shown in the black patina but other patinas are available by order.
Each bronze is signed.
...
Category
2010s French Modern Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
Monumental Paolo Soleri Brutalist Bronze Bell with Cast Aluminum Spine, 1960
By Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri
Located in Chicago, IL
Monumental Paolo Soleri Brutalist Bronze Bell with Cast Aluminum Spine, 1960
A striking and monumental work by Paolo Soleri, this sculptural bronze bell is suspended from a cast alum...
Category
1960s American Brutalist Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Aluminum, Bronze, Copper
Pair of Chinese Kneeling Stone Rams, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These impressive stone garden statues are hand-carved of solid limestone to the form of two reclining rams. As motifs in Chinese art, rams and sheep represent the breath of light and...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone
$6,180 / set
Pair of Chinese Ming Sancai Chiwen Roof Tiles, c. 1650
Located in Chicago, IL
These monumental 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 or earlier, the scul...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Jar, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) storage jar is attributed to the kilns of Yunnan province, loosely decorated with cobalt underglaze in a manner typical of the region. Dated to the 15th...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Earthenware
Vintage 1960s Blue Pedal Car Convertible
Located in Chicago, IL
Vibrant, sleek and full of character, this vintage pedal car was once the prized possession of children all across America. A popular toy since the late 19th century, pedal cars expe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
fferrone Contemporary Modern Mirror Polished Stainless Steel Candle Wall Scone
By Felicia Ferrone
Located in Chicago, IL
Strikingly simple and minimal, the contemporary, modern, asymmetrical candle wall sconce, made from mirror polish stainless steel, reflects the light doubling it’s effect which perfe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Stainless Steel
Chinese Prosperity Stone Disc, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This round stone disc originated in Shanxi province as an early 20th-century threshing wheel. Secured to a wooden axel that ran through the center, the stone was rolled across stalks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Limestone, Steel
Petite Chinese Brass Opium Box with Dragon Etching
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite metal canister was once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Providing an airtight seal, the small box is formed of brass with an etched and stamped d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
Chinese Bamboo Tobacco Pipe and Pouch, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This curious keepsake from the late 19th century is a provincial Chinese smoking pipe and its accompanying tobacco pouch. The small pipe honors the humble beauty of natural materials...
Category
Late 19th Century Cambodian Qing Antique Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Angelo Mangiarotti Red Secticon Model T2 Table Clock, 1970s
By Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Skokie, IL
Angelo Mangiarotti Red Secticon Model T2 Table Clock Italy, 1970s
Red Secticon T2 table clock designed by architect Angelo Mangiarotti. The clock features a brass tone dial with Rom...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Brass
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 Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Mid-Century Pedal Car Fire Truck
Located in Chicago, IL
Vibrant, sleek and full of character, this vintage pedal car was once the prized possession of children all across America. A popular toy since the late 19th century, pedal cars expe...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Steel
Rick Owens Cast Bronze Coupe Nitrate Patina Vase
By Rick Owens
Located in Chicago, IL
The now iconic bronze coupe vase from the Rick Owens bronze relic collection.
This is shown in the nitrate patina.
Each piece is handmade and hand patinated so there is always a slig...
Category
2010s French Brutalist Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Bronze
$2,400 / item
Alessandro Pianon Pulcini Bird Sculpture Vistosi Murano Mid Century Modern Italy
By Alessandro Pianon, Vistosi
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Iconic, rare mid century modern masterpeice Alessandro Pianon Pulcini bird sculpture designed by Alessandro Pianon for Vistosi Murano c...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Copper
Vintage French Art Deco Geometric Glass Windsor Tall Vase from Luminarc, 1970s
By Luminarc, J.G. Durand
Located in Chicago, IL
This tall, transparent Windsor vase was designed by J.G Durand for the French manufacturer Luminarc during the 1970s. Made of cut pressed glass Verrerie d'Arques, this solid piece is...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Cut Glass
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Sawtooth Mounted on Lucite
Located in Chicago, IL
Sawtooth on Lucite display stand.
Category
1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Decorative Objects
Materials
Lucite
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