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19th Century Chinese Crackled Kitchen Vessel
Located in Chicago, IL
A calligraphic sweep of blue brings this early 19th century stoneware vessel to life, accentuating
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Middle Eastern Etched Round Copper Tray Table
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
medallions with floral designs, figures and Arabic poetry calligraphy writing and has pie crust edging.
This
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Moorish Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Copper
Antique Persian Safavid Silk Textile Fragment
Located in Long Island City, NY
calligraphy against the blue background. Canvas mat, golden frame. Collectible Furnishing And Textiles
Category
18th Century Unknown Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Textile
Chinese Eight-Panel Floor Screen
Located in Chicago, IL
of floral motifs, leafy bamboo branches, and gilt calligraphy upon a red lacquer reserve. Each of the
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm
19th Century Chinese Sign of Honor
Located in Chicago, IL
calligraphy and painterly appeal.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm, Paint
Qing Dynasty Elmwood Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
documents, calligraphy, and artwork.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Lacquered Chinese Calligrapher
s Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This calligraphy table, like all the highest quality pieces of Chinese furniture, follows the
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm
Petite Chinese Brass Pipe, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
position amidst the other four treasures of the study: paper, ink, ink stones, and calligraphy brushes
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Brass
Chinese Lingbi Scholars
Rock
Located in Chicago, IL
contemplated its evocative shapes while composing poetry, painting, or writing calligraphy.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Limestone
Persian Mamluk Revival Hand Etched Brass Bowl
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Persian Hand Etched Mamluk Brass Bowl.
Could be used as a Jardiniere.
Arabic Islamic calligraphy
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Brass
Antique Famille Noire Verte Chinese Porcelain Vase Lamp Kangxi Mark
Located in Wilton, CT
in concise calligraphy. Beautiful antique brass double S socket with smooth and easy pulls and
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Porcelain
Red Chinese Antique Hand Painted Wood Serving Tray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
paint and great patina with floral painted design in red and yellow and green with Chinese calligraphy
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese White Brass Incised Pipe
Located in Chicago, IL
position amidst the other four treasures of the study: paper, ink, ink stones, and calligraphy brushes
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique 17th Century Esfahan Persian Rug
Located in New York, NY
calligraphic border of arabesque vinescrolls frames and echoes the gentle rhythms of the sumptuous field.
Category
18th Century and Earlier Persian Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Wool
Tugra Embroidered Silk Organza Stole - Ottoman Empire Early 20th Century
Located in Toulon, FR
garlands of flowers with calligraphic inscriptions, Tugra and crescents at each end. Beautiful cream
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Calligraphy
Tugra Embroidered Silk Organza Stole - Ottoman Empire Early 20th Century
Located in Toulon, FR
garlands of flowers with calligraphic inscriptions, Tugra and crescents at each end. Beautiful cream
Category
Early 1900s Turkish Antique Calligraphy
Rare Spanish Arabic Islamic Damascene Gold Steel Inlaid Tazza Signed Felipa
Located in Queens, NY
Signed and dated: Felpa Madrid, 1890.
With Arabic calligraphy throughout.
This tazza comes
Category
19th Century Spanish Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Steel
Qilin under a Full Moon Inkstone
Located in Chicago, IL
Inkstones were used by a venerable scholar or artist to saturate calligraphy brushes with ink. This
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Stone
19th Century Burmese Red Lacquered Fortune Telling Script
Located in Chicago, IL
location for a home and the best day for marriage. The calligraphy is beautifully executed with folk
Category
Mid-19th Century Burmese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Paper
Chinese Four Figures Ancestral Portrait Painting
Located in Astoria, NY
, cherry blossom flowers, and a bowl filled with Buddha's hand citron fruit in the background, calligraphy
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Paper
Pair of French Enameled Mamluk Revival Glass Mosque Lamp Philippe Joseph Brocard
By Philippe-Joseph Brocard
Located in Queens, NY
, the neck decorated with roundels containing scrolling palmettes and interspersed with calligraphic
Category
Late 19th Century French Islamic Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Enamel
Japan Fine 1903 "Spirit Mandala" Buddha Painting Scroll by Nichigi, Superb Art
Located in South Burlington, VT
calligraphy in a seldom found spiritual document.
Provenance: Old Buddhist calligraphy collection
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Ottoman Pierced Brass Hanging Mosque Lamp.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
pierced with very fine Ottoman Islamic calligraphy, foliage and scenes.
Rewired for electricity.
Great
Category
19th Century Turkish Antique Calligraphy
Large Handcrafted Decorative Indo-Persian Hammered Brass Tray
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
figural and animals mystique scenes and Arabic calligraphy repousse writing in medallions.
Large
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Early 20th Century Persian Islamic Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Brass
Pair Large19th Chinese Porcleain Vases
Located in Hudson, NY
calligraphy and further embelished with molded foo dog head handles holding rings. They make a dramtic and
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Porcelain
Islamic Side Table Moorish Damascan Furniture Interiors, 1870
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Arabic calligraphy
Great Moorish look which is very popular in the world of interiors
Table features a
Category
1870s Islamic Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Tree Trunk Brush Pot, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm
Petite Chinese Lion Protector Jar, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
calligraphy. Stamped with the reign mark of the Tongzhi Emperor (1862-1874).
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique English Red Tole and Gilt Tea Canister Lamps on Lucite Bases
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
calligraphy in black ink now mounted as lamps on thick lucite bases, giving them an updated look. The reverse
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Red Crackled Lacquer Scroll Table
Located in Chicago, IL
traditional form used for contemplating calligraphy scrolls or paintings. The dramatically curved legs fall
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm
Fine Chinese Hardwood Tea Tray, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
for serving tea, storing opium accessories or displaying a scholar's collection of fine calligraphy
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Provincial Chinese Split Leg Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
source of inspiration for painting, poetry, and calligraphy. With its warm patina and antique iron
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Iron
Large Early 20th Century Chinese Terracotta Jar
Located in Delray Beach, FL
This jar made by hand with exceptional floral and Chinese calligraphy motifs marked on it, and
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Decorative Brass Camel Inkwell 1920
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
unusual overlaid with black compound, copper and brass Islamic calligraphy writing patterns.
This kind of
Category
1920s Egyptian Islamic Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Brass
Antique Austrian Solid Silver Gilt, Enamel Cups and Saucers, circa 1890
By Georg Adam Scheid
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
, each part gilt and beautifully enameled with varicolor flowers, scrolling foliage, Islamic calligraphy
Category
1880s Austrian Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Japanese Antique Peace Flower Commemorative Garden Stone
Located in South Burlington, VT
calligraphy at top and Kanji bottom with the translation meaning “flower of peace”,19th century or older
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Granite
Ovid
s Metamorphosis Series - Set of 4 Original Etchings - 1606
Located in Roma, IT
. Some slight stains. The titles quoted in brown ink on the reverse, in the antique calligraphy. Very
Category
17th Century Modern Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Etching
Antique Indo Persian Mixed Media Miniature Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
. Inscribed with Calligraphy, upper left. Framed. Antique Indo Persian Miniature Paintings, Mughal Art, Home
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Paint
Antique Indo Persian Mixed Media Miniature Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
. Inscribed with Calligraphy, upper to the center. Framed. Antique Indo Persian Miniature Paintings, Mughal
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Paint
Two-Drawer Provincial Table
Located in Chicago, IL
drawers were opened many times to retrieve curios, calligraphy pens, rice paper or incense. It would have
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm
Pair of Antique Blue Savona Urns
Located in Dallas, TX
calligraphic-naturalistic Antique Savona, or blue and white style. The 17th century is perhaps the period of
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Calligraphy
Chinese Painter
s Table
Located in Chicago, IL
viewing scrolls and executing paintings or calligraphy. Made of huali, the table’s legs, stretcher bars
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Rosewood
$6,280
Chinese Guangxu Period Porcelain Vase with "Meeting of 18 Scholars" Motif
Located in Astoria, NY
underglaze cobalt blue with a continuous scene of a "Meeting of 18 Scholars" practicing calligraphy, playing
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-18th Century Chinese Coromandel Ten Fold Screen / Room Divider
Located in Manhasset, NY
Chinese calligraphy, circa 1740. Approximately 190 inches fully extended, with each panel being approx
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Wood
Chinese Black Lacquer Altar Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
calligraphy. The waisted table's bold lines, limited ornamentation, and straight legs braced by double
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Red Lacquered and Painted Apothecary Chest
Located in Yonkers, NY
brass pull and painted with black calligraphy. Raised on four short feet, this Chinese Qing dynasty 19th
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Paper, Wood
Pair of Chinese Fu Lion Fantail Vases, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
, surrounded by abstract flourishes and decorative calligraphy.
Stamped with the reign mark of the Shunzhi
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Porcelain
$1,580 / set
Delightful Shrimp and Crabs Japanese Antique Hand Painted Silk Scroll, Taisho
Located in South Burlington, VT
Sakno.
A calligraphy appraisal written on outside of this scroll.
Old bone rollers.
Japan
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Silk
Early 20th Century Chinese Scrolled Altar Console Table
Located in Chicago, IL
two scrolled edges, evoking the image of an unfurled calligraphy scroll. The narrow table was likely
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm
Antique Moorish Syrian Inlaid Arabesque Sofa Circa 1900
By Carlo Bugatti
Located in Atlanta, GA
century.
The sofa having carved Arabesque panels on all sides, the sofa also with calligraphic ebonized
Category
Early 20th Century Syrian Anglo-Indian Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Elmwood Bookshelf
Located in Chicago, IL
features open shelves ideal for storing and displaying books, scrolls, precious antiques, calligraphy
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Elm
China Trade Large Watercolor and Gouache Painting of a Merchant
s Mansion
Located in Downingtown, PA
frame.
The family group is pointing and looking up at the calligraphy on the arch. There are two
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
French Silvered Bronze "Islamic" Wine Cooler Vase, circa 1880
Located in Queens, NY
, depicting the Astrological Zodiacs, within circles and a frieze of oriental Arabic Islamic calligraphy on
Category
19th Century French Islamic Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Burled Brushwasher, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
-dynasty scholar to rinse the ink from his calligraphy brush. Placed alongside the Four Treasures of the
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Burl
Petite Chinese Scroll Container, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
traditional calligraphy and landscape painting. The box is crafted with dovetail joints at the edges and a lid
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Pine
Edo Period Zitan Wood Suzuribako
Writing Box
with Bamboo Design
Located in Hudson, NY
original signed kiri wood storage box. Calligraphy on the storage box reads: Makie Zitan Suzuribako dated
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Gold Leaf
Moroccan Brass Tray Table on Folding Stand
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
serve food or tea.
The tray is hand hammered with calligraphy writing and floral designs.
Great for
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Antique Calligraphy
Materials
Brass
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Antique Calligraphy For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of antique calligraphy for your home. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and paper. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect item from our selection of antique calligraphy — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A choice in our collection of antique calligraphy is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Folk Art, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one object in our assortment of antique calligraphy that is appealing in its simplicity, but Emad Al-Molk Qazvini Hasani, J.
L. Lobmeyr Company and J.
L. Lobmeyr produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Antique Calligraphy?
The average selling price for a piece of antique calligraphy at 1stDibs is $1,600, while they’re typically $100 on the low end and $25,000 for the highest priced.
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