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Place of Origin: Chinese
Organic Form, Rose Pink Fiberglass Hook by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Rose cobble hook by kar
Dimensions: W 6 x D 5.5 x H 1 cm
Materials: FRP
Other colours available.
Like a jade in the rough, it could be use as a hook or do...
Category
2010s Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Other
Beautiful Antique Blue
White Chinese Planter on Wooden Stand
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Classic elegant Chinese blue and white planter on ebonized stand with foo dog handles. Could be matched with a round glass top to use as drinks table.
16.5” Diameter
17” H with stan...
Category
1920s Chinese Export Vintage Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Painted And Lacquered Chinoiserie Pedestals
Located in Bradenton, FL
Fine pair of early 20th century Chinese Painted and Lacquered Pedestals in colors of green, white, and red on a black background. Pedestals are decorated with traditional Chinese mot...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Stone Standing Buddha Guan Yin Silk Road Tang Style
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, finely carved Tang dynasty Silk Road style solid stone statue of Goddess of Compassion Guan Yin Avalokitwshavara. The bodhisattva is sho...
Category
20th Century Tang Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
$8,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Studded Limestone Drum
Located in Chicago, IL
This slender stone drum stool was carved from a solid block of limestone with simple form and minimal decoration. The top and bottom are ringed with raised studs, a design meant to i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Mural Glass
Marble Mosaic for wall and floor decoration, Jewelry Stones Design
By Alexander
s Collection, Alexander Anisimov
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Mural Glass & Marble Mosaic for wall and floor decoration, Jewelry Stones Design
The legendary Alexander's Collection, a brand that initially made the name in the Asian markets, is ...
Category
2010s Other Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
Pair Antique Carved Chinese Teak Wood Stands with Marble Tops
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Carved Chinese Teak Wood Stands with Marble Tops.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
19th Century Chinese 3d Carving Wood Panels Hanging Architectural Element, Set
Located in Pomona, CA
These set of three antique Chinese wood carving panels has very deep 3D carving works of Chinese folks art - Chinese Opera with gilt. These ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
$899 Sale Price / set
42% Off
Chinese Navy Glazed Porcelain Parrot Statue
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese glazed porcelain statue of a navy blue parrot with a brown beak and talons perched atop green grasses.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Large Footed Porcelain Vaso Planter in Matte Mint Green
By Cultivated Gardens for Middle Kingdom
Located in Manassas Park, VA
Middle Kingdom garden vaso are modeled after traditional terra cotta wares but are made from pigmented porcelain. The bowl can be moved from the base for planting and watering. The C...
Category
2010s Greco Roman Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
China Antique Pair "Spirit Path" Horse Sculptures, Ming Dynasty 500 Years Old
Located in South Burlington, VT
China, a monumental pair (2) of 500 year old lime stone “Spirit Path” Equine horse head sculptures.
Ming dynasty, (1368-1644 CE).
Please view our video.
A pair of near life size and robust head sections with fine, wavy combed manes, well defined mouths, ears, nostrils, and ornamental bridles, all carved in a medium to dark gray limestone with considerable weathering to surfaces. The smaller head with a later inscription on bottom and signed “Zhuang”.
Formerly exhibited “Treasures from Asia”, Shelburne Vermont, Shelburne Art Center, 2006. Originally found in the vicinity of the village of Chuan near Luoyang City, Henan Provance, China.
Each mounted on a custom iron display stand.
Dimensions:
A the smaller 32.5cm, 13” high and 62.5cm, 25” in length and with display stand, 60cm, 24” high;
b the larger 37.5cm, 15” high and 67.5cm, 27” in length and with display stand
65cm, 26” high.
Please view additional photographs from our Chinese antiquities catalog 35 Years Collecting 35 Treasures, page 60.
History:
Placing stone animals and human figures along spirit paths in front of important tombs can be traced back at least to the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BCE), some two thousand years ago. In ancient times, stone animals and human figures placed before imperial tombs symbolized royal power and
privilege in addition to decorative functions. Life size “spirit path” stone horse sculptures are known and can be viewed from Ming dynasty tombs including thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over an area of forty square kilometers in Changping District to the northwest of Beijing.
The first Ming tomb...
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16th Century Ming Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
$19,200 Sale Price
60% Off
Chinese Carved Limestone Head of the Buddha, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A sensitively carved limestone monumental head of the Buddha, China, mid-20th century.
The large carved limestone head displays a quiet sensuousness typical of the Northern Qi style, and follows Northern Qi stylistic conventions, with an oval shaped head covered in pinwheel shaped curls. His full lips...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chrome Color Garden Stool Flower Pot Seat
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Mid-20th Century Chinese export chrome colored porcelain garden stool or flower pot seat. Features raised dot detail and Chinese geometric cut-out symbols on the sides and top.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hollywood Regency Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Blue Mural Marble and Glass Mosaic with Jelly Fishes Design
By Alexander
s Collection, Alexander Anisimov
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Blue Mural Marble and Glass Mosaic with Jelly Fishes Design
The legendary Alexander's Collection, a brand that initially made the name in the Asian markets, is now taking a breakthr...
Category
2010s Arts and Crafts Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Art Glass
$4,272 Sale Price / item
48% Off
Provincial Chinese Round Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this 19th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. The low trough i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Chinese Half Moon Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this early 19th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. Hand-chise...
Category
Mid-19th Century Rustic Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Full Moon Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this early 19th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. The large ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Organic Modern Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
Chinese Teardrop Stone Trough, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This stone basin was carved by hand nearly two centuries ago, sculpted from solid limestone with irregular texture and an asymmetrical teardrop shape. A pattern of chiseled grooves a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Organic Modern Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Multicolor Glazed Porcelain Pheasant Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Mid 20th Century) porcelain sculpture of a pheasant with colorful, gold-outlined plumes perched on a rocky formation of green and brown.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Footed Chinese Stone Water Trough, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Once used on a provincial Chinese farm to hold water or animal feed, this early 20th-century stone trough is celebrated today for its organic form and rustic authenticity. The footed...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Artisan Glazed and Hand Painted Hourglass Garden Seat with Polychrome Accents
Located in Yonkers, NY
An artisan hand painted and glazed garden seat. Attracting our attention with its contrasting colors, lightning reminiscent motifs, and sleek lines, this artisan garden seat features...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Ribbed Mill Stone, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual stone pedestal is actually a late 19th-century cylindrical mill stone. Hand-carved of solid limestone with a textured and ribbed surface, the stone was used for threshin...
Category
Late 19th Century Minimalist Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Rosewood Country House Pedestal
Located in Antwerp, BE
These striking Chinese rosewood pedestal with marble top stand well above 85 cm (33.46 inch) tall, making a truly grand statement. The rich rosewood is lavishly carved with dramatic ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Rosewood
Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue
White Pot Flowers, Kangxi Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this fantastic and large pot from the Kangxi period. At first hand we thought it was a teapot but possibly this was also used a a wine pot, not sure. The painting qu...
Category
18th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
$4,540 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Provincial Chinese Bathtub, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
With its grand scale and perfect proportions, this rustic wooden bathtub is true showstopper. The tub has an elongated, oval shape is comprised of thick cypress wood staves held together by three iron bands. Two iron handles on either side of the basin allow it to be easily moved about a space.
Dated to the early 19th century, the wood exhibits beautifully irregular grain patterns and a warm, richly aged patina that only time can achieve. An incredible way to add rustic texture to the home, we love this gorgeous bathtub as a garden planter, a firewood bin...
Category
Early 19th Century Rustic Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Black Lacquer Asian Inspired Planter on Stand
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a beautiful Asian Inspired Planter. It's Black Lacquer with floral applique. The inside is lined with tin. The planter rest on a Ming style base.
A beautiful addition to any...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Lacquer
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
New Gensun Casual Ventura 5 Piece Cast Aluminum and Wicker Outdoor Patio Set
Located in Stamford, CT
New Gensun Casual Ventura 5 piece cast aluminum and wicker sofa and rocking lounge chair outdoor patio set.
A streamlined transitional design with a unique use of materials. Ventura ...
Category
2010s Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Aluminum
Chinese Early 20th Century Brown and Red Two-Panel Screen with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese two-panel screen from the early 20th century, with carvings, gilt motifs and calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this screen features ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Chinese Import Style Wooden Plant Stand
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Chinese import style wooden plant stand, circa first half of 20th century. The stand is in very good vintage condition and measures 18"D...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Hardwood
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Chinese Vintage Carved Stone Horse Statue/Sculpture
Located in Pomona, CA
This vintage Chinese noble steed horse sculpture is hand craft with exquisite detail which was very common in horse sculptures crafted during the Tang Dynasty. Especially for imperia...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
$1,195 Sale Price
38% Off
Petite Chinese Melon Stone Drum with Fruit
Flora, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Stone Column Base with Mythical Qilin, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th-century limestone column base carved in relief with mythical qilin, chimeric animals from Chinese mythology described as having the head of a dragon, the body of a tiger, the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Stone Courtyard 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 Minimalist Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Large Chinese Early 20th Century Hand Carved Shop Sign with Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Chinese hand carved shop sign from the early 20th century, with calligraphy. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this shop sign features Chinese char...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Bronze Faux Bamboo Garden Jardiniere Planters
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Attractive garden jardinières or planters featuring a faux bamboo design. The planters have a round form that tapers on the footed bottom. Very heavy cast in solid bronze with an oil...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Bronze
$1,500 / item
Chinese Stone Courtyard 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 Minimalist Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Set of Three Chinese Quadrilobe Lattice Courtyard Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The sweeping elegance of these 19th-century courtyard doors, with their intricate lattice panels, hides the mathematical brilliance required to create them. The wax-finished, knotty ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Fir
Wood And Iron Well Bucket On Stand
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique Chinese Well Bucket featuring hand forged wrought iron and fruitwood. Of large scale seated on a custom wood stand. Can be used as a plante...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Iron
Chinese Coil Pickling Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally used for pickling foods, this mid-20th century ceramic jar is coated inside and out with a dark glaze. Subtle ridges suggest that the bowl was fashioned by coiling flatten...
Category
Mid-20th Century Rustic Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Stone Stump Pedestal, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural stone object may have originated as a rustic column base for a tall courtyard entryway, or perhaps as the plinth for carved stone statue. The low stone table...
Category
Mid-19th Century Minimalist Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Golden Chrysanthemum Terracotta Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This low terracotta planter sits with a minimal form and a perfectly imperfect glazed finish. The vessel has a simple, tapered silhouette, shaped with a wide mouth, short walls and a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Qing Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Terracotta
Pair of Chinese Carved and Lacquered Door Panels
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (19th Century) red lacquered carved filigree door panels with scenes (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
$18,000 / set
Antique Huge Garden Mill Stone, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
A good find comes this large 26 inch diameter, 5 inch thick round hand-carved mill stone from the 19th century or earlier period. This was likely a grinding base stone for a large oi...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
Vintage Chinese Hand Chiseled Stone Planter
Located in Pomona, CA
This stone planter is retrieved from the village in northern part of China. It is hand chiseled out of solid stone and hand carved by the local stone master. It come with 2 pieces an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Stone
$765 Sale Price
49% Off
Set of Palissade Cone Table
Bar Stools-olive-by Ronan/Erwan Bouroullec for Hay
By Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Located in Dubai, AE
Based on the desire to develop a series of tables to complement the Palissade outdoor furniture collection, French design duo Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec teamed up with HAY to create ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Steel
Two Ebony Black Chinese Tall Sculpture Stands
Located in Sheffield, MA
Add class and elegance with these highly stylish sculpture or plant stands in ebonized black. The sleek styling lends itself to be used in various styles of decor. Wonderful statemen...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
$5,400 / set
19th Century Qing Dynasty Shop Sign Panel with Calligraphy and Distressed Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A rectangular Qing Dynasty period shop sign panel from the 19th century with calligraphy and distressed dark brown patina. Crafted during the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century, this r...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
Chinese Limestone Doon Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This minimalist block-form doon table is hand-carved of limestone with rounded edges and a rhythmically etched surface. The table's simple linear form hono...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Limestone
$2,980 / item
Pair of Qing Dynasty Terracotta Pedestals
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This pair of early 20th century Pedestals feature a wonderful age-related faded green finish. They feature a hexagonal base and largely hollow centre allowing them to remain relative...
Category
Early 1900s Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
$3,500 / set
Chinese Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive sign was once hung above the entrance to a Chinese ancestral hall. It is made from planks of Elmwood covered in layers of thick black tree lacquer for protection from...
Category
20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$5,400 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Chinese Cloisonne Pots with Stands
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese (19/20th century) blue and multi-colored cloisonnv small rectangular cachepots. (priced as pair).
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
$1,250 / set
Pair of Chinese Wooden Civil Officer Statues
Located in Queens, NY
2 Chinese carved wooden statues of civil officers wearing white robes detailed with red trim and a tassel belt at the waist (Priced each).
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
$3,750 / item
Antique Century Chinese Egg Art Pottery Holder Bird
Dragon Jardinière Planter
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Late 19th-century Chinese art pottery egg jar featuring elegant bird, a dragon and plant motifs hand-applied around the body. Over 120 years old, these vessels were originally used t...
Category
1890s Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Carved Stone Chinese Guardian Lion Statues
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
In Asian culture, the lion-like guardian lion or foo dog is a symbol of protection and guardianship. Beautifully carved into sandstone, this large pair of foo dog statues once flanke...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Sandstone
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 Rustic Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
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 Organic Modern Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Granite
Chinese Black and Gold Hand Painted and Carved Pedestal
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Embrace the elegance of traditional Chinese art with this Black and Gold Hand Painted and Carved Pedestal. Featuring exquisite floral and bird motifs against a gold backdrop, this pe...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Wood
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese White Marble Drum Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A wide Chinese stone drum carved of solid Dali marble, a refined white marble sourced from historic quarries in Yunnan province.
Five drums available. Each varies slightly due to th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Marble
$3,980 / item
Pair of Small 20th century Chinese Porcelain Fish bowl Jardiniere
Located in Southall, GB
This is a delightful antique decorative pair of jardinieres, Chinese ceramic planter dating to the late 20th century. Showcasing a desirable aged patina and is in good order througho...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Four Chinese Courtyard Door Panels, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A hallmark of Chinese architecture, tall door panels such as these were used in provincial courtyard homes to easily open up a room to the outdoors. Designed with solid wood panels instead of lattice windows, these door panels were likely installed facing the street, used to protect the home rather than provide decoration. The doors were originally linked by hinges set in opposite directions, allowing the doors to fold upon themselves as they open. Instead of the elaborate carvings often found on Qing-dynasty doors...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Building and Garden Elements
Materials
Brass
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