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Item Ships From: Illinois
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Chinese Painted Clothing Trunk, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, kitchen utensils, and other miscel...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pine
Chinese Four Drawer Kang Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During winter in the colder provinces of China, life revolved around the kang, a heated brick platform that household members would sit or recline upon. Placed on top of the kang, lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Slender Leg Tea Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant Chinese pedestal table dates to the mid-19th century and would have been used for taking tea, burning incense, or displaying flowers and sculpture. The tall table has a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
"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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver
18th Century Tibetan Thangka Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare striking 18th century Tibetan Thangka depicting the Green Tara seated on a lotus throne ready to step down to offer comfort and pro...
Category
18th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Linen, Paint
Pair of cast bronze Hindu figures of Parvati
Shiva, c. 1800
s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of cast and patinated bronze figures of Parvati & Shiva, shown in dancing poses on shallow lotus plinths.
Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 19th century.
Dimensions: 7" W x 5-1/2" D ...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in the mid-19th century, this striking red lacquer cabinet was likely part of a traditional wedding dowry, bestowed upon the groom by the bride's family filled with fine silk...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Red Lacquer Canopy Bed with Footrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A Chinese canopy bed, or marriage bed, was the most important part of a bride's dowry and was the central feature of her personal quarters. Traditionally, beds were central to Chines...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm, Reed
Pair of Chinese Dragon Scroll-Back Armchairs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Embellished with intricate carvings and gold pigments, these 19th-century Chinese armchairs display the playful opulence of Qing-dynasty furniture design. A variation on the southern...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Petite Brass Amulet of Medicine Buddha
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite Thai prayer amulet depicts a seated medicine Buddha, also known as the King of Healers. Cast of brass with traces of red and gold pigments, the petite Buddha sits in quie...
Category
20th Century Thai Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Japanese Kiseru Tobacco Pipe
Case, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant pipe of white brass and bamboo dates to early 20th century Japan and was used for smoking finely shredded tobacco (kizami-tabako). Known as a rao-kiseru, these short smo...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Red Lacquer Altar Console Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century Chinese table is designed after classic altar table forms used for ancestor worship in the home. The table has a slightly splayed form, with recessed legs, an...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Round Leg Square Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This square side table dates to the mid-19th century, crafted of elmwood (yumu) using mortise-and-tenon joinery with thick, round legs and an overhung, solid plank top. Found at the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Vintage Japanese Three Rat Netsuke
Located in Chicago, IL
The lack of pockets on traditional Japanese kimonos resulted in small pouches or boxes that were strung at the waist and secured by button-like fasteners known as netsuke. Although t...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Copper Opium Tray with Celestial Dragon, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
By the 18th century, opium use had become as central to Chinese social life as taking tea or smoking tobacco, fostering a subculture rich with its own customs, traditions, and exquis...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Cambodian Bronze Goddess Lakshmi Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
Sculpted in the manner of Khmer statuary, this cast bronze devotional figure depicts a standing Buddhist deity, most likely the beloved goddess Lakshmi. A central figure in Hindu myt...
Category
20th Century Cambodian Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Early 20th Century Porcelain of Chinese Religious Figure, Zhongli Quan
Located in Chicago, IL
This figurine is of one of the Eight Daoist (Taoist) Immortals - "Ba xian."
The eight immortals are a group of legendary, semi-historical beings in both religious Daoism and popular...
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Petite Chinese Opium Tool Charm, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A small Chinese chatelaine tool set strung with a single brass spoon. Suspended from one's clothing at the shoulder, back, or waist, a tool set such as this was used for a variety of...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Wine Vessel, c. 1550
Located in Chicago, IL
This delicate ceramic bottle is a Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) vessel originally used for serving rice wine or spirits. The gracefully curved form is known as a yuhuchunping, or pear-sha...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
Chinese Spittoon Dross Box with Buddhist Symbols, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
By the 18th century, opium use had become as central to Chinese social life as taking tea or smoking tobacco, fostering a subculture rich with its own customs, traditions, and exquis...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Mughal School Indian Miniature Painting of Radha-Krishna
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century Indian miniature painting is composed in the Mughal style and depicts a meeting of the Hindu god Krishna and his shakti Radha, also known as the Supreme Goddess. To...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paint, Paper
Chinese Baitong Stacking Incense Clock, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This three-tiered container is a 19th-century white brass incense clock, once used as a relatively accurate method to mark the passage of time. Incense c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Tibetan Flint Striker, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In 19th-century Tibet, many men carried a fire striker to help ensure survival in the often-harsh climate of the Tibetan Plateau. Known as mechag, such strikers would hang from one's belt and often doubled as a small pouch for flint and tinder. The finest strikers were finished with precious metals and decorated with repoussé and inlaid stones.
This leather flint pouch is decorated with silver and gold plated metalwork and three large beads of turquoise and red coral. The mechag hangs from a simple leather strap and three decorative leather beads hang below. The pouch contains two Tibetan prayer flags...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Coral, Gold Plate, Steel, Metal
Chinese Lattice Canopy Bed, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A Chinese canopy bed, or marriage bed, was the most important part of a bride's dowry and was the central feature of her personal quarters. Traditionally, beds were central to Chines...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Famille Rose Soup Tureen, c. 1870
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century covered jar takes its rounded shape from serving tureens used to serve soups and stews. Contrasted by a crisp white field, the lid and sides are decorated with a lively scene of children at play in a courtyard garden. Accompanied by a man and woman, the children are each playing with a different toy, including a kite, a reed organ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$624 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Lattice Top Incense Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This slender metal container is a 19th-century white brass incense burner, used for storing and burning incense sticks. The small box has a rectangular form and a removable sliding t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Chinese Red Lacquer Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In a traditional Chinese home, a long narrow table with everted flanges is placed in the main hall and set with beautiful objects such as instruments, flowers, or porcelains. Often r...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Blue
White Rice Bowl, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This footed porcelain bowl dates to the early 20th century and is hand-painted with expressive brushwork in the blue-and-white style. The small bowl has a dramatic, flared shape, fea...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Chinese Burlwood Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant lidded box from the mid-19th century is carved from a choice specimen of burlwood, also known as yingmu or huamu. Prized for its feathery, swirling wood grain, burl wood...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Burl
Rose Inkstone Soap Dish
Located in Chicago, IL
A fixture of the Chinese scholars' studio, the inkstone was among the "Four Treasures of the Study" and was used in calligraphy and landscape painting along with paper, ink and brush...
Category
20th Century Chinese Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Southeast Asian Three Frog Rain Jar, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand, earthenware jar is a 19th-century storage vessel from Myanmar or Thailand, drenched with dark brown glaze and decorated with a button pattern of raised lines and dots. So...
Category
Mid-19th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
19th Century Tibetan Thangka of Chenresi
Located in Chicago, IL
Thangkas are devotional paintings displayed by Buddhists in monasteries, temples, and even in their homes. The rich red, orange, green, and blue hues are still incredibly vibrant on ...
Category
Early 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver, Copper
Monumental 19th Century Indian Building Facade
Located in Chicago, IL
This magnificent building facade was once part of a grand mansion in Gujarat, India. It is entirely made from Teakwood, which is highly resistant to in...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Teak
$84,000 Sale Price
30% Off
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
$18,500
Chinese Crackled Lacquer Noodle Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This painted Chinese cabinet dates to the mid-19th century and has a richly aged patina that only time can achieve. The narrow cabinet is finished with layers of dark brown and burgu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Early 20th Century Chinese Grain Scoop
Located in Chicago, IL
A century ago, someone held this carved wooden scoop in their hand everyday as they measured out rice or other grains. Hewn from a single block of wood, the scoop has a rustic, chise...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Chinese Famille Verte Headrest with Courtyard Scenes
Located in Chicago, IL
This large porcelain block is an oversized version of the headrests once used by well-to-do women to keep their elaborate hairstyles intact while sleeping. Its exaggerated scale and ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ornately Carved Chinese Luohan Bed, circa 1550
Located in Chicago, IL
This gorgeous luohan daybed anchors its surroundings with its monumental scale and incredible carved decoration. Known as a luohan chuang, or couch bed, this form of low-backed daybe...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Finely Lacquered Chinese Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This stunning, ornate chest was masterfully constructed over 150 years by artisans in northern China. Although the design follows classic forms, vibrant d...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Bird-and-Flower Painted Side Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The darkly lacquered front of this 19th-century Chinese locking cabinet is the perfect canvas for a traditional bird-and-flower painting. Crafted of elmwood with mortise-and-tenon jo...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm
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 - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Bamboo Opium Pipe with Red Clay Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
This long bamboo pipe dates to the late 19th century and was originally used for smoking opium. Unlike a tobacco pipe, the opium pipe was designed especially to allow resinous opium ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mythical Beast Coconut Grater, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden coconut grater (khood maprow) from the early 20th century is carved in the form of a crouching beast ready to pounce. Once used by a food vendor in a southeast Asian mark...
Category
Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Primitive Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Chinese Mottled Green Bi Disc
Located in Chicago, IL
Found in the tombs of ancient Chinese emperors and aristocrats, bi discs such as this have a mysterious and spiritual history, and their function and significance remain uncertain. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Low Mirror Top Table with Mythical Tibetan Carvings
Located in Chicago, IL
This low console table balances modern simplicity with a touch of the traditional. The lacquered table features a bronze-toned mirror top, a slatted floor shelf and waterfall sides i...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Petite Nepalese Bronze Ganesha Shrine, c. 1700
Located in Chicago, IL
Well-loved and richly worn, this petite bronze traveling shrine depicts the Hindu god Ganesha. Attributed to 17th/18th century Nepal, the palm-sized icon is sculpted of bronze and fi...
Category
Early 18th Century Nepalese Primitive Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Bent Handle Fisherman
s Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Basket making is an ancient and humble craft, but in the hands of a skilled weaver a simple willow basket becomes a truly beautiful statement. The artisan’s mastery is evident in thi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Willow
Thai Standing Buddha of Protection
Located in Chicago, IL
This standing Buddha figure from Thailand wears a serene expression of stillness and calm. Cast of bronze alloy in the Ayutthaya style, the Buddha is draped in bejeweled robes remini...
Category
20th Century Thai Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
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