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Item Ships From: Illinois
Chinese Citron Yellow Round Onion Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
The striking bright yellow of this vase draws on a long Chinese tradition of glazing sculptural forms with a single, statement-making color. This contemporary take cloaks the round curves of the onion...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Low Painted Lacquer Table with Fish Chimes, 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

Elm

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 - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
A classic piece of Chinese furniture, 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...
Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Iron

Tibetan Traveler s Trunk with Painted Hide, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique traveler's chest from Tibet or Mongolia is one of the most unique trunks we've come across in our 20 years of collecting. Dated to the 19...
Category

Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Hide, Wood

Set of Four Chinese Lattice Door Panels, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A hallmark of Qing-dynasty domestic architecture, tall lattice panels such as these were used in provincial courtyard homes to allow light and air into a room whilst maintaining privacy. Quiet and refined, this set of four lattice door panels...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Elm

Vintage Japanese Vase Arita Artist Fujii Shumei Winter Landscape Mountain 1936
By Fujii Shumei
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite and rare piece. A superb 20th century porcelain Arita vase by Japanese artist Shumei Fujii decorated with a winter landscape in shades of blue. ...
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Japanese Bamboo Flower Baskets, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
These unusual bamboo baskets are early 20th century flower baskets (hanakago) designed especially for ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement. Sculptural and intriguing, each...
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Bamboo

Burmese Yun Lacquer Cup, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This delicate cup from the late 19th century is a lovely example of the Burmese art of lacquer (pan yun). Shaped from coiled bamboo and finished with cinnabar-red lacquer (hinthabada...
Category

Late 19th Century Burmese Folk Art Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Bamboo

Chinese Lacquered Fang Deng Side Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Stools have been a favored form of seating in Chinese culture for centuries and were used indoors and out at mealtimes and during social gatherings. This style of low square stool is...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Elm

Chinese Altar Opium Stand with Dali Marble, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this petite hardwood box captures in miniature the elaborate form of a traditional Chinese altar table. Crafted of a dense hardwood, the narrow box is ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Marble

Pair of Opium Harvesting Tools, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of early 20th-century tools used for harvesting opium latex from poppy flowers. Formed of bamboo handles and iron blades, the rustic tools were used to scratch the surface of ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Metal

Provincial Chinese Tri-Leg Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, this early 20th century stool from Shanxi province shows off the ingenious joinery methods used by traditional Chinese carpenters. The stool's three splayed legs ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Elm

Japanese Gilt Takamaki-E Tabako-Bon, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This box with many drawers is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the t...
Category

Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese Two-Door Black Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The imposing doors of this 19th century cabinet are accented with a trio of lozenge-shaped moldings that enliven the tall, rectilinear silhouette with horizontal lines. Invigorating ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Provincial Chinese Trunk Mortar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This large wooden mortar dates to the late 19th century and was originally used for crushing rice, grain, spices and other foodstuffs. Carved from a single tree trunk, the mortar has...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Primitive Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Wood

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Vases with Censers, c. 1930
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 Chinese Export Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Stone Seated Shakyamuni Buddha Stele, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This carved stone stele depicts the historical Buddha, known also as Shaka, Shakyamuni, or Siddhartha Gautama. Seated in perpetual meditation, the Buddha embodies virtues of wisdom and composure. Hand-carved of limestone in the style of Northern Wei (386-535) statuary, the Buddha is depicted upon a lotus plinth with legs crossed in lotus position. His hands are held downwards in bhumisparsha mudra, a gesture representing the moment that the Buddha claimed the earth as witness to his awakening. The Buddha has a peaceful, benevolent expression and is framed by a halo of concentric circles. His figure is surrounded by attendant bodhisattvas, carved in relief on the curved stele behind and platform below. Leafy tree branches add a naturalistic touch to the background, wrapping around to the back of the stele to form a canopy above a second, smaller Buddha...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Limestone

Chinese Luohan Bed with Stepped Railing, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prior to the 10th century, Chinese society eschewed raised seats in favor of mats. The rising popularity of chairs and other forms of elevated seating led craftsmen to adapt traditional cabinetry techniques to create the versatile luohan bed...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Elm

Antique Thai British Colonial Teak and Glass Display Cabinet - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Thai British Colonial Teak and Glass Display Cabinet - Pair This british colonial tall and thin display cabinet has 5 shelves and 2 glass doors. Made of teakwood from Thaila...
Category

Early 20th Century Thai British Colonial Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Glass, Wood, Teak

Pair of Chinese Guardian Lion Dogs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of monumental Fu-Lions, also known as shizi, once would have flanked the entrance to a Qing-dynasty home in China’s Shanxi province. One has a pearl under its foot, and the...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Limestone

Chinese Table Screen with Soapstone Panel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative stone panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Soapstone

Chinese Lacquered Roundback Chair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
One of the most iconic designs of Chinese furniture is the roundback chair, also known as the horseshoe-back chair or Grand Tutor chair. Used as a seat of honor, this ceremonial armc...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Elm

Chinese Ming Cobalt Brushed Storage Jar, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
Warped by fire and eroded by time, this ceramic storage jar from Yunnan province is a testament to the wabi-sabi beauty of provincial Chinese pottery. Dated to the 15th/16th century,...
Category

16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Chinese Blue and White Dragon Meiping Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white porcelain has inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago. Made in Beijing, this contem...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Shanxi Province Winged Elmwood Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Small Winged Elmwood Cabinet This cabinet has 2 drawers and 2 shelves.
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Wood, Elm

Petite Chinese Blue White Tea Cup, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An everyday example of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics, this petite cup from the late Qing dynasty is appreciated for its delicate simplicity and charming imperfections. Used for dri...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Thai Polychrome Dancer Figure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This seated figure of a Thai dancer dates to the early 20th century and is a fantastic example of Southeast Asian statuary. Comprised of polychromed wood with lacquer and mixed-media...
Category

Early 20th Century Thai Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Wood

Chinese Kitchen Charm Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial tapered cabinet dates to the early 20th century and was once used in a rural Chinese kitchen to store dish ware, baskets and other kitchen supplies. Crafted of pine with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, the tall cabinet has a lightweight design with a tapered A-frame, an overhung top and plenty of storage, including two drawers and two enclosed compartments. The upper compartment opens by two central doors secured with a brass latch on chrysanthemum plates...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Pine

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

Pair of Chinese Iron Bound Courtyard Doors, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive set of doors dates to the turn of the century and originated as the outermost entrance gate to a traditional courtyard home in northern China. Crafted of locust wood and hand-worked iron, the rustic doors have developed a fantastic texture from years of use. The original layer of dark brown lacquer has eroded with an inimitable crackle, revealing the beautiful wood grain underneath. The door fronts are reinforced with studded iron bands and decorative iron plates in the shape of clouds or ruyi. The doors are fitted with a simple iron latch and four round door pulls...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Iron

Chinese Calligraphy Brush with Blue Glass Handle
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, Other

Tibetan Gau Traveling Shrine with Silk Case, 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

Brass, Copper

Antique Shanxi Province Red Lacquer Elm Side Tables, Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi Province Red Lacquer Elm side tables - pair These Antique Shanxi Province Elm Side Tables have been wrapped in linen and painted with red...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Linen, Wood, Elm, Lacquer

Chinese Calligraphy Brush with Glass Bead Handle
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

Metal, Other

Tibetan Silver Snuff Bottle, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century Tibetan snuff bottle is delightfully ornate, crafted with silver metalwork and encrusted with colorful beads. The small bo...
Category

20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Silver

Chinese Traveling Chopstick Set with Repoussé Fittings, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant set of eating utensils dates to the mid-19th century and would have accompanied the well-to-do traveler on a long, cross-country journey. The set originally included a p...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Metal

Pair of Chinese Woven Hide Stools, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The stool is a central fixture of Chinese furniture culture. Found in a variety of materials and forms, the stool transcends class lines, as much at home in the provincial courtyard ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Hide, Elm

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 Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Limestone

Chinese Lacquered Bench with Splayed Legs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In most Qing dynasty homes, stools and chairs were the only form of elevated seating, and a bench such as this would have been found at a temple or public theater. This 19th century walnut bench has splayed legs linked by straight double stretchers and topped by finely beaded carved spandrels. Sourced from China’s Shanxi region, walnut was a prized material for Qing dynasty furniture...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Chinese Celestial Cloud Column Base, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This 18th century architectural object, hand-carved out of a single block of white marble, is intricately finished with an all-over celestial cloud motif—an ancient and auspicious Bu...
Category

Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Marble

Chinese Meditation Dream Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
A well-chosen stone is the focal point of both a traditional Chinese garden and a scholar's studio - evoking the complexities of nature and inspiring creative thought. In the spirit ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Stone, Steel

Japanese Red Lacquer Negoro Hibachi with Rabbits, Edo Period, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With monumental scale and beautiful, hand-carved details, this remarkable red lacquer hibachi is a true work of art. Designed to hold glowing embers, hibachi vessels such as this were used for cooking or as a source of heat in Japanese homes. Placed under a low wood kotatsu table...
Category

Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Copper

Chinese Lacquered Barber s Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual lacquered stool is a 19th-century barber's stool designed to be carried from place to place for roadside haircuts. Crafted with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, th...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Elm

Monumental Chinese Ancestral Portrait, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Reflecting the role that ancestor worship played in Chinese culture, this Qing-dynasty painting depicts several generations of family, dressed in intricately-detailed and brilliantly...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Linen

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 - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Crackle Celadon Kitchen Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Described in ancient Chinese texts as the “moon dyed with spring water,” celadon ceramics are prized for their well-proportioned forms and luminous blue-green glazes. This vintage ce...
Category

Late 20th Century Thai Minimalist Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Stoneware

Tranquil Chinese Stone Bodhisattva Head
Located in Chicago, IL
Exuding an energy of calm and tranquility, this larger-than-life stone bust depicts a Buddhist bodhisattva in serene meditation. A disciple of the Buddha, a bodhisattva is a compassi...
Category

20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Limestone

19th Century Chinese Silk Hand Embroidery Panels of Flowers, Bats, Moths
Located in Barrington, IL
A rare and exquisite pair of 19th century Chinese hand-embroidered silk panels, showcasing masterful craftsmanship and timeless beauty. Each panel features intricately rendered motif...
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Silk

Chinese Blue and White Fu Lion Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This small ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women to protec...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Roundback Chair, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prior to the 10th century, Chinese society eschewed raised seats in favor of mats. The rising popularity of chairs and other forms of elevated seating led craftsmen to adapt traditional cabinetry and architecture techniques to the human body. In the case of this Yuanyi, or round chair, the flowing crestrail is a direct descendant of the simple armrests that had traditionally supported individuals on mats in their homes. This homage to an ancestral form, combined with traditional mortise-and-Tenon joinery techniques, created an elegant, functional chair that has endured for centuries and inspired many contemporary furniture designers...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Willow

"The Vision" or Demonstrators Sculpture by Krishna Reddy
By Krishna Reddy
Located in Chicago, IL
A brutalist Reddy sculpture titled "Demonstrators" by noted mid-century artist, Krishna Reddy (1925-2018). This piece is also sometimes referred to as "The Vision". It features a g...
Category

1960s American Brutalist Vintage Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Resin

Pair of Chinese Bentwood Chrysanthemum Armchairs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of provincial 19th century armchairs from Shanxi province offers an unusual play on traditional forms. The chairs are designed in a classical style known as a "yoke-back ch...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Bamboo, Elm

Pair of Chinese Rose Chairs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
For many years, rose chairs were thought to have been exclusively used by women due to their floral name. However, they were a universal form of seating, of...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Elm

Chinese White Brass Opium Tool Set, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A small Chinese chatelaine tool set strung with petite wire charms and two brass spoons. Suspended from one's clothing at the shoulder, back, or waist, a tool set such as this was us...
Category

Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Brass

Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Vases, 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 opaque overglaze enamels that favored roses and pinks, famille rose porcelain ware was crafted with the same technical virtuosity as imperial porcelain but designed for Western tastes. These rouleau-shaped vases date to the early 20th century and beautifully showcase the intricate decoration characteristic of famille rose ware. Also known as bangchuping (纹棒槌瓶), or 'grain mallet vase', rouleau vases...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Petite Chinese Opium Lamp Scissors
Located in Chicago, IL
An elegant pair of scissors once used to trim the wick of an opium lamp. Formed of steel and copper, these petite scissors feature gracefully curved handles and short blades engraved...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Copper, Steel

Vintage Hindu God Ganesha Statue Reclining
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Hindu God Ganesha Statue Reclining Decorate your living room with a beautiful vintage Hindu Indian Imported bronze Ganesha sculpture, posed in a...
Category

20th Century Tibetan Rustic Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Green Glass Snuff Bottle, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Glass

Chinese Sancai Glazed Buddhist Arhat, Ming Dynasty, c. 1600
Located in Chicago, IL
This imposing figure is the head of an Arhat, a Buddhist devotee who has attained enlightenment, also called a “Luohan.” The eighteen original Arhat are the personal disciples of Buddha and the guardians of Buddhist adherents. Each is represented with a unique disposition, posture, and distinctive symbol. This exquisitely formed monumental ceramic Arhat dates to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and has likely been separated from its original full body sculpture...
Category

Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Illinois - Asian Art and Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

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