• #25351 Antique Low table or Extra-Large Stool with Carved Key Style Hoof Feet

    Tea Table and Low Table Chinese Furiture ...

    520.00

    385.00

    Antique Yu Wood Low table or Extra Large Square Stool with Carved Key Style Hoof Feet. This low table with a simple design has stretchers on four sides. It has traces of the original reddish brown lacquer with a blond wood surface makes it an attractive and affordable table to use as a small coffee table or as an extra large end table. Recently refinished to a matte lacquer finish. 19th century. Dimensions: 23 1/4" x 23 1/4" x 19 3/4" H

  • #25350 Antique Ming Style Two Door Cabinet with Old Red-Brown Lacquer

    Small Cabinet and Chest Chinese Furiture ...

    1300.00

    975.00

    This Antique Ming Style Two Door Cabinet with beautiful Old Red-Brown Lacquer on the front and two sides has been refinished nicely with thick lacquer coatings that still preserve its original beautiful patina. It has nice old circular brass plates on the door and a shelf inside for ample storage. This cabinet with a slightly wider body makes it a perfect choice for a bedside cabinet to place a lamp, a book, and a tea or coffee mug on! Dimensions: 31 1/4" W x 20 1/4" D x 30 1/2" H

  • #25349 Rare Qing Dynasty Chinese Scholar's Book Chest with Lift Door and Carved Calligraphy

    Small Cabinet and Chest Chinese Furiture Specialty Item ...

    2800.00

    1600.00

    This Very Rare and Unusual Antique Chinese Scholar's Manuscript Storage Book Chest with A Lift Style Door and Carved Calligraphy is made of good Ju wood and Jar-Zhen hardwood except for the top and the sides which look to be a type of Chinese cedar. It has a shelf inside and a bottom drawer. The chest is enclosed on all sides with separate brass bands and a rarely seen old brass front plate in a begonia flower shape with a cicada resting on top of it. It also has two old side brass handle for easy carrying. The calligraphy reads in several parts with the two characters on the top right "己未, Ji-Wei Year", indicating the 56th year of the ancient Chinese 60-year cycling "干支, Gan-Zhi" calendar system. The two characters at the bottom left "蘭亭, Lan-Ting" is probably a location name which is in now Zhejiang province. It is the same place where the famous Eastern Jin Dynasty calligrapher Wong-Xi-Zhi wrote his famous "Lan-Ting-Xu" manual. The five characters in the middle spreading from top left to bottom right with "Rui Feng Shan Ren, Auspicious Peak Mountain Hermit" for the first four characters. The meaning of the last character is unknown. This character is usually associated with some civil duty position or responsibility, but it could also just be the way the owner of this book chest granted himself for his vision as a scholar. This chest is estimated to be from the 1800's. Dimensions: 18" L x 13 1/2" D x 15 3/4" H

  • #25325 Small-Medium Size Old Ming Style Two-Door Black Lacquer Cabinet

    Small Cabinet and Chest Chinese Furiture ...

    685.00

    485.00

    This Small to medium Size Vintage Ming Style Two-Door Black Lacquer Cabinet has a simple and timeless design and had been refinished with a thick black lacquer finish. This well made cabinet with a slender and compact size makes a handsome presentation for any space for interior decor. 20th century. Dimensions: 26" L x 15 1/2" D x 33 3/4" H

  • #25261 Antique Qing Dynasty Metal-Wrapped Blue-and-White Bowl with Landscape

    Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...

    520.00

    320.00

    Interesting Antique Qing Dynasty Metal-Wrapped Blue-and-White Bowl with Landscape an figures. There are two outside chips under the silver like metal wrap on the rim. The metal wrap is the intention to prolong the use of the bowl. The bottom is written with signature "Wan-Yue", possibly a collector's name. Possibly 19th century. Dimensions: 5 7/8" Diameter x 2 7/8" H

  • #25260 Antique Qing Dynasty Metal Wrapped Porcelain Bowl with Landscape and Poetry

    Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...

    850.00

    420.00

    Interesting Antique Chinese Metal Wrapped Porcelain Bowl with Landscape and Poetry. This beautiful porcelain bowl, after the transitional period, has a clear and beautiful painted blue glaze over the white slip body. The rim is cased with a silver like metal wrap for some chips and an inside crack on the bowl as the intention was to preserve the bowl for its continuing use. One side of the bowl is painted with a water scape with a fisherman by the river under a big pine tree, while the other side is written with a beautiful poem depicting the beautiful mountain and fishing scape coming into dream. The bottom of the bowl is inscribed with "Wan-Yue", possibly a collector's name. Sold as is. Dimensions: 6 1/4" Diameter x 3" H

  • #25324 Old Yunnan Minority Cotton Embroidered Wrap from Miao Tribe, Figure

    Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...

    230.00

    165.00

    Old Yunnan Minority Cotton Embroidery Work from Miao Tribe with a figure. This unusual female's textile wrap is hand-embroidered with black threads with a playful prince-like figure riding on a saddle stitched with Buddhist "Wan" symbol over a Chi-lin like mythical animal on a pink color cotton/linen cloth on the front side, while the back is made with both indigo and pink color cloths. other motives on the wrap includes bat and lotus flower. This wrap could be a gift for a new bride to bring fertility and prosperity. It is ready to be framed as part of your textile collection to display on a wall. Its ancient cultural theme and bright color certainly will brighten a room and brings attention and conversations to its intricate work and meanings! Possibly from the earlier 20th century. Dimensions: 17" x 16" Approximately

  • #25262 Old Yunnan Minority Cotton Embroidery Wrap from Miao Tribe, Insect

    Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...

    230.00

    165.00

    Old Yunnan Minority Cotton Embroidery Work from Miao Tribe, Insect. This unusual female's textile wrap is hand-embroidered with black threads with a playful insect with feathered tails and bat-like wings and other motives including Ruyi and an interesting lotus flower, on a deep pink color cloth on the front side, while the back is made with both indigo and pink color cloths. It is ready to be framed as part of your textile collection to display on a wall. Its ancient theme and bright color certainly will brighten a room and brings attention and conversations to its intricate work and meanings! Possibly from the earlier 20th century. Dimensions: 17" x 16" approximately

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