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  • #24830 Antique Ming Style Nan-Guan-Mao Armchair with Carved Buddhist's Hand Fruit

    Chair Chinese Furiture ...

    1300.00

    895.00

    This classical style smaller size armchair is possibly made of Huali type of dense hardwood, still retains its original brown lacquer finish with a carved Buddhist's hand fruit design on the single splat back rest and colored in organic red mineral color with gilt. It has a nice proportion which shows the chair sits lower with a wider spread in its form which often found in earlier armchairs. This chair has been restored and touched up while retaining its original patina. It is solid and will last for another 100 years or more. 180-250 years old. Dimensions: 19 3/4" x 15 3/5" x 31" H

  • #25137 Antique Chinese Table Screen with Stone Plaque with Painting and Calligraphy Poem

    Specialty Item Chinese Furiture ...

    4800.00

    3300.00

    Antique Chinese Table Screen with Stone Plaque with original Painting and Calligraphy Poem. This wonderful antique table screen with a Ming style thick wooden frame has an elegant rounded begonia flower style corner construction with divided sections inserted with recessed smaller wooden plaques with a slender begonia shape in "open window" style cutouts. The frame is in its original old black lacquer. The wood might be Yu wood (northern elm) or Chinese walnut. The stone plaque is securely inserted into the center of the wooden frame and can not be removed. One side of the screen is painted with beautiful array of colors in red, yellow, light green, and brown with some colors already faded. It depicts a scene of a high-ranked official, flanked by two young attendants with a horse, visiting or asking the way from a hermit who carries a bamboo woven basket on his side, all in a mountainous landscape. The other side of the stone plaque is written with a poem in calligraphy with signature and chops, with some writing faded. The poem seems to depict a beautiful scenery with water and reflection while awaiting for the guest from the past. This is a rare stone table screen with original beautiful painted colors and poem on a white stone plaque. Some old cracks on the stone. As is. A table screen was often used to define an intimate personal space on a scholarly desk. It is also a symbol of status for the literati class as well as being used for Feng-Shui purpose. A beautiful table screen is a collector's favorite and sought-after object in collecting Chinese art. Dimensions: 17 3/4" x 7 1/2" D (foot) x 19 1/4" H

  • #25136 Antique Two-Door Ming Style Cabinet with Old Red-Brown Lacquer

    Small Cabinet and Chest Chinese Furiture ...

    1150.00

    950.00

    Antique Two-Door Ming Style Cabinet with Old Red-Brown Lacquer. This solid built cabinet had gone through test of time until we recently re-tightened all the joints and refinished its overall look and detail while preserving its original patina as it is a good cabinet with good design. Old cabinets like this one with a simplicity in good design with all the good old elements such as its original old brass fitting and original thick old lacquer are getting harder to come by. With our special care in all detail of its construction, this solid cabinet will last you for a long time. 19th century. This cabinet will make a subtle statement in any room whether as a bedside cabinet, in a living room, or at an entryway! Dimensions: 30 3/8" L x 19 3/8" D x 19 1/4" H

  • #25111 Pair of Antique Carved Ju Wood Tea Table with Middles Shelf and Latticework

    Tea Table and Low Table Chinese Furiture ...

    3000.00

    1800.00

    Pair of Antique Carved Ju Wood (southern Chinese elm) Tea Tables with Middle Shelf and Latticework. These antique tables from Ningbo area in China are very well built with generous good wood and nice craftsmanship. They are well presented with good choices of designed elements and detail. Very hard to come by a pair like this with excellent tropical dense wood and substantially built. We have recently refinish this pair of beautiful classical tea tables with a matt French-Polish lacquer finish to perfection. They will make an elegant statement for your living space as well as being functional. Possibly mid 19th century. Dimensions for each table: 15 1/2" x 15 1/2" x 31 1/2" H

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  • #25138 Pair of Antique Black Lacquer Wooden Couplet Panels with Gilt Calligraphy Poem

    Decorative and Collectible Specialty Item Decorative & Collectibles ...

    2500.00

    1400.00

    Pair of Antique Black Lacquer Wooden Couplet Panels with Gilt Calligraphy Poem. Comes with old metal hangers. The long plaques are shaped slightly rounded as supposedly flat but they hang just fine. The signed calligraphy poem depicts a life philosophy, possibly from an owner of a studio or a large hall room, in that the calligrapher expresses an attitude of enjoying good scenery and good life while being creative in writing and reading to know the life's past and present. These plaques were refinished in clear lacquer over its old black lacquer and gilt writing. Chinese couplet writing is a special genre of its own art and is significant for both Chinese literati and Chinese culture when it comes to home and architecture when auspicious meaning or life philosophy were expressed through seen writing in the most prominent way in daily life. The couplet are hung on the two sides of doors or separately and oppositely to each other in a larger room like a formal gathering hall or living room. The characters often correspond to each other in word-by-word or phrase-by-phrase manner and are important to form the whole meaning of the poem together. They are also often written rhythmically when read. One finds the life philosophy of the owner or the scholar, or the element of prosperity of the people who resided in the building. Dimensions for each: 72" L x 12 1/4" W

  • #24711 Old Larger Size Hand-Painted Satsuma Porcelain Pitcher

    Japanese and Other Art Decorative & Collectibles ...

    85.00

    65.00

    Old Larger Size Hand-Painted Satsuma Porcelain Pitcher, beautifully painted and singed at the bottom as well. One hair-line crack. As is. Early 20th century.

  • #24843 Rare Antique Hand-Painted and Signed Blue-and-White Porcelain Pillow Square

    Decorative and Collectible Decorative & Collectibles ...

    1300.00

    850.00

    A Very Rare Antique Hand-Painted and Signed Blue-and-White Porcelain Pillow Square. This one has very unusual painted motives of a wonderful buffalo on one side, while the other side is painted with several rabbits or hares. Other painted motives include scrolls, leaf, and and vegetation. It has the cutout design of an auspicious double-coin design on one side, with the opposite side bearing two rows of signature, each composed of two characters. Comes with Chinese government's antique waxed seal. 19th century. This is truly an unusual and beautiful one! Dimensions: 5 5/8" L x 2 5/8" W x 4 1/2" H

  • #24031 Antique Small Size Hand-Painted wooden Chest with A Young Boy and Bird

    Wooden and Leather Trunk Decorative & Collectibles Chinese Furiture ...

    1800.00

    1150.00

    Antique Small Size Hand-Painted wooden Chest with A Young Boy and Bird. This interesting chest with a rare original motif of a young boy holding an auspicious magpie bird was specially created to store a child's belongings. It came from the Shanxi area in China. Such chests were popular to use for children believing that they brought good luck, safety, and prosperity. A commonly seen motif on these boxes would be a painted Fu-lion with majority of the boxes found being made in the earlier part of the 20th century and often repainted. This one is possibly from the 19th century. The back metal hinges have been replaced. This is truly a charming piece! Dimensions: 17 3/4" L x 13" W x 13 7/8" H

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