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  • Antique Chinese Scroll Box
    Located in Bridgeport, CT
    Stained leather covered wood in deep oxblood and dark brown tones. With three stitched plaques with raised characters on the front. A brass mount with lock on the front (lacking the ...
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    Antique 19th Century Asian Ming Scholar's Objects

    Materials

    Leather, Wood

  • Chinese Qing Dynasty Red Lacquered Scroll Box with Distressed Gold Chinoiserie
    Located in Yonkers, NY
    A Chinese Qing dynasty red lacquered lidded scroll box from the 19th century with distressed gold chinoiserie motifs. Resting on a scalloped plinth accented with discreet foliage, th...
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    Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

    Materials

    Wood

  • Pair of Chinese Longevity Relief Scroll Cases, c. 1900
    Located in Chicago, IL
    Delicately carved of dense hardwood, these 19th-century scroll cases were an essential accessory for the esteemed Qing-dynasty scholar. The perfect size for a rolled-up scroll, the cases were once used to store and protect works of traditional calligraphy and landscape painting. The matching cases are hand-carved in low relief with all-over scrollwork and borders of geometric meanders. Each case is carved with repeated Shou characters, symbols of longevity and a blessing for a long and complete life. Amid the scrollwork flourishes are ribbon-clad objects known as the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism, including the eternal knot...
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    Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

    Materials

    Hardwood

  • 19th Century Chinese Box Document Box
    Located in New York, NY
    19th Century Chinese Document Box. Elm wood in Black lacquer with bronze hardware having a pine wood top shelf compartment in red lacquer. Nicely mad...
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    Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

    Materials

    Elm, Pine

  • Chinese Ten Drawer Document Box, c. 1900
    Located in Chicago, IL
    This petite chest of drawers is an example of the multi-functional boxes used tabletop in lieu of larger cabinets during the Qing dynasty. Such boxes were used to store cosmetics, in...
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    Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Commodes and Chests of Drawers

    Materials

    Brass

  • Anglo-Indian Rosewood Writing Desk, India, circa 1825
    Located in Philadelphia, PA
    Elegant and finely crafted rosewood and ivory inlay traveller's writing desk from the late Mughal period of British India (circa 1825), on low bun feet. In excellent condition, with ...
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    Antique 1820s Indian Islamic Scholar's Objects

    Materials

    Ivory, Rosewood

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