DESCRIPTION: A lovely Chinese display stand with scroll feet and pierced side aprons, all hand carved from one piece of beautifully grained rosewood. An estate piece that probably dates from the Republic Period (1911 – 1949), it is in excellent condition, and would make a splendid display stand for sculpture, bonsai or collection pieces. DIMENSIONS: 15 ½” long (39.4 cm) x 7 7/8” (19.6 cm) wide and 3” high (7.6 cm).
Chinese elmwood foot stool with a lattice patterned top. The wood has a slightly red stained appearance. Late 19th century. 24 1/2"L x 12"D x 7 1/4"H. Very sturdy construction in good overall condition. Some minor cracks and slight warping consistent with its age and use. This piece would also function nicely as a display table.
$675.-- for one. Please inquire as to shipping costs to your destination.
Very rare and delicate 19th Century Rosewood and Marble miniature tables, ideal for placing nice art objects such as Porcelain, Statuettes or a Bonsai. 19th Century China, size:H. 10.5cm x L. 26cm x W.18cm. Good condition, collection of 5 pieces, will sell separately
and price quoted is for each.
This large basket, made of bent wood with red lacquer and cast iron fittings, seperates into four compartments. The interior is covered in lacquered cloth, a technique more common to older pieces, so it may be a bit earlier.
It measures approximately 38.75x34.25x17.75 inches (98.5x87x45 cm.)
These Chinese architectural window panels have a graceful and open pattern that is among the most beautiful of the thousands of fretwork designs that were created in China over the centuries. Poplar wood pieces, rounded on top and polished to a smooth sheen, are fitted together in an ingenious way to form an architectural pattern that has a simple yet compelling presence. Traditional Chinese joinery makes the long rectangles strong and solid without the use of nails or glue. Made in Shanxi Provi... Click for details
Aproximately 1m, 13cm x 1m, 14cm
This antique window panel's use of geometry is interspersed with carved floral elements. It dates to the 19th century.
Contemporary Chinese Style Tall Lantern, made of black-lacquered wood with lattice work panels backed by rice paper, electric, takes standard size bulbs.
32 1/2"h x 11"w x 11"d.
The early 19th century panels on this graceful fretwork screen are centered with carved roundels, each with a different vignette of a bird and flowers. An unusual pattern of curved, carefully fitted fretwork with finely done carvings of endless knots, urns, flowers and nature dragons recalls the style and iconography of ancient Chinese bronzes. Flowers and grasses are carved in low relief in different scenes at the bottom of each panel. Pierced carving at the top of the panels depicts a ruyi. Th... Click for details
Chinese opera scenes are painted on the sides and lid of this late 19th century Chinese trunk. The octagon shape of the container, traditional for Chinese shoe trunks, is echoed in the octagon-shaped borders on the paintings. Such trunks quite often had a background color of turquoise, the hue on this one, or of very dark green, although we have seen them in black and bright blue as well. The size of the trunk makes it suitable for use as an accent table. There is wear on the painted surface app... Click for details
Once part of a Buddhist temple in Western China, this early 19th century panel has graceful fretwork in a 17th century Ming pattern. The natural elm wood is a rich red/gold color with good grain. Each of the three fretwork rectangles is centered with an old-style good fortune character encircled with slender spokes carved with flowers, which in turn are encircled with elegantly curved wood pieces fitted together to form flower petals and circles. Small panels of carved flowers separate the fretw... Click for details
