Chinese Blackwood Document Box, Late 19th Century

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1920: item #903820
10053

A Blackwood (Hongmu) document box with double fish brass work. Excellent condition. Late 19th Century Jiangsu Province, South China

Width 12 x Depth 6 x Height 2 1/4 inch (30.5 x 15 x 5.5 cm)

Chinese Leather Trunk

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1910: item #903041
62-43

An early 20th century Chinese trunk is covered on all sides with leather in a deep wine color. The front is centered with a hasp on a circular brass back plate, and side handles and hinges also are brass. Such old Chinese leather trunks have great character and adapt nicely to second lives as casual coffee tables with storage. This piece is in solid condition and has the expected dings and dents of its age. Dimensions: height 15” (38 cm), width 32” (81.3 cm), depth 23 ½” (59.8 cm).

19th Century Chinese Mirrored Portable Vanity

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1900: item #898946
60-18

A late Qing portable elm wood vanity box has two drawers for cosmetics behind relief carved and gilded doors, a folding mirror secured with a hasp and two metal side handles, all suggesting it was used for travel or at least easily carried from one area of the living quarters to another. Birds and flowers are carved on the doors, and the mirror is encircled with a carved scalloped frame of gilt-touched flowers. This handsome piece originated in Fujian Province and is in excellent condition. Al... Click for details

Chinese Lidded Wooden Rice Bucket

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1930: item #891621
BPB53

DESCRIPTION: A decorative and brightly painted Chinese wooden bucket originally used to hold rice in the household. Dating from the 1920’s, this bucket is sometimes called a “pumpkin bucket” due to its distinctive raised and brightly colored exterior panels. It has been crafted like a barrel with twisted wire at the upper rim and foot which secure the shaped strips together. The red lid has a shaped knob, and Chinese characters can be seen on the interior foot. In very good condition with so... Click for details

A Chinese Blackwood (Hongmu) Bonsai Stand, Late 19th C

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1910: item #888708
10466

A Chinese Blackwood (Hongmu) stand, probably a stand use for display miniature bonsai

Diameter 3 1/2 x Height 10 2/8 inch (9.5 x 25.5 cm)

Excellent condition

Shanghai Wood Pitcher with Carved Faux Bamboo Handle

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1910: item #884476
60-24

This late Qing wood pitcher from Shanghai is similar in form to provincial pitchers but is made of a harder wood, is more carefully constructed and has a sleeker look than its country cousins. The basic construction design is similar—shaped staves form the bowl and are held together with bands. The individual staves on this one are so tightly fitted that it looks as though it is carved from one piece of wood. The band around the bottom is metal but has been colored to match the wood; the upper b... Click for details

Octagonal Wood Trunk Painted with Chinese Opera Scenes

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1900: item #877988
60-68

Vignettes from Chinese operas are painted on this octagonal 19th century wood trunk. Rendered primarily in orange/red, cream and black, and framed in red and blue, the scenes float on a striking turquoise background. On one side of the piece, a large dramatic orange/red flower painting gives variety to the colorful vignettes. The trunk, or lidded box, is one of the many types of decorative containers once used in Chinese households to store shoes. It has metal carrying handles on the sides, and ... Click for details

Mirror with 19th Century Chinese Fretwork Panel

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1900: item #855585
58-25

Finely carved and fitted fretwork in this 19th century Chinese interior window panel is emphasized by the addition of a mirror. The abstract winged shapes surround a circle that seems to float within the fretwork. Many thousands of different fretwork patterns such as this were created in China for use as architectural or decorative elements. The hand carved wood pieces on this panel and on all antique Chinese fretwork are closely fitted and held together in a puzzle-like fashion without glue or ... Click for details

Miniature Chinese Altar Table or Stand, c. 1900

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1910: item #849847
BPB197

DESCRIPTION: A handsome miniature Chinese hung mu (rosewood) altar table with three inset rosewood panels in the top, inset pierced waist and scrolled apron. Excellent condition, C. 1900. DIMENSIONS: 8” long (20.3 cm) x 3 ½” wide (8.9 cm) x 4 ¼” high (11.5 cm).

Qing Carved Wood Panel Fitted with Mirror

Chinese: Furniture: Accessories Pre 1900: item #844816
58-20

A late 19th century Chinese wood panel has excellent sinuous pierced carving on wide bands that stretch across the top and bottom and are set within a contrasting wood frame. The plain frame in a lighter reddish hue draws the eye to the quality of carving in the darker red/brown bands. The piece has been fitted with a new mirror, which for photography purposes, has been sprayed with a temporary non-reflective film. Originally part of a multi-panel screen, this Qing carving is in very good condit... Click for details