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JJ Oriental
$4,800.00 A very rare round tea stand made of huanghuali with an insert burl wood top by a round stretcher and the splay legs ended in "Lin Zi" head feet.
Age: Early 19th century.
JJ Oriental
$6,500.00 A very rare pair of ironwood chairs also know as Tieli mu. Ironwood has been used with huanghuali items since the Ming Dynasty. In all the years that I have been collecting Chinese furniture, this is the only pair of ironwood chairs I have come across. Ironwood is usually been confused with jichimu. I find it just as desirable. Size: H. 112cm. W. 60cm. Depth. 45cm
Age: Mid Qing.Condition: No repairs.
A beautiful 18th C. Chinese woodern stand with beautiful patina and beautiful carving , I believe it is used for jade piece before. With normal wear. H:20cm Sold to Australia
Zentner Collection
Price on Request The Ming dynasty tradition of mortise and tenon joinery can be seen and experienced in this later Ming form day bed. The Zitan bed platform rests soundly on all four inverted horse hoof legs. Mortise corners frame the woven bamboo rattan seat cover. For added flexibility, roped lacing and carved wooden support structures help reinforce the durability of its function.
The back and side rails form a lattice-like structure called “wheel of life” pattern...
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique pair of Chinese official's hat arm chairs, made of huanghuali wood with intricately woven rattan seats. Carved cusped edged apron. Dramatic grain.
Provenance: From the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum. 17th century Dimensions: 44" high x 18 7/8" wide x 17" deep. Seat: 20 1/2" high.
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Chinese pair of huanghuali wood official's hat chairs. Simply and smoothly carved with a cusped edge on the front legs. Rattan seats. Provenance: from the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum, California.
(Note regarding the Museum label: little was known about Chinese hardwoods at the time this label was made. Thus the wood is mislabeled "cherry wood").
17th Century Dimensions: 39 1/4" high x 19 1/4" wide x 17" deep...
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Chinese antique rectangular foot stand made of huanghuali wood. Classic lines and simple elegance. Underside with characters in ink and old paper label.
late 19th century Dimensions: 6 1/4" high x 25 1/2" long x 13" wide
JJ Oriental
$6,500.00 Rare pair of Blackwood side chairs. These were usually reserved for the men. This is classical Northern Chinese design. Very simple but elegant, classical Ming design. My favorite type of Chinese furniture.
Size: H.104cm W.52cm.
Age: 18th century
Condition: Old repair on one leg. See last photo.
Zentner Collection
$2,750.00 An antique ornate table from China. The top section has two drawers with a geometric patern. Below are three panels with images of fruit and leaves. The legs of the table are bordered by carvings of flowering trees.
Date: 17th/18th Century Dimensions: 33" tall X 43" wide X 30" deep
Zentner Collection
$4,500.00 An antique Chinese Coffer Table made entirely of Elm wood. Originating from the Zhejiang Province it epitomizes fine country furniture. It was designed with Peony drawer panels and patinated drawer pulls with a simple locking mechanism for one drawer. Below the drawers are 3 separate reticulated panels featuring a cloud motif and a pair of spandrels showcasing a scrolling leaf pattern that matches the continuity of the theme...
Zentner Collection
$6,500.00 A wonderful example of a carved an painted mid 18th C. Mongolian storage cabinet with flat table top surface. Still retains its original pigment with floral motif seen along with the floral handcarved drawer fronts. Footed base support legs float the chest off the ground. Very sturdy and strong in construction. All original hand forged iron is there and complete.
Mid 18th Century C. 1740's Dimensions: 44" Wide x 33 1/2'' H X 20" D
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Tibetan painted traveling trunk (also known as a Yak butter trunk) used to store and transport religious yak butter sculptures and artifacts. The main image shows a flaming jewel while the surrounding painting shows an octagonal foliated grid pattern. The fractal design shows an infinite repetition of the Mandala shapes and patterns. Decorated with the arrow shaped mounts along the edges. The polychrome on wood is all original...
Zentner Collection
$5,000.00 Pair of antique Chinese Horseshoe Chairs made of Elm and original rattan woven seats with original support structure to the underside. They each have 3 back splat panels which are indicative of the 18th Century Kangxi Period. With a slight difference in size, the male chair has a back panel wood carving of a ring connecting two arabesque vine patterns suggesting double happiness in marriage (called a Chou pattern). The female chair has a wood carving of a stylized Lotus design...
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00 Antique Chinese small cabinet with six open shelves originally intended for displaying small precious artworks. There are two small drawers between the upper and lower shelves. The bottom portion of the chest has two cabinet compartments opened by hinged doors. The entire surface of the wooden cabinet is lacquered and detailed with vine and floral motifs.
Age: Ming Dynasty Dimensions: 24" high x 21 3/4" wide x 7 1/4" deep
Zentner Collection
$3,000.00 An antique Chinese brown lacquer cabinet with hardstone and mother of pearl inlay decoration. Original 18th C brass/nickel hardware. 2 doors open to a spacious storage area with a removable split level shelf.
Age: 18th Century Dimensions: 24 3/4" Wide by 36 3/4" High by 12 1/4" Deep
JJ Oriental
Sold.Thank you A beautiful and rare blackwood vanity chest. This is an unique piece and very large and quite heavy. It has all the original brass fittings and many drawers. There are many copies of this piece and this is the only original one I have come by in all the years I have been collecting.
Age: Early 19th century. Size: L. 35cm. W. 25.8cm. H. 21cm. Condition: All original.
JJ Oriental
Sold. Thank you. A unique piece of zitan wood used as a sample for the scholar's woodworker. This piece is unusual as it shows a very light color of the zitan wood which is probably close to the bark area. There are two holes drilled in the piece for attaching a string for hanging. This piece weighs 550 grams. This is a great item for the zitan collector. Size: L.17.3cm. W.10.3cm. H.2.4cm. Condition: No repairs.
JJ Oriental
Sold. Thank you A very rare Chinese Nanmu scholar's table chest. Nanmu wood has been used in China since the Han dynasty and is very prized by collectors as it is difficult to find. I feel that it is rarer than huanghuali. I have only come across one Nanmu scholar's chest in all the years that I have been collecting.
Size: L.34cm. W.17cm. H.6cm.
Age: Mid Qing or earlier. Condition: No repairs
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