Japanese Meiji to Taisho period cylindrical wood hibachi with a relief design of butterflies above flowering grasses in lacquer and shell inlay. Original copper liner with nice old patina. 10 5/8"high x 10" diameter. Late 19th to early 19th century. Very good, solid overall condition with intact lacquer and inlay. There is typical wear and scratches to the wood.

Carved chair back with stylized dragons, flowers, and the "Hundred Antiquities" motif. Exquisitely detailed carving. The lacquered wood is of unusual quality; indeed, this type of Chinese lacquered furniture is generally of poor quality, both in terms of the wood and the carving, the lacquer compensating for the mediocrity of the wood...

Chinese antique long painting table made all of elm (jumu) wood. Beautiful rustic appeal with traces of original lacquer and patina. Elegant lines with simple side stretchers and carved curling cloud motifs spandrels on a simple apron.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 33 1/2" high x 81 3/4" long x 16 5/8" deep

Antique Chinese solid elm mahjong playing table. Hand carved and made with traditional joinery. Warm lacquered finish with soft details.

Age: early 20th century

Dimensions: 32 1/2" high x 30" square

This elegant Chinese scholar’s writing desk is constructed from solid elm hardwood, a wood long favored in China for its strength, stability, and warm, understated grain. The desk is designed in three interlocking sections—a broad plank top resting on two drawer stands—allowing it to be disassembled and moved with ease, a practical feature in traditional Chinese homes.
The tabletop displays a gently worn surface with a softly raised frame, bearing the patina of decades of use...

Solid rosewood sideboard cabinet, selected for its density, depth of color, and naturally luminous grain. The four-panel door façade is cleanly framed, allowing the wood itself to take center stage, while the restrained profile reflects the Japanese preference for balance and proportion over excess ornament.
The cabinet retains its original brass circular pulls, each fitted with triple drop escutcheons—functional hardware that also provides a subtle decorative accent...

Five carved hardwood panels from an antique piece of furniture or an architectual element. The pierced one carved probably from boxwood, showing a deity riding a qilin among clouds. The other four carved with two figural scenes or flowers. Condition: traces of usage and age, the pierced one with cracks on the backside, the one with peony with some small losses. Dimension: bright one: c. 17 x 10.1 x 1.7 cm, c. 14.5 x 26.4 x 1.2 cm.

Antique Tibetan painted cabinet featuring eight individually framed auspicious panels, each rendered in original mineral pigments over a vibrant vermilion-red lacquer ground...

This small piece of furniture is made of very hard and heavy precious wood with a very fine grain. The mounts are cut from bronze or brass, some of which are inlaid into the wood, which is a beautiful dark reddish-brown color with dark, almost black veins (see photos of the cleaned wood). The piece is completely disassembled, but it is almost complete...

Antique Chiense altar cabinet, dating to the early 19th century, retaining much of its original polychrome surface. The façade features two paneled doors framed by deeply carved and shaped side brackets, with remnants of floral and auspicious motifs rendered in red, yellow, green, and blue mineral pigments...

Large Chinese console in black lacquered wood. It stands on four legs linked by lateral and frontal crosspieces. The legs are straight and slightly flared at the bottom, and the rectangular top is framed by a slightly raised edge. The console has a simple, sober and functional appearance, inspired byMing furniture, famous for its formal rigour and aesthetic simplicity...

A well carved Indonesian gold gilt wood panel, dating to the late 19th century, now mounted and framed for display. hand carved in high relief with deeply undercut layers, the composition flows with scrolling foliage, peonies, chrysanthemums, and acanthus-like leaves, all richly gilded...

The cabinet features a warm reddish-brown patina that has developed naturally over a century of use, highlighting the rich grain and character of the elm wood.
The upper section holds three drawers, each with original brass hardware shaped in a simple yet elegant form. Below, a pair of paneled cabinet doors open to reveal a spacious storage compartment, secured with a traditional round brass lock plate...

An original Chinese cabinet is constructed from solid jumu (elmwood) hardwood, prized for its dense grain, durability, and warm golden-brown tones. The cabinet features a rectangular form with four drawers across the top, each fitted with traditional brass hardware, above a pair of paneled double-doors...

Hardwood table.Hongmu or zitan. Qing Dynasty China. Small table with a drawer and a middle top. The sides and front of the drawer are carved with flowering branches and birds in high relief. The tenon and mortise assembly is robust, the tenons are visible which is a particularity in China of very old furniture. The very hard and dense wood has a very fine grain, it is abnormally heavy. Its color is dark red-brown, almost black in places, it could be purple sandalwood called Zitan by the Chinese...

Chinese coffer table with classic northern provincial styling, featuring a clean rectangular form, overhanging top, and two drawers with butterfly-form brass drawer pulls...

Chinese Hardwood Platter Display Stand, or Easel, Vintage 11" high in brown color, in good condition.

"Hong Kong" label Hardwood Easel, 8" high, brown color, Vintage, display plate upright for 8" to 9" plate, in good condition.