A Pair of Southern Official's Hat Arm Chairs

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1700: item #348913
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Exquisite pair of chairs from the early Qing Dynasty between the 17th and 18th century. Notice the red lacquered circles on the back of the chairs. 20.75 inches wide, 16.25 inches deep,seat height is 19 1/2 inches high, and the back is 39 1/2 inches high.

Chinese Antique Iron Fire pit

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1700: item #348041
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This is a very old piece that dates back to the 17th century during the Ming Dynasty. The radius is 19.6 inches and it stands 10 inches high.

A pair of Chinese Antique Side Chairs

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1900: item #347952
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These side chairs are made of locust and are in great condition. Dated back to the Ming Dynasty. The width of each chair is 20 inches, the depth is 15 inches, and the height of the seat is 21 inches, height of the back is 47 1/2 inches.

Chinese Antique Trunk made of Camphor Wood

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1800: item #347950
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This trunk is with all original hardware and is made of camphor. It is in excellent condition inside and out. From the mid Qing Dynasty between the 18th and 19th century.

Chinese "Four Sides Flat" Meditation Bench

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1800: item #347917
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Once used as meditation benches, these are now great as coffee tables or side tables. Made of cypress wood in Northern China and in excellent condition. "Four-side-flat" feature makes the pair look very modern as well. The tops are single planks. The pair dates back to Mid-Qing Dynasty between 18th and 19th century. The width of each is 24.4 inches,24.4 inches in depth and 20 inches in height.

Greeting Cabinet with original black lacquer

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1700: item #347716
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"Yingmengui" is a type of cabinet placed at the front of the foyer to greet the guests. This piece has outstanding original lacquer painting. The age of the piece shows on the patina of the lacquer. It is dated in the early Qing dynasty between 17th and 18th century. The width is 37.4 inches, the depth 23.6 inches,and the height 37.4 inches.

Fujian Makeup Box, Qing

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1900: item #340892
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Birds and flowers carved in relief and highlighted with gilt decorate the doors on this 19th century elm wood makeup box that originated in Fujian Province. A mirror, concealed under the folding lid, is framed in red and encircled with a gilt-touched carving of flowers around a scalloped interior frame. Two drawers used to store cosmetics are in the lower section behind the doors. Because the box was used as a portable vanity, the top is secured with a metal hasp and the sides have metal handles... Click for details

Qing Rice Container, Side Table Size

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1900: item #336461
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A 19th century Chinese lidded rice container is an appealing shape and perfect size to take on a new role as a small side table with cultural connections. This late Qing era storage container is constructed of elm wood staves with three metal bands, handsomely done in the manner of many Chinese handcrafted utilitarian items of that period. Calligraphy on the bottom attests to its origins. With its pear shape and solid flat lid, this piece moves easily from its origin in rural China to a spot nex... Click for details

Antique Chinese Elm Daybed, 18th - 19th Century

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1900: item #335686
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A wonderful, very old Chinese daybed, the legs and frame fashioned from elm, the top surface inset with woven rattan and raised on square legs with inturned, horse hoof feet. Construction of this bed is in the traditional Chinese fashion with the rattan on top supported by a handwoven cord netting underneath, the two center wood frame supports bowed outward for flexibility of the rattan on top when in use. The picture of the underside reveals that this bed has been restrung in the distant pas... Click for details

Itinerant Barber's Bench, Qing

Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Furniture Pre 1900: item #321080
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This low bench with four drawers was used by a street barber in 19th century China as a portable stool for his customers, to carry his tools and as a money box. Since such benches essentially served as the barber's shop, they were solidly built, generally with widely splayed legs, and usually with some decorative touches. Note the carving along the bottom edges. For an old illustration of a barber carrying a similar bench on one end of a long pole, balanced on the other end by a small stove for ... Click for details