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Chinese Puzzle Box

Lavender Jade Pendant Puzzle Box Carving Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
bead inside a "box." This type of carving is sometimes called a "puzzle box" and would also be known as
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2010s Chinese Artisan Pendant Necklaces

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Jade

Puzzled by Patty Carroll, 2022, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Patty Carroll
Located in Dallas, TX
table overflowing with puzzle pieces. Stacks of puzzle boxes surround the room, with puzzle pieces
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

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Archival Pigment

Unusual Japanese Lacquer Inkstone Box with MOP Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese black lacquer box with mother of pearl inlays circa early 20th century, end of Meiji
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer

4 Mid-20th Century Asian Cast Bronze Figures on Black Wood Plaques Signed Gansu
Located in Topeka, KS
our research we discovered that Gansu is a province in north-central China. Its city Jiayuguan is best
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Art

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Bronze

Delft, Blue and White Dragon Dish Mark AIK, Period J van der Kool '1722-1757'
By Dutch Originals
Located in Verviers, BE
, puzzle jugs and even egg cups. Customers could perhaps put together a service themselves by combining
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Antique 18th Century Dutch Baroque Delft and Faience

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Ceramic, Faience

Les femmes fatales
By Erró
Located in Malmo, SE
Portfolio with 5 silkscreens in a wooden box. Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 150 ex. Signed
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Les femmes fatales
Les femmes fatales
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H 46.07 in W 29.53 in
Dakota Jackson French Art Deco Postmodern Mahogany Executive Partners Desk 96"
By Dakota Jackson
Located in Dayton, OH
be like a Chinese puzzle," Jackson recalled in a 1986 interview published in the Chicago Tribune.[6
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Late 20th Century Art Deco Desks and Writing Tables

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Stainless Steel

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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Taxidermy

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President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian Tea Table
By Albert Hadley, Sister Parish
Located in St. Louis, MO
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian tea table Quite possibly the most important tea table in American History The famed, English Victorian tea ta...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables

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Lacquer

GIA Certified Jadeite Green Engraved Diamond Ring Platinum France
Located in Berkeley, CA
Engraved spirals sit perfectly in the center of this bright spring green Jadeite Jade ring. Made in France and set in Platinum this ring has 0.15 carats total weight of old mine cut ...
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Cocktail Rings

Materials

Diamond, Jade, Platinum

Japanese 19th Century Miniature Lacquer Chest with Waterfall
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese 19th century miniature lacquer chest with waterfall. Late Edo to early Meiji period lacquer chest (mid to late 19th century) with two characters on the front reading Nuno an...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Gold, Silver, Bronze

Natural Untreated Premium Quality 2.16ct Australian Black Opal
By Renata Bernard
Located in Sydney, AU
Australia is the birthplace of the most beautiful precious opal gemstones in the world. Fine Australian opals mesmerise with colours changing and shifting the gem moves with an unriv...
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2010s Australian Contemporary Loose Gemstones

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Opal, Black Opal

Jade Bangle Light Apple Green Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This gorgeous natural and untreated Burmese jadeite jade bangle is a lively mottled apple green. Free from dyes and polymers, this naturally beautiful bangle has an inner diameter of...
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2010s Chinese Artisan Bangles

Materials

Jade

Imperial Green Jadeite Jade Pi Disc and Diamond Pendant, Certified Untreated
By Luxe Pieces
Located in San Francisco, CA
This all imperial green jadeite jade carved round disc set with 18K white gold diamond pendant. The carved round disc symbolizes peace and measures .89 inches (22.6mm) x 1.4 inches ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Burmese Contemporary Pendant Necklaces

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Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold

Burma Ruby No-Heat 4.75 Carats Set in Vintage Platinum Mounting, Certified
Located in Southbury, CT
An enormous, spectacular four-carat cabochon-cut vivid pinkish-red no-heat Burma ruby commands attention in this extraordinary platinum Mid-century ring. The stoplight-red ruby measu...
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Mid-20th Century American Contemporary Engagement Rings

Materials

Diamond, Ruby, Platinum

Jade Ring GIA Certified Untreated Purple Jadeite, Size 10 ½
Located in Southbury, CT
This extraordinary ring was hand-carved from a single piece or natural and untreated GIA-Certified Burmese jadeite jade. The translucent stone is purple with a hint of light green. ...
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2010s Chinese Artisan Band Rings

Materials

Jade

Jade Necklace
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Jade bead necklace purchased in mid/late 20th century. Weighs 370.55g in total weight and has 45 beads, beads are Large in scale and knotted in between each bead 16 inches long. Perf...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Beaded Necklaces

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Jade

Jade Necklace
Jade Necklace
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Jade Ring Emerald Green Certified Untreated Circa 1960s
Located in Southbury, CT
Such an unusual one-of-a-kind ring from the middle of the previous century (circa 1960s), this 14K yellow gold ring features a hand-carved, fluted cabochon of luscious, translucent d...
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Mid-20th Century American Artisan Band Rings

Materials

Jade, 14k Gold

Imperial Jadeite Jade Pendant GIA Certified Untreated
Located in Southbury, CT
This imperial jade & diamond pendant is simple and perfect. The mid-century (circa 1960s-1970s) pendant has been rendered in 18K white gold and set with a quarter-carat of small, br...
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Vintage 1960s Unknown Modern Pendant Necklaces

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Jade, 18k Gold

19th Century Chinese Chippendale Pagoda Cabinet
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in Houston, TX
A stunning and rare 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale pagoda cabinets. This highly stylized hand carved mahogany cabinets features, glass shelving, pagoda gabled roofs, classi...
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Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines

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Glass, Mahogany

Japanese Lacquer Smoking Box, Tabako Bon, Edo Period, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine Japanese maki-e lacquer decorated tabako bon, or smoking box, late Edo Period, mid-19th century, Japan. The elegant smoking box of black lacquer decorated with a wonde...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Lacquer

Rare Meiji Period Japanese Lacquer Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large, rare and important Meiji period, late 19th century, Japanese lacquer cabinet Meiji period (1868-1912) 19th century In three parts, designed with asymmetric sections of open...
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Antique 19th Century Furniture

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Wood

Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and elegant Korean black lacquer and abalone mother of pearl inlay "longevity" box, circa 1930s, Korea. The box, most likely used to store documents, is crafted of black la...
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Vintage 1930s Korean Showa Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer, Abalone

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Patinated Bronze & Pietra Dura Decorative Box, Italy circa 1880
Located in Pasadena, CA
Patinated Bronze & Pietra Dura Decorative Box, Italy circa 1880 Pietra Dura, called parchin kari or
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Bronze

UNUSUAL VINTAGE METAMORPHIC ORIENTAL CHINESE NEST OF SIDE TABLES WiTH DRAWERS
Located in GB
I have honestly never seen anything like this nest before, they are like a puzzle box nest of tables
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

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Wood

Tea Shop Display Mannequin- Lifesize
Located in Peekskill, NY
. At 5 foot tall this is the largest known example . When a shop ordered large quantities of Chinese
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Antique 19th Century Chinese More Folk Art

Materials

Iron

1800s Tea Shop Mannequin- Lifesize
Located in Peekskill, NY
. At 5 foot tall this is the largest known example . When a shop ordered large quantities of Chinese
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Industrial More Furniture and Collectibles

Materials

Iron

MAO FS II.99
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
represent a puzzle of two opposing political ideologies. However, a glaring synthesis between Chinese
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

Les femmes fatales
By Erró
Located in Malmo, SE
Portfolio with 5 silkscreens in a wooden box. Publisher GKM. Unframed. Edition of 150 ex. Signed
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Les femmes fatales
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H 46.07 in W 29.53 in
Gilt Bronze & Pietra Dura Jewlery Box, Italy, circa 1880
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ormolu & Pietra Dura Jewlery Box, Italy circa 1880
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

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Stone, Onyx, Bronze, Ormolu

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Questions About Chinese Puzzle Box
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A puzzle box can also be called a secret box or a trick box. This is a box where you can hide all your secrets because it will only open once you solve its puzzle. You’ll find a variety of puzzle boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    A Japanese puzzle box, called himitsu-bako, are wooden boxes which keep items safe from theft through an intricate mechanical pattern. These boxes require specific steps moving the mechanism to release the obscured lid, opening to reveal the cavity within.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A Chinese hat box is a storage container traditionally used in China and other areas of East Asia to store hats and other headwear. Normally, the boxes feature lacquer construction and have a conical shape. On 1stDibs, find a range of Chinese hat boxes.