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Chinese Ink Box Crafted from Bronze with Character Engravings C. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A Chinese Ink Box crafted from bronze, with engraved Chinese characters from the early 20th century
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Pair of Chinese Ink Boxes crafted from Bronze with Character Engravings, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A pair of Chinese ink boxes crafted from bronze, with engraved Chinese characters from the early
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

Small Bronze Antique Chinese Repousse Ink Box
Located in New York, NY
A small antique repousse Chinese ink box displaying four figures wearing traditional Chinese garb
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Antique Chinese Bronze Repousse' Ink Box
Located in New York, NY
A small and quite unusual antique Chinese bronze repousse' ink box with interesting, fanciful
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Early 20th Century Chinese Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Chinese or Japanese Ink Stone for Calligraphy in Mother of Pearl box
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Interesting and have piece. Must be an inkstone. The cover is with mother of pearl with a box where
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Antique Early 1900s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Mother Of Pearl Game Pieces in Wooden Box in Chinese Style
Located in Greven, DE
Numerous finely engraved mother-of-pearl game pieces in a wooden box in Chinese style. The game
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20th Century Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Persian Wooden Box
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century Persian wooden box A large Persian wooden box and marquetry called "Khatam Kari
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Antique Early 19th Century Unknown Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century George Rowney Antique Watercolour Box
Located in London, GB
, Brunt Sienna, Van Dyke, Sap Green. Includes 2 Chinese ink sticks (to be ground and used with water
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Antique 1890s British Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Regency English Penwork Cabinet
Located in Northampton, GB
”, though the exact meaning is unclear. Penwork Penwork, or pen and ink, was used on boxes to
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Antique Late 18th Century British George III Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sycamore

Regency English Penwork Cabinet
Regency English Penwork Cabinet
H 7.1 in W 12.6 in D 12.4 in
Vintage Gilt Decorated Ink Sticks - Original Box - China - Mid 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage gilt decorated ink sticks for calligraphy - inscriptions to the back of each stick - China
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Crayon

Set of 8 Antique Calligraphic Ink Blocks, Chinese, Boxed, Printing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is set of 8 antique calligraphic ink blocks. A Chinese, boxed set of printing shapes, dating
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Regency Chinoiserie Penwork Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
in 1820, the Prince Regent succeeded him as George IV. Penwork, or pen and ink, was used on boxes to
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Tea Caddies

Materials

Sycamore

Regency Chinoiserie Penwork Tea Chest
Regency Chinoiserie Penwork Tea Chest
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H 7.09 in W 12.99 in D 6.69 in
Antique Chinese Calligraphy Ink Stones in Box Great Condition, ca 1900-1930
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique Chinese Calligraphy Ink Stones in Box Great Condition, ca 1900-1930. Very interesting
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Nautical Objects

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Antique Chinese Qing Guangxu Imperial Style Red Ink Stick With Box 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
A rare antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Guangxu period Imperial style marked red ink stick, in the form
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Blue and White Porcelain Ink Writing Jewerly Box - China 1900 Asian art XXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
. Although it probably served as an ink box, it can today be used as a ring box, a secret box or just as a
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain, Ceramic

Large Antique Calligraphic Ink Block, Chinese, Soot Ink, Victorian, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large antique calligraphic ink block. A Chinese, boxed soot ink printing stone, dating to
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Chinese Contemporary Ink Art by Wang Tiande
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Wang Tiande (Chinese b.1960) Title: "Digital Series No.4 C07", 2004 Medium: Chinese ink on
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Early 2000s Chinese Modern Contemporary Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood, Paper

Chinese Contemporary Ink Art by Wang Tiande
Chinese Contemporary Ink Art by Wang Tiande
H 52.75 in W 25.75 in D 1.5 in
Set of 8 Antique Calligraphic Ink Blocks, Chinese, Cased, Printing, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique set of 8 calligraphic ink blocks. A Chinese, cased set of printing shapes
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Scholar's Objects

Materials

Stone

Chinese Carved Jade Box and Cover
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese Carved Jade Box and Cover, carved in the form of a horned mythical tortoise standing on
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20th Century Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Export Silver Tea Set with Original Box Zee Wo
By Zee Wo
Located in Atlanta, GA
. The box retains partially legible ink writings on the bottom identifying the content. Size: Teapot
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork

Materials

Silver

Antique Japanese Ink Hanging Scroll Hidaka Tetsuo with Wood Storage Box
By Hidaka Tetsuo
Located in Atlanta, GA
shown. Tetsuo was a monk of Zen-sect who painted in Chinese ink style. He was born in Nagasaki and
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Wood, Paper

Pair of Japanese Ink Hanging Scrolls Kano Tanyu
By Kano Tan'yu 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine matching pair of hanging scrolls ink on paper mounted in green brocade borders circa Edo
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Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Wood, Paper

Chinese Export Trade Painting Depicting ‘the Tea Shop', Chinoiserie Chique
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A refined Chinese export painting depicting ‘The Tea shop’ Canton, early 19th century Ink and
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk

Han Dynasty, Laying Doe Wood Sculpture, China 100AD
Located in PARIS, FR
Superb sculpture of a laying doe from the Chinese Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). Remainders of
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Han Mounted Objects

Materials

Wood

Japanese Painting Showa Period Scroll by Bisen Fukuda Ink Landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
[Authentic Artwork] ◆ Bisen Fukuda ◆ Chinese Landscape ◆ Lake Dongting ◆ Illustration of the Great
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Vintage 1950s Taisho Paintings

Materials

Silk

Large Antique Zen Japanese Ink Scroll After Sesson Shukei
Located in Atlanta, GA
x 46" H; the scroll measures 24" W x 81" H. In a storage wood box with Chinese inscription as shown.  
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms, Tani Buncho
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms and Poem, scroll mounting, signature & single seal
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Antique Chinese Shoushan Stone Tianhuang Carving Sage Immortal Pixiu Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
This exceptional Chinese Shoushan stone carving is a fine example of Qing artistry and
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Stone

Japanese Nihonga Painting 19th c Edo Scroll by Tonomura Chokunyu River landscape
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
[Authentic work] ◆Tanomura Chokunyu ◆Ink painting landscape ◆Japanese painting ◆Handpainted ◆ Paper
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Antique 19th Century Edo Paintings

Materials

Silk

Japanese Painting Meiji / Taisho Period Scroll by Dokuzan Hashimoto Zen Buddhism
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. The present worked shows a lone Chinese man in a deep woods, leaning over the railing of a stone
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Antique Early 1900s Taisho Paintings

Materials

Silk

Japanese Silk Scroll by Haruki Nanmei Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
box with ink inscription of title on the lid and collector's note and inscription and seal under the
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese roiro lacquer scholar combo box with an upper tier of inkstone box (Suzuribako) and a
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Stone, Metal

Japanese antique pottery Jar/10th-14th century/gray wabi-sabi jar/"Sueki"
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
the 14th century. There is ink writing on the bottom of the jar, but the excavation location is Manabe
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Jars

Materials

Pottery

Japanese Nihonga Painting 19th c Edo Scroll by Seiki Yokoyama Landscape Shijo
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. This work is drawn by hand and on paper. The box is a combined box. The paper has some small stains
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Antique 19th Century Edo Paintings

Materials

Silk

Japanese Silk Suijaku Scroll Nyorai-Kojin with Mixed Buddhism and Shinto Deities
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk Suijaku hanging scroll beautifully presented in a custom wood shadow box frame from
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Wood

Antique Japanese Hanging Scroll Attributed to Iwasa Matabei
Located in Atlanta, GA
. However, the scroll storage box was inscribed in Chinese with a title "Warrior Lord" and "Painted by Iwasa
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Antique Early 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Silk, Paper

Rare Triptych Scroll Paintings by Watanabe Seitei Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
his classic Nihonga (New Japanese style) influenced not only by Chinese classic ink wash painting but
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brocade, Silk, Wood

Four Rare Heliograph Views of Mining Near Sungei Bessi River in Malaysia, 1907
Located in Langweer, NL
in 1907. 1) A Sand-Lake of Residue (Sungai of Sungei Bessi) 2) Chinese Smelting Works 3) Europ
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Antique Early 1900s Prints

Materials

Paper

Green Jade ink box
Located in Toronto, ON
five sides of the box. It was used for holding ink during the Ming Dynasty in ancient China.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Sculptures

Green Jade ink box
Green Jade ink box
H 1 in W 5 in D 3 in
Antique Japanese Ink Painting of Chinese Poets, Scroll Mounting, Yosa Buson
Located in New York, NY
Yosa Buson (1716 - 1783) Bunjinga painting of Chinese scholars at leisure with their attendants
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Antique 1760s Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Red Lacquer Box with Antique Painted Porcelain
Located in SOMIS, CA
Beautiful box is painted in brilliant, pure cinnabar red, a prized lacquer that's till this day
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Mt. Fuji Writing Box
Located in New York, NY
Suzuribako writing box with décor of Mount Fuji on a gold lacquer ground, the inside with gold
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Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Gold, Silver

Mt. Fuji Writing Box
Mt. Fuji Writing Box
H 1.66 in W 8.39 in D 9.65 in
Japanese Ink Painting of Plum Blossoms Inscribed Tani Buncho, Scroll Mounting
Located in New York, NY
Japanese ink on paper painting of Plum Blossoms and Poem, scroll mounting, signature & single seal
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paper

Writing Box with Fans and Flowering Plants
Located in New York, NY
A nando suzuribako (writing box with en-suite storage) with aikuchi (flush-fitting) lid and beveled
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Rare Regency Penwork Decorated Cabinet
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
rare penwork cabinet has a working lock and tasselled key. Penwork, or Pen and Ink, was used on boxes
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Antique 19th Century British Regency Cabinets

Materials

Bone, Wood

Rare Regency Penwork Decorated Cabinet
Rare Regency Penwork Decorated Cabinet
H 12.25 in W 12.5 in D 7 in
Japanese World War II Imperial Army Flag
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ink on white silk with red central disc. Beautifully preserved in a custom double glazed frame box
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Decorative Art

Materials

Cherry

Bronze Repousse Ink Box with Prancing Monkeys
Located in New York, NY
An old and nicely worn bronze Chinese ink box with carefully crafted whimsical images of two
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Early 20th Century Chinese Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Blue and White Seal Ink Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite porcelain box has the shallow, rounded form of a seal ink box, traditionally used by
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Lacquered Chinese Covered Box With Trays
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely lacquered chinese box with little trays inside. It was perhaps used for serving some sort
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Hand Painted Seal Box by Deng Ying
By Deng Ying
Located in Chicago, IL
-painted seal box is one of a series playfully drawing on the Chinese tradition of blue-and-white porcelain
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Hand Painted Seal Box by Deng Ying
Hand Painted Seal Box by Deng Ying
H 1.25 in Dm 2.5 in L 1.25 in
Antique Chinese Mandarin Rug with Manchester Wool and Jazz Age Chinoiserie Style
By Walter Nichols
Located in Dallas, TX
77337, antique Chinese Mandarin rug with Manchester wool and Jazz Age chinoiserie style. This hand
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Chinese and East Asian Rugs

Materials

Wool

19th Century Chinese Officer's Ink Box Table
Located in Chicago, IL
creative inspiration, the official likely decorated this elmwood ink box himself with a traditional "shan
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Steel

19th Century Chinese Blue and White Ink Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite blue and white porcelain box once contained the ink used by a Qing-dynasty scholar or
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Chinese Blue and White Ink Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite blue and white porcelain box once contained the ink used by a Qing-dynasty scholar or
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Miniature Seal Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese scholars' chest for keeping seals, ink, and inkstones neatly stored on the
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Antique 19th Century Jewelry Boxes

Miniature Seal Chest
Miniature Seal Chest
H 11 in W 12 in D 9 in
Regency Chinoiserie Penwork Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
in 1820, the Prince Regent succeeded him as George IV. Penwork, or pen and ink, was used on boxes to
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Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Tea Caddies

Materials

Brass

Regency Chinoiserie Penwork Tea Caddy
Regency Chinoiserie Penwork Tea Caddy
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H 5.51 in W 8.27 in D 4.92 in
Framed Antique Chinese Landscape Ink Painting Zhou QiaoNian Qing Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese horizontal landscape scroll painting in ink and watercolor by the well-known late Qing
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Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Paintings and Screens

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Antique Chinese Scrimshaw carved/inked "Shunga" plates 19th century. Great piece
Located in Firenze, FI
flowers (lotus and more), birds, mountain scenes, and empire figurines in a great box framing presentation
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bone

Antique Asian Lacquer Calligraphy Writing Box Signed with Carved Ink Stones
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Asian, lacquered and signed wood writing or calligraphy box with carved and signed ink
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Early 20th Century Asian Chinoiserie Lacquer

Materials

Stone

Calligraphy Box
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Calligraphy box with 2 brushes, dry ink, ink plate and small porcelain container with spoon in the
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20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Textile

Calligraphy Box
Calligraphy Box
H 1.58 in W 6.7 in D 3.94 in
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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal Chinese ink box for your home. Each Chinese ink box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bronze and abalone. There are many kinds of the Chinese ink box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right Chinese ink box, those designed in styles are of considerable interest.

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Prices for a Chinese ink box start at $250 and top out at $1,880 with the average selling for $470.
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