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Chinese Lap Desk

Exceptional Chinese Export Gilt Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Decorated Lap Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese export, circa 1820. An exceptional quality and rare form. Featuring figural landscape
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

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Giltwood, Lacquer

black lacquer wood chinoiserie travel Desk George III
Located in Valladolid, ES
Travel desk made of lacquered and gilded wood with drawers inside, reserved scenes with figures in
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Antique 1790s English Chinese Export Lacquer

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Metal

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Antique English Mahogany Campaign Style Lap Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique English mahogany campaign style travel desk / writing slope box with beautifully aged warm rich patina. circa 1825 Commonly used by military officers in the field, ...
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Antique 19th Century English Campaign Decorative Boxes

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Brass

19th Century Chinese Silk Embroidery Panel
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Exquisite piece of antique embroidery from the 19th century with supporting documents from Hong Kong. Two sleeves of high officials combined to create an intricate panel. The art tel...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Textiles

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Plexiglass, Wood, Silk

Black Lacquer Console Table with Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
Black lacquer console table with two drawers and brass fitting with hoof feet. Simple and elegant form.
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Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables

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Lacquer

1960s Italian Chinoiserie Tole Tray Table With Black Faux Bamboo Stand
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a fun piece! It is a yellow Italian chinoiserie tole tray table on a black faux bamboo tray table. The tan and base are separate pieces, and it is marked. Brighten any space ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Metal

19th C Antique Military Campaign English Traveling Writing Desk Tompson Patent
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique, circa mid 19th Century English Military Campaign traveling writing or lap desk with brass details, a fitted leather and gilt interior, two ink bottles, pen tray and compa...
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Antique Mid-19th Century English Campaign Desks

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Japanese Marquetry and Lacquer Jewelry Chest, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very attractive Japanese wood table top jewelry or collector's chest with marquetry and lacquer decoration, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. Previously in the collection of Asbjorn...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

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Wood, Softwood, Lacquer

Japanese Painting 18c Edo Scroll Chikuseki Nagamachi Nihonga Landscape Painting
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
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Antique 18th Century Edo Paintings

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Silk

Antique Chinese Scroll Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Stained leather covered wood in deep oxblood and dark brown tones. With three stitched plaques with raised characters on the front. A brass mount with lock on the front (lacking the ...
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Antique 19th Century Asian Ming Scholar's Objects

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Leather, Wood

Antique Chinese Scroll Box
Antique Chinese Scroll Box
H 6 in W 23 in D 5.75 in
Chinese Early Qing Dynasty "Water and Land Ritual" Painting, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
An important Chinese 17th century early Qing Dynasty "Water and Land Ritual" painting, mineral pigment and ink on silk, mounted as a scroll, framed and glazed. The painting depic...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Silk, Glass, Giltwood, Paint

Chinese Black Lacquer Presentation Box, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered box is a 19th century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the recipients, the unassuming box would have open...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

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Pine

Chinese Blue Glazed Brush Rest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush rest was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. This early 20th century...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Ceramic

Guangxu Chinese black gold Jewelry Box, yellow silk
Located in Valladolid, ES
Exquisite Chinese Jewelry Box, made for export, France. With a stamp inside of Joan of Arc, Domremy. End S XIX-PP S XX Silk lined interior. Polylobed profile, the entire body covere...
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Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

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Gold Leaf

Persimmon Box in Black Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Persimmon Box Black Lacquer Hand Repousse Copper Base Limited Edition Lacquer is a laborious and time-consuming process. After it is tapped from the trees, lacquer needs to b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Lacquer

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Copper

Japan 1890 Meiji Carved Figure of Fortune God Daikoku As a Farmer With Coins
Located in Miami, FL
A Japanese carved sculpture of Daikoku. Magnificent sculpture of the god of the fortune Daikoku, created in Japan during the Meiji period, circa 1890. The carving depicts the Japane...
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Ivory

Chinese Coromandel Lacquer Six-Fold Screen with Gilded Background
Located in NICE, FR
This exquisite six-fold screen in Chinese coromandel lacquer from the early 20th century depicts vivid scenes of children playing in a traditional village landscape. The richness and...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Lacquer

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Lacquer

Fine Older Chinese Robe Rack in Cinnabar Paint
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A fine vintage robe rack with generous proportions having a good traditional form. There are two carved dragon head top elements that are powerfully carved, one bearing gilt traces. ...
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20th Century Chinese Ming Furniture

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Wood

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China Trade Camphorwood Lap Desk
Located in Wilton, CT
China Trade Lap Desk With Pop-up Compartments and Secret Drawers. Retro-fited with Brass English
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

China Trade Camphorwood Lap Desk
China Trade Camphorwood Lap Desk
H 11 in W 19 in D 17 in
19th Century Chinese Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and good quality Chinese export camphor wood writing desk, circa 1820. Brass bound around
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks

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Hardwood

19th Century Chinese Tambour Campaign Writing Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Quality Chinese export camphor wood lap desk, circa 1820. Made for sea Captains and military
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks

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Hardwood

19th Century Chinese Export Lap Desk with Chinoserie Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century Chinese Export Lap Desk with Chinoserie Decoration
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Desks

Materials

Wood

Mid-19th Century Burr Campaign Lap Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-19th century burr campaign lap desk, circa 1860. Good quality Chinese export burr writing
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Campaign Desks

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Walnut

Mid 19th Century Campaign Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and good quality chinese export camphor wood writing desk, circa 1860. Brass bound around
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Campaign Desks

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Brass

19th Century Asian Burl Wood & Elmwood Scholar's Lap Floor Desk Stationary Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Uniquely conceived Asian scholar's writing table with flaps and drawers as well as open tier for housing paperwork, stationary etc. Simple lines with old patina. Some ink stains pres...
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Antique 1880s Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

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Burl

Chinese Export Lap Desk on Later Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 19th century Chinese export lacquered traveling desk decorated overall with figures in a garden
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Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Chinese Export Lap Desk on Later Stand
Chinese Export Lap Desk on Later Stand
H 6 in W 17.25 in D 10.25 in
Large Chinese Export Brass Inlaid Amboyna Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Chinese export amboyna wood brass inlaid lap desk of large scale opening to reveal a fully fitted
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes

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Amboyna

19th Century Camphor Campaign Tambour Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century camphor campaign tambour writing desk, circa 1860 Fine quality Chinese export
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Campaign Desks

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Hardwood

Quality 19th Century Military Campaign Camphor Wood Roll Top Writing Slope
Located in Benington, Herts
quality Chinese export camphor wood metamorphic writing slope / lap desk dating to circa 1850 was made for
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Antique Mid-19th Century Asian Chinese Export Desks and Writing Tables

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Brass

Original Charlotte Horstmann Hong Kong Military Campaign Chest of Drawers Desk
By Charlotte Horstmann
Located in GB
Japanese bronze stirrup lies next to an Anglo-Indian rosewood lap desk; a Khmer bronze stands beside a low
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Early 20th Century Hong Kong Campaign Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Brass

Writing Desk on Stand Stamped RE Johnson
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Writing desk on Stand stamped R E Johnson on base> The boxed lap desk with brass mounts opens to
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Antique 19th Century English Georgian Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Writing Desk on Stand Stamped RE Johnson
Writing Desk on Stand Stamped RE Johnson
H 21.5 in W 17 in D 10.5 in
Collection of 19th Century Boxes from the Estate of Bunny Mellon
Located in Hudson, NY
grain painted lap desk (11 across, 8 deep and 4 tall). The edges are painted to resemble metal mounts as
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

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Copper, Iron

19th C China Trade Roll Top Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
A early-19th century Asian hardwood lap desk on stand. A similar one is pictured in "The Decorative
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks

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Wood

A Collection Of Period Boxes
Located in Alexandria, VA
A collection of boxes including several tea caddies, a China trade trunk, a lap desk, a document
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Antique 19th Century Boxes

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