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Are Chinese cabinets good quality?
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Generally speaking, antique Chinese cabinets are very well made, using solid wood with joined construction. Vintage and modern Chinese cabinets will generally not be of the same high quality as antique pieces.
Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020
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Chinese Painted Book Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered display cabinet from Shanxi province was crafted in the mid-19th century using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery methods. The enclosed lower half was used for gene...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Elm
Pair of Antique Chinese Cabinets with Reverse Painted Glass Panels
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of antique Chinese cabinets in elmwood with reverse painted glass planels depicting the four seasons.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Display Cabinet with Hand Painted Chinoiserie and Open Shelf
Located in Yonkers, NY
Chinese 19th century antique display cabinet with hand painted chinoiserie scene, open shelf, two doors and carved accents.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Chinese Red Lacquer Shanxi Wedding Cabinet with Painted Motifs and Brass Lock
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese red lacquer wedding cabinet from Shanxi Province, with hand-painted floral and object motifs, brass hardware, and interior storage.
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Monumental Chinese Herbal Apothecary Cabinet, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental apothecary cabinet once resided in a Qing-dynasty (1644-1911) Chinese pharmacy, filled with the dried plants, resins, and minerals of traditional herbal medicine.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Side Cabinet with Painted Floral Decor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing dynasty brown / dark red wooden side cabinet from the 19th century, with painted floral decor, bronze hardware and hidden drawers.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
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Japanese Gold Maki-e Lacquer Accessories Box with Tray, Tebako, Meiji Period
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese maki-e lacquer kinji gold ground box for personal accessories or cosmetics, tebako, with a design of autumn flowers and grasses, Meiji Period, circa 1890, Japan.
Th...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Shell, Lacquer, Urushi lacquer
Japanese Gold Maki-e Lacquer Round Box with Bamboo and Tokugawa Mon, Edo Period
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine Japanese gold maki-e lacquer round confectionary box, kashibako, featuring bamboo and Tokugawa mon, late Edo Period, mid 19th century, Japan.
The elegant box of circular...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf
After Ogata Korin, Japanese Gold Lacquer Round Box, Meiji Period
By Ogata Korin
Located in Austin, TX
A striking Japanese Shijo School kinji gold lacquer round box, kashibako, with a shibayama design of horse and fuyou (cotton rose hibiscus), apocryphally signed Hokkyo Korin for Ogat...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Pewter
Japanese Rinpa School Lacquer Box with Autumn Flowers, Tebako, Edo Period
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese Rinpa School lacquer box for personal accessories, te-bako, featuring a dense design of autumn flowers and grasses, Edo Period, early to mid 19th century, Japan.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Silver, Pewter, Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Bronze Vase with Auspicious Animals, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive Japanese cast and parcel gilt bronze vase with auspicious animals, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The striking vase heavily cast and of flattened and modified balust...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Prince Shōtoku at Age 16, Kōyō-Zō Hanging Scroll, Edo/Meiji Period, mid 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and beautiful Japanese Buddhist devotional kōyō-zō painting of the revered Prince Shōtoku at the age of 16, mineral pigments and gilding on fine silk, silk brocade mounting, h...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Letter Box, Fubako, Edo Period, mid 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
A striking and powerful Japanese maki-e lacquer fubako, box for letters, with hawk, plum, and Fuji, late Edo Period, circa 1850, Japan.
The cover of the fubako wonderfully worked in...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Bronze
