Antique Chinese Scholars Cabinet

Simple and almost contemporary in looks, a fine early 20th century Padouk wood Chinese Ming style scholars’ display stand/room divider. Featuring multi-tiered open shelves staggered ...

Elegant cabinet has a "open light" feature on its top portion. The name came from its open design to allow the display of special things or easy access to objects and books that are ...

Covered in rich black & red lacquer, of rectangular form with square corners, the fine scholar’s cabinets with a pair of paneled doors, fitted with oval shaped brass lock plate, open...

Turn of the century Qing dynasty carved scholar's cabinet.

This elegant 19th Century storage cabinet is made from dark red lacquer over Elm Wood. It is an excellent example of Ming-Inspired scholar's furniture with a round posted frame and w...

A stunning cabinet from Shanxi Province, China. This c.1800 cabinet has four doors. The top two doors open to reveal a shelf and three drawers. The entire front of the cabinet it bea...

This large and well-proportioned Elm Wood display shelf once held books and scholar’s artifacts in a private study.

A rare offering of an original 19th century Chinese antique scholar's cabinet. This wonderful cabinet is constructed with single-board, matching rosewood door panels cut from the sam...

19th century Chinese black lacquer cabinet. A black lacquer Chinese scholars cabinet of cypress wood with black lacquer covering.

This handsome red lacquer bookcase comes in two parts. The central cabinet (main image) boasts versatile storage space in the form of three open shelves and seven drawers, each with ...

This bookshelf is a rustic interpretation of an elegant and traditional Chinese form.

Although elaborate decoration became increasingly common in Qing-dynasty furniture design, the Ming-dynasty’s legacy of clean, elegant lines remained a powerful influence as seen in ...

Cabinet with three drawers over central doors revealing full length storage. The cabinet presents with front carved wings, bold iron hardware. Condition: Cabinet is in rough conditi...

With its commanding scale and simple silhouette, this tall Qing-dynasty cabinet offered the perfect canvas for elaborate decoration. Crafted in the mid-19th century, the cabinet has ...

This red lacquer cabinet is an excellent example of the rich, decorative style of cabinetry built during the 19th century in China's Shanxi province. Traces of the original gilt pain...

This handsome bookcase is made from elmwood and has 19th century design. This unusual Chinese bookshelf combines Eastern and Western, specifically Victorian, design elements. It feat...

Spacious piece boasting six drawers and handsomely latticed bottom portion. Stone top adds executive touch.

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This striking red and black lacquer bookcase once stood in the center of a traditional Chinese scholars' studio, displaying a collection of books, scrolls, and treasured objects. The...

A 19th century Chinese coffer with two bi-folding doors, painted with scholars' objects including vases with auspicious flowers, with two interior drawers. Pagoda Red Collection #...

Tall standing, handsome pieces that stand stong on their own. They provide great storage for large and small items.

These early 20th century bookcases once stood in a Qing-dynasty scholars' studio, piled high with books and painted scrolls. Considered a status symbol, books were given pride of pla...

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Evincing the austere attitude of Ming-dynasty aesthetics, this 19th century cabinet is minimally accented with clean lines, rounded spandrels, and discrete brass hardware. Traces of ...

Featuring a rooster on its lower doors, this extravagantly decorated 19th century cabinet was likely commissioned at the time by someone born in the year of the rooster. Standing out...

19th century Chinese lacquered and gilt painted Scholars' cabinet with four doors and four drawers.

A late 19th century solid wood Chinese scholar's cabinet with glass doors and removable shelves.

A pair of 19th century lacquer and hardstone accented scholars cabinets, with two large doors above a shaped apron. The doors are decorated with social scenes, pagodas, and trees. Th...

An early 20th century Elm wood lacquered Chinese cabinet featuring original fittings. This cabinet features a simple yet elegant shape and 7 drawers (6 smaller and 1 larger full widt...

A Chinese scholar cabinet crafted from exquisite peach wood with a stunning grain.

Chinese "Scholar cabinet" made in walnut with red lacquer.

An element of both the scholar studio and the more opulent palace setting, the duobaoge was a way for the Chinese scholar, merchant, nobleman, or even emperor to display their treasu...

Constructed with four doors, this spectacular Qing-dynasty cabinet from the mid-19th century is lavishly painted with scenes of courtly life in a grand palace garden. Seamlessly cons...

Appealing to the refined tastes of a learned scholar, this pair of 19th century cabinets strikes the perfect balance between austere beauty and artful decoration. Handcrafted of nort...

A refined and elegant tapered ju mu wood scholar's cabinet, elegant form, beautiful wood grain, 19th century, We carry fine quality furniture with elegant finished and has been appe...

Fine Ju mu wood scholar's cabinet, beautiful wood grain and color, elegant form. We carry fine quality furniture with elegant finished and has been appeared many times in " ARCHITEC...

A simple and elegant scholar's cabinet, brass fitting, two shelves and two drawers inside, beautiful form and wood grain.

Dated to the early 20th century, these upright display shelves are constructed with lightweight frames, open sides, and low slatted railings enclosing each shelf. The pair's clean li...

Dated to the early 20th century, this pair of two-drawer collector's shelves is seamlessly constructed with clean lines and open sides. Rounded edges soften the angular frame and ref...

This pair of early 20th century shelves owes its minimal design to the simplified lines and austere aesthetic of Ming-dynasty furniture. Likely centerpieces in the studio of a Qing-d...

Antique Chinese scholars bookcase cabinet with a polychrome decorated case featuring pagoda court scenes on the front doors and a cloud motif on the sides and top.

Seamlessly constructed and lacquered black, this spectacular Qing-dynasty cabinet provides the perfect blank canvas for dozens of painted scholars' objects, including vases, censors,...

A slide of the dagger post and a pull on the fish-shaped handles reveals three shelves, two drawers, and one hidden compartment, once used to shelter the prized belongings of a Qing ...

This elegant antique cabinet has a "open light" feature on its top portion. The name came from its open design to allow the display of special things or easy access to objects and bo...

This rare, magnificent, fully carved cabinet was a scholar's treasure chest. Hand-painted oval door panels depict the leisure lives of fisherman and a strolling scholar.

A 19th century scholar's chest from southern China. A scholar's cabinet is a highly sophisticated piece that combines the simply elegance of Ming furniture and Qin dynasty's taste fo...

Early 19th Century
a wonderful cabinet made of exquisite Rosewood with a beautfiul high gloss polish
two doors above, two doors below with simple metal hardware resti...

Late 19thC. Q'ing Dynasty Scholar's Book Cabinet

Pair of Red and Black Lacquered Chinese Scholar Bookcases with 4 Shelves and 2 Drawers/Hebei Provence, Circa 1860
38.5" W x 16.5" D x 70" H

Early 19th century Chinese leather scholar's trunk on stand

Pair of Red and Black Lacquered Chinese Scholar Bookcases with 4 Shelves and 2 Drawers/Hebei Provence, Circa 1860
38.5" W x 16.5" D x 70" H

An attractive scholar's cabinet from the Kuang Hsu period in China c. 1875.

Large Light Elmwood Antique Chinese Scholar's Bookcase with 4 Drawers and 3 Shelves
Hebei Provence, circa 1850-60
56" L x 21"D x 76" H

This 19th-century Chinese Chinoiserie lacquer side cabinet is a splendid testament to the enduring allure of the Chinoiserie movement that swept through Europe in the 17th century. A...

an opulent black lacquer Chinese Export Collector's Cabinet on Stand with detailed gilt landscape and figural decoration, the shaped hinges and corners all appear to be gilt on brass...

An exquisite antique Japanese Meiji period Shibayama Shodana cabinet, circa 1880. One of the finest antique Shibayama cabinets one will see, the cabinet is finely inlaid and overlaid...

A fine quality alabaster sculpture of cupid with a butterfly. Nude figure of cupid with a butterfly, sitting on a rock, his bow and arrow on the ground with the flowers. Artist...

An antique Japanese tansu cabinet from the early 20th century, with sliding doors, drawers, reed and rattan design. Created in Japan during the early years of the 20th century, this ...

A fabulous quality 19th century Chinese cabinet, a cupboard each at the top and bottom with workable locks, with a single drawer in the centre, with very fine carved details on the p...

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period lacquered bookcase from the 19th century, with four shelves, straight legs, carved apron and weathered patina. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty ...

An impressive pagoda form carved hardwood display cabinet with bone and boxwood inlay, crafted for the Peranakan (Straits-Chinese) community in Southeast Asia, mostly likely Malaysia...

A Chinese Hardwood Miniature Table Form Stand, Late 19th century Dimension: Height: 11.5 cm Length: 32 cm. Depth: 12 cm. Provenance: Old Melbourne Chinese Collection.

A Chinese bookcase from the early 20th century, with carved open shelves, two drawers and lower cabinet. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this bookcase fe...

A very imposing 19th Century Black lacquer Chinoiserie corner cabinet. Having classical hand painted scenes of warriors on horse back, lake side building and trees. The four doors op...

A handsome pair of Ming style early 20th century wedding cabinets of traditional mitered mortise and tenon construction, the fronts of the cabinets have matching pearled edge apro...