Antique Chinese Scroll

This rug is featured in our current web and gallery exhibition entitled 'Hunting and Gathering: China, Tibet & East Turkestan'.

This large water pail conjures up images of the water-bearing figures commonly illustrated in Chinese scroll paintings. Used for ferrying water, this Qing-dynasty bucket draws attent...

In the borders of antique Chinese rugs and antique Chinese carpets, mythical animals and scrolling vines impart mystical, cultural and symbolic meanings to the appreciation of this g...

Other motifs include Chinese books, scrolls and pottery, all auspicious objects collected by scholars of the day.

Found in France, this very large 19th century black lacquer wooden tray dates to the period of Napoleon III, An ornately hand painted scene in gold chinoiserie features a grand proc...

A long, narrow table such as this makes for an ideal workspace for contemplating Chinese scrolls and paintings. This Qing-dynasty table was made in northern China over a century ago,...

The base contrasts with this simplicity with its intricate bamboo work made of characteristic Chinese scrolls. Thanks to its perfect dimensions, this Chinese 19th century bamboo tabl...

This antique silver bowl is supported by three exceptional embossed legs modelled in the form of iconic Chinese scrolling dragons. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fi...

Our pair of antique Chinese watercolor paintings on paper scrolls depicting exotic birds, butterflies and dog date from the late 19th to early 20th century are relined on linen, and ...

Chinese scholars used natural imagery and scenery to aid in contemplation within the walls of their studios.

Crafted from a gnarled tree root, this container once stored painting scrolls in a scholar’s studio. Popular during the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), such vessels were revered by the int...

A distinguished member of the Chinese literati would have used this root wood pot to hold their scrolls and satisfy their taste for naturalism and spontaneity.

The set of eight Chinese hanging scrolls together portray scholars in Palace Park.

With no stretchers or spandrels, this elegant console table flows as one continuous ribbon, rounding the bend with waterfall sides and scrolled feet. Concealed mortise-and-tenon join...

This nice antique scroll painting is done is an ink wash with gauche and gilding onto rice paper with a silk border. The subject, a sensitive and delicate group of court ladies at re...

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and ink stone - a brush pot or scroll holder was a fixture on every traditional scholars' desk. Onc...

Set against a silk brocade backing, this early 20th century paper scroll is brushed with a work of painterly calligraphy. Expressing notions of endurance and moral fortitude, the scr...

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

With no stretchers or spandrels, this low table flows like a ribbon, rounding the bend to form waterfall legs with openwork carvings. Known as a scroll table, this kind of low table ...

Chinese brass bound scroll box, 19th century, possibly cedar wood, rectangular with decorative hinges and locks, the sides bound with decorative brackets, corners, and rosettes, the ...

During winter in the colder provinces of China, life revolved around the kang, a heated brick platform that household members would sit or recline upon.

Elegant Chinese Qing black lacquer scrolled bench featuring scrolled legs and wings on both ends.

A charming low kang table with scrolled legs. The apron carved with a pair of facing dragons, the pearl of wisdom between them. Additional dragons are carved along the interior curve...

A 19th century Chinese elmwood low stand with scrolled sides.

A long scroll box from Northern China. This box is from c. 1900 and is covered in beautiful shagreen.

This 17th century display stand was carved from a single block of white marble to resemble an open scroll turned upside down. The elegant form needs little decoration - the sides alo...

Born in China, this long elm box was used for storing scrolls.

An altar table with five drawers from Shanxi Province, China. This Chinese Northern Elmwood table also features scrolled feet.

In celebration of the lunar new year festival, it was traditional all over China to hang special decorations. In a city called Wuqiang, local artists made lacquer scroll paintings la...

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...

Unusual about this table is the way the feet scroll inward and end in well-defined carved balls.

Tangkas are traditionally kept unframed and rolled up when not on display, mounted on a textile backing somewhat in the style of Chinese scroll paintings, with a further silk cover o...

This is a very unusual pair of Chinese sang de boeuf lacquered scroll-end stands.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wooden waterfall coffee table from the 19th century, with distressed patina.

Circa 1860 domed top pigskin leather scroll case box, Chinese. Gilt frontice & side panel designs with handsome brass fittings.

The scene is enclosed by a dense floral scroll border, exemplifying the high craftsmanship of the period.

A 19th century Northern Chinese low table made of Longan wood (a fruit wood native to China and Southeast Asia) with a waterfall top ending in scrolled feet.

A plank top elm wood console with scroll legs from Shanxi, China, 19th Century

A Chinese antique dark blue glazed artisan pedestal stand with scrolling effects.

Born in China during the early 20th century, this exquisite coffee table, which used to be a daybed, features a rectangular top sitting above a splendid hand carved pierced frieze, m...

A Chinese antique long coffee table from the early 20th century, with elmwood patina, humpback apron, scrolled feet and rattan inset.

We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare huge Chinese ancestral oil on canvas family painting which is part of a suite I have four of these in total, one extra large, one...

Scroll Coffee Table, Elmwood, Late 19th Century, Shanxi. Bold and exotic.

Antique Asian scroll with markings; includes wooden box. A unique conversation piece.   

Chinese blue and white ceramics have inspired ceramists worldwide since cobalt was first introduced to China from the Middle East thousands of years ago.

The skirt, discreetly carved on all sides, is accented with delicate foliage and scrolls in the front. The result is a lovely 19th century Chinese side chair, whose black lacquered h...

A Chinese antique low kang table from the early 20th century, with five drawers, bronze hardware and scrolling feet.

The open worked bronze frame of our firescreen reminds the motif of chinese scrolls. It rests on feet taking the shape of a dragon of which the scales are meticulously carved and the...

Antique Qing Dynasty porcelain cloisonne enameled lotus scroll plate, dish or shallow bowl featuring a field of blue with white lotus flowers, green bamboo, and orange bats under the...

Black Lacquered Scroll End Coffee table.

Very shallow black lacquered cedar 19th century stylized crooked dragon motif ribbon altar table with scroll feet from the Fujian Province of Southeast China.

Unusual Scroll Storage Box, Elmwood, 19th Century

An early 19th century Chinese calligraphy scroll box with brass hardware and wonderful patina, mounted on a custom steel base.

Long pine scroll box with hinged lid. 19th Century, Northern Chinese.

Porcelain stool with flowery scrolls decoration. China, circa 1900. Perfect condition.

After Qi Baishi (Chinese, 1864-1957), Six Frogs, Scroll Painting, Ink on Paper, bearing two chop seal signatures left and lower right.

A large and solid scroll end stand (ji), made from a single plank of turned huanghuali wood 7/8" thick.