Chinese Food Boxes
Antique Chinese Food Presentation Covered Box
Located in Forney, TX
A remarkable antique food box from the Shanxi province, North China, late Ming (1368-1644) to early
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Fine Chinese Lacquered Food Storage Box of Impressive Size
Located in Hudson, NY
This large and impressive Mandarin food storage box is very detailed and well-constructed. The case
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Sweetmeat Dishes
Located in Forney, TX
An antique Qing Dynasty Chinese sweetmeat (confectionery or sweet food) box, dating to the early
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Qing Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
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Antique Chinese Wood Food Box
Located in Merrimack, NH
This exotic looking box is a wood container with 4 separate compartments, used to transfer the
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Elaborate Chinese Multi-Tiered Antique Wedding Food Box
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
outings or weddings.
Large portable food boxes like this one were popular items during the Ming dynasty
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Qing Dynasty Pair of Red Lacquer Chinese Food Container Boxes
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
A decorative pair of 19th century Chinese red lacquer food boxes with cane weaving from Shanxi
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Rare Shanxi Wedding food box
Located in Atlanta, GA
While not particularly functional, this incredible piece of Chinese history was used to carry food
Category
Chinese Serving Pieces
19th Century Chinese Food Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic Chinese food box is from Shanxi, China and made from elmwood, circa 1800s.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm
Chinese Food Carrier
Located in Chicago, IL
This Chinese food carrier is from Fujian, China and made from lacquered bamboo.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
1950s Chinese Lace Wicker & Bamboo Food Basket
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s Chinese lace wicker and bamboo food basket.
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker
Chinese Hand Painted Food Basket with Bamboo Handles
Located in Marbella, ES
Chinese hand painted food basket with bamboo handles.
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Late 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Early 20th Century Asian Covered Food Boxes Set of Six
Located in Wainscott, NY
Early 20th century Asian covered food boxes, set of six. Sizes range from 13.5" D x 13.5" W x 7.5
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Cylindrical Side Tables, Former Stackable Food Storage Boxes in Black Lacquer
Located in Kastrup, DK
A pair of cylindrical side tables, originally Chinese antique stackable boxes.
Crafted from linden
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Side Tables
Materials
Wood
19th Century Food Box
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Chinese food box. Woven & turned bamboo with fruit wood crafted into a food box
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Antique 1860s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo, Fruitwood
Antique Chinese Food Box
Located in New York, NY
A simply designed and nicely carved antique wooden Chinese food box with large handle and great
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Chinese Food Carrier/Box
Located in Summerland, CA
Two tier food carrier with decoratively painted porcelain dome lid. Handle and the box is
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Porcelain, Lacquer
Chinese Lacquered Food Container Box
Located in Sarasota, FL
A Chinese Stacking Lacquered Food Container Box, red, black & green lacquer design with gold leaf
Category
Early 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Food Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Red lacquer 2 tier rectangular food box with beautiful handpainted design. One of a kind - c 1895
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Food Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage wood box with interior tray was used for carrying confections for ceremonies. Circa 1930s.
Category
Vintage 1930s Chinese Boxes
Materials
Elm
Chinese black lacquer food box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
multi tiered "giant lunch box" with black lacquer and mother of pearl inlay.
Category
20th Century Chinese Decorative Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl
Chinese Red Lacquer Food Box with Lid
Located in Sarasota, FL
Chinese red lacquer food box red lacquered and hand painted in gold leaf with handle attached.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Baskets
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Lacquered Food Box
Located in New York, NY
A striking Chinese red and black lacquered willow food box. From Shanxi Province, circa 1850
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Lacquer, Willow
19th Century Chinese Bamboo And Lacquer Food Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully worn 19th Century bamboo and lacquer Chinese food box with all original detail
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
19th Century Stacked Food Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautifully weathered 19th Century elm food box with three compartments. From Shanxi Province, c
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes
Materials
Elm
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Japanese Antique Rustic Table 1860s-1900s / Dining Table Wabi Sabi Mingei
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a very old Japanese Rustic table.
It has a simple style with a wooden board on top of the "Usu".
The "Usu" was used for crushing nuts and kneading rice for mochi.
Generally,...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Tables
Materials
Wood
$4,000
H 28.35 in W 46.07 in D 32.49 in
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Mongolia Cabinet/Buffet Table, Sideboard
Located in Pomona, CA
Size: 33in H x 47in W x 16.5in D
Drawer: 3in H x 10.5in W x 10.5in D
Door opening: 17.5in H x 39in W
Origin: Mongolia, China
Circa: 1850 - 1900
Material: Wood
Condition: Origin...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
$2,950
H 33 in W 47 in D 16.5 in
Lacquered Wood Cabinet with Chinese Seenes
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This beautiful two doors cabinet is made of black and red lacquered wood presenting Chinese sceens and decorations in gold tones. This is a French work. Circa 1940
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chinese Export Cabinets
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Chinese Export Eight Panel Coromandel Screen Lotus Blossoms
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Grand Chinese export post republic period eight panel coromandel screen featuring a waterscape decorated with blossoming lotus and birds. The screen measures over 12 feet laid out fl...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Brass
Kangxi Famille Verte Porcelain Large Dish, Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th c
Located in Austin, TX
A large and magnificent Chinese famille verte enameled porcelain large dish or charger, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662 - 1722), circa 1700, China.
The shallow, shaped dish of fo...
Category
Antique Early 1700s Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Enamel
19th Century Korean Chest
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Bandaji chest featuring a heavily decorated case with gleaming silver pierced grill work and handles. This rare blanket chest is similar to a Japanese Tansu chest and is...
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Antique 19th Century Korean Cabinets
Materials
Nickel
Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Display Cabinet
Located in Pomona, CA
Late 19th century English chinoiserie decorated display cabinet. The hinged top opens to reveal a remote document storage.
Category
Antique 1890s English Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms
Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981)
Showa period, circa 1930
2-panel Japanese Screen
Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper
Against a backdrop of gold-leafed groun...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Glazed Ceramic and Silver Koro Incense Burner Makuzu Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A tri-pod ceramic incense burner (koro) by Japanese Imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916) circa late Meiji to the start of Taisho period (1890-1910s). A fine example of the artist...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Ceramics
Materials
Silver
Tibetan Green & Red Poppy Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in 19th-century Tibet, this extraordinary cabinet is beautifully decorated from end to end with hand-painted floral motifs. Brushed in a cool palette of green, red, blue and ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Fine Miniature Japanese Kodansu with Lacquer Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Japanese miniature kodansu constructed from Kaki wood (Persimmon) circa 19th century, late Meiji period. With its expressive exotic wood grains and exposed tenon construction,...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Wood
19th Century Watch Winding Display Cabinet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This incredible, one-of-a-kind watch display cabinet brings together the beauty of an antique with the functionality of modern technology. Crafted of mahogany, this 19th century jewe...
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Empire Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Tibetan Trailing Vines Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in late 19th-century Tibet, this charming side cabinet is beautifully decorated in the Sino-Tibetan style with an allover design of trailing vines and geometric scrollwork. A...
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Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Japanese Silver Incense Burner, Akoda Koro, by Nomura, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely and luxurious Japanese silver incense burner of lobed melon form, akoda koro, marked jungin and signed Nomura, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The silver koro, vessel for ...
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Vintage 1910s Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
An Important Late 17th Century Japanese Lacquered Cabinet Edo Period on Stand
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely fine, elegant and rare late 17th Century Japanese lacquer cabinet, from the Eco period, on later lacquered black stand.
Japanese circa 1690
Provenance
A private Scott...
Category
Antique 1690s Japanese Edo Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
$43,878
H 61.82 in W 38.59 in D 22.05 in
A Chinese mid 18th century Laquered Coromandel screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumentally scaled and most important Chinese mid 18th century Laquered Coromandel screen. This finely detailed ten panel screen, with its original tempera paint, showcases a coll...
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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Chinese Food Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of Chinese food boxes is available at 1stDibs. Each of these unique Chinese food boxes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and lacquer. Chinese food boxes have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century.
How Much are Chinese Food Boxes?
Prices for Chinese food boxes start at $325 and top out at $3,500 with the average selling for $895.
Questions About Chinese Food Boxes
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