Antique Scholars Desk

This is an old cast bronze piece with a naturally aged patina, decorated with ancient motifs often appeared on the bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties (16th Century BC-2...

The Imperial glass workshops made objects such as vases, cups, bowls, snuff bottles, plant pots, incense burners and items for the scholar's desk. These glass artefacts from the Impe...

The Imperial glass workshops made objects such as vases, cups, bowls, snuff bottles, plant pots, incense burners and items for the scholar's desk. These glass artefacts from the Impe...

The Imperial glass workshops made objects such as vases, cups, bowls, snuff bottles, plant pots, incense burners and items for the scholar's desk. These glass artefacts from the Impe...

Typical of what is considered of Qianlong date are vases with lids and chains carved from a single block, vessels in antique bronze shapes with pseudo-archaic decoration, fairy mount...

A red lacquered four-drawer scholar's desk, original hardware, peach wood, Zheklang.

A large elmwood Scholar's desk from Beijing, China, mid-19th century.

An elegant Chinese Qing Dynasty Doctor's desk or Scholar desk in black polished Jumu (Elm) wood.

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

Traditionally known as bitong, brush pots were used on a scholar’s desk to hold calligraphy brushes and writing tools.

This is an antique scholar's desk. An English, mahogany writing or side table, dating to the Regency period, circa 1820.

This four-drawer writing desk once stood centerpiece in the office of a well-to-do professional of the late Qing-dynasty. Desks with drawers such as this didn't become popular in Chi...

Known as Ch'aeksang or Soan, this small Korean desk was made from zelkova wood (Korean Elm) and supplement with simple brass hardware fittings. The piece is dated circa early to mid-...

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

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every traditional scholars' desk. This early 20th centu...

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. Once u...

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...

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...

3 part Doctor's desk or Scholar desk in Jumu wood from the city of Suzhou in China, approx. 1900.

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was an essential fixture of the scholars' desk. Like everything in the s...

These figures were kept on a scholar’s desk to symbolize stability in one’s career, household affairs, and social standing—meant to help you hold your ground and secure your position.

"yellow flowering pear wood") is a tropical hardwood long revered by the Chinese nobility and literati as one of the most desirable and precious hardwoods for furniture and objects t...

This stone may have once sat on the desk of a scholar who contemplated its evocative shapes while composing poetry, painting, or writing calligraphy.  

A tray such as this would have graced the desk of a scholar, holding his stationary supplies, such as a brushpot, brushes, water dropper and ink stone.

A 19th century Chinese carved bamboo brush pot depicting a scholars lighting a fire under a pine tree. Pagoda Red Collection #: S205 Keywords: Chinese, China, Scholars' obj...

A rare Japanese portable writing desk with an unusual design. Made from black lacquered cypress wood with a lovely wood grain, it features a fold out desk and multiple small drawers ...

It exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of decorative Chinese export objects made for the scholar’s desk.

An 19th century Chinese burled boxwood scholars' brush pot with iron repair. Pagoda Red Collection #: PHA024 Keywords: Chinese, scholars, desk, inkstone, calligrapher's bru...

This exquisitely carved nephrite jade sculpture dates to the late Qing to very early Republic period, approximately 1880–1920, and is a beautifully realized example of the scholar’s ...

Pagoda Red Collection #: BJA118 Keywords: Chinese, China, Scholars' object, desk, bookshelf

Pagoda Red Collection #: Y190 Keywords: Chinese, Scholars', Fu Dog, bookends, desk accessory

An early 19th century Chinese Ming inspired writing table with grand proportions and original black lacquer.

Pagoda Red Collection #: Q169


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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...

A 19th century Chinese scholars' chest for keeping seals, ink, and inkstones neatly stored on the scholar's desk.

Scholars held a lofty position within pre-communist China’s hierarchical class system. The ability to read and write was a precious commodity enjoyed by a very small section of socie...

Likely commissioned for his studio, this elegant poet's table once gave a scholar ample surface space to draft poetry or calligraphy paintings.

Likely commissioned for his studio, this late 19th-century writing table once gave a scholar ample surface space to draft poetry or practice calligraphy. To cultivate uncluttered and...

Characterized by soft, feathery brushstrokes, the style advocates balance, composition and form to convey nature as a state of mind. Likely part of a scholar’s desk, the vessel, whic...

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every traditional Chinese scholars' desk. This petite, ...

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every traditional scholars' desk. This petite ceramic e...

Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every traditional scholars' desk. This petite ceramic e...

Likely crafted as a status piece for a wealthy household or a scholar’s study, the desk combines beauty with practicality.

Inside the small front drawer and fold-up top storage area, you can still see residual paint markings from previous generations of young scholars. This antique desk is a wonderful ad...

Large tables such as this were multipurpose, used as domestic altars, work tables, or scholars' desks for painting and writing. Minimally decorated, this long table anchors a space w...

These boxes were traditionally used on a scholar's desk to hold the thick red cinnabar ink paste required for stamping personal or official stone seals onto calligraphy works and pai...

Objects of this type were prized as part of a scholar's desk display, appreciated not only for their function but for their contemplative color and tactile form.

Pagoda Red Collection #: PHC004 Keywords: Tray, desk accessory, desk set, Chinese, scholars

An attractive network of crackle just under the surface of the glaze. Made for the scholar's desk, usually as part of a set, the beehive water pot form and the peachbloom glaze w...

This is an antique scholar's writing table. An English, mahogany side table or desk, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1870.

Pagoda Red Collection #: BTF047 Keywords: Brush pot, scholars' object, desk accessory, pencil, pen,

Table screens emerged and became prominent during the Ming Dynasty era and were considered a distinct, refined subtype to folding screens. They were placed on scholar’s desks for pri...

Pagoda Red Collection #: BJA021 Keywords: Tray, scholars' object, desk accessory

This work of textile art finely depicts an artistic arrangement of objects of vertu that traditionally belong to the desk of a scholar. The group consists of a hanging jade bi disc o...

Beautifully polished lapis lazuli mineral specimen from Afghanistan. This semi-precious stone has been prized since antiquity due to its intense, beautiful blue coloring and golden s...

A rare, hand carved, masterpiece natural fine grade lapis lazuli Kwan Yin sculpture. Kwan Yin has an oval-shaped face with arched eyebrows and downcast eyes casting a serene aura, fr...

The classic Korean chest with three short frieze drawers over double doors with large mounts and a lock. The lower case with a hinged drop front with lock. Iron mounts overall and ca...

A fine antique Korean medicine or apothecary chest from late Joseon Dynasty (circa 19th century). Known as Yakchang in Korean, this type of chest was used to sort and store herb medi...

An Imperial Japanese Meiji Shibayama Tea Ceremony Cabinet by The Tokugawa Samurai Clan. This extraordinary Meiji-period shibayama cabinet, attributed to the Tokugawa samurai clan, s...

A beautiful, substantial statue of Lapis Lazuli, hand carved by a master artisan on both sides. The sculpture depicts a dragon flying in the clouds above mountains while spraying wat...

This is a stone mined in Japan. Not only in China but also in Japan from ancient times, rocks in the mountains have been shaved and stones for viewing have been quarried. Such stone...

An antique lacquered wood desk (Gyeongsang) with mother of pearl inlays from Korea circa mid-19th century. The form of this small table is typical of a sutra reading desk with the en...

An Extremely Fine and Very Important 17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet on French Giltwood Stand of Regence Period circa 1680-1690 Provenance Likely acquired by Herman Willem ...

This is a large heavy Chinese lapis lazuli well carved in details group of figures sculpture.`It depicts two young ladies very well dressed in southern and northern dynasty clothes w...

A rare Korean Bandaji Chest circa late 19th century (toward the end of Joseon Dynasty) from Gangwha Island off the coast of Gyeonggi Do (close to Seoul). The island is located in the...

A large and dramatic Chinese Gongshi (known as meditation stone or spirit stone) from Taihu (Lake Tai) balanced on display stand. This scholar rock features a relatively red and poro...