Manuscript Chest

19th century teak Burmese manuscript chest. Made from teak and lacquered red with gold leaf

A fine and rare Burmese temple chest, known as a sadaik, made of heavy teak, with carved and molded

A 19th century Buddhist Manuscript Chest - Trunk. Antique Burmese Sadaik Chest of the Mandalay

This fantastic gilt painted panel was originally the front of a 19th-century Burmese manuscript

these figures were made to be placed in processional crosses, tops of illuminated manuscripts, chests

processional crosses, tops of illuminated manuscripts, chests, etc., and that, frequently, only the Christ has

Two panels from a Buddhist sadaik manuscript chest. Teak coated with black thitsi lacquer onto

18th or early 19th century, Burma. The manuscript chest is heavily rococo influenced, speaking to the

sancai glaze wearing robes and carrying a chest and manuscripts. Attendees have detachable and

manuscripts. Removable top lid (no hinges)

manuscript label inscribed 'This medicine chest presented me by my good aunt Mrs Bahiel on the 17th day of

English Chinese Chippendale mahogany sofa with carved corner fret works, serpentine back, scrolled arms, and terminating on squared legs with connecting stretchers. Mid-18th century....

Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...

Mid to late 19th century, elaborately carved, antique Chinese bed Chambers was used to greet visitors and usually was furnished with two chairs and a center table: from which tea, wi...

c. 1870s/1880s; Japan Late 19th century decorative keyaki (Japanese elm) cabinet. This ornate, pagoda-inspired piece dates to the early/middle Meiji period in Japan and is construc...

A highly important engraved Islamic combination locking brass casket, based on a design by the 12th Century Arab inventor & artist Ismail Al Jazari. Circa 1550. The casket from the m...

This Louis XVI style paneled room is composed of two shelves and cupboards with double doors made of wood painted in light green in the 20th century. They frame a Louis XVI period m...

Antique Thai Buddhist Banner Painting, multi-coloured tempera and gold leaf on cloth, depicting Buddha Descending From Tavatimsa Heaven. An illustration of one of the eight great eve...

A Rare Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Tulipwood and Chinese Lacquer cabinet, c. 1750 (Regence Period) A truly magnificent, monumental, and one of a kind cabinet, painted throughout with gi...

This is a wonderful example of a canopy bed from Shanghai Province, China. Made of Chinese Northern Elm, this bed features hoofed feet and multiple floral carvings. The exterior ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, extra large framed, Documented English oak Tester bed c...

Gilt Lacquer Wood Manuscript storage box Burma 19th century. This wooden box is entirely covered in moulded lacquer-work in relief (known as thayo work) and gilding (gold leaf) and ...

This recamier/daybed was conceived and executed with utmost quality and expertise, showing a style that incorporates many influences from the eigtheenth and ninetheenth century. Made...