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Chinese Scholar’s Mirror Screen.
Located in Nantwich, GB
Rare, early 19th Century Antique Chinese Scholars Table Mirror/Screen from the Qing Dynasty. This
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Antique 1820s Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Mirror, Wood

Chinese Scholar’s  Mirror Screen.
Chinese Scholar’s  Mirror Screen.
H 30.5 in W 19 in D 9 in
Chinese Early 20th Century Scholar's Altar Console Table with Carved Apron
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese scholar's altar table from the early 20th century, with carved apron and side
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Early 20th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Wood

19th C Pair Antique Chinese Qing Carved Jade Scholar's Table Screens Stands 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of antique Chinese Qing dynasty ( 1644-1911) hand carved jade table screens, circa 1850
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Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Jade

Chinese Lingzhi Fungus Table Screen Qing Dynasty '1644-1912'
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A lingzhi fungus table screen Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) The unusual Chinese scholar’s object
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects

Materials

Other

A Chinese Hardwood Miniature Table Form Stand, Late 19th century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Chinese Hardwood Miniature Table Form Stand, Late 19th century Dimension: Height: 11.5 cm Length
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Carved Zitan Table-Form Stand, Republic Period, Mid-20th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A finely carved zitan wood display stand in the form of a round table, China, Republic Period, mid
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Zitan

19th Century Carved Wooden Table Screen Story Board
Located in New York, NY
19th century Carved Chinese Table Screen Blessing, Story Board. Extraordinary double sided
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Antique 1880s Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Scholar's Rhododendron Root Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning example of organic artistry and wabi-sabi style, this 19th-century Chinese low table is
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Rustic Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Burl

Impressive Ancient Chinese Scholar Root as Table
Located in Stamford, CT
An impressive ancient Chinese scholar root now a table with custom glass top.
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Antique Early 17th Century Chinese Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood

Chinese Scholar Vase by Marcello Fantoni, 1950s
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A studio-made unique ceramic vase having a vividly poly chromed figure of a Chinese scholar
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Ceramic

Black Lacquer Splayed Foot Scholars' Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
With deceptively simple design, this narrow console table would have been favored by a Chinese
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables

Materials

Elm

Lovely Gongshi Chinese Scholars Rock Scholars Table Object Literati
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description Lovely piece for display. Heavy. Stand included. Condition It is at it is. Size 185x140x120 HeightXDiameterXDepth.  
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20th Century Chinese Other Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Nice 20th Century Chinese Scholar Marble Stone Table Screen Scholars Desk
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and well made table screen. In our opinion second half of the 20th century. Great object
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20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Scholar Marble Stone Table Screen Desk in 20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
for scholar's desk. Additional information: Material: Wood Region of Origin: China Period: 20th
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20th Century Chinese Desks

Materials

Wood

Ming Period Fahua Pottery Chinese Table Screen Scholar Eight immortals Shoulou
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A chinese porcelain table screen from the Ming period, 16/17th century. Decorated in High Relief
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Large Rustic Chinese Yumu Plank-top Recessed-leg Painting Table
Located in Forney, TX
scholar's table authentic Chinese furniture Asian antiques Dallas Texas
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture

Materials

Elm

Chinese Altar/Scholar's Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and fine Altar Table in traditional form with particularly striking exotic graining. With
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20th Century Asian Chinese Export Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Chinese Altar/Scholar's Table
Chinese Altar/Scholar's Table
H 33.75 in W 86 in D 22.5 in
Fine Chinese Scholar's Table Screen
Located in Wilton, CT
Exquisitely Carved Rosewood (Ch. Zitan and Huali) Table Screen, Depicting an Elaborately Detailed
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Scholar's Objects

Pair of Marcello Fantoni Chinese Scholars Table Lamps
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Chicago, IL
Superb pair of Marcello Fantoni Celadon glazed Chinese scholar lamps featuring beautifully modelled
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Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Chinese Antique Lacquer Scholar's Table with Pearl Inlay, circa 1720
Located in New York, NY
Chinese antique lacquer scholar's table with mother-of-pearl inlay (lac burgaute), on a dark brown
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Antique 1720s Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl

19th Century Eastern Chinese Ironwood Hand-Carved Calligraphy Table
Located in Glen Ellyn, IL
19th century ironwood Chinese scholar's table. The table has slate inserts and ledges along the
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Materials

Wood

Green Chinese Scholar Lamps by Fantoni
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in Little Rock, AR
From the Chinese Scholar series by Marcello Fantoni, a matched pair of rectangular table lamps
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Brass

Red Lacquer Scholars Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Red lacquered Scholars box with 1 drawer. Made of Yuma wood (Northern Chinese Elm)
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Chinese End Tables

Materials

Wood

Red Lacquer Scholars Box
Red Lacquer Scholars Box
H 12.5 in W 23 in D 17 in
CHINESE MOTHER OF PEARL SCHOLAR’S TABLE
Located in San Francisco, CA
the top with a landscape scene with a reserve over a pierced apron above a rounded and scalloped base with a pierced swan-scrolled legs; scrolling vine and geometric floral decoratio...
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Ceramics

Chinese Hongmu Qing Dynasty Scholar Painting Console or Altar Table
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Chinese Hongmu Qing dynasty scholar painting console or altar table.
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Furniture

Chinese Scholar's Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Low Chinese scholar's table with fretwork sides and legs, possibly of Zitan wood, with burlwood
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Zitan

Chinese Scholar's Table
Chinese Scholar's Table
H 16.25 in W 36 in D 17.25 in
Early Qing Dynasty Chinese Scholar’s Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This tall and elegant Chinese scholar’s table was once used for calligraphy. The piece is usually
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Serving Tables

Materials

Elm

Early Qing Dynasty Chinese Scholar’s Table
Early Qing Dynasty Chinese Scholar’s Table
H 32.68 in W 56.7 in D 28.35 in
18th Century Five-Drawer Chinese Scholar's Table
Located in San Marino, CA
This 18th Century five-drawer black lacquer Chinese Shanshi table has egg-shaped pulls on each
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Chinese Porcelain and Rosewood Table Screen
Located in Austin, TX
A famille rose enameled porcelain plaque featuring the Hehe Erxian (the immortal twin boys of Harmony and Union). The boys are portrayed seated in a garden setting dressed in informa...
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Vintage 1940s Chinese Scholar's Objects

Pair of Table Stands, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century scholars table stands made of elmwood and black rosewood drawer plates. Slight
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Pair of Table Stands, 19th Century
Pair of Table Stands, 19th Century
H 34 in W 14 in D 16 in
Chinese Scholars' Writing Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Likely commissioned for his studio, this late 19th-century writing table once gave a scholar ample
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Elm

Chinese Scholars' Poetry Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Likely commissioned for his studio, this elegant poet's table once gave a scholar ample surface
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Stone

Exquiste Marcello Fantoni Chinese Scholar Ceramic Table Lamp
By Marcello Fantoni
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite lamp depicts an ancient Chinese scholar scene that has been hand-painted and studio
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Vintage 1950s Italian Table Lamps

Qing Dynasty Scholar’s Table
Located in Chicago, IL
. Consequently, scholar’s pieces, whether tables or display cabinets, are an especially fine category of Chinese
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Elm

Qing Dynasty Scholar’s Table
Qing Dynasty Scholar’s Table
H 29.93 in W 39.77 in L 29.93 in
Chinese Four Drawer Scholar's Desk, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
the late Qing-dynasty. Desks with drawers such as this didn't become popular in China until the 19th
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

19th c. Chinese Two Door Four Drawer Painted Scholar’s Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholar's Chest from Shanxi province, China. This Chinese Northern elmwood chest is from circa 1850
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Chinese Scholar Free Standing Desk In Elm Wood
Located in Kastrup, DK
3 part Doctor's desk or Scholar desk in Jumu wood from the city of Suzhou in China, approx. 1900
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Chinese Scholar Free Standing Desk In Elm Wood
Chinese Scholar Free Standing Desk In Elm Wood
H 31.5 in W 53.94 in D 27.17 in
Antique Chinese Elmwood Scholars Table Bench
Located in West Hartford, CT
Chinese scrolled scholars table made of solid elmwood. It was originally built to have a scholar
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Elm

Late Qing Dynasty Elm Scholar's Table with Custom Lacquer Finish
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese late Qing Dynasty period elm wood scholar's table from the early 20th century with carved
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables

Materials

Elm

Antique Chinese Old Carved Wood Scholars Root Object Tower Lamp, 20th century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
painted or pickled. Additional information: Material: Wood / Bamboo Type: Vase Region of Origin: China
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20th Century Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Wood

18th Century Chinese Lacquered Scholar's Table
Located in San Marino, CA
A Qing dynasty black lacquer table from the Chinese province of Shanxi, its elegance derived from
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

Materials

Wood

Red Lacquered Scholar's Desk
Located in New York, NY
A red lacquered four-drawer scholar's desk, original hardware, peach wood, Zheklang.
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Desks and Writing Tables

Red Lacquered Scholar's Desk
Red Lacquered Scholar's Desk
H 32 in W 62.5 in D 22 in
19th Century Chinese Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century ironwood Chinese Scholars' writing table with carved cloud motif legs and feet from
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Dining Room Tables

19th Century Chinese Table
19th Century Chinese Table
H 31 in W 104.5 in D 41.5 in
Mid-19th Century Elmwood Scholar's Desk
Located in New York, NY
A large elmwood Scholar's desk from Beijing, China, mid-19th century. Six drawers with original
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Antique 1860s Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Elm

Black Polished Elm Wood Scholar Desk
Located in Kastrup, DK
An elegant Chinese Qing Dynasty Doctor's desk or Scholar desk in black polished Jumu (Elm) wood
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

Black Polished Elm Wood Scholar Desk
Black Polished Elm Wood Scholar Desk
H 30.32 in W 54.73 in D 26.78 in
Chinese Calligrapher's Table
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century Chinese Scholar's calligraphy table with curved legs, carved feet, and original
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Antique 19th Century Dining Room Tables

Chinese Calligrapher's Table
Chinese Calligrapher's Table
H 32 in W 83 in D 42 in
19th Century Asian Burl Wood & Elmwood Scholar's Lap Floor Desk Stationary Table
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Uniquely conceived Asian scholar's writing table with flaps and drawers as well as open tier for
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Antique 1880s Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Burl

Chinese Writing Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese scholars' elmwood writing table with wonderful patina and lingzhi
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

Chinese Writing Table
Chinese Writing Table
H 30 in W 76 in D 36 in
Japanese Edo Four Panel Table Screen Chinese Scholars Pavillion
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Chinese scholars seated in a pagoda pavilion. Painted with ink and natural color pigments on tarnished
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass, Silver Leaf

Chinese Scholar's Desk or Side Table, Early 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Early 19th century Chinese Scholar's desk or side table.  
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wood

Vintage Chinese Rosewood Table Top Display Shelf
Located in Wilton, CT
Nice quality vintage Chinese rosewood tabletop display shelf, circa mid/late 20th century. Stands
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Late 20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

Materials

Rosewood

Chinese Dream Stone and Hardwood Table Screen, Republic Period
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive Chinese Republic period carved hardwood and Dali marble table screen. The well
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Marble

Qing Dynasty Chinese Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Small Table, 18th-19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning mid-Qing dynasty Chinese lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid small table, originally used
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

Materials

Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl

Chinese Rosewood Altar/Scholar's Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
With carved and shaped vertical ends and carved scrollwork on the apron ends. Raised on tall square legs with double stretchers on the ends. Condition: Some scratches to the top.
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20th Century Asian Chinese Export Console Tables

Materials

Rosewood

Chinese Rosewood Altar/Scholar's Table
Chinese Rosewood Altar/Scholar's Table
H 33.75 in W 86 in D 22.5 in
Large Chinese Altar Table or Scholars Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very large and intricately worked Altar Table. The reeded legs with scalloped scrolled tops and
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20th Century Chinese Ming Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Chinese Scholar's Desk
Located in Wilton, CT
Fine antique Chinese elmwood Scholar's desk. Bread board top, double side drawers with brass
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Elm

Chinese Scholar's Desk
Chinese Scholar's Desk
H 34.5 in W 45 in D 33 in
Vintage Chinese Ming Style Three Part 8 Drawer Elm Wood Scholar's Desk, 1970's
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Originally treated with linseed oil this Chinese Ming style scholar's desk retains the warm color
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Ming Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese Scholar Painting Table with Bamboo Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Ming-dynasty style Chinese recessed-leg scholar's painting table with bamboo stripes inlay. It
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bamboo, Elm

Chinese Scholars table
Located in Hudson, NY
Chinese Scholars table. 19th Century. Elmwood from the Hebei Province.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Console Tables

Materials

Elm

Chinese Scholars table
Chinese Scholars table
H 33.5 in W 85 in D 26.75 in
Chinese Scholar Table
Located in Hudson, NY
Chinese scholar table. Ming style.
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Antique 1860s Chinese Furniture

Chinese Scholar Table
Chinese Scholar Table
H 30.5 in W 60.75 in D 28 in
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Chinese Scholar Table For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic Chinese scholar table available at 1stDibs. Each Chinese scholar table for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, hardwood and elm. Your living room may not be complete without a Chinese scholar table — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each Chinese scholar table bearing Mid-Century Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made Chinese scholar table over the years, but those crafted by Marcello Fantoni are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Chinese Scholar Table?

Prices for a Chinese scholar table can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $995 and can go as high as $12,995, while the average can fetch as much as $3,600.
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