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19th C China Trade Roll Top Lap Desk on Stand
Located in Charleston, SC
A early-19th century Asian hardwood lap desk on stand. A similar one is pictured in "The Decorative
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks

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Wood

19th C China Trade Roll Top Lap Desk on Stand
19th C China Trade Roll Top Lap Desk on Stand

19th C China Trade Roll Top Lap Desk on Stand

H 40 in W 20.5 in D 16.75 in
Exceptional Chinese Export Gilt Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Decorated Lap Desk
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese export, circa 1820. An exceptional quality and rare form. Featuring figural landscape
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

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Giltwood, Lacquer

Exceptional Chinese Export Gilt Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Decorated Lap Desk
Exceptional Chinese Export Gilt Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Decorated Lap Desk

Exceptional Chinese Export Gilt Black Lacquer Chinoiserie Decorated Lap Desk

H 5.75 in W 23.25 in D 13.625 in

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China Trade Camphorwood Lap Desk
Located in Wilton, CT
China Trade Lap Desk With Pop-up Compartments and Secret Drawers. Retro-fited with Brass English
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Antique 19th Century Desks and Writing Tables

China Trade Camphorwood Lap Desk
China Trade Camphorwood Lap Desk

China Trade Camphorwood Lap Desk

H 11 in W 19 in D 17 in
19th Century Chinese Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and good quality Chinese export camphor wood writing desk, circa 1820. Brass bound around
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks

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Hardwood

19th Century Chinese Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
19th Century Chinese Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk

19th Century Chinese Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk

H 10.5 in W 21 in D 16.5 in
19th Century Chinese Tambour Campaign Writing Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Quality Chinese export camphor wood lap desk, circa 1820. Made for sea Captains and military
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Desks

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Hardwood

19th Century Chinese Tambour Campaign Writing Lap Desk
19th Century Chinese Tambour Campaign Writing Lap Desk

19th Century Chinese Tambour Campaign Writing Lap Desk

H 11 in W 21.25 in D 17 in
19th Century Chinese Export Lap Desk with Chinoserie Decoration
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century Chinese Export Lap Desk with Chinoserie Decoration
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Desks

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Export Lap Desk with Chinoserie Decoration
19th Century Chinese Export Lap Desk with Chinoserie Decoration

19th Century Chinese Export Lap Desk with Chinoserie Decoration

H 5.5 in W 13.5 in D 8.25 in
Mid-19th Century Burr Campaign Lap Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-19th century burr campaign lap desk, circa 1860. Good quality Chinese export burr writing
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Campaign Desks

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Walnut

Mid-19th Century Burr Campaign Lap Writing Desk
Mid-19th Century Burr Campaign Lap Writing Desk

Mid-19th Century Burr Campaign Lap Writing Desk

H 7.75 in W 20.25 in D 10.5 in
Mid 19th Century Campaign Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare and good quality chinese export camphor wood writing desk, circa 1860. Brass bound around
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Campaign Desks

Materials

Brass

Mid 19th Century Campaign Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk
Mid 19th Century Campaign Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk

Mid 19th Century Campaign Camphor Metamorphic Lap Desk

H 10.5 in W 21 in D 16.5 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 housing paperwork, stationary etc. Simple lines with old patina. Some ink stains pres...
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Antique 1880s Chinese Qing Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Burl

19th Century Asian Burl Wood & Elmwood Scholar's Lap Floor Desk Stationary Table
19th Century Asian Burl Wood & Elmwood Scholar's Lap Floor Desk Stationary Table

19th Century Asian Burl Wood & Elmwood Scholar's Lap Floor Desk Stationary Table

H 13 in W 18.5 in D 13 in
Chinese Export Lap Desk on Later Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 19th century Chinese export lacquered traveling desk decorated overall with figures in a garden
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Antique 1880s Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer

Chinese Export Lap Desk on Later Stand
Chinese Export Lap Desk on Later Stand

Chinese Export Lap Desk on Later Stand

H 6 in W 17.25 in D 10.25 in
Large Chinese Export Brass Inlaid Amboyna Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Chinese export amboyna wood brass inlaid lap desk of large scale opening to reveal a fully fitted
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes

Materials

Amboyna

Large Chinese Export Brass Inlaid Amboyna Lap Desk
Large Chinese Export Brass Inlaid Amboyna Lap Desk

Large Chinese Export Brass Inlaid Amboyna Lap Desk

H 8.75 in W 20.5 in D 12.5 in
19th Century Camphor Campaign Tambour Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century camphor campaign tambour writing desk, circa 1860 Fine quality Chinese export
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Campaign Desks

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Hardwood

19th Century Camphor Campaign Tambour Writing Desk
19th Century Camphor Campaign Tambour Writing Desk

19th Century Camphor Campaign Tambour Writing Desk

H 11 in W 21.25 in D 17 in
A Collection Of Period Boxes
Located in Alexandria, VA
A collection of boxes including several tea caddies, a China trade trunk, a lap desk, a document
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Antique 19th Century Boxes

A Collection Of Period Boxes
A Collection Of Period Boxes

A Collection Of Period Boxes

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Rare Japanese Sumi-E Lacquer Inro Yamada Jokasai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A three-case lacquered Inro by Yamada Family circa 18th-19th century Edo period. The inro with slight rounded form is of Kano style and vividly depicts a dragon slithering among the ...
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer

Rare Japanese Sumi-E Lacquer Inro Yamada Jokasai Edo Period
Rare Japanese Sumi-E Lacquer Inro Yamada Jokasai Edo Period

Rare Japanese Sumi-E Lacquer Inro Yamada Jokasai Edo Period

H 0.75 in W 2.5 in D 2.75 in
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Sutra Box with Peony Mon, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A Japanese maik-e decorated black lacquer sutra box, kyobako, with peony mon design, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The elegant lacquer box originally crafted to hold sutras, sacr...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

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Copper

Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Sutra Box with Peony Mon, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Sutra Box with Peony Mon, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan

Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Sutra Box with Peony Mon, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan

H 4 in W 9 in D 10.25 in
Antique Derby School Paneled Oak Roll Top Desk with Full Interior, C1900
By Derby Desk Company
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique roll top desk offers paneled quarter sawn oak construction with s-top opening to full interior over base with flanking drawer towers having foliate carved pulls and centra...
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Early 20th Century American Desks

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Oak

Antique Derby School Paneled Oak Roll Top Desk with Full Interior, C1900
Antique Derby School Paneled Oak Roll Top Desk with Full Interior, C1900

Antique Derby School Paneled Oak Roll Top Desk with Full Interior, C1900

H 50.5 in W 60 in D 32 in
Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Food Offering Vessel, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Food offering vessel, Ok-Kwet Burma Early 20th century Bamboo, lacquer Measures: H: 11 in x D: 11 in :: 28 cm x 28 cm The black lacquered exterior and red interior Ok-Kwet, consis...
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Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Lacquer

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Bamboo, Lacquer

Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Food Offering Vessel, Burma
Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Food Offering Vessel, Burma

Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Food Offering Vessel, Burma

H 11 in Dm 11 in
Large 19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Palace Vases on Stands
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pair of monumental red lacquered Chinese palace vases on stands. These are crafted out of wood and paper mache. There are many motifs around these large pieces, cranes, swallows, f...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Lacquer

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Lacquer

Large 19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Palace Vases on Stands
Large 19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Palace Vases on Stands

Large 19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Palace Vases on Stands

H 51 in Dm 20 in
Fine Japanese Hibachi Lacquer with Inlays Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Japanese wood Hibachi with copper insert circa 1900-30s end of Meiji to Taisho Period. It can be used as a unique planter or to showcase an ikebana design. Hibachi means "fir...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

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Copper

Fine Japanese Hibachi Lacquer with Inlays Meiji Period
Fine Japanese Hibachi Lacquer with Inlays Meiji Period

Fine Japanese Hibachi Lacquer with Inlays Meiji Period

H 7.5 in Dm 10 in
Japan lake landscape kobako box lacquer - Edo
Located in PARIS, FR
Rectangular kobako box in takamaki-e and kirigane gold lacquer circled with pewter depicting a lake landscape. Inside and back of the box in nashi-ji lacquer. Japan – Edo period (16...
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Lacquer

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Gold

Japan lake landscape kobako box lacquer - Edo
Japan lake landscape kobako box lacquer - Edo

Japan lake landscape kobako box lacquer - Edo

H 2.6 in W 6.7 in D 8 in
Lrg Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Style Round Dragon Box Qianlong Mk
Located in Richmond, CA
Large antique Chinese carved and painted cinnabar lacquer style covered round box, top decorated in relief with two fierce, scaly, slithering dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Lrg Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Style Round Dragon Box Qianlong Mk
Lrg Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Style Round Dragon Box Qianlong Mk

Lrg Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Style Round Dragon Box Qianlong Mk

H 8.27 in Dm 10.63 in
Lacquer inro, Japanese, Late 19th c.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fourpart Japanese lacquer Inro. the lacquer is red with motives of a spider with its web in gold and two flying cranes. The lowest part of the inro has a crack on one side.
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Lacquer inro, Japanese, Late 19th c.
Lacquer inro, Japanese, Late 19th c.

Lacquer inro, Japanese, Late 19th c.

H 2.84 in W 2.13 in D 0.79 in
Antique Chinese Lacquer Tray With Dragons
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Chinese Lacquer Tray With Dragons. Our stunning Chinese lacquer tray is rectangular with two handles and hand decorated with gold and red dragons. Great decorative tray for a...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquer

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Lacquer

Antique Chinese Lacquer Tray With Dragons
Antique Chinese Lacquer Tray With Dragons

Antique Chinese Lacquer Tray With Dragons

H 2 in W 22.25 in D 11.25 in
Campaign Roll Top Desk on Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A 19th century diminutive, antique, mahogany campaign roll top desk on stand with brass plaque, brass lined case, string inlay, intriguing pop up hidden compartments, brass recessed ...
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Antique 19th Century English Campaign Desks

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Mahogany

Campaign Roll Top Desk on Stand
Campaign Roll Top Desk on Stand

Campaign Roll Top Desk on Stand

H 40 in W 23 in D 23 in
Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Cheroot Box, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
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Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Lacquer

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Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Cheroot Box, Burma
Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Cheroot Box, Burma

Early 20th Century Lacquer & Bamboo Cheroot Box, Burma

H 9.25 in Dm 22 in
Japanese lacquered 5-tiered jûbako 重箱 (picnic box) with banana leaf design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Elegant lacquered tiered jûbako (picnic box) comprising five stackable tiers, two covers, and a raised tray. Each bearing an attractive deep chestnut brown ground and lacquered in ta...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

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Japanese lacquered 5-tiered jûbako 重箱 (picnic box) with banana leaf design
Japanese lacquered 5-tiered jûbako 重箱 (picnic box) with banana leaf design

Japanese lacquered 5-tiered jûbako 重箱 (picnic box) with banana leaf design

H 9.65 in W 9.65 in D 19.3 in
Large Japanese five part lacquer Inro, late 19th c.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A large five part lacquer inro. A family crest in gold on black background.
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

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Lacquer

Large Japanese five part lacquer Inro, late 19th c.
Large Japanese five part lacquer Inro, late 19th c.

Large Japanese five part lacquer Inro, late 19th c.

H 4.02 in W 2.8 in D 1.19 in
Three Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Vases with Gorgeous Chinese Carvings
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent Set of Three Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Vases/cashepots/flower pots; with Gorgeous Chinese Carved Decoration. This set of three lacquer brush pots feature intric...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

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Lacquer

Three Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Vases with Gorgeous Chinese Carvings
Three Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Vases with Gorgeous Chinese Carvings

Three Antique Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Vases with Gorgeous Chinese Carvings

H 6.75 in Dm 7.5 in
Japanese lacquer suzuri’bako 硯箱 (writing box) with shishi & Hotei design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A captivating lacquer suzuri’bako (writing box) of rounded rectangular form depicting a pair of shishi (temple lions) and the lucky god Hotei 布袋 on a rôiro’urushi (black lacquer) gro...
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

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Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf

Japanese lacquer suzuri’bako 硯箱 (writing box) with shishi & Hotei design
Japanese lacquer suzuri’bako 硯箱 (writing box) with shishi & Hotei design

Japanese lacquer suzuri’bako 硯箱 (writing box) with shishi & Hotei design

H 1.78 in W 10.01 in D 9.26 in
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