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Duan Stone

19th Century Chinese Spirit Screen with Duan Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century spirit screen from northern China is inset with a duan stone, similar to stones
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture

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Stone

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Four Small Chinese Export Lacquer Trays, 19th Century Qing Dynasty
Located in London, GB
A set of four charming and decorative Chinese export black lacquer trays, exquisitely hand-decorated with ruby lozenges on gilt background within oriental foliate borders. China, Can...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

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Lacquer

Japanese Tall Antique Buddha Seven Roof Stone Pagoda- best in class, 13.5 feet
Located in South Burlington, VT
Just Found, Call or message us for details. For the finest garden- a monumental and spiritual representation of the Buddha expressed in this substantial 13.5 feet seven roof pagod...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

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Granite

Japan Antique Armillary Orb Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
First we've seen, unusual style Japan, an antique hand cast round lantern with a unique armilliary orb inside with intriguing details from the Taisho period. May be suspended fro...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Patio and Garden Furniture

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Iron

Chinese Table Screen with Soapstone Panel, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prevalent in fine Chinese interiors as early as the Tang dynasty (618-906), standing screens with decorative stone panels served numerous functions as portable architecture. Used to ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens

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Soapstone

Tiffany Studios New York "Japanese Garden Scene" Picture Frame
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New York, NY
Louis Comfort Tiffany’s garden scene showcases a Japanese stream garden or Yaramizu. The stream is a major element in Chinese and Japanese landscape design, partly because it represe...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Picture Frames

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Bronze

Antique A Silk Lacquer Chinese Fan with Shadow Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique Chinese fan Qing dynasty, the fan features black and gold lacquered handled a colorful screen , hand painted on silk . With antique fan frame. see photos. Fan in case is 18''...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

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Lacquer

Late 19th Century Black Lacquer Chinese Butterfly Cabinet, Shanxi Sideboard
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
a captivating late 19th-century Chinese butterfly cabinet, a traditional altar coffer originating from Shanxi Province. Crafted from elm wood, this exquisite piece showcases painted ...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Cabinets

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Elm

Japanese Antique Unique Bronze Star Fish Lantern
Located in South Burlington, VT
First we have seen, unique An innovative designed nautical Lantern that emits brilliant night light. Outstanding Japanese design merges with fine art in this beautiful large-scale ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze, Copper

19th Century Chinese Lacquer Table Cabinet or Jewelry Box
Located in London, GB
A superbly decorative Cantonese black lacquer table or jewellery cabinet, exquisitely ornamented with Oriental figures and pagodas throughout. China, Canton, Qing dynasty, mid-19th c...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer

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Lacquer

Antique 19th Century Export Chinese Lacquer Gaming Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century export Chinese lacquer gaming box with hand painted scenes gilt export black lacquer, there are 7 gaming boxes and 12 trays, 14.5 inch x 11 x 4.5, very good cond...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

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Lacquer

Antique Round Lacquer Box
Located in New York, NY
Antique Deco Round Lacquer Box. Antique Chinese Round Lacquer Box used for special delicate sweets and or holding special jewelry. Art Deco period in Shanghai, 1920-40. Constructe...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Art Deco Lacquer

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Gesso, Wood, Lacquer

Antique Round Lacquer Box
Antique Round Lacquer Box
H 2.5 in Dm 11.2 in
Chinese Export Black Lacquer Gilt Painted Box, Mid 20th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A large and highly decorative Chinese black lacquered wooden box with gilt painted decoration, mid 20th century, China. The large box of square quatrefoil form, may originally ha...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer

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Wood

Antique Victorian Bench or Table North Wind Style Hand Carved Mythical Face
Located in Topeka, KS
Fantastic antique hand carved North Wind style mythical face bench or table comprised of rich walnut and mixed woods. It is in beautiful vintage condition. It does have nicks and din...
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Benches

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Wood

19th Century Antique Chinese Carved Yellow Lacquered Bed Foot Chest/Coffee Table
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a traditional style of yellow lacquered antique Chinese bed foot chest. Normally it was set on the bed and used to store clothes and jewelry. It has a lot of Chinese traditio...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

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Elm

Antique Imperial Meiji Japanese Ebonized High Relief Carved Dragon Bench
Located in Dayton, OH
A fine and impressive Imperial Japanese Meiji Period Ebonized Rosewood Dragon Bench. Features high relief carving throughout. The arched and pierced back consists of 4 dragons. In th...
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Antique 19th Century Meiji Furniture

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Rosewood

19th Century Antique Chinese Carved Red Lacquer Console Table / Sideboard
Located in Pomona, CA
This beautiful antique Chinese console table has beautiful traditional detailed deep/raised carving works on the front drawer panels and legs. This console table features 2 small dra...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

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Elm

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Large Carved and Richly Textured Chinese Ink-Stone
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
a beautiful and richly textured Duan stone. It is exquisitely carved and features a traditional
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Sculptures and Carvings

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Stone

Inkstone with Landscape Motif
Located in Chicago, IL
, Guangdong in China. Duan stone is a volcanic tuff, commonly ranging from purple to shades of green and tan
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20th Century Chinese Folk Art Sculptures

Inkstone with Landscape Motif
Inkstone with Landscape Motif
H 10.5 in W 13.5 in D 4 in
Qilin under a Full Moon Inkstone
Located in Chicago, IL
considered an omen of prosperity. It was carved of a select duan stone, a stone native to China, whose
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

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Stone

Qilin under a Full Moon Inkstone
Qilin under a Full Moon Inkstone
H 1.25 in W 3.75 in D 5.25 in
19th Century Chinese Dragon Carved Inkstone
Located in Chicago, IL
inkstone is hand carved of duan stone with a whimsical motif of a serpentine dragon emerging from the sea
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects

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Stone

Chinese Inkstone with Bamboo and Birds in Flight
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century footed ink stone was finely carved by hand from a solid block of Duan stone. The
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects

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Stone

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Finding the Right Asian Art and Furniture for You

From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.

Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.

With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.

For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.

“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.

In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.