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Antique Scholar's Chest with Painted Pomegranates, Open Light Bookcase
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful Chinese scholar's chest with an open light feature and hand-painted images
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Korean Elm Brass Bound Bandaji Tansu Scholars Chest Wedding Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
"20th Century Korean Tansu Nong Bandaji tallboy wedding chests or cabinet made of elmwood featuring
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
H 51 in W 36.5 in D 17 in
Antique Korean Elm Brass Bound Bandaji Nong Tansu Scholars Chest Wedding Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Fine & early 19th century Korean Tansu Nong Bandaji tallboy wedding chests or cabinet made of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
H 65.5 in W 44 in D 21.25 in
Antique Chinese Scholars’ Incense Tray of Coconut Wood
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Unusual Chinese Scholars’ Incense Tray, beautifully crafted of wood covered in a parquetry of small
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood, Coconut
Asian Scholar's Bamboo and Braided Wicker Chests / Side Tables, C 1940s, a Pair
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair of Antique Asian scholar's chests /side tables configured with 3 upper drawers and lower
Category
Early 20th Century Korean Anglo-Japanese Side Tables
Materials
Brass
H 21 in W 27 in D 12.5 in
Korean Lacquered Wood and Mother of Pearl Inlay Chest, Joseon Dynasty, 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
chest for a woman, Joseon Dynasty, early 19th century or earlier, Korea.
The small accessory chest
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Korean Scholar's Objects
Materials
Brass
H 11 in W 11 in D 11 in
Anglo-Indian Rosewood Writing Desk, India, circa 1825
Located in Philadelphia, PA
sides, there are Campaign chest-style inset carrying handles. The interior also has very elegant inlay
Category
Antique 1820s Indian Islamic Scholar's Objects
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Rare Japanese Traveling Cabinet Oi Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
priests and monks during long pilgrimage, this rare chest is known as Oi Japanese. In China the carrier
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Scholar's Objects
Materials
Silk, Bamboo, Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Antique Burmese Set of Sixteen Double-Sided Kammavaca or Buddhist Manuscripts
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Theravadin Vinaya, that relates to the traditional ceremonies of monks. Together with a manuscript chest of
Category
Antique 1890s Scholar's Objects
Materials
Paper
H 5.25 in W 26.75 in D 8.25 in
Pair of Vintage circa 1950's Asian Korean Scholars Side Table Chests Inc Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of vintage circa 1950's Korean Scholars side
Category
Vintage 1950s Korean Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
H 25.79 in W 29.93 in D 13.98 in
Antique Korean Bandaji Nong Tansu Scholars Wedding Cabinet
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Bandaji Nong Tansu Scholars Chest Wedding Cabinet
Early 19th century Korean Tansu Nong Bandaji highboy
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
William and Mary Oysterwood Chest
Located in Skipton, GB
A fine and documented William and Mary period chest of drawers.
The top is veneered in well chosen
Category
Antique Late 17th Century English William and Mary Commodes and Chests o...
Materials
Olive, Sycamore
Red Lacquered Chinese Blanket Chest with Gilt Motifs and Guardian Lions
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese red lacquered blanket chest from the 20th century, with gilt décor depicting guardian
Category
20th Century Chinese Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
Mid-18th Century Colonial Virginia Walnut Chest of Drawers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A charming colonial Southern chest in walnut. The surfaces of the chest are wonderfully worn and
Category
Antique 1770s American American Colonial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut, Pine
Alfonso Marina Siena Mahogany Walnut Burl Chinoiserie Chest of Drawers Commode
By Alfonso Marina
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional Chinoiserie chest of drawers by Alfonso Marina. A serpentine form made of mahogany
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
H 31.5 in W 37.5 in D 21.5 in
Mid-Century Chest of Drawers by Maison Regain, circa 1970, France
By Maison Regain
Located in Girona, Spain
Mid-Century chest of drawers by Maison Regain.
Very decorative.
Made with elm.
Circa 1970, France
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Elm
Antique Red & Black Lacquer Chinese Scholar's Book Chests/Cabinets, Chinoiserie
Located in 10 Chater Road, HK
Covered in rich black & red lacquer, of rectangular form with square corners, the fine scholar
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Furniture
Materials
Softwood, Lacquer
H 34 in W 32 in D 18 in
2 Chinese Export Black Lacquer Carved Soapstone Scholars Cabinets Console Chests
Located in Dayton, OH
Magnificent pair of Chinese Lacquered Low Scholars Cabinets, circa second half 20th century. Double
Category
Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Cabinets
Materials
Soapstone
H 30 in W 11 in D 23.25 in
Indo-Portuguese Rosewood, Teak and Ebony Contador
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This chest on chest is of rectangular form in two sections. The upper section has twelve similar
Category
Antique Early 1800s Indian Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Ebony, Rosewood, Teak
Pair of sideboards, circa 1960, Italy
Located in Girona, Spain
Greenberg in her 1984 book Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s. It is now recognized by scholars and
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
Antique Fully Carved Scholar's Cabinet
Located in Somis, CA
This rare, magnificent, fully carved cabinet was a scholar's treasure chest. Hand-painted oval door
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Red Gilded Carved Scholar's Cabinet
Located in Somis, CA
This rare, magnificent, fully carved, gilded cabinet was a scholar's treasure chest. hand-painted
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Scholar's Mirrored Bookcase with Marble Insets
Located in Somis, CA
A highly sophisticated scholar's cabinet from turn of the century. Solid wood throughout, mitered
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Marble, Brass
Chinese Tielimiu and Hongmu Ice Chest
Located in New York, NY
A tielimu ice chest, the two - part cover is made of two planks, the underside of each has two
Category
Antique 18th Century Asian Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wood
Silver Chest, Basque Country, Spain, 17th Century, 1617
Located in Madrid, ES
Silver chest. Basque country, 17th century, 1617.
With inscription.
Rectangular base and semi
Category
Antique 1610s Spanish Baroque Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
Small Antique Apprentice Chest, Anglo-Indian, Colonial Keepsake Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique apprentice-piece chest. An Anglo-Indian, carved teak Colonial keepsake box
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
H 4.53 in W 8.67 in D 4.73 in
The Pennsylvania-German Decorated Chest by Monroe H. Fabian, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Pennsylvania German blanket chests. Collectors, scholars and curators rely upon its images to identify the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 10.25 in W 8.25 in D 1 in
Japanese Marquetry and Lacquer Jewelry Chest, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
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The chest is crafted in the form of a Chinese seal chest, a mainstay of the scholar's studio. The
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Softwood, Lacquer
H 15.75 in W 14.25 in D 7 in
Italian 19th Century Carved Walnut Cassone Chest with Putti and Winged Dragons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
different terms used in contemporary records for chests, and the attempts by modern scholars to distinguish
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
H 52.13 in W 83.5 in D 29.75 in
Rare Chinese circa 1840 Campaign Chest Ornate Metal Work Swastika Well Being
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1840 Chinese hand carved campaign chest
Category
Antique 1840s Chinese Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
H 23.23 in W 29.73 in D 14.57 in
Original Antique Print of Remedial Gymnastics or Fitness Equipment, 1897
Located in Langweer, NL
broad public: people having a general knowledge as well as businessmen, technicians and scholars
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
H 9.53 in W 12.21 in D 0.02 in
17th century oil on copper portrait - St. Jerome
Located in Braintree, GB
fixating on a crucifix. A striking detail reveals him using a stone to strike his chest.
Books prominently
Category
Antique 17th Century European Paintings
Materials
Copper
Chinese Painted Book Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
bronze censers, flower vases, scrolls, and scholars' objects. Original brass hardware secures the doors
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Elm
19th Century Large Scale Chinese Burr Root Wood Carving
Located in London, GB
scholar as follows, "When it is cut, within it there are the forms of mountains and streams, flowers and
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Victorian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Academic Drawing of Homer
Located in Hudson, NY
completed and shows the man as a living blind scholar in life and not as a classical bust or a removed
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Circa 1800 Carved Oak Sculptures of the Apostles, James, John, Peter, and Paul
Located in Dallas, TX
, with his right hand on his chest. Long, flowing hair drapes down over the back of his cloak, which is
Category
Antique Early 1800s European Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oak
H 21.75 in W 8.5 in D 7.5 in
Rare Antique Italian Jewelry Box Casket with Gilt Bronze Lockplate & Hasp Attrib
Located in Forney, TX
gilt bronze lock plate with a coat-of-arms and hasp, mounted on drop-front chest of drawers form box
Category
Antique 19th Century Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
H 8.25 in W 7.5 in D 6 in
Rare and important painted bronze Crucifix after a model by Michelangelo
By Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Leesburg, VA
occasional cameo of crucified Christ’s throughout his sketched oeuvre have made it challenging for scholars
Category
Antique 16th Century Renaissance Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 26.25 in W 11.25 in D 4 in
19th Century Cesare Beccaria Bronze Sculpture
Located in Milan, IT
sculpture portrays Cesare Bonesana-Beccaria, the Italian jurist, philosopher, economist and scholar, a
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Scholars chest
Located in New York, NY
Book chest with display shelves with iron details and fan shaped door handles.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Chinese Antique Scholar's Chest, Bookcase
Located in SOMIS, CA
symbolize blessings and long life. Lower left front of the chest depicts a scholar in the bamboo forest
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Scholars’ Coconut Shell Incense Tray
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Chinese Scholars’ Incense Tray, beautifully crafted of wood covered in a parquetry of small
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Coconut
Schoharie Decorated Blanket Chest
By Schoharie Valley of New York
Located in Columbus, OH
, Scholar, states that these New York chests are as representative of German-American culture as their
Category
Antique 19th Century American Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
All Original Antique Tibetan Chest, Untouched
Located in SOMIS, CA
This is a rare, hand-painted Tibetan chest that dates to early 19th century.
The chest features
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Tibetan Furniture
Materials
Wood
Small Shanxi Cabinet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chest from the Shanxi Province with 2 doors and 1 interior drawer. Black lacquer with red paintings
Category
Antique 19th Century Night Stands
Strasbourg rare Pigeon Tureen and Cover
Located in London, GB
pale-puce and yellow beak and eyes, dark grey head, the pale-grey plumage of its neck, chest and back
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Faience
A Strasbourg rare Pigeon Tureen and Cover
Located in London, GB
with brown beak and yellow eyes, its dark-grey and purple head with dark-grey markings, its grey chest
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Faience
6 Drawer/ 6 Door Coffer
Located in Chicago, IL
. Coffers were often commissioned as part of a dowry and served as family storage chests for bulky winter
Category
Antique 19th Century Cupboards
Terracotta Bust of Juliette Récamier after Joseph Chinard
By Atelier Prométhée
Located in La Plaine Saint-Denis, FR
early nineteenth century men of letters, artists and scholars. Its lounge is one of the most prominent
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Empire Busts
Materials
Terracotta
Ming Dynasty Lacquered Wood Sculpture of Guanyin
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
ruled over by an elite class of scholars was reconsidered, and effectively polarised. During the Ming
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Korean Tansu Scholar's Chest Asian Cabinet
Located in West Hartford, CT
Asian scholar's chest configured with four upper drawers over lower cabinet. Beautifully appointed
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Antique Southern Chinese Scholar's Chest with Carvings
Located in Somis, CA
A delicately carved 19th century scholar's chest.
The chest's original paintings on the door
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Tabletop Scholars' Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted of fine rosewood, this early 20th century scholars' chest is an example of the
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Jewelry Boxes
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Chinese Scholar’s Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
This letter cabinet was systematically designed to keep documents and writing implements such as paper, stationary, pens, brushes, inks, wax and seal presses organized. 31 drawers in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Furniture
Materials
Elm
Antique Korean Elm Brass Bound Banaji Nong Tansu Scholars Chest Wedding Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 19th Century Korean Tansu Nong Bandaji wedding chests or cabinet made of elmwood featuring
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
H 50.5 in W 38 in D 17.25 in
Lanna Thai Manuscript Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant Lanna Thai manuscript chest features red lacquer with gold motifs. It was made in the
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Scholar's Objects
Materials
Teak, Lacquer
Miniature Seal Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese scholars' chest for keeping seals, ink, and inkstones neatly stored on the
Category
Antique 19th Century Jewelry Boxes
Large Antique 19th C. Anglo Indian Metal Writing Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th Century impressive Anglo Indian large tinned copper treasure chest / casket, massive
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Scholar's Objects
Materials
Brass, Copper, Tin
Important Ancient Chinese Zodiac Collection, Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
Located in South Burlington, VT
in front of their chests caressing one of the celestial animals of the zodiac. They are beautifully
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Scholar's Objects
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
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