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Scholar's Objects For Sale
Anglo Indian Sadeli Inlay Lap Desk, with Fitted Interiors
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Anglo-Indian bone inlay lap desk with fitted interiors. Exterior has geometric design. Interior has multiple compartments and folds out ...
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bone, Wood
Japanese Connoisseurs Collection Fine Antique Smoking Pipes Kiseru
Located in South Burlington, VT
Rare one-of-a-kind collection
Japanese Connoisseurs Collection of Five (5) Fine Antique Smoking Pipes, Kiseru.
You dont need to be a conn...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Sterling Silver, Gold
Rare Chinese Yellow & White Gongshi Scholar's Stone Golden Cabbage On Stand 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
This rare Chinese Gongshi, or scholar's stone, is a remarkable and highly auspicious item, celebrated not only for its natural beauty but also for its cultural significance. Featurin...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Calligraphy Brush with Goat Bone and Hair
Located in Somis, CA
Very unique, one of a kind Chinese calligraphy brush with the fine goat hair, decorated with a beautiful natural goat tail bone. Goat hair is prized for its fine quality, essential f...
Category
2010s Chinese Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bone, Goat Hair
Chinese Antique Cache 98 Bamboo Wood Calligraphy Slips, Collectors Find
Located in South Burlington, VT
Bamboo and wooden slips - jiandú- were the main media for writing documents in China before the widespread introduction of paper during the first two centuries AD.
This substantial group, 98 pieces, of one-of-a-kind slips with painted hand calligraphy appeals to book lovers and antiquity sleuths We believe them to be circa 1900 , Qing dynasty and are offering this group from a collection of old works of art.
Dimensions: bamboo slips...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood
Antique Eyeglasses in nicely decorated Case, China Circa 1900
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Eyeglasses in nicely decorated Case, China Circa 1900. The core is in wood and the case in shagreen, tinted with copper oxide. Shagreen is s...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Glass
Set of 3 Calligraphy Brushes Blue and White
Located in Somis, CA
A set of 3 beautiful porcelain handle Chinese calligraphy brushes. The handles with hand painted round and oval porcelain balls of longevity motifs and basketweave, in classic, timeless blue and white...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Bronze Boat-Shaped Suiteki
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese bronze suiteki c. 1980's.
A suiteki is a small vessel for holding water to be added to ink for calligraphy. This particular suiteki features ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle Flowers/Shanshui Jade 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese inside painted mini snuff bottle, with a jade cabochon stopper
weight: 30 Grams
circa: 20th Century
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Monumental Chinese Carved Rosewood Brush Pot
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare and unusual 19th century monumental Chinese rosewood brush pot carved from a large, solid trunk. Beautiful crafted with a subtle hourglass cylindrical shape. Featuring rich and ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Rosewood
Pink Rhodonite Gemstone Calligraphy Brush 15"
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, rare brush made with 5 natural rose pink rhodonite gemstones, each stone measuring at 1.25" wide. A healing crystal for the heart, rhodonite dissolves negative emotions ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects
Materials
Marble
Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Fubako Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered wood fubako (a box used to store document or small scroll painting), circa second half of 19th century late Edo period. The rectangular box features an unusually deep lipped lid with slightly rounded corners, a conforming lower box that is almost entirely covered by the lid which has two bronze medallion rings with tasseled...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Rare Chinese Scholar Rock Wuling Stone on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
An unusual Chinese scholar stone originated from Wuling Mountains, Hunan Province in central China. A type of geological wonder, formed through wind erosion and polishing by the elem...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Antique Mongolian Snuff Bottle Swivel Stopper Late 19th Century
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Mongolian horn snuff bottle, finely crafted with a swivel stopper
circa: 1900, Late 19th Century
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Organic Material
China, Realgar Glass Snuff Bottle, Jade Stopper, 19th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
China, Realgar glass snuff bottle, jade stopper, Qing period. 19th century
Realgar glass is a yellow-to-red-colored glass developed in China during the eighteenth and nineteenth cent...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Jade
Chinese Carved Hardwood Scholar's Tray, Qing Dynasty, 19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A sophisticated Chinese carved and pierced hardwood scholar's tray, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, China.
The tray of rectangular form with high sides and rounded corners. The sides...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Scholar Rock Yellow Taihu Stone on Wood Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a tall Chinese Taihu scholar rock in an upright mushroom-cloud shape displayed on a custom wood stand. Well-balanced in form, the stone is of an uncommon deep yellow colo...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar's Objects
Materials
Limestone
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle -Two Birds in Tree - Jade Stopper 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, decorated in fencai with a pair of red birds in flowering tree branches, with a jade cabochon...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Fine Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Applied Gemstones Snuff Bottle R.O.C. 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
This cinnabar snuff bottle from the Republic of China period is a masterful blend of intricate craftsmanship and symbolic artistry. The bottle, i...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Jade
South East Asian Document/Storage Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
South East Asian document/storage box, Thailand or Burma, circa 1940s, decorated with figures and animals, done in an embossed style in black and brown...
Category
Early 20th Century Thai Tribal Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood
Japanese Glazed and Caved Ceramic Dragon Bowl by Makuzu Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic bowl by Japanese Imperial potter Makuzu Kozan (1842-1916) circa 1891 of late Meiji period. A very fine example of the artist's work that belongs to the middle period of his...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Woven Bamboo Ikebana Basket by Chikusei Watanabe
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely Ikebana bamboo basket hand-woven by Japanese artist Chikusie Watanabe (1932-) circa late 20th century. The Hanakago basket is of a classic vase form with elongated handle an...
Category
20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Japanese "Suiseki" with Pink color / Natural Stone Carving
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a stone mined in Japan.
Not only in China but also in Japan from ancient times, rocks in the mountains have been shaved and stones for viewing have been quarried.
Such stone...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Chinese Twisted Rootwood Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every traditional scholars' desk. This small wooden bru...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Burl
18th century Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot (Bitong)
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Chinese Huanghuali Brush Pot, Bitong, an elegant simple form, well carved from one honey coloured and nicely figured limb of huanghuali (Dalbergia...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Carved Jadeite Boulder Grotto on Hardwood Stand, 20th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Chinese carved grayish white and green jadeite (fei cui) boulder with a mountain and grotto scene, presented on a fitted carved nanmu hardwood stand, mid to late 20th century,...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Jade
Important Chinese Incised & Filled Gourd Snuff Bottle "Ruan Guang Yu" 阮光宇 c.1959
Located in Richmond, CA
A masterfully carved hulu gourd snuff bottle by the esteemed artist Ruan Guang Yu (阮光宇, 1903-1960), a seminal figure in the realm of gourd carving. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Organic Material
Antique Chinese Hand Carved Hardstone Brush Washer Archaic Ruyi Qing early 20
Located in Richmond, CA
This antique hand-carved sodalite hardstone brush washer is a stunning example of traditional craftsmanship and artistic expression. The washer is of a compressed barrel form, a shap...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Antique Chinese Color Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle Bats Yellow Snowstorm Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
This fine Qing period antique snuff bottle is a beautiful example of color glass overlay craftsmanship. It features a vibrant yellow snow storm gr...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Silver
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Blue & White Qilin Snuff Bottle Early 20c Republic ROC
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in compressed globular form, hand painted in underglaze blue with a Qilin beast to each side, and four characters Daoguang mark to base withi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meiji Period 19C Japanese Hirado Netsuke Sanbosa dancing monkey
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This is a most unusually made antique Hirado porcelain netsuke form model of a mischievous monkey dressed as a Sanbosa dancer. The figure is crisply modelled with cobalt blue and iro...
Category
17th Century Edo Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Artist's Box, English, Walnut, Paint Palette, Winsor & Newton, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique artist's box. An English, walnut and ebony paint palette case by Winsor & Newton of London, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.
Appealing Victorian artist's box from a renowned paint supplier
Displaying a desirable time worn patina and remnants of enthusiastic use
Walnut stocks present fine grain interest and rich caramel hues
The lid edge accentuated with an ebonised corner finish
Dressed to the fascia with a brass lined lock escutcheon — in working order, key present
Interior offers a suite of compartments over pin-secured lower drawer
Lift-out paint tray annotated with colour names and several vintage paint pots...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Ebony, Walnut
Extraordinary Chinese Scholar Ying Stone on Stand with Collector Seal
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a vertical Chinese scholar rock balanced on a carved wood display stand. The specimen is a wonderful example of Ying (or Yingde) stone, one of the four famed stone types known to Chinese literati and a less common type than Lingbi or Taihu. Gray in color, it has an extraordinary upright form rising from a small stem, like an "Avatar Mountain" peeking out of the mist. Visually it feels impossible for the stone to balance on its thin stem and the wood base. The illusion is due to the thickness of the depth which is not immediately visible from front or back. This type of exotic form was highly desired by the collector. The surface is remarkable with pronounced schisms, gullies, folding lines, with several formation of openings that give it a grotto and airy feel. Different sceneries are revealed when viewed from different angles, making this one of the most intriguing stones in Tishu Gallery...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Postmodern Polished and Raw Tessellated Stone Floor Vase
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Elevate your decor with this Postmodern Polished and Raw Tessellated Stone Floor Vase. Featuring a mix of polished and raw stone, this vas...
Category
20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Japanese Old Memorial Stone Seated Buddha, 18 Inches
Located in South Burlington, VT
Simple Memorial Buddha
A single stone seated Buddha in meditation and who complacently sits with Kanj engraved to each side of this sculpture
Good garden candidate
.In Japan, Kṣi...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
A 19thC Chinese carved and painted wooden saddle with tack.
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
A 19thC Chinese carved wooden saddle with red painted decoration. Iron attachments with colourful decorated tack and iron stirrups. The saddle appears to be elm and is likely 19thC. ...
Category
19th Century Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Cobalt Blue Relief 5 Claw Dragons Mid-20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, finely decorated with two scaly slithering cobalt blue five claw dragons contesting a flaming pearl, carved in relief above a border of cras...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Chinese Pale Agate Snuff Bottle, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Agate
Rare Japanese Traveling Cabinet Oi Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
Served as a traveling cabinet as well as a shrine and carried like a backpack for the Buddhist priests and monks during long pilgrimage, this rare chest is known as Oi Japanese. In China the carrier case is known as Ji, traditionally used by the traveling scholars or monks in the ancient time to carry their belongings such as books, clothes, and stationary. The piece on offer here is of Japanese origin and dated to Edo period (circa 17-18th century), possibly older to 16th century of Momoyama or Muromachi period. It was likely reserved for the use of a high-rank priest to carry the Buddhism scripts based on its luxurious high quality. The wood frame takes the shape of a pagoda with carved bamboo design that features upturned corner cornices...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Silk, Bamboo, Wood, Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Lacquer Tray with Maki-e and Inlay Hara Yoyusai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely Japanese lacquer rectangular lacquer tray with a slightly scalloped corner and four L shape supporting feet by one of the most celebrated lacquer artist active in Edo period Hara Yoyusai (1772-1845). Yoyusai lived in Edo (Tokyo) and worked under the patronage of Lord Matsudaira. He operated a large workshop and had a very prolific output of lacquer objects. Most survived pieces being inro...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Chinese Red Agate Pepper Snuff Bottle with Green Jadeite Stopper 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese carved agate snuff bottle with a carved green jadeite stopper. The intense red agate material shows real life likeness of a red pepper in shape and color, and is w...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Agate, Jade
Antique Chinese Amber Glass Inside Painted Mounted Snuff Bottle Qing Late 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese snuff bottle from the late Qing period, crafted from amber glass, showcases the mysterious and intricate art of inside ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Glass
VIntage Persian "khatam" Pen Holder
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This is a vintage Persian style letter and penholder with 4 brass tips pen holder.
The wooden base is khatam inlaid micro mosaic.
It is solid and in very good condition for age.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Moorish Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood
Extraordinary Chinese Scholar Rock Ying Stone on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
The Chinese scholar rock on offer here is a wonderful example of Ying (also known as Yingde stone), a less common type than Lingbi or Taihu. Gray in color, it has an extraordinary up...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Chinese Flora and Fauna Inkstone, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholarly pursuits such as painting, calligraphy, and poetry were a highly respected and revered subculture in ancient China, and demanded their own set of tools that were not only f...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Antique Chinese Carved Rose Quartz Snuff Bottle Lotus mid century
Located in Richmond, CA
This mid 20c, 5/6/7 period carved rose quartz snuff bottle is a delicate and exquisite artifact, reflecting the refined aesthetic and skilled ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Rose Quartz
Antique Chinese Shadow Agate Cameo Relief Carved Snuff Bottle Scholar Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
A Chinese late Qing dynasty shadow agate snuff bottle, exquisitely carved to depict a scene of contemplative serenity. It features a scholar, thoughtfully seated on a rock, positione...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Agate
Antique Chinese Bronze Censer/Incense Burner
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Introduce a piece of history to your decor with this antique Chinese bronze censer incense burner. Featuring intricate detailing and a ri...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Archaisitc Bronze Small Scholar Vase, 17th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A fine small archaistic scholar's vase in the form of a zun, Ming to Qing Dynasty, 17th century, circa 1650, China.
The small vessel of elegant proportions and wonderfully cast. T...
Category
Mid-17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Satsuma Ceramic Ewer Yabu Meizan
By Yabu Meizan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Satsuma ware miniature ewer from the studio of Yabu Meizan (birth name Yabu Masashichi; 1853-1934), who was one of the most celebrated and collectible Satsuma artists from the Meij...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Scholar's Objects
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Bronze Scholar Vase with Taotie, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 17th century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A small and interesting cast bronze archaistic scholar vase with loose ring handles and taotie mask design, late Ming or early Qing Dynasty, mid 17th century, China.
The small vase of archaistic hu form, and cast with archaistic designs. Sitting on a tall splayed ring foot, the round body is cast with a large band featuring a ferocious taotie (ogre) mask. The taotie mask in this case id decidedly feline, with a ruyi shaped snout above a whiskered mouth. Two flanges stick out to either side of the mask, reminiscent of ears.
A wide, tall neck rises from the body, terminating in a slightly everted mouth. The archaistic cast design on the neck is not as clear, but most likely represents Fusang, a mythical island in the Eastern Sea where the legendary Fusang tree grows. The Fusang tree, home to the mythical Sun Bird...
Category
Mid-17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Bronze
Antique Ruby Red Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle Fisherman Wood Gatherer Qing c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Late Qing to Republic period ruby red glass overlay snuff bottle on snow storm ground, depicting a landscape scene with a wood gatherer figure to one side, and a fisherman fi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar's Objects
Materials
Silver
Large and Substantial Chinese Scholar Rock on Display Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning upright Chinese scholar stone (also known as Gong Shi, meditation stone and spirit rock) of significant weight and volume is gracefully balanced on the wood display stand....
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Rare Antique Chinese Azurite Malachite Double Snuff Bottle 19c Qing Dynasty
Located in Richmond, CA
Discover a piece of history with this 19th-century double snuff bottle, hand carved from the captivating azurite malachite stone, renowned for its vibrant interplay of green and purp...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Malachite
Large Chinese Scholar Stone Rare Red Taihu Rock on Display Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large and dramatic Chinese Gongshi (known as meditation stone or spirit stone) from Taihu (Lake Tai) balanced on display stand. This scholar rock features a relatively red and poro...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone
Antique Persian Qajar Period Enameled Paper Mache Royal Pen Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Dating from the early 19th century or Qajar period, this antique hand painted pen box is done in a series of bordered vignettes of Persian men and animals ...
Category
Early 19th Century Indian Other Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood, Paper
New Brush Stand Solid Wenge Wood Large Holds 16
Located in Somis, CA
Our calligraphy brush stands are made of solid wenge wood, a prized, sustainable, exotic wood with beautiful grains. Top of the stands are deco...
Category
2010s Chinese Scholar's Objects
Materials
Wood, Wenge
Exquisite Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Suzuribako by Koma Kyūhaku Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
One of the finest Japanese Maki-e Suzuribakos (ink box) we have on offer, the roiro color box showcases an ambient nocturnal scene in which two shakudo inlaid crows perched on the handrails of a bridge (possible the Uji Bridge...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Scholar's Objects
Materials
Stone, Metal
