Antique Basket Box

A 19th century Chinese chinoiserie gilt painted box. Lacquer work box of very high quality. Beautifully painted.  

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...

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...

Wonderful 19th century food caddy basket with two compartments that are also used to serve. Turned woven bamboo with reed and wood. This type of food caddy is often associated with DIM Sum...

Burmese Lacquer box. Round Burmese Vintage Lacquer Box. Special lacquering technique to make the color and design on this lacquer piece. Unlike mos...

Qing Dynasty Red Lacquer Tray. Collected outside of Shanghai said have been used as Opium tray. Very well made by a master craftsman. The wear to the top...

Antique Chinese red lacquer box This box measures: 14.5 wide x 14.5 deep x 8 inches high About Photos: We take our photos in a co...

Beautiful iron red lacquer Chinese table box. The red background with gilt decoration with carved bone inlay on the top. 9.5 inches square, T...

Antique Chinese Lacquer Gaming Box and Counters Chinese, late 19th century Height 9.5cm, width 32cm, depth 23cm This beautiful Chinese red lacquer box...

An impressive pair of antique Chinese two tiered hexagon shaped wedding basket or box. Made of lacquered bamboo and rattan. Hand painted in red and black with green accents. Written cursive script translates to poems about "picking mulberry leaves" and "the dangerous and difficult road when traveling through mountains". Also mentioned "Bailu" (15th solar term in the traditional Chinese calendars, around September), "Huangmei" (rainy season, in the Middle And Lower Reaches Of The Yangtze River), which could indicate this basket is probably made in the region near middle or lower part of Yangtze river. The orange marks on bottom ??/?? both translate to Wu Dui, who we assume was the artist / maker. Festive red stacking lacquer boxes are used for carrying food during the wedding procession of the bride. Usually there are two sets of boxes to balance each on the end of the pole. The top box serves as a lid for the bottom box and has a lid of its own. All are beautifully painted in red for good luck. The tradition of Chinese wedding boxes...

With all-over mother of pearl inlay and mon design of chrysanthemum in gold and black lacquer on top. The chrysanthemum is a national symbol of Japan and the Imperial family.

A stunning and rare antique Chinese armorial games box of rectangular form with over 110 matching armorial mother-of-pearl gaming counters. The black lacquer box is finely decorated with a central Chinese landscape scene, the centre with an armorial for Smith impaling ABBOT. the box opens to reveal five lidded boxes each with similar decoration to that on the box outer and each with a central armorial crest. The box also contains 12 gaming trays, four of which are decorated with the same armorial as is the addition of the Pope Joan...