Chinese Boxes

This item is an antique Chinese lacquer trinket box in a pumpkin shape. It mad of carved wood coated in multiple layers of red and black lacquer. It has hand painted with Chinese tra...

Charming and highly detailed anthropomorphic bronze sculpture depicting a penguin rendered as a gentleman, dressed in a tailored overcoat with bow tie and hat, and holding a walking ...

Elegant vintage Chinese cloisonné enamel trinket box crafted in brass with finely detailed polychrome enamel decoration. The domed lid features flowering branches in shades of cobalt...

The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying Chinese ce...

The State of Art, A Beautiful and highly crafted Maitland-Smith Vantage Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box, with Brass for edge Reinforcement.  

An exquisite Chinese Hand Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle. Hand painted on the reverse with a dragon chasing the pearl design. This beautiful Chinese snuff bottle is hand made of th...

Chinese Round Black Lacquer Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, likely 20th Century Beautiful and useful 20th century. Chinese lacquer box of circular shape, the domed cover with flora...

This is a small vintage decorative jewellery box. A Chinese, lacquer and soapstone keepsake case with mirror, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1940. Fascinatingly presented box ...

A Chinese vintage blanket chest from the mid 20th century, with brass hardware. Created in China during the midcentury period, this vintage blank...

Antique Chinese Lacquered Flip-Up Travel Shaving Jewelry Box Vanity Mirror Vintage Wooden Jewellery Box & Mirror Decorative Box & Lid Hand P...

The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying Chinese ce...

A Chinese Huanghuali document box with original brass mounts. Features a rectangular lid with ornate cut-out brass corners, brass bound down a...

Finely detailed champlevé scarab shape box with gilt wash interior. Traces of antique mirror on inner top. Rich colors of blue, turquoise purple finely enameled all around box.

Great condition for its age. No major losses or damage. Has original sewing pieces inside.

Large Chinoiserie Rectangular Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1950s. Large Chinese black lacquered box with numerous figures and gilt detail. Chinese rectangular black lacquer and gilt painted box, made for the export market. The rectangular large black lacquer box is decorated with beautiful gilt painting. the Upper portion opens revealing a lacquer tray. The lid of the box hand painted in the shanshui style, with an idyllic river and mountain, Chinoiserie style landscape with architectural Asian decor, landscape figures of women in traditional kimonos, young boys playing near a river. The landscape studded with trees and vegetation, and some small pagodas...

This antique Chinese stacking box dates to the early 20th century and is simply designed of carved pinewood and burgundy lacquer. Placed atop a ta...

This product is an antique Geisha Trinket Box made of porcelain with hand painted Geisha girl on the lid. Originating from China dated back to 1920s. It...

Antique Qing Dynasty Blue & White porcelain box with cover - hand painted with the double happiness symbol to the top and meandering vines ...

A large octagonal form Chinese export tea caddy in black lacquer decorated throughout in gilt and red with figural garden scenes, pavilions, and dense scrolling foliage. The lid pane...

Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens, and personal effects, trunks were ...

This box is in a brown color. It has been made in the 20th century, in China. It is hand carved, with character and landscapes, patterns.

An Antique Chinese Export Lacquer Travel Desk, 19th Century Description: Decorated with gilded vegetation and panels depicting scholars in a garden. Fitted with two compartments and...

Sweet little Chinese export brass box with beautiful floral etched designs, looks like peonies to me. With a lovely white jade top carved in fretwork with a vase framed by the flower...

This Chinese cloisonné enamel box has been fashioned in a lobed gourd form. The exterior is ornamented with floral and foliate motifs rendered in crimson red, apple green, rose, whit...

Trunks and storage chests were the most ubiquitous form of household storage throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. Used to store clothes, linens and other household items, trunks w...

Antique A Chinese Carved Gilt Lacquered Box depicting a Dragon, Clouds, and waves, and all areas of carved patterns throughout. small lacquer colors were lost at the corner and botto...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver jewellery box; an addition to our collection of boxes and cases This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver box has a subtly undulating rectangular form. The surface of the box has a planished finish and is embellished with an embossed and chased decorated stemmed floral and foliate design to the anterior surface. The decoration to the body continues to the cover, incorporating plum blossom arrangements and an impressive perched bird motif. This antique jewellery box is fitted with the original hinged cover. This exceptional Chinese silver jewellery box is supported by four impressive cast silver feet. The hallmarks struck to the underside of this fine box include: Maker's mark: HC (Hung Chong) Artisan workshop mark: QI CHANG (Shanghai) NOTE: We are grateful to Adrien von Ferscht for his help in identifying this exceptional antique piece. Condition This antique Chinese silver jewellery...

An absolutely lovely Chinese export pink Canton enamel round stacking box and cover, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China. The circular stacking box consists of a bowl form base, ...

Early 20th century Shanxi wooden storage box used for serving steamed dumplings / food at family gatherings. This steamer box features traditional round, rustic, bentwood constructi...

Vintage Chinese handcrafted lacquer wood handpainted jewelry box in a shape of sea shells clam.

This slender metal container is a 19th-century white brass incense burner, used for storing and burning incense sticks. The small box has a rectangular form and a removable sliding t...

Antique Oriental Chinese Export Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1940s. Large Asian Chinese black lacquered tea box with numerous figures and gilt detail. Chinoiserie black l...

A small Chinoiserie ceramic decorative box with a lid. Rectangular in shape, this box features a hand-painted floral motif on the top of the lid as w...

Large round Asian wooden box richly decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay. The lid features an elaborate floral composition surrounded by butterflies, birds, scrolling foliage and tr...

This Shiwan ceramic pillow (headrest) of earthenware features a green & blue glaze. Pillows in this shape were not only used by opium smokers but most typi...

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...

Monochrome Chinese Fish Scale cloisonne is long famed for it's high quality of craftsmanship and understated elegance. A staple of interior design...

Antique Two Cylinder Shape Chinese Carved Gilt Lacquered Boxes with colors applied. There is a chip on the lid of the large one, please see the photos.  Size: 1. Large: 5.5" Dia x 5....

An elegant and intricately detailed Chinese export folding game box, crafted from lacquered wood with gilded decoration, dating to the early 19th century. The exterior features beaut...

Circa 1900 Chinese box decorated with green, blue, red and yellow floral design set against a white background. The top with a carved white jade floral medallion. The apple green ena...

Lovely Chinese export cloisonné box made of brass and enameled with a beautiful floral pattern in beautiful colors of red, green, blue and red. The box rests on ball feet. This chino...

Long ago, this elegant rosewood box was used by a Qing-dynasty lady to store her favorite pieces of jewelry, each drawer filled with jades, pearls, coral necklaces, and hair pins. Th...

This is a beautiful papier mâché, circular lacquered St of Cups, which we attribute to being made in Japan during the early 20th century, circa 1910. This is a very decorativeset ...

Perfect Antique Chinese Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th/20th Century Great piece of cloisonne. Additional information: Material: Porcelain &...

Wonderful Chinese box in red, gold and black having a Chinoiserie painted design on embossed leather with original brass hardware. There's a removable metal liner and the interior is...

This is an antique glove box. An Oriental, mahogany and inlaid decorative Qing dynasty casket, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Exuding refin...

A portable stacking box featuring five separate tiers, crafted from limewood and originally coated in black lacquer. Remnants of the lacquer are still visible, lending the container ...

This is a antique Chinese hand-painted cylindrical tea caddy (chazutsu), crafted from natural bamboo. It features an artisan-carved and hand-painted relief decoration depicting a gol...

another piece from my personal collection. wonderful handmade cigarette case from china. made by an unknown artist and retailed by the company woshing / shanghai. the stamp dates the...

An early 19th century Chinese export black lacquer tea caddy, richly decorated with hand painted gilt scenes depicting traditional Chinese architecture, figures and flowering landsca...

Antique Chinese brass decorative box with Jade Medallion. This stunning Chinese export brass box features a beautiful etched bat design with a central c...

A vintage Chinese decorative box, crafted in wood and finished in lustrous black lacquer, its surface delicately adorned with a gilt bamboo and green leaf motif. The design, executed...

A Vintage Chinese Black Lacquer Wooden Decorative Box Description: Featuring traditional calligraphy and red painted details. The rectangular box is secured with a central bronze-to...

Magnificent round box in red lacquer in two parts. Completely decorated by hand. With gilded, gold decoration. There are floral and geometric decorations, handmade interlacing, with gold leaf. The box is placed on 4 feet. The interior is lacquered black. Very nice dimensions. This box shows some wear due to its age and authenticity. This round Chinese box in red and gold lacquered woven bamboo Was probably a wedding box, a work box, a storage box. It can be used as a hat box, sewing box, games box or tea bag box...

This small presentation box from the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911) is cloaked in a rare shade of celadon-teal lacquer, an unusual color we've never seen in our years of collecting. T...

Antique Chinese bone ebony oval treasure box with lid cover decorated with incized symbol of happiness on top.

This antique Chinese table chest balances rustic charm with refined simplicity. Dated to the early 20th century, the wooden lock box would have been used to store money and valuables...

Chinese export tea caddy in pomegranate red, made for the English market. This is a beautifully crafted chinoiserie piece with carved brass feet and a richly decorated surface featur...

Set of three hand-painted wood potiche decorative boxes from Shanghai, dating to the 1950s. These charming Mid-Century decorative objects feature rounded wooden bodies with removable...

This simple lacquered box was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the recipients, the unassuming box w...