'Hundred Eye' Chest, Black Lacquer
TK04D
This modern day black lacquer version has larger drawers for more practical use, each one being ideal to hold CDs and DVDs. Multi drawer medicine c...
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'Hundred Eye' Chest, Black Lacquer
This modern day black lacquer version has larger drawers for more practical use, each one being ideal to hold CDs and DVDs. Multi drawer medicine c...
View full details'Hundred Eye' Chest, Light Elm
Our light elm model really enhances the grain of the wood. With larger drawers than original chests for a more practical modern day use, each of th...
View full detailsMedicine chests with multiple drawers for holding herbs and other remedies, were used throughout China by apothecaries and pharmacists. The larger ...
View full detailsOur black lacquer altar cabinet tapers upwards to meet the curved apron at either end of the top surface, giving a sense of movement and fluidity. ...
View full detailsAltar Table with Cloud Head Spandrels
Shandong, circa 1900 Long, narrow tables like this one were usually placed against the end wall of the main reception room in a Chinese home, used ...
View full detailsAncestor Painting, Couple in Blue and Black
This large ancestor portrait is a reproduction based on the paintings traditionally used in China for centuries for the practice of ancestor worshi...
View full detailsAncestor Painting, Couple in Burgundy and Black
This large, colourful painting on canvas is a reproduction based on the ancestor portraits produced in China for centuries as part of the common pr...
View full detailsAncestor paintings like this one were an important part of the widespread Chinese practice of ancestor worship. Families would remember and worship...
View full detailsAncestor Painting, Grandfather Official in Scarlet
Ancestor portraits like this one formed an important part of the Chinese practice of ancestor worship.The family had a duty to honour and commemora...
View full detailsAncestor Painting, Grandmother Official in Scarlet
Ancestor paintings played an important part in the practice of ancestor worship in China for centuries, before the advent of photography. Families ...
View full detailsAntique Chinese Apothecary Counter
Shanxi, circa 1860 This highly unusual sideboard would have been produced for use as a shop counter for a Chinese apothecary. Larger bottles and ot...
View full detailsAntique Chinese Sideboard, Dark Blue, Double
Shanxi, circa 1920 Refinished in a dark teal lacquer, this lovely antique Chinese sideboard is from Shanxi province in central China. In a symmetri...
View full detailsAntique Elm Console with Shelf
Henan, circa 1900 Produced around the beginning of the last century in Henan province, this simple table is made from chunky elm wood, with a thic...
View full detailsAntique Elm Table with Rounded Legs
Shanxi, circa 1880 This antique elm table features rounded legs and is in a classic Chinese design known as 'An', with recessed legs slotting into ...
View full detailsHebei, circa 1860 This lovely table is from Hebei province near Beijing, with the original dark finish now mostly worn on the top surface to give a...
View full detailsThis beautiful cream coloured lamp is decorated with a black and white etching of birds perched within blossoming branches. The base sits on a wood...
View full detailsAn iconic design, the aged silver finish of this desk lamp gives it a timeless quality that we love. Match with the floor lamps in the same range. ...
View full detailsBlack Lacquer Side Table with Drawers
Shanxi, circa 1920 This lovely little table would make a great console in a hallway, with two useful drawers and a lower shelf that is ideal for st...
View full detailsBlack Lacquer Three Drawer Desk
Beijing, circa 1920 Desk used by the scholarly classes in China were often quite narrow, but this one is deep enough to be practical today as a des...
View full detailsBlack Three Drawer Scholar's Desk
Shanxi, circa 1880 This understated table would have been designed originally as a writing desk in Shanxi province. It would still work well in a h...
View full detailsGansu, circa 1900 This lovely carved panel is in a duck egg blue finish, with delicately carved floral lattice work set in a square frame. It comes...
View full detailsJiangsu, circa 1860 This unusual storage chest is made from camphor wood, with a lid opening up to a single storage space in the top section and tw...
View full detailsCarved Console Table, Black Lacquer
The lovely carved lattice design of the low shelf, on our black lacquer console, harks back to earlier door and window panels in Chinese homes and ...
View full detailsCarved Console Table, Light Elm
This stunning light elm piece is a reproduction of desks that were common in China during the later Qing dynasty, used by the scholarly classes in ...
View full detailsCarved Console Table, Warm Elm
Great as a modern day console table with a beautiful lattice shelf at the bottom, this warm elm piece is a reproduction of desks that were common i...
View full detailsShaanxi, circa 1860 This exquisitely carved coffer would once have been used to store important documents or valuables. It originates from Shaanxi ...
View full detailsCarved Lattice Wooden Wall Panel
Gansu, circa 1900 This intricately carved wooden panel features a beautifully carved floral pattern, set within thick frames. It would once have be...
View full detailsCarved Panel - 'Courage' Black Lacquer
Designed to represent one of the 'Four Nobles', this version is finished in our black lacquer, the central carving being made from camphor, a wood ...
View full detailsCarved Panel - 'Courage', Warm Elm
Finished in warm elm this panel is designed to represent one of the 'Four Nobles', the central carving is made from camphor, a wood which is easy t...
View full detailsCarved Panel - 'Humility', Black Lacquer
Representing one of the 'Four Nobles', this particular panel, in our black lacquer finish, depicts chrysanthemums which symbolise humility. This ce...
View full detailsCarved Panel - 'Humility', Warm Elm
Our solid wood panel, here finished in our warm elm is a representation of one of the 'Four Nobles', the carving set within the centre is surrounde...
View full detailsCarved Panel - 'Purity', Black Lacquer
The central carving of our black lacquer panel is made from camphor, a wood which is easy to carve, the design represents one of the 'Four Nobles',...
View full detailsCarved Panel - 'Purity', Warm Elm
This panel is finished in our warm elm and is designed to represent one of the 'Four Nobles', the central carving depicts orchids a symbol of purit...
View full detailsCarved Panel - 'Uprightness', Black Lacquer
The carving in the centre of our black lacquer panel depicts bamboo a symbol of uprightness and is made from camphor, a wood which is easy to carve...
View full detailsCarved Panel - 'Uprightness', Warm Elm
With a frame made from fir wood, our warm elm panel has a design that represents one of the 'Four Nobles', the central carving here depicts bamboo ...
View full detailsCarved Shandong Storage Coffer
Shandong, circa 1900 This old storage chest is from the northeast Chinese province of Shandong, and is quite typical of the robust, thick framed fu...
View full detailsShanxi, circa 1860 This gorgeous cabinet in a now worn black and red lacquer is from Shanxi in central China. The lacquer is original, as is the si...
View full detailsShanxi, circa 1860 This stunning chest is from Shanxi province, where it would have been used as a coffer to store money and valuables. Made from e...
View full detailsChinese Altar Cabinet, Warm Elm
Finished in our warm elm, cabinets in this style were used from early in Chinese history to hold incense and other offerings to ancestors. The reli...
View full detailsChinese Black Lacquer Trunk, Tall
Made from solid reclaimed poplar wood, our black lacquer blanket boxes use proper dovetail joints and the distinctive circular brass hardware and r...
View full detailsChinese Buffet Cabinet, Crackled, Blue And Cream
Gansu, circa 1920 Restored and updated with a gorgeous cracked finish in a palette of blues and creams, this beautiful old cabinet will have origin...
View full detailsChinese Double Sideboard, Grey Lacquer
Shanxi, circa 1920 The original finish on this sideboard has been replaced with a new, shiny grey green lacquer that gives it an updated, more cont...
View full detailsChinese Lantern, White Circular
These delicate little Chinese lanterns are made with a metal wire frame and a white canvas shade. They make lovely ornaments either standing or hun...
View full detailsChinese Ming Sideboard, Black Lacquer
Made from solid reclaimed poplar wood, our black lacquer sideboard has a simple, clean style. This is due to the two doors being set centrally whic...
View full detailsChinese Shanxi Curio Cabinet, Black Lacquer
This smaller sized black lacquer, painted cabinet is great as a side table or next to a bed. The painted designs in gold on the doors and bottom fr...
View full detailsChinese Shanxi Curio Cabinet, Red Lacquer
Hand decorated our red lacquer oriental cabinets, are individually painted. Designs in gold on the doors and bottom frame show vases, bronzes and ...
View full detailsChinese Sideboard, Cream Painted
Gansu, circa 1920 The paintings of houses and figures on the front of this old sideboard are in faded black and red, but still stand out against th...
View full detailsChinese Tapered Cabinet, Warm Elm
This style of Chinese cabinet, seen here in a warm finish, with the doors mounted on wooden dowels that fit directly into the frames and a slightly...
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