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Important Ming Southern Official Hat Armchair with Fabric Joints (Pr.)

16h/17h century, Northern Elm or Huai wood; Shanxi. This type of armchair is given the name ‘southern official hat armchair’…

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Posted in: Chinese Chairs, Chinese Furniture, Connoisseurs Corner

Outstanding Pair of Ming Southern Official’s Hat Armchairs

16th/17th C; Sophora (Huai); Shanxi.  Of rare extinct wood; tall back and wide seat suitable for today; all-original. This kind…

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Posted in: Chinese Chairs, Chinese Furniture, Connoisseurs Corner

Outstanding Qing Altar Table with End Drawers

Mid 1800’s, Northern Elm, Shanxi.  Quality construction with beautiful carved antiquity designs; drawer slides out at each end; excellent condition.…

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Exceptional Ming Shrine Sitting on a Cabriole Legs Table

17th Century; Northern Elm and miscellaneous secondary wood; Shanxi. This rather rare shrine is red-lacquered, gilded, and decorated with paintings…

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Red Lacquer Cabinet with Gilded Medallions

17th/ 18th century, Northern Elm (Yumu), thick red lacquer, fabric underlay, gilded Buddhist auspicious symbols, original brass lock-plate; Shanxi province.…

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Rare Ming Buddha Scripture Storage Chest

16th/17th century, raw lacquer mixed with clay powder over core wood, Shanxi; storage of Chinese  scripture of “Avatamasaka Sutra”.  23″w,…

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Rare Ming Buddha Carrying Chest

15th/16th Century; elm; Shanxi This chest, a sort of altar table, was made to transport a big Buddha figure throughout…

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Tall Black Lacquer Cabinet with Gilt Paintings on Front Panels

Mid-1800s, elm, Shanxi.  Gilded paintings with designs favored by elite class; superb condition; original lock-plate; no restoration.  47.5″ w, 22.75″…

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Exceptional Red Lacquered Half Round Altar Table

18th C, Camphor, Fujian.  Height makes it likely used as valued altar table, antique lacquered and carved half-round tables rare.…

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A Special Antique Black Lacquered Cabinet with “Duawen” Crackled Painted Doors

Early-Mid18th C, Elm, Shanxi.  “Duawen” crackling look and screen paintings with “Scholar’s Rock” treasured by Ming elite scholars. This cabinet…

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