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Place of Origin: Chinese
19th Century Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box from the Qing Dynasty. Decorated all over beautifully with intricate designs and images of ancient C...
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19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Decorative Ceramic Chinoiserie Box with Lid and Pink and Blue Floral Motif
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
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...
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20th Century Chinoiserie Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Antique Two Cylinder Shape Chinese Gilt Lacquered Boxes
Located in Norton, MA
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....
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain, Wood, Lacquer

Vintage Chinese Red and Gold Carved Handled Box
Located in Queens, NY
"Vintage Chinese red and gold painted decorative wooden box with a metal latch and band around the base and an ornately carved handle featuring a ...
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20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Wood

19th Century Chinese Canton Export Lacquered Giltwood Tea Caddy on Shishi Feet
Located in Haarlem, NL
Clover or quartreform shaped mid-19th century Chinese canton export tea caddy in gold lacquered wood on a black background. Decorated with palace scenes...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Pewter

Chinese Painted Scholar s Presentation Box, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This painted wooden box is a 19th-century Chinese snack box, once presented as a gift for a holiday or special occasion. To the delight of the recipi...
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Early 19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Rare Chinese opium smokers kit, including a pillow-box and a pipe.
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare Chinese opium smoker's kit, including a lacquered boiled cardboard pillow-box and a pipe showing signs of intensive use. The pipe fits perfectly inside the box. The curved shape...
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Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Plywood

Chinese Mid-Century Inlaid Metal 4-Drawer Jewelry Box / Cabinet
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Mid-Century small rectangular hardwood box / cabinet features 2 hinged swing doors both carved and inlaid with faux white jade above a bottom drawer with incised metal scroll...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fabric

Antique Cleric s Swing Out Case, Chinese, Travelling Box, Qing, Victorian, 1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique cleric's swing-out case. A Chinese, hardwood travelling box, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890. Charmingly provincial box, presented in original tim...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Hardwood

Chinese Rosewood Strongbox with Jade and Brass, Circa 1920s
Located in Tampa, FL
A charming early 20th century Chinese strongbox, crafted in rich rosewood and accented with intricate brass straps and decorative motifs. The top features a beautifully inlaid jade m...
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1910s Vintage Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Jade, Brass

Antique Wooden Bucket
Located in New York, NY
Special antique wooden farm bucket. Wooden bucket pail having heavy hand forged iron banding. Two solid wooden handles specifically for titling the bucke...
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1890s Country Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Iron

Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
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 ceramic ex...
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16th Century Ming Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Hardwood Jewelry Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Chinese Gold and Black Lacquer Games Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional antique Chinese gold and black lacquer games box raised on four paw feet with a domed lift off cover decorated with figural landscape panels in gilded lacquer colours on a black ground. The cover lifts off to reveal five lidded removable counter boxes...
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Early 19th Century Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Hand Painted Lacquer Camphor Wood Box with Wrestler Figures and Dovetail Joints
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a beautiful hand-crafted antique Chinese lacquer box, crafted from camphor wood, a material often used in traditional Chinese furni...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

19th-Century Chinese Export Black and Gilt Lacquer Wood Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
There are small, decorative wood boxes from many cultures. Some are ideal for holding hand sewing tools. Others, equipped with a lock, like this example, might hold those bulky bangl...
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19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Petite Chinese Rice Measure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic, wooden container is an early 20th century rice measure, used to portion out servings of dry rice and other grains. In keeping with the larger rice measures used at marke...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Small Chinese Black Cloisonne Box, Late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China
Located in Austin, TX
A small and lovely Chinese black ground cloisonne box with peony design, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China. The small cloisonne box raised on four bun feet, and decorated with a design of blossoming peony against a black enamel ground inlaid with geometric wire work in the "wan" pattern. The large blooms of peony depicted in pleasing shades of red, pink, and yellow enamel, with leaves of dark and light green enamel. The colored enamels pop against the black cloisonne...
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Early 1900s Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Vintage Chinese Two-Toned Gilded Wooden Box – Decorative Storage Accent Piece
Located in Yonkers, NY
This striking vintage Chinese two-toned decorative box captures the artistry of traditional craftsmanship while offering a unique, geometric design. Cloaked in a rich gold finish wit...
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20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Small Antique Keepsake Box, Oriental, Decorative Case, Qing Dynasty, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique keepsake box. An Oriental, mahogany and exotic stone inlaid decorative Qing dynasty case, dating to the Edwardian period, ...
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Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Antique Chinese Champlevé Enamel Scarab Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
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.
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

19th C. Chinese Rose Mandarin Round Box with Lid
Located in Norton, MA
A truly fine hand-painted porcelain round box with lid in figures of Chinese traditional ladies and men.   
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Early 20th Century Other Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Antique A Chinese Gilt Lacquered Boxe
Located in Norton, MA
Antique A Chinese Carved Gilt Lacquered Box depicting a Dragon and Phoenix, and all areas of carved patterns throughout. small lacquer colors were lost at the corner, please see the ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

19th Century Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box from the Qing dynasty. Colored black and gold all-over beautifully with intricate designs.
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19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
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 ceramic ex...
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16th Century Ming Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

1891-1911 Chinese Cinnabar Stamp Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
1891-1911 Chinese cinnabar stamp box. The red lacquer carved with a garden scene & a sage under a tree. Hinged. Sides are fully carved as well. Marked "China". Late Qing Dynasty. 3 3...
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Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Chinese Qing Lacquered and Inlaid Handled Sewing Box
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and fine antique Chinese Qing lacquered and inlaid papier mache handled sewing box with decorative panels dating from latter 19th or early 20th century. The sewing box is of round cylindrical shape with a swing carry handle and is inlaid with mother of pearl and abalone. The body is made up of eight oval shaped scenes of typical Chinese style with buildings and people picked out with inset abalone and mother of pearl and highlighted and contained within a gilded border. These are set between bands of patterned abalone and against a blue silk background. A similar band of abalone is applied to the swing handle. The cover sits within a recess and is made up of bands on inset abalone with cut out triangular designs and set over blue silk with a small finely carved mother of pearl handle...
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19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Silk, Lacquer

Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest the it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying cerami...
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16th Century Ming Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Maitland-Smith Vantage Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box
Located in Norton, MA
The State of Art, A Beautiful and highly crafted Maitland-Smith Vantage Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box, with Brass for edge Reinforcement.  
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Early 20th Century Other Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest the it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying cerami...
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16th Century Ming Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Lapis Blue Round Lidded Box or Bowl
Located in Doylestown, PA
A striking Chinese lapis blue cloisonné round lidded box or bowl, early 1980s. Vibrantly decorated with a green border, ombre cherry blossoms, a single butterfly, gilded accents and ...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Late Qing Chinese Red and Black Lacquered Rice Measure Bucket with Carved Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing dynasty Chinese wooden rice measure, hand-carved and richly lacquered in red and black, with traces of gilt enhancing its decorative motifs. Octagonal in form, the bucket...
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Early 20th Century Qing Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Vintage Hotel Tea Chest, Chinese, Pewter Alloy, Chá Caddy, Art Deco, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage hotel tea chest. A Chinese, pewtered alloy chá caddy, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Delightful Art Deco caddy, with superb engraved detail Displays a...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Antique Glove Box, Oriental, Inlaid Decorative Casket, Qing Dynasty, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique glove box. An Oriental, mahogany and inlaid decorative Qing dynasty casket, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Exuding refin...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Mahogany

Chinese Painted Snack Box with Deer Lingzhi, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden Chinese box is a 19th-century snack box, once presented as a gift for a holiday or special occasion. To the delight of the recipients, the box would have been filled with...
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Late 19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Vintage Celebration Dish, Chinese Ceramic Lidded Box, Famile Jaune Decor, C.1980
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage celebration dish. A Chinese, ceramic lidded box with Famile Jaune decor, dating to the late 20th century. Striking decoration across this appealing box Displays a ...
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1980s Chinese Export Vintage Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Chinese Export Black Leather Box On Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular box with brass tacks and hinged lid set in a brass base.
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1850s Chinese Export Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Enamelled and Cloisonné Silver Box, Jade Inlay, China, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century. Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century. H: 6cm, W: 11cm, D: 7cm
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique Huanghuali Document Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Huanghuali document box with original brass mounts. Features a rectangular lid with ornate cut-out brass corners, brass bound down a...
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17th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese leather box - circa mid-19th century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Antique Chinese leather box - circa mid-19th century This antique Chinese box was handcrafted from leat Measures : 22x13cm H:8cm Materials...
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

Antique Tibetan Bronze Filigree and Agate Ceremonial Wedding Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Tibetan bronze filigree and inlaid agate trinket box or ceremonial wedding box China, Early 20th Century Measures: 6.5"W x 6.5"D x 3.75"H. Good original vintage...
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Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Agate, Bronze

Antique Chinese lacquered leather box - XIXème
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Antique Chinese lacquered leather box Original signature seal - Asian Art Measures : 20x11cm H:3,5cm Material : Leather - copper
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

Vintage Tibetan Style Dragon Stacking Picnic Box, Painted Wood, 1990 s, China
Located in Austin, TX
A highly decorative vintage Chinese red painted stacking picnic box and carrier, painted in the Tibetan style, circa 1990's, China. The large painted and textured wood picnic box and carrier comprised of three trays or boxes, and one lid, all housed in a handled carrier. The red painted boxes and cover stack. A large roundel design of a golden dragon face within a cloud collar...
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1990s Tibetan Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Large Chinese Gilt Lacquered Box with Porcelain Medallion
Located in Norton, MA
A large Chinese gilt lacquered box with porcelain medallion in the center top depicting floral pattern and bird.  
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Porcelain

Antique Chinese Chinoiserie Box with Mother of Pearl
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique Chinese Chinoiserie Wooden box with Handpainted inserts. Mother of Pearl decorative buttons. Double sides doors with compartments for small sculptures. Great piece.
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Early 1900s Chinoiserie Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Box Cinnabar Lacquered Red and Black, 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful little box lacquered with red and black Cinnabar forming a peony decoration. Cinnabar lacquer is an Asian technique that comes from cutting an...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

1870s Antique Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver card case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection The anterior surface of this rare Chinese silver card case is ornamented with chased oriental figures amidst bamboo and foliate designs, accented with a fenced area and simplified structures, all on a matte background. The ornamentation incorporates a vacant shield shaped cartouche. The posterior surface of this silver card case is embellished with an exceptional chased decorated segmented iconic Chinese dragon design amidst clouds, also all on a matte background. The rounded sides of this antique silver cigarette case...
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1870s Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Silver

Chinese Rosewood Box with Jade and Brass
Located in Tampa, FL
A charming Chinese strongbox dating to the 1920s, crafted from rich rosewood and accented with brass straps. The top features an inset piece of jade, adding a subtle but elegant foca...
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1920s Vintage Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Jade, Brass

Antique Collector s Box, Chinese, Rosewood, Decorative Specimen Case, Circa 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique collector's box. A Chinese, Rosewood decorative specimen or marriage case, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920. Orient...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Rosewood

Chinese Altar Opium Stand with Dali Marble, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this petite hardwood box captures in miniature the elaborate form of a traditional Chinese altar table. Crafted of a dense hardwood, the narrow box is ...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Marble

Chinese Wooden Small Rectangular Chest with Hand Painted Exotic Birds
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Mid-Century small rectangular hinged chest with metal latch and two side ring handles, hand painted featuring two exotic birds (depicted on the top and front), pine, berries,...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Qing Period Huanghuali Wood and Bronze Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
Chinese Huanghuali wood box decorated with bronze mountings and motifs of bats, fish and moths. The top features a classic Chinese medallion mounted to the centre of the lid. In un...
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Late 19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Set Antique Oriental Cloisonné Graduated Containers, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine antique set oriental cloisonné graduated lidded containers of flattened rounded form each with a green foil leaf design to the cover with butterflies and leaf patterned design...
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19th Century Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Copper

Small 19th century elm decorative table top chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small 19th century eastern elm table top chest circa 1890. Superb quality Chinese pyramid shaped alter table chest made from elm.  Show frame structure with a single shallow drawer ...
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Late 19th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Elm

Mid 19th Century Chinese Octagonal Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brass bound octagonal Chinese Box Made out of Jumu wood (Southern Elm) Interior covered in Chinese paper
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Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Chinese Paint Decorated Grain Bin, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Chinese paint decorated rice or grain bin, with lift top and carrying handles, 19th Century. 25 ½ inches wide by 19 ¼ inches deep by 18 ¾ inches tall
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19th Century Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Sewing Box With Carved Bone Contents
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A richly decorated early 19th century Chinese export sewing or work box in black lacquer, detailed throughout with intricate gilt landscapes and figures. The interior retains a full ...
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Early 19th Century Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Chinese Hand Painted Black Lacquer Lidded Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful hand-painted Chinese lidded black lacquer box, circa 1940s. The handcrafted box measures 13.5"W x 7.75"D x 4"H and has a floral motif on a black background. The lid has ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

19th C. Chinese Paper Machiere Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century lidded box made from paper-machiere.
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19th Century Chinese Export Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Chinese Picnic Box, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
The basic form of this two-tiered box with handle has remained unchanged for 1,000 years. Stacked boxes were commonly used as portable containers for food or ...
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Mid-18th Century Qing Antique Chinese Decorative Boxes

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Hardwood