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Place of Origin: East Asian
Chinese Qing Dynasty Style Kitchen Cabinet with Bamboo Sliding Panels
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This striking Chinese Qing Dynasty–style kitchen cabinet is a beautifully crafted storage piece that blends traditional Chinese design with strong visual presence. The cabinet featur...
Category
Early 19th Century Bohemian Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
$1,917 Sale Price
32% Off
Spectacular Chinoiserie Asian Tall Linen Cabinet
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Stunning well-carved walnut Chinoiserie decorated China closet cabinet. We love everything about this beautifully decorated Chinese linen cabinet from t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
$3,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Red Lacquer Cabinet with Sliding Doors
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period red cabinet from the late 19th century, with sliding doors and drawers. This exquisite Japanese Meiji period cabinet...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Large 19th Century Wooden Wedding Cabinet with Butterfly Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large wedding cabinet from the 19th century, with two pairs of double doors and large butterfly hardware. This armoire cabinet features two pairs of double doors, each fitted with ...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Fine and Rare 17th Century Japanese Mulberry Wood Gilt-Lacquer Cabinet on Stand
Located in Lymington, GB
An outstanding and rare, 17th-century Japanese mulberrywood gilt-lacquer cabinet raised on a later stand.
This fine and exceptional two-door, gilt-heightened cabinet - reputedly in mountain mulberry wood...
Category
17th Century Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Korean Wedding Bandaji Chest Joseon Dynasty Original Invoice
Located in Atlanta, GA
One of the most beautiful Korean Bandajis we have had with original patina circa mid-19th century of late Joseon Dynasty. Purchased in Seoul in 1987 and still retains its original hand-written invoice (dated to 1840s). Essentially a Korean drop front half-opening chest, Bandaji was widely used in the household to store family valuables, clothes and beddings. This particular piece on offer was made in Pyongyang area in now North Korea as a wedding chest indicated by the specific auspicious symbols on the metal hardware. Constructed in pearwood, a relatively rare wood type from northern peninsular, which is rather plain and lacks grains but mellowed into a lovely yellow color, the chest was instead sumptuously decorated with nickel-copper (Paktong) plates, hinges, stripes and bosses. Covering much of the entire front of the cabinet, the metal plates were placed with eye-pleasing symmetry pattern. The top row is centered with a large square lock plate with latch and a lock (with key), flanked by a pair of pulls in the bat form (symbol of luck). The middle row has two cloud-form hinges alternate with four large vertical pairs of rectangular hinges. The lower row features a large fish plate (symbol of abundance) flanked by two crane plate...
Category
Mid-19th Century Other Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Pair of Qing Dynasty Carved Yumu Wood Cabinets with Doors and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty period yumu wood cabinets from the 19th century, with double doors, drawers and carved motifs. This pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty yumu wood cabinets fro...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Antique Korean Bandaji Chest Pyongan Do Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Korean wood Bandaji circa 19th century of Joseon Dynasty. Relatively rare, this Bandaji was likely from the southern part of the Pyongan province near Hwanghae province (i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Other Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Chinese Crackled Lacquer Tapered Cabinet, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
The essence of traditional Chinese furniture is fully expressed in the simplicity and graceful presence of this 18th century two-door cabinet. Crafted of southern elmwood with tradit...
Category
Mid-18th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Elm Brown Lacquer Cabinet with Bronze Hardware and Shelves, Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty elm wood cabinet with brown lacquer and bronze hardware. This antique Chinese cabinet, crafted from elm wood during the late Qing dynasty (circa late 19th to earl...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Silverware Cabinet Collectors Chest Relief Carved Chinoiserie
Located in Forest Grove, PA
A nicely carved Chinese storage or silverware cabinet, circa 1960s. It features beautiful Chinese wood relief carved scenes throughout. The hinged top lifts to reveal a green velvet ...
Category
1960s Chinese Export Vintage East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Miniature Japanese Taishō Period Zebra Wood Tansu Chest with Sliding Doors
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Taisho period zebra wood miniature tansu chest from the early 20th century, with sliding doors, open shelf and drawers. Created in Japan dur...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Zebra Wood
Japanese Campaign Style Miniature Chest Ca
1960
s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A lovely Japanese, vintage ca' 1960's miniature chest. Drawers lined in felt, brass hardware, campaign style exposed brackets.
Category
1960s Campaign Vintage East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Elm
Korean Late 19th Century Two-Toned Side Chest with Brass Butterfly Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Korean two-toned side chest from the late 19th century, with double doors and brass butterfly-shaped hardware. Created in Korea during the later years of the 19th century, this small cabinet features a rectangular top sitting above a two-toned façade, made of petite double doors, accented with exquisite butterfly hardware. These doors open to reveal a deep storage compartment. With its clean lines and contrasting colors, this late 19th century Korean side chest...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Altar Coffer with Carved Geometric Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period carved altar coffer from the 19th century, with two drawers and geometric motifs. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this altar coffer features a...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Qing Dynasty Red Lacquer 19th Century Cabinet with Gilded Hand-Painted Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period red lacquer cabinet from the 19th century, with two doors and hand-painted décor. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this cabinet captures our attention with its red lacquer beautifully adorned with a gilded hand-painted landscape and architecture-themed décor. Two doors fitted with large bronze hardware, open to reveal inner shelves and hidden drawers while the ensemble is raised on four short feet connected to one another through an apron carved in the front. With its clean lines and elegant motifs, this Qing Dynasty red lacquer cabinet...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Lacquered Cabinet with Carved Dragon Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wooden display cabinet from the 19th century, with reddish brown lacquer, open shelves, drawers and carved friezes. Created in China during the Qing Dyn...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Cabinet with Brown Lacquer and Double Doors
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period side cabinet from the 19th century, with brown lacquer and two pairs of double doors. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period, this side cabinet...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Decorated Lacquered Cabinets
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese (19th Century) decorated lacquered small 2 door cabinets with scenes and figures on rectangular stands with filigree corners...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
$22,500 / set
20th C. Korean Style Tansu Chest with Iron Mounts, Collection of Plácido Domingo
Located in Morristown, NJ
Korean Style Tansu Chest with Iron Mounts, c. 1965–1985 — From the Collection of Plácido Domingo
A striking and functional Korean-style tansu cabinet, crafted in the mid-to-late 20t...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Metal
19th Century Chinese Cabinet
Located in Martlesham, GB
A fabulous quality 19th century Chinese cabinet, a cupboard each at the top and bottom with workable locks, with a single drawer in the cent...
Category
1880s Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
$11,699
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Brown Lacquer Cabinet with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period compound cabinet from the 19th century, with two drawers and brass medallion. We currently have two available, priced and sold $6,500 each. Created in C...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Red and Black Lacquer Cabinets
Located in Kastrup, DK
A stunning and pair of Chinese early 19th century cabinets features a red lacquer front contrasted by black lacquer sides.
Each cabinet sh...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
$7,444 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Japanese Taishō Mizuya Dansu Kitchen Two Toned Cabinet with Sliding Doors
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Taisho period Mizuya Dansu two toned kitchen cabinet from the early 20th century, with sliding doors, drawers and brass hardware. Created in Japan during the Taisho period...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Pair Korean Lacquered Head side Chests Morijangs Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare pair of Korean lacquered wood cabinet dated to the late Joseon Dynasty toward the end of the 19th century. The cabinet was known as "Morijang" in Korean and was traditionally ...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th Century Polychrome Tibetan Cabinet with Double Doors and Painted Cartouches
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Tibetan antique cabinet from the 19th century, with painted cartouches and two pairs of double doors. Created in Tibet during the 19th centur...
Category
19th Century Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Vintage Zebra Wood Japanese Cabinet with Sliding Doors and Curving Open Shelves
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Japanese zebra wood cabinet from the mid 20th century, with sliding doors and open shelves. Created in Japan during the midcentury period, this cabinet features a linear si...
Category
Mid-20th Century East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Zebra Wood
Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Cabinet with Carved Apron and Bronze Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wooden cabinet from the 19th century, with round medallion hardware. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this wooden cabinet features two large doors opening thanks to a large bronze medallion...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Antique Japanese Black Lacquered Table Cabinet
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Japanese Black Lacquered Table Cabinet, having a quality lacquered lift off lid above 4 drawers with original handles, containing ...
Category
16th Century Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
Black Lacquer and Rosewood Cabinet with Soapstone and Bone Inlay
Located in Lomita, CA
This cabinet makes a dramatic statement in black lacquer with rich rosewood trim and brass pulls. But the whimsical figural bone inlay carvings are what makes this most memorable. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Qing Dynasty Period 19th Century Cabinet with Original Brown Lacquer
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period cabinet from the 19th century, with original finish and Chinoiserie motifs. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period, this cabinet features a lin...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Free Cabinet by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Free Cabinet by DAaZ
Dimensions: D 45 x W 87 x H 170 cm.
Materials: Albizzia.
DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary and revel in the ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
$5,003 / item
Screen Wall Cabinet in Nickel Silver
Lacquer by Artempo
Located in Geneve, CH
Screen Wall Cabinet in Nickel Silver
Lacquer by Artempo
Dimensions: D 36,5 x W 78 x H 109 cm.
Materials: Lacquer and nickel silver.
Artempo means art of time. As time goes by,...
Category
2010s Modern East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Silver, Nickel
$23,759 / item
Late Qing Dynasty Two-Tone Burl Wood and Elmwood Compound Cabinet
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty two-tone burl and elmwood compound cabinet with doors and drawers. This impressive late Qing Dynasty burl wood and elmwood compound cabinet commands attention wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Chinese Antique Colonial Showcase in Fine Wood
Located in Milano, IT
Gorgeous antique showcase of fine French manufacture, created for English colonists, belonging to the 1800s.
This stunning display case is made entirely of a very fine dark wood, fabulously crafted and embellished.
There are 4 feet to support the structure, S-shaped in fine wood, black in color, very durable. The feet are decorated with simply fantastic wooden spheres. Above we see a rectangular frame decorated like a frieze, with various squiggles and wooden spheres that go to create bunches of grapes, which give a really beautiful and scenic effect.
Going up we see two window opening doors, very beautiful, with spherical wooden handles. The decorations are located in the center of the rectangle of the sash: the subject is a flowering tree branch with a sweet little bird perched on it, supreme nature prevails.
Going up further rises the showcase proper, again framed by the wood used for the base. There is a central handle at the left side, which helps to open the one window sash...
Category
Early 19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
$8,159 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese 19th Century Qing Dynasty Red Lacquer Cabinet with Medallion Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period red lacquered cabinet from the 19th century, with round medallion hardware and drawers. We have a pair available should you need it (see image 3 for instance), however each cabinet is priced $5,500. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty period, this cabinet features a linear silhouette perfectly complimented by a red lacquered finish. A pair of double doors, fitted with a large medallion, opens to reveal a dark interior made of inner shelves and two hidden drawers offering convenient storage options. The lower section showcases four additional drawers while the ensemble is raised on four straight legs connected to one another through a carved apron in the front. With its clean lines and red finish, this 19th century Chinese Qing cabinet...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Chinese Square Corner Locking Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfecting line and proportion, the simple design of this low locking chest celebrates the restraint of classic Chinese furniture forms. Crafted from reclaimed elmwood, the cabinet is modeled after those used for general storage in a Qing-dynasty home. The cabinet is minimally decorated save for its dark, espresso-brown finish and the soft glimmer of its brass dagger...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Elm
Rare Japanese Export Marquetry Cabinet with Drawers on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece of functional art made in Shizuoka for export to the western market, this Japanese chest with drawers on stand, circa 1900s features intricate marquetry work using a traditio...
Category
Early 20th Century Japonisme East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Japanese Early 20th Century Black and Gold Speckled Compound Cabinet
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese compound cabinet from the early 20th century with black and gold speckled finish and glass sliding doors. Created in Japan during the early years of the 20th century, this...
Category
Early 20th Century East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Wood
Vintage Asian Marquetry Tansu Table Cabinet
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite vintage Asian marquetry Tansu table cabinet is a masterful blend of craftsmanship and functionality. The intricate marquetry inlays form stunning geometric patterns, b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinoiserie East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Japanese Antiques Cabinets, Tansu Storage, Wabi Sabi, Japandi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is the best cabinet from the Taisho period, with a rarely seen structure and size.
Its neat appearance and elegant design are still beautiful beyond time.
The upper level has gl...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Glass Showcase, Storage shelves, Japanese Antiques, Wabi Sabi, Japandi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
We have completed a special showcase that represents the best of ICCA's craftsmanship.
The main material is chestnut, which has beautiful grain and durability.
It was disassembled i...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Walnut Brass Mounted Hardwood Silver / Jewel Chest
Located in Germantown, MD
A late 19th Century to Ealy 20th Century Chinese Export Walnut Brass Mounted Hardwood Silver Chest or Jewel Chest in great vintage condition. Soft Chinese motif textile lined inte...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
$1,646 Sale Price
25% Off
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Compound Cabinet with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period compound cabinet from the 19th century, with four doors, hidden drawers and brass medallions. Created in China during the Qing dynasty, this compound cabinet features a smaller chest stacked on top of a regular sized cabinet. Compound cabinets were used for storage. The top would contain out of season clothing while the main cabinet would be used as a wardrobe for everyday use including bedding and clothes for the season. The cabinet showcases a natural finish perfectly complimenting its linear silhouette. The main section's doors open thanks to a traditional brass medallion with teardrop pulls and petite key, to reveal inner shelves and hidden drawers offering great storage opportunities, while the ensemble is raised on straight feet connected to one another through an apron on three sides. With its clean lines and natural patina, this 19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese compound cabinet...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
19th-Century Japanese Cabinet Made of Exotic Wood in Brown
Located in Opole, PL
19th-Century Japanese Cabinet or Etagere Made of Exotic Wood in Brown color
A Japanese cabinet from the late 19th century made of exotic wood, featuring rich floral decorations. The...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
$2,063 Sale Price
20% Off
Two-Piece Hardwood Display Cabinet with Glass Paneled Cutouts
Located in Yonkers, NY
This Chinese display cabinet seamlessly blends artistry and function, featuring intricate carved glass panels set within a rich hardwood frame. A modern interpretation of traditional...
Category
Mid-20th Century East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Hardwood
19th Century Red Lacquered Qing Dynasty Cabinet with Carved Dragons and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A red lacquered Qing Dynasty period cabinet from the 19th century, with round brass medallion, drawers and carved gilded apron. This Qing Dynasty period red lacquered cabinet from th...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Japanese Tana
Tea Cabinet
Made of Keyaki Wood
Located in Hudson, NY
Keyaki wood is a treasured and protected wood in Japan. The cabinet is decorated with cut forms of paulownia leaves, a symbol of the Tokugawa family, and chrysanthemums, the symbol o...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Primitive Book Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This primitive book cabinet from Japan features natural wood construction accented with subtle metal details. With a combination of open shelving and enclosed cabinet storage, it bri...
Category
Early 20th Century East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Metal
$12,740
Chinese Export Coromandel Lacquer Cabinet on Stand, Mid-19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful Chinese coromandel brown lacquer cabinet on stand, made for the export market, early to mid-19th century, China, presented on an early 20th century custom fitted stand.
The gem of a cabinet is fitted with doors and drawers, and decorated on all sides.
The top, back and sides with lacquer painted scenes of birds and flowers.
The front of the cabinet featuring a pair of stunning coromandel doors carved with a shanshui (mountain and water) landscape scene, complete with temples and pagodas, boats and bridges, and figures, all set against craggy mountains shrouded in clouds and rippling water.
The cabinet mounted with brass hinges and lock plates (key included) and a pair of carrying handles.
Opening the doors reveals eleven wondrous black lacquer drawers...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Screen Luohan Bed in Brass, Shell, Nickel Silver
Lacquer by Artempo
Located in Geneve, CH
Screen Luohan Bed in Brass, Shell, Nickel Silver & Lacquer by Artempo
Dimensions: D 106 x W 205 x H 77 cm.
Materials: Lacquer, brass, shell, and nickel silver.
Artempo means art of ...
Category
2010s Modern East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Silver, Nickel, Brass
38.5″ Antique Qing Dynasty Paneled Chinese Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, TX
38.5? Antique Chinese paneled cabinet
Fujian China
Richly patinaed cabinet with hand painted panels in gold depicting regional floral and ...
Category
1910s Qing Vintage East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique circa 1800 Chinese Hand Painted Wedding Cabinet Housekeepers Cupboard
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique circa 1800 hand painted and lacquered Chinese Wedding cupboard for folded linens etc
...
Category
Early 1800s George III Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Elm
Antique Japanese Kyushu Tansu, Meiji Period (1868–1912)
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
An exceptional two-section chest from the Kyushu region, crafted from solid kiri (paulownia) wood with a warm, time-worn patina that highlights its fine grain. Retaining its original...
Category
Late 19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Pair of Chinese Black Lacquered Coromandel Cabinets
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Asian Chinese style (19th Century) black lacquered and decorated coromandel cabinets with 4 doors with carved panels (PRICED AS PAIR).
Antique condition, minor losses and cr...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
$22,000 / set
19th Century Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Wooden Cabinet with Bronze Medallion
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period cabinet from the 19th century, with large bronze etched medallion. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty, this 19th century cabinet features a rectangular top overhanging two doors flanked with rounded side posts and fitted with a large bronze medallion...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Bronze
Qing Dynasty Period 19th Century Red Lacquer Shanxi Cabinet with Floral Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period Shanxi cabinet from the 19th century with original red lacquer and floral décor. Created in the North-Eastern province of ...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
19th Qing Dynasty Red Lacquer Small Cabinet with Doors and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period red lacquered cabinet from the 19th century, with two drawers, double doors, scrolling motifs and traces of black lacquer. Created in China during the Q...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Rare Chinese Kangxi Polychrome Coromandel Lacquer Casket
Located in Lymington, GB
A rare Chinese polychrome Coromandel or ‘Bantam Ware’ lacquer casket or table cabinet, Kangxi period (1661-1722). Circa 1700.
This fine small Chinese-export lacquer fitted casket is decorated overall with polychrome incised decoration. Opening with two doors revealing a red interior with fitted drawers and a hinged rising top. In superb, almost entirely original condition, retaining its vivid colours and fine details with courtiers in a pavilion and on horseback amidst foliage and formal palace gardens. The small bun-type feet are historical replacements. Interestingly bearing an antique-script inventory #25 and A I on the base.
Nb. Bantamwork or Coromandel lacquer, not to be confused with ‘japanning’, is the term applied to decoration that is cut into a layer of gesso and then lacquered in colours. Much of the lacquer was transhipped from China through Coromandel in India, or the Dutch colony Batavia, Java.
References:
Coromandel lacquer or 'Bantamwork', with its characteristic incised decoration, was made in Henan province in Northern China from the latter-part of the Ming dynasty and exported to Europe from the end of the 17th Century through the East India Company's and VOC trading posts on the Coromandel Coast of India. The technique consisted in overlaying a base of wood with a series of increasingly fine white clays and fibrous grasses. Over this surface, lacquer was applied and polished before the design was incised and the hollowed out portions filled with colour and gilt and finished with a clear lacquer to protect it.
Although John Stalker and George Parker used the term 'Bantamwork', the contemporary layman usually called it 'cutt-work', 'cutt Japan' or 'hollow burnt Japan'. Stalker and Parker discuss two types of 'Bantam-work' - flat and incised - in their 'Treatise on Japanning and Varnishing' (1688), noting that it 'was done in colors mix't with a gum water'. They also considered that it was 'almost obsolete, and out of fashion, out of use and neglected....' although admitted that 'it was very pretty, and some are more fond of it, and prefer it to the other...'.
This casket/ table cabinet now on offer is related to one formerly with Malletts and illustrated in A. Bowett, 'English Furniture 1660-1714: From Charles II to Queen Anne' (2002) p. 150, plates 5:9.
A much larger yet closely-related Bantam work coffer with rising lid was offered in the 'Asian Art in Cologne' sale lot 114 on 11th December 2021. Estimated @ £ 60,000 - £79,000.
Mme de Pompadour, mistress to King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, was an avid collector and admirer of Chinese Coromandel or Bantam Work, and was probably largely responsible for the very high prices recorded for such pieces, sometimes 10 times or more the price of ordinary furniture of equivalent quality.
A Coromandel cabinet...
Category
18th Century Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Qing Dynasty Elm and Burl Wood Multi-Season Compound Cabinet, 19th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Qing Dynasty period elm and burl wood compound multiseason cabinet from the 19th century, with four doors, inner shelves and hidden drawers. Created during the Qing Dynasty, this e...
Category
19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Cabinets
Materials
Brass
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