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Furniture — Oriental - Philips Auctions Australia
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Furniture
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| *** | An exceptional rosewood, ivory and silk Cantonese screen. Qing Dynasty, mid 19th century, a four leaf silk screen exquisitely embroidered with myriad birds of varied species within trees and auspicious flowers, the reticulated arched crests, bases and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Qing style hardwood scholar's desk and chair, 20th century, the Qing dynasty style huang huali wood desk and chair, the spacious desk with a rectangular top above three drawers, supported by a pedestal base, each side with a drawer and lower… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine eight leaf double-sided Chinese coromandel screen, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century. the richly carved lacquer screen depicting red crested cranes, phoenix, water fowl and others amidst auspicious peony, magnolia and bamboo in a lotus water… | *** |  |
| *** | A rare Chinese silver architectural table screen, X-ray tested .950 silver., the large architectural double-sided table screen, embossed and chased silver, unmarked. 'In 1866, the silver table screen was brought to Victoria from china by Maa Louey… | *** |  |
| *** | A carved Chinese rosewood display cabinet, circa 1880/1900, the pierced pediment with Foo dogs in a framed fan design on a profusely carved floral frame supporting seven tiered shelves and a cupboard with a carved door on squat paw feet. Height 217 cm,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese inlaid rosewood dining suite and buffet, mid 20th century. Comprising a d-ended extension dining table with a plain top, finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl with a continuous band of dragons to the apron, with 2 extension leaves; eight matching… | *** |  |
| *** | A good set of four rosewood and burl shield back armchairs, early 20th century the Chinese export set of armchairs, each with shield back in solid burl wood enclosing relief carved moon medallion featuring naturalistic scrolls motif, above a rectangular… | *** |  |
| *** | Pair of rosewood chairs from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) with carved top rails, profuse mother-of-pearl decorations of flowers and trailing vines, grey and white marble roundels to the backs, surmounted by auspicious Chinese emblems, rectangular grey… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese marble rosewood and mother-of-pearl inlaid table, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the round waisted table with an inset marble top with red and cream blooms, bordered with auspicious bird, floral and dentil decorations, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood altar table, 20th century, beautifully crafted with inlaid burr panels to the top within frames with hidden mitres, the rolled ends with taotie mask motifs, a pierced fretwork apron with a central medallion and raised on shaped straight… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese suite of furniture. Meiji period (1868-1912), comprising two chairs, a sofa and a table. All in detailed, carved ebonised wood, the sofa and chairs with arched back with carved and pierced with depictions of dragons and phoenixes, with arms… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved rosewood display cabinet on stand, Republic period, c1920s the elaborately carved cabinet on stand with a carved and pierced crest rail with grapevines motifs, above a glazed door with original glass, opening to an arrangement of shelves,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese eight leaf coromandel-type floor screen, 20th century, carved and coloured with flora including magnolia, peony, chrysanthemum and bamboo and various species of auspicious birds in rock and lakeside settings, upon a gilded ground to one side… | *** |  |
| *** | An exquisite Chinese export lacquer sewing table. Mid 19th century, the rectangular table with scalloped and shell shaped hinged lid opens to reveal a series of practical compartments each with a removable lid all mounted upon a twin pedestal and… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese carved camphorwood root ceremonial tea table, 20th century, the impressive camphor burlwood tea table with carved teapot, hills, steps, central draining hole and various level platforms. Height 68 cm, width 162 cm, depth 92 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood and marble topped pedestal stand, early 20th century, the stand with two undertiers, with a variegated purple marble inset square top, the recessed frieze carved with pierced keys over open fretwork and trailing foliage, the corners… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood and mother-of-pearl inlaid carver, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, profusely pierced and inlaid throughout, having a shaped square back with an inlaid dragon plaque surrounded by pierced dragon and phoenix designs, a… | *** |  |
| *** | A magnificent Ming style rosewood setting comprising four 'Official's Hat' armchairs and a matching long settee, the finely crafted setting in richly toned yellow and near black hardwood featuring splats with archaistic relief carved motifs, pierced… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese four panel porcelain screen, early 20th century, the four panels depicting the seasons with various birds among the trees set in a pierced frame with scrolling vines and bats. Height 87 cm. Width 93 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine antique gilded, carved and lacquered Chinese table, Qing Dynasty, later 19th century, the table top decorated with birds, butterflies and symbolic flora bordered with finely relief carved and impressed scenes of dragons chasing flaming pearls upon… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export lacquered sewing table, circa 1860, the rectangular table with finely rendered figurative scenes in gilt to exterior and interior surfaces, with lid opening to reveal a fitted interior with lidded compartments and including a selection of… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Japanese six panel screen Meiji period, 1868-1912 depicting figures and their horses in sublime landscape settings, beautifully and subtly decorated en grisaille with red accents, the paper panels upon gilt leaf backing on navy and gold silk,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese twin pedestal desk in three parts, qing Dynasty (late 19th century), in rosewood and with good patina, the desk raised on pedestals with two drawers, squared legs supported by undertier stretchers in a lattice arrangement. Height 85.5 length 153… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of rosewood and burl two tier side tables, early 20th century the pair of Chinese side (or bedside) tables, each with upper shelf inset with burl wood panel, supported on carved naturalistic scrolling brackets, above a matching long rectangular top… | *** |  |
| *** | A richly carved antique Chinese rosewood desk, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, featuring a pierced gallery with dragons and ruyi motifs, two compartments with drawers and a cupboard flanking key fret shelving, twin frieze drawers and a four drawer… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese export carved desk or dressing table and matching chair, early 20th century, the crescent-shaped table with an asymmetrical gallery of stepped shelves between a small cupboard and a drawer, a frieze drawer below, on cabriole legs, the whole… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine elm and Pearwood Korean chest on chest, circa 1880, in the traditional manner with four small drawers above a pair of cupboards well embellished with shaped and etched hardware including a decorative circular lock, 'Brick work' panelling below to a… | *** |  |
| *** | An Oriental rosewood screen with silk embroidered panels, early 20th century, with four panels each well carved to the frames and with pierced and carved crests, the pale gold silk panels each with fine embroideries of exotic birds and insects amongst… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Japanese export two panel mirrored dragon screen, early 20th century the imposing pair of rectangular hinged panels, each with a dark wooden frame richly carved and pierced in deep relief with dragons and foliate decoration, with bone and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Meiji-style figured elm double-sided Step tansu, in three sections fitted and stacked on a plinth base, the whole comprising a double-side arrangement of drawers and compartments with hinged and sliding doors, with black fittings in iron and… | *** |  |
| *** | A small rosewood display cabinet. The plain rectangular glazed door opening to tiered and stepped mirror backed shelving on an everted plinth base. Height 64 cm, width 43 cm, depth 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export rosewood and Dali marble carved throne chair. Early 20th century. The superior export piece with a curved head crest decorated with deep foliate scrolls above a central circular variegated marble inset panel raised on a rectangular marble… | *** |  |
| *** | An Anglo-Indian rosewood and ebony Dowry chest and stand, circa 1925/6, purchased Alleppey, Kerala, the hinged lid with brass inlaid arabesques and fleur-de-lis pierced, elements, relief carved panels to the body enclosed by inlaid stars and ornaments,… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese rosewood and marble inset arm chairs, early 20th century, the vine and faux bamboo carved back inset with a single marble disc panel above shaped arms and supported on square legs. Height 110 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese rosewood cabinets, early 20th century, the square body set with two upper and two lower doors set with finely carved panels of continuing chrysanthemums standing on a plinth base. Height 136.5 cm. Width 101 cm. Depth 45 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Korean elm display cabinets, circa 1910, the pair each designed as a traditional tall rectangular open frame with internal shelving and closed in storage below complete with small drawers and doors. Includes Certificate of Authenticity. Height… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese painted marble table screen, early 20th century the square marble panel hand painted with a Taoist figural narrative in circular reserve surrounded by clouds, possibly of the yellow emperor and his attendants meeting the mysterious goddess Xuan… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese timber cased mahjong set, circa 1900, in a metal trimmed mother-of-pearl inlaid oriental cabinet with a sliding front and small drawers, with 144 tiles in bone and bamboo, sticks, counters and shungi tokens (apparently complete), in good… | *** |  |
| *** | A vintage Chinese black lacquered cabinet, mid 20th century, the cabinet with twin cupboards each with three panels decorated with figures, birds and auspicious flora in applied coloured stone and shell, painted scenes to the sides, with traditional… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese elm and pine cabinet. Meiji period (1868-1912), in two sections, the upper part with a pair of sliding doors above an arrangement of drawers, the lower part with an asymmetrical arrangement of long and short drawers and a small cabinet lower… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood and burl coffee table, early 20th century the round coffee table with a glass top inset with a burl wood panel, above a shaped and beaded apron decorated with relief carved ruyi border, the four uprights also beaded, raised on ruyi form… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese lacquered sideboard, circa 1940, the black lacquered cabinet of generous proportions having a low relief key fret frame bordering four red and gold cupboards richly adorned with figures in pavilion, watergarden and landscape settings; with a… | *** |  |
| *** | A rustic Chinese hardwood altar table, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, of pegged construction with a single broad plank top above a deep skirt, shaped retractable spandrel ends revealing interior cupboards, square section, legs united by a box stretcher,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood Mah-Jong table and four chairs 20th century, the felt topped table with a carved fretwork apron and small drawers, raised on square section legs, with four corner chairs carved with fish motifs to the splats, with cross stretchers and… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese Ming-style hardwood side chairs 20th century possibly huanghuali, each with a solid panelled back carved with vases, teapots, and other vessels supported at each side by a carved and pierced brackets, the dished seat above the waisted… | *** |  |
| *** | A pierced Ming style hardwood daybed settee, the settee with humpback cresting rail and arms above cloud and cross lattice panels centred with a roundel featuring relief carved addorsed phoenix, the straight legs with hump back apron stretcher and pierced… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese carved hardwood and marble pedestal stand, late 19th to early 20th century with a circular top inset with a variegated rouge marble top, with pierced skirt, raised on long square and spiral twisted legs united by stretchers, with applied cast… | *** |  |
| *** | An impressive pair of carved Chinese elbow chairs, profusely carved as writhing dragons with lyre style backs in the form of entwined dragon bodies, with dragon's head arms, shaped serpentine seats with shaped carved aprons and cabriole legs with… | *** |  |
| *** | A small vintage Japanese Tansu 20th century of typical square form with two sliding doors with floral ironwork handles and an arrangement of drawers with iron work swing handles and other hardware, height 60 cm, width 63 cm, depth 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese black lacquer and mother-of-pearl cabinet, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the small cupboard with a pair of doors above two half width drawers, with painted peony to the top, the side panels and doors decorated with inlaid… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco Japanese Sectioned Tansu in Japanese Ash, Taisho period (1912 - 1926), in vibrantly figured ash upon a horse chestnut carcase, a moderne interpretation of a traditional tansu with arrangements of three sliding compartments, shelves and five… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Art Nouveau hardwood 'Iris' chair, Meiji period, late 19th century, the chair having a shaped back dramatically pierced and carved with iris blooms and sweeping foliage, with a relief carved splat of conforming design to a decorative painted… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hardwood cabinet with four finely carved and fretted panelled doors, each with a central cartouche of a figure in a landscape, enclosing an interior with an arrangement of shelves and small drawers, on square-section legs with carved spandrels… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese carved timber and marble pot stand, Qing Dynasty, late 19th to early 20th century, the hexagonal top inset with plum coloured marble, with six supporting legs to slightly splayed feet supported by a spoke style stretchers, profusely… | *** |  |
| *** | A six leaf double-sided Chinese coromandel screen, the richly carved lacquer screen depicting birds amidst auspicious flowering prunus blossoms, with peony, pomegranate and bamboo in a rockwork flower garden, in muted colours upon a gold leaf ground, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A rustic Chinese hardwood altar table, Qing Dynasty, 19th century, of pegged construction with a single broad plank top above a deep skirt, with double cupboards, shaped retractable spandrel ends revealing interior cupboards, and raised on square section… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese marble and carved hardwood table screen, the circular marble panel within spandrels carved and pierced with foliage and bats in a moulded square outer frame sliding into the stand with carved relief decoration of dragons and bats. Height 62 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Huang huali tray-top low table, the removable tray top with 'Ghost Face' figuring and a pierced gallery and apron resting on a folding X-frame stand, carved and pierced flowering foliage decoration throughout and incised with a blossoming branch… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese marble-topped figured hardwood square table, possibly huang huali, the square top inset with varied grey marble above the waisted frieze and foliate-carved and pierced apron, on moulded square-section legs with horse's hoof feet. Height 87 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rope carved rosewood drum table, 20th century, the circular drum table or stool, finely carved and pierced to simulate linked rope or cane. Height 46 cm, diameter 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese mother-of-pearl inlaid rosewood side tables, later 20th century, traditional style square tables with rounded corners, both embellished with archaic relief fret ornament and piercings to the aprons, raised on angled square section legs… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Tamo Ash Tansu, early 20th century, in three sections, with a pair of sliding doors and three small drawers above five long drawers, on a plinth base, with decorative pulls and other metal fittings to the front and sides. Height 155 cm. Width… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Japanese timber and iron chest, Meiji period, late 19th century, of travelling chest form with carry handles, having two shallow drawers, with a deeper drawer below flanked by a small drawer with a secret compartment to the rear, with iron work… | *** |  |
| *** | A large hardwood twin pedestal desk, early to mid 20th century, the desk with a brown leather tooled top above a frieze drawer, with fielded panels to the sides and cupboards to the front, the pedestals with four graduated drawers each with timber pull… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine pair of Chinese rosewood stools, late Qing Dynasty, 19th century, with large rectangular shaped tops above a recessed section, the shaped aprons having archaistic dragon motifs on three sides flowing to square form legs with a box stretcher and… | *** |  |
| *** | Pair of square pedestal tables from the Meiji Period (1868-1912), with inset rouge marble tops, leaf shaped carved edges, pierced aprons with foliage designs, carved cabriole legs and carved 'X' stretchers | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese Art Nouveau hardwood 'Poppy' chair, Meiji period, late 19th century, the chair with a trefid shaped solid back carved with sinuous papaver somniferum flowers and seed heads to a shaped seat with a shaped apron and cabriole legs with relief… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese six leaf Spruce wood and glass floor screen or room Divider, late Qing Dynasty to early 20th century, the folding screen with a lacquered frame and original brass hinges, with central semi-opaque pressed glass panels with quatrefoil… | *** |  |
| *** | A large vintage Japanese Tansu, 20th century, of typical rectilinear form with a series of timber slat and glass sliding, doors with carved motifs, and small drawers with traditional ironwork, hardware, height 88 cm, width 183 cm, depth 49 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Chinese black lacquer cocktail cabinet, circa 1950, with a hinged top, fall front and an arrangement of cupboards, a fully fitted lacquered interior and well decorated throughout with applied carved shell figural scenes set in painted landscapes… | *** |  |
| *** | A good Chinese marble and hardwood stand, Qing Dynasty, later 19th century, the square topped waisted table with a mottled brown and cream marble insert above a decorative pierced apron and raised on shaped, carved and square form legs terminating in paw… | *** |  |
| *** | A large Chinese table screen, late Qing Dynasty (1874-1912), the simple red timber base and frame containing a ceramic polychrome panel. Depicting a notable seeking counsel from a wise fisherman with sundry characters including the horse handler and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hardwood display cabinet, early 20th century, with a pair of glazed doors and sides enclosing shelves above a pair of drawers and a pair of cabinet doors below, a shaped apron between square-section feet, the cabinet doors carved in relief with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hardwood display cabinet, early 20th century, with a pair of glazed doors and sides enclosing shelves above a pair of drawers and a pair of cabinet doors below, a shaped apron between square-section feet, the cabinet doors carved in relief with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hardwood altar table, the rectangular top above a fretwork and floral-carved frieze to all sides, on moulded rectangular legs. Height 82 cm. Width 172 cm. Depth 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Impressive Chinese Pedestal, circa 1880, the circular surround heavily carved with relief irises and foliage with shaped skirt and raised upon cabriole legs with low set circular stretcher base, height:91 cm Diameter: 58 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood chest of drawers, late 20th century in light tone and natural finish solid rosewood, the contemporary chest with a rectangular top above two small and three full length drawers, each relief carved with scenes of birds on branches or… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese stained pine and elm Tansu, early 20th century the clothing chest (sendai dansu) of typical square form, with a long drawer over two sliding doors and an arrangement of drawers below with a lockable compartment enclosing two extra drawers, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese folding four panel floor screen, 20th century, each rectangular stained hardwood frame enclosing carved and pierced panels with scrolling vines and bats, inset with a large hand painted porcelain landscape plaques, with inscriptions and signed… | *** |  |
| *** | A Japanese export carved desk, early 20th century the desk with an asymmetrical gallery of stepped shelves between a small cupboard and a drawer, side drawers below, on cabriole legs, the whole richly carved and pierced in deep relief with dragons and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese lacquered four leaf coromandel screen, 20th century, well carved with figures engaged in daily pursuits and narratives in pavilion and garden settings, in a muted olive, teal and red palette upon a gilded ground, with archaistic borders, the… | *** |  |
| *** | A Korean elm and pine kitchen chest with sliding doors, late Joseon, late 19th century, the elegant Gyeonggi province kitchen chest with an upper section fitted with two small drawers at either end, over two open compartments behind sliding doors with… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine antique Chinese Palanquin, circa 1860-70, Southern china. Originally for use by a child from an aristocratic mandarin family, having caned, pierced and carved side panels embellished with vases holding flowers and remnant red, green and gilt… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese stained elm apothecary's cabinet, the rectangular top above an arrangement of many drawers of different sizes and a two-door cabinet below, on bulging legs with stretchers to the sides, the drawer fronts and doors with painted labels, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese mother of pearl-inlaid carved hardwood arm-chair, first half 20th century, probably a rosewood, the serpentine top-rail above a pierced splat carved with fruit and leaves and open arms and solid seat, the shaped front seat-rail inlaid with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese rosewood incense stand, late Qing, late 19th to early 20th century, the tall square stand with a well-figured single-panel burl top, with waistless beaded apron and pierced frieze, supported on long beaded legs of square section joined by… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Japanese stepped tansus, 20th century, the double sided tansu set with a single drawer above two bamboo panelled sliding doors with a single drawer to the side. Height 61 cm. Length 54 cm. Depth 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese folding four panel screen, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), the four elm framed panels each with three double sided smaller panels each painted with decorative scenes of village life and mythical battles. Height 183 cm. Width 48 cm per panel | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese horseshoe-back armchairs, 20th century each with five-segmented rounded crest rail above an open back with a slightly arched rectangular splat, with tapering side posts, the front posts with shaped flanges below the out-scrolled hand… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bamboo patterned occasional folding table, Republic period, c1920s the oval top with a faux bamboo carved border above a pierced fruiting vine frieze, raised on a folding base with shaped legs further carved with bamboo stems and grapevine… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Chinese carved rosewood King size platform bed, 20th century in light tone and natural finish, the solid fragrant rosewood bed (possibly Vietnamese huanghuali), comprising a plain platform in two parts with panelled sides and central double door… | *** |  |
| *** | An Oriental five panel hardwood screen, 20th century, pierced and carved with decorative lattice, panels of relief carved flora and scenes, solid relief carved panels to the lower register, height 221 cm, width 225 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese lacquered four leaf folding floor screen 20th century, each leaf decorated in relief in colours emulating semi precious stones and depicting vases on stands holding arrangements of auspicious flowers surrounded by various Buddhist symbols, gold… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese camphor wood altar table from Fujian Province. Qing Dynasty, later 19th century. The long narrow table of typical form with seven drawers to the skirt each with relief carved panels with courtly and peasant figures in garden pavilion and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese black lacquer twin door display cabinet, the doors both with three glazed panels, two lower drawers with applied shell, and stone decorations, engraved carved designs of birds in magnolia branches, to the sides, the frame with painted diaper… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese table screen, mid 20th century, in carved and pierced hardwood with a central ceramic medallion. Depicting a dramatic winter mountain and water scene. Height 62.5 cm. Width 51 cm. Depth 21 cm | *** |  |