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Chinese Candy Boxes

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:27:10 +0000

Chinese candy boxes can vary in shape and material. Porcelain, wood and jade are all popular materials used. Some boxes have multiple layers while others have standard bowl shapes with lids.

Below are some examples and price guides of some Chinese candy boxes including a Chinese hetian jade box and a Qing Dynasty blue and white box.

Chinese famille rose porcelain stacked candy boxes, 11.4″x8.4″dia

Sold for US$30 at International Auction Gallery in 2023

Chinese Hetian jade candy box from Qing Dynasty Dimensions 11 x 17.5 cm

Sold for US$15,000 at Old Box Gallery in 2023

Chinese cloisonne round covered candy lidded bowl. Features a Imperial yellow ground enamel work throughout exterior, interior and bottom, with polychrome foo dog design, and ornately carved high relief jade stone medallion at the top center of lid.

Sold for US$500 at Hill Auction Gallery in 2022

Chinese Qing dynasty Wang Bu inscription blue and white candy box

Sold for €1,600 at Palaceauctionhouse in 2023

Vintage Wooden Chinese Gilt Lacquer Candy Box With Certificate of Antiquity From Yau’s Arts Company. This great octagonal box is made of elm wood. Ancient Chinese art works cover every surface of the exterior of this great candy box.

Sold for US$50 at Gulfcoast Coin & Jewelry in 2021

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Chinese Jewelry Boxes

Mon, 08 May 2023 08:36:57 +0000

Chinese jewelry boxes come in a wide range of styles which reflect Chinese culture. They were particularly popular during the Art Deco era. They come in a variety of materials such as wood, lacquerware and even gold and other precious metals.

Below are some examples and price guides of some Chinese jewelry boxes including a gilt filigree flower jewelry box and a Qing Dynasty inlaid box.

Chinese brass-mounted jewelry box, hinged lid, lined and fitted interior, double-door cabinet opening to two lined drawers, side carrying handles, rising on bracket feet, front latch lacking pin, approx 7.75″h, 15″w, 9″d, 10.25lbs

Sold for US$175 at Austin Auction Gallery in 2023

Gilt Filigree Flower Jewelry Box, Qing Dynasty H:7.5cm D:8cm Wt:186.2g

Sold for US$1,700 at HUNG YUN ZHAI AUCTION HOUSE INC in 2023

Chinese jewelry box, of mixed woods of mahogany and burl walnut having 8 drawers, raised on a stylized plinth with gilt bronze bails. [15″ H x 21″ W x 22″ D].

Sold for US$350 at Roland NY in 2023

20th century Handcrafted and polished beige brown and red dyed alabaster hardstone decorative trinket stamp ring coin box. This nature inspired subject matter features a small tree frog resting on a lily pad.

Sold for US$300 at MiddleManBrokers Inc. in 2023

QING DYNASTY PICKING RED HUNDRED TREASURES INLAID JEWELRY BOX

Sold for US$3,000 at Castle Valley Art Gallery Inc. in 2023

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Doucai Boxes

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 15:59:54 +0000

Doucai Boxes. Doucai is a technique in painting Chinese porcelain, where parts of the design, and some outlines of the rest, are painted in underglaze blue, and the piece is then glazed and fired. The rest of the design is then added in overglaze enamels of different colours and the piece fired again at a lower temperature of about 850°C to 900°C. The style began in the 15th century under the Ming dynasty in the imperial factories at Jingdezhen, Reference: Wikipedia

Below are some examples and price guides of some Doucai boxes including a circular box from the Qing Dynasty and a ring shaped box marked Chenghua.

A doucai circular box and cover
Qing Dynasty
The cover with two pairs of confronting chilong encircling a lotus spray, the sides with a meander of leafy lotus stems. 9.8cm (3 7/8in) diam. (2).

Sold for £5,062.50 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2019

A DOUCAI BOX AND COVER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Sold for EUR 6,875 at Christie’s in 2021

QING DYNASTY DOUCAI CHARACTER COVER BOX ; H5cm

Sold for US$1,000 at Castle Valley Art Gallery Inc, in 2023

A ‘doucai’ Ring-shape Box And Cover, Mark Chenghua

Sold for US$100 at Houston Antique Auction LLC in 2023

A Doucai Decor Box Depicting Chinese figures in garden, Wanli mark, 8 cm. tall.

Sold for €1,700 at Veilinghuis de Jager in 2022

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Qianlong Cloisonne Boxes

Sat, 31 Mar 2018 08:51:00 +0000

Price guide to antique Cloisonne boxes. During the reigns of Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911), cloisonne improved and reached its artistic summit. Colors were more delicate, filigrees more flexible and fluent, and scope was enlarged beyond the sacrifice-process wares into snuff bottles, folding screens, incense burners, tables, chairs, chopsticks, and bowls. The general method for making cloisonné involved first soldering brass wires to the surface of a copper object to form a pattern or illustration; then, according to the requirements of each pattern, colored enamels were filled in. Reference: New World Encyclopedia

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Qianlong Period Jade Boxes

Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:40:45 +0000

Price guide to antique Qianlong jade boxes. Under the patronage of the jade-loving Emperor Qianlong of the Qing dynasty, jade carvings enjoyed unprecedented growth and peaked. Another contributing factor was the steady inflow of raw materials from Khotan after His Majesty conquered the Uygur region of Eastern Turkistan in 1760, his 25th regnal year. All elements and conditions were perfectly in place for a thriving jade industry where an interesting phenomenon of diversity also emerged: the market’s taste diverging from the imperial preference, elegance and vulgarity coexisting, and the retro clashing with the trend. All added to the fun and richness of the period looks. Reference: National Palace Museum

Sold for USD 150,000 at Christies

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Chinese Bamboo Boxes

Sun, 25 Mar 2018 16:52:19 +0000

Price guide to antique Chinese bamboo boxes. In Chinese culture, the bamboo, plum blossom, orchid, and chrysanthemum (often known as méi lán zhú jú 梅兰竹菊) are collectively referred to as the Four Gentlemen. These four plants also represent the four seasons and, in Confucian ideology, four aspects of the junzi (“prince” or “noble one”). The pine (sōng 松), the bamboo (zhú 竹), and the plum blossom (méi 梅) are also admired for their perseverance under harsh conditions, and are together known as the “Three Friends of Winter” (岁寒三友 suìhán sānyǒu) in Chinese culture. The “Three Friends of Winter” is traditionally used as a system of ranking in Japan, for example in sushi sets or accommodations at a traditional ryokan. Pine (matsu 松) is of the first rank, bamboo (take 竹) is of second rank, and plum (ume 梅) is of the third. Reference: Wikipedia

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Chinese Red Lacquer Boxes

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:06:47 +0000

Price guide to Chinese red lacquer boxes, also known as cinnabar. Although lacquer is used in many Asian cultures, the art of carving lacquer is unique to China. Lacquer is the resin (or sap) of a family of trees (rhus verniciflua) found throughout southern China. It is an amazing material that hardens when exposed to oxygen and becomes a natural plastic that is resistant to water and can withstand heat and certain acids.

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Carved lacquer, which is predominantly red, is often known as “cinnabar” lacquer, a reference to the use of this powdered mercury sulphide as the primary colorant. Reference: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Chinese Jade Boxes

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:33:56 +0000

Price guide to antique Chinese jade boxes. Price guide to antique Chinese jade boxes. Jade is the primary hardstone of Chinese sculpture. For most of China’s history, jade has come in a variety of colors and white “mutton-fat” nephrite was the most highly praised and prized.

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Famille-Rose Porcelain

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:20:07 +0000

Price guide to antique Famille Rose porcelain boxes. Famille-Rose, sometimes known as Rose Famille, was introduced during the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722), possibly around 1720. It used mainly pink or purple and remained popular throughout the 18th and the 19th centuries, also being widely adopted by European factories.

Famille Rose enamel ware allows a greater range of colour and tone than was previously possible, enabling the depiction of more complex images, including flowers, figures and insects. Reference: Wikipedia

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Porcelain Seal Paste Box Wang Bingrong

Sun, 21 Jan 2018 13:58:50 +0000

Porcelain Seal Paste Box Wang Bingrong

A carved lime green glazed porcelain seal paste box and cover
Wang Bingrong, 19th century.

The circular box carved along the exterior side walls with a raised border of formalized waves below incised lines and raised dots indicating the splashes from the motion of crashing waves, the fitted cover crisply carved with two scaly five-clawed dragons, each with an open jaw and prominent fangs, the bulging eyes picked out in black, pursuing a flaming pearl amidst fluidly rendered wisps of cloud, the base finely carved in relief with a Wang Bingrong zuo mark, enclosed by a splayed circular foot ring, the exterior covered entirely in lime green glaze except the foot pad, the interior glazed in orange-red except the contact areas of the box and its cover.
3 1/4in (10.8cm) diameter
1 1/2in (3.8cm) high

Sold for US$ 8,750 at Bonham’s

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