Nicholas Grindley

A rectangular altar table, Qing dynasty, 18th century - 3/4 view
A rectangular altar table made of an unknown fruit wood, possibly hongdoshanmu (red bean spruce), Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century.
A huanghuali inset leg bridle joint table, Chinese, Late Ming/ early Qing dynasty, 17th century.
A huanghuali inset leg bridle joint table, Chinese, Late Ming/ early Qing dynasty, 17th century.
A huanghuali corner leg painting table, late Ming – early Qing dynasty, 17th century
A huanghuali corner leg painting table, Chinese, late Ming – early Qing dynasty, 17th century.
A huanghuali small rectangular kang table.
A huanghuali small rectangular kang table, Chinese, late Ming dynasty, 17th century.
A pair of lacquered continuous yokeback armchairs, Chinese, Qing dynasty, first half of the 18th century.
A pair of hongmu square stools with 'double cash' motif, Chinese, Qing dynasty, early 18th century.
A pair of hongmu square stools with 'double cash' motif, Chinese, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, early 18th century.
A large hongmu trunk, Qing dynasty, 18th century
A large hongmu trunk or box, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century.
A natural root stand of irregular twisted shape, Japanese, Edo period
A natural root stand of irregular twisted shape, Japanese, Edo period.
A bamboo “ladder” formed from a single piece of bamboo, Chinese, 19th century.
A bamboo folding frame, probably for a mosquito net, Chinese, Qing dynasty, probably 18th or 19th century.
A Ningxia carpet, wool pile on a cotton foundation, with a field design of diamonds and squares, Ningxia, Western China, Late Kangxi – Yongzheng period, circa 1700 - 1735
A Ningxia carpet, wool pile on a cotton foundation, with a field design of double stylised flowerheads, Ningxia, Western China, Late Kangxi – Yongzheng period, circa 1700 - 1735.
A Ningxia carpet, wool pile on a cotton foundation, with a field design of double stylised flowerheads, Ningxia, Western China, Late Kangxi – Yongzheng period, circa 1700 - 1735.
Huanghuali cosmetic box, Qing dynasty, late 17th - early 18th century - front
A huanghuali cosmetic box, with a well-figured top panel and inlaid corner cloud spandrels, Chinese, Qing dynasty, late 17th - early 18th century.
Huanghuali table cabinet, Qing dynasty 18th century
A huanghuali small table cabinet, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century.
A huanghuali ‘picnic box’ of three tiers, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century
A huanghuali ‘picnic box’ of three tiers, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century.
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A spotted bamboo brush of slightly tapering cylindrical form with flat tips. Chinese, probably late Qing dynasty or early Republic period, ca. 1910s.
A huanghuali brush, Chinese, Qing dynasty, probably 18th century.
A circular ink cake with mountains and dragons, inscription Ming Fang Yulu zhi, Chinese, Qing dynasty, late 19th century.
A rectangular ink cake moulded with a scene of the Eight Immortals crossing the ocean accompanied by a giant fish and a dragon within a narrow raised flat border. Chinese, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period 1736-1795
An inkstone of duan stone in the shape of a folded book, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century
A zitan wrist rest carved to imitate a qin instrument, Qing dynasty 19th century
A zitan wrist rest carved to imitate a qin instrument, Chinese, Qing dynasty early 19th century.
A curved bamboo wristrest delicately engraved with Li Bai drinking under the moon, Chinese, first half of 19th century.
A typically curved bamboo wrist rest deeply incised with four lines of a calligraphy poem, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 19th century
A skin carved bamboo brushpot, Chinese, Qing dynasty, probably Daoguang (1821-1850) or Xianfeng (1851-1861) period.
A skin carved bamboo brushpot, Chinese, Qing dynasty, probably Daoguang (1821-1850) or Xianfeng (1851-1861) period.
A rootwood brushpot using the natural form of the wood with a solid base and flat lip and the body retaining the natural knots and burrs, Chinese, Qing dynasty dated 1745.
A zitan natural wood brushpot, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century
A zitan natural wood brushpot, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century.
A rock crystal brush rest carved in the form of a six peak mountain range, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 19th century.