Nicholas Grindley

natural root brush pot
A natural root brush pot with gnarled surface, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century
small flat huanghuali document box
A small flat huanghuali document box and cover, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 18th century
huanghuali scroll weight
A huanghuali scroll weight of elongated rectangular shape, Qing dynasty, 18th century
A large huanghuali document box, Qing dynasty, 18th century
A large huanghuali document box, Qing dynasty, 18th century
huanghuali mirror stand
A huanghuali mirror stand, Qing dynasty, 18th century
A huanghuali corner leg painting table, late Ming – early Qing dynasty, 17th century
A huanghuali corner leg painting table, Chinese, 17th 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 small rectangular kang table.
A huanghuali small rectangular kang table, Chinese, late Ming dynasty, 17th 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 bamboo folding frame, probably for a mosquito net, Chinese, Qing dynasty, probably 18th or 19th century.
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.
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
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 typically curved bamboo wrist rest deeply incised with four lines of a calligraphy poem, Chinese, Qing dynasty, 19th century
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.
Five bamboo root carvings each naturalistically carved to represent a different type of nut, Chinese, Qing dynasty, probably 18th century
Qian Fengming (Meisheng; act. 1850s–70s). Flowers, Finger Citrons and Narcissus Bulbs. Qing dynasty, 1870s. Hanging scroll; ink and colour on paper. Inscription by Zhang Xiong (1803–1886). Chinese, 19th century
A composite stone (?) sculpture of Ye Mingchen (1807 – 1859), with removable upper section over a lead oval container. Probably European, 19th century.
A framed painting, ink on silk of a taihu rock at the Dragon Fairy Studio, signed Xiangzhou, Chinese, executed in 2012.
A framed painting, ink on silk of a taihu rock at the Dragon Fairy Studio, signed Xiangzhou, Chinese, executed in 2012.