Chinese Table with stools

I am located in hawaii and found this table with 4 stools. It has some stunning artwork which maybe has some pearl on it. Can anyone tell me how much it is worth or where it is from? Thanks

http://imgur.com/a/ps1Sv - pictures

 

we prefer images to links
& we don't really do values....much...
but if it's old king kamaya maya stuff...we maybe could point you in the right direction....

 

Hi and Welcome Lukestah!

From the picture of the label you show, Majestic Co. Hong Kong, you can google & find Majestic Co. It seems it is or was a dept. store.

 

British Colonial period by the look of it, possibly as early as the 1890s. Those paw feet are actually veddy British.

 

Hello lukestah, welcome.
Here is some information on Majestic, it was founded by a Shanghai merchant. Shanghai has always been an important furniture making city.

"After 1949, major furniture makers in Shanghai such as J.L. George and George Zee relocated to Hong Kong while Shanghainese merchants like Hoi Yu-lei and Percy Yeh established the firms of Cathay Arts and Majestic in Hong Kong. All of these firms benefited from the strong Post War foreign demand for wooden furniture and camphor wood chests, particularly from the US market and American servicemen who visited during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Since most of the demand was from foreigners (including overseas Chinese), most of the furniture makers had retail outlets in the tourist areas of Tsim Sha Tsui and Wanchai and factories in Kowloon and New Territories."
http://industrialhistoryhk.org/shan...f-the-wooden-furniture-industry-in-hong-kong/

So the table set is post 1949, which is consistent with the style and the general feel. This set was designed for foreigners, incorporating elements that foreigners of the post-war period expected Chinese furniture to have. Or rather the Chinese perception of what non-Chinese expected Chinese furniture to look like. A bit ott to Chinese taste.
It incorporates lacquerware, stone appliqué, carving and slightly Baroque lion masks and feet, possibly introduced by Jesuits, who had influenced Chinese art since the 16th century.
It is an attractive period set, nicely made, and very post-war.

 

That's earlier than the 1940s.

 

Do you mean to say they used the label before the 1940's, even though the company was founded after 1949?

 

That may not be the same company for one thing. I'd have expected the telegraphic address to be on it by then. Every other company or establishment in Kowloon seems to use Majestic in the name, from what I saw out there.

Companies and retailers badged older stuff. And we were having furniture made and buying old stuff out there centuries before the Americans got to Asia.

Jesuit feet, never. Classic paw foot.

 

Here's the rest of the pics for anyone who doesn't want to click...

 

There is no such thing as Jesuit feet, unless you mean aching feet from walking long distances through 16th century China. Baroque style lion claw feet, as introduced by the Jesuits, who were the first Europeans to have an influence on Chinese culture from the Baroque period onwards. And yes, of course these feet can be seen on Baroque and later period furniture from other parts of Europe, they were in fashion all over Europe from the Baroque period onwards, just like the Gothic lion claw feet were in fashion all over Europe from the Gothic period onwards.
The Jesuits were the first in that period, they had access to the Imperial court, and they influenced Chinese arts, for instance through the introduction of European styles and the invention of famille rose.

The abundance of techniques used in this set is very post-war. Where 19th century Chinese export furniture was often very lavishly decorated using one or two styles/techniques, this is taking it a step further with the amount of styles and techniques.
Furthermore, the carving of the stone appliqué's doesn't have the 19th century elegance or quality.

 

British Colonial stuff was commisioned by colonists who brought styles with them.

 

It was, but don't forget China was already familiar with European styles before the British colonists arrived on the scene.
Coastal China, like the Shanghai furniture makers who moved to Hongkong and the Cantonese furniture makers who were already there, was already very familiar with European styles. The coastal areas had connections with European merchants (including British) for centuries, everytime they were allowed to.