Shen's Gallery

Shen's Gallery Shen's Gallery is a fun and relaxing place to visit. Shopping at Shen’s Gallery is an enjoyable and fine experience.

Shen's Gallery is one of the very few antique galleries in the United States that offers such an array of very old Chinese furniture and wooden objects for home furnishing and collections with a reputation for quality and authenticity. It is the only place where you can walk around sipping the finest Oolong tea while browsing the 6,500 square foot gallery filled with Chinese antiques, furniture, c

ollectibles and decorative items, many ranging from the 17th to 19th century and older. Shen’s Gallery also carried a wide range of one-of-a -kind gifts, teas and tea wares and other unique pieces for your special decorating project or special gifts for your beloved ones. Shen's Gallery offers authentic Chinese antiques selected with an experienced eye. April Shen has been collecting for over 35 years and her aesthetic and knowledge in this field shows in her selection. Shen's Gallery offers exceptional antique furniture with special rare features like vibrant organic ground mineral color pigments, and original brass hardware and fittings, and the finest hand craftsmanship used on old furniture and decorative pieces

Whether you are looking for a small antique stool or a large Chinese red lacquer armoire, you are sure to find the best selection at Shen's Gallery. It is one of the very few galleries in the United States that offers such an array of very old Chinese furniture and wooden objects. We offer many seasonal special discounts and promotions. Be sure to stop by or check out our newly updated website at www.shensgallery.com

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Shen's Gallery
1521 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 457-4422

Showroom Hours: 11-5 or 6 Mon-Sun

To find out about our May Month Special and Sale including Mother's Day Weekend promotions, please click at this link to...
05/10/2026

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Email from Shen's Gallery Over 40 Years of Excellence May 2026 Newsletter (831) 457-4422 [email protected] A Personal Collection of a 16-17th Century Chinese Architectural Carved Stone

Celebrating Valetine's Day and Lunar New Year, please come to our big February Store-Wide Sale on Antiques, Furniture, a...
02/07/2026

Celebrating Valetine's Day and Lunar New Year, please come to our big February Store-Wide Sale on Antiques, Furniture, and Gifts!

Please check out our February newsletter for more detail about the sale by clicking at this link: https://conta.cc/4rvR45y

www.shensgallery.com
Shen's Gallery
1521 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 457-4422

New Showroom Hours:
11:30-5:00 or 6:00, Mon-thursday
11:00-5:00 or 6:00, Fri-Sunday

Please check out our big February Store-Wide Antique Sale!14101 (清中期大櫸木鑲嵌太師扶手椅一對)Excellent pair of larger size antique J...
02/07/2026

Please check out our big February Store-Wide Antique Sale!

14101 (清中期大櫸木鑲嵌太師扶手椅一對)Excellent pair of larger size antique Ju wood armchairs in Tai-Shi-Yi (Grand-Master) style with fine bone and yellow boxwood inlay with fine workmanship and beautiful natural wood patina. With small repairs in inlay and the corner of feet.

This pair of well built and impressive armchairs has the most beautiful cuts of Ju wood with fine grain. The subject manner describe peasants/hermits and immortal elite's leisure life.

One chair is carved and inlaid on the backrest with two figures-one older male and a younger male holding a flower branch. Both seem to be engaged in conversation with the appreciation of the potted flower plant in front of them, with two dragonflies and clouds above. The panel above is carved with another robed and bearded figure chatting with two flying birds among heavenly clouds. The other chair is also carved and inlaid with an older male and a young boy conversing while the foreground shows an empty cage and a gift basket while two goose are out of the cage into the open space. Above the figures, there is an auspicious flying crane with extended wings and clouds, witnessing the activity below. Such wonderful inlay subject is not only poetically delightful, it also stands out among other more commonly seen motives with moral teaching or standard patterns.

The footrests at the bottom front of the chairs show natural progression of being used and worn which can not be pretended by simple cuts of wood shape. The inlay work is created on the hardwood surface. The rattan on the chair seats have been replaced. These large armchairs date to the Mid-Qing period, possibly from the early 19th century.

Dimensions (each chair): 25"w x 19 1/2"d x 37"h

Shen's Gallery
1521 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 457-4422

New Showroom Hours:
11:30-5 or 6 (Mon-Thursday)
11:00-5 or 6 (Fri-Sunday)

To find out more about our great discounts and new arrivals on Chinese antiques and Asian gifts for the Holidays, please...
12/19/2025

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www.shensgallery.com
Shen's Gallery
1521 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 457-4422

Holiday Hours: 11-6 Mon-Sun
(Dec 24th: 10-4, Dec 25th Closed, & Dec 26th 11-6)

*Open on New Year's Day from 11-4

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12/19/2025

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11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!
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Email from Shen's Gallery November 2025 Holiday Gift Guide (831) 457-4422 [email protected] Over 40 Years of Excellence! Dear Clients and Friends, Where did time go? We hope this year's

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28791(晚清櫸木手搾甘蔗機)Excellent Antique Larger Wooden Sugar Cane Press Made of Ju Wood with Beautiful Large Grain.This slightl...
11/16/2025

28791(晚清櫸木手搾甘蔗機)Excellent Antique Larger Wooden Sugar Cane Press Made of Ju Wood with Beautiful Large Grain.

This slightly bigger wooden press is constructed with good Ju wood with a rare larger grain that probably derived from a several hundred years old Ju wood tree at the time when it was made. Such cut of Ju wood is uncommon for utilitarian wares. This press is built with a large single-board Ju wood platform with a carved center circle for placing the sectioned sugar cane. When pressed with the pressing stick which fits underneath the two-protruding shaped structure at one end that gives the stick a leverage when used, the juice comes out and flows through the circular "canal", through the spout, into a separately placed bucket underneath. An ancient juicing machine! In excellent, well-kept condition with old wood patina. This is among the best examples of sugar cane press we have ever seen! 19th century or early 20th century.

Dimensions: 21 3/4" Lx7 3/4" W x 14" H

www.shensgallery.com
Shen's Galley
1521 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 457-4422

Holiday Hours: 11-6, Mon-Sun
(Nov 26th: 11-4, Nov 27th: Closed)

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Shen's Gallery
www.shensgallery.com
1521 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 457-4422
Showroom Hours: 11-5 Mon-Sun

Please check out our NEW FALL ARRIVALS and PRE-HOLIDAY ANTIQUE CLEARANCE and GIFT PROMOTIONS by clicking at the followin...
10/18/2025

Please check out our NEW FALL ARRIVALS and PRE-HOLIDAY ANTIQUE CLEARANCE and GIFT PROMOTIONS by clicking at the following link: https://conta.cc/4op9hQG

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1521 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, CA
95060

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 6pm
Tuesday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 11am - 6pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

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(831) 457-4422

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