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A finely carved Chinese hardwood towel rack, Jinjia, Qing…
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Sydney
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16-Oct-2016
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A finely carved Chinese hardwood towel rack, Jinjia, Qing Dynasty, 18th/ 19th century, the two slender rounded corner posts are joined to the top rail, that terminates in two outward facing dragon heads, two of the four rounded horizontal rails enclose a panel of chilong, fitted on a stepped broad foot with archaistic scrollwork & joined by a spandrels in the form of stylized dragons, height 135 cm, width 67 cm, diameter 32 cm. Literature: See similar example in classical Chinese furniture in the Minneapolis Institure of arts, p 165, Paragon Publishing Chicago, 1999
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