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A carved huanghuali portable table cabinet, Guanpixiang Qing…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
24-Oct-2017
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Description:
A carved huanghuali portable table cabinet, Guanpixiang Qing dynasty, the hinged canted cover lifting to reveal a shallow compartment over a pair of panelled doors, each carved in relief with a stylised flower spray of a single bloom with leafy scrollwork within the mitred frame set with metal ruyi -shaped mounts and hinges, the front with a quatrefoil metal lock plate set with a ruyi -shaped clasp, the doors opening to reveal a pair of short drawers and a single drawer above a long drawer, each with metal pulls, the sides fitted with angular metal loop handles, raised on a conforming base with curvilinear front apron carved with foliate scrolls and set with corner mounts, 30.5 cm high, 32 cm wide, 30 cm deep. Provenance. Tomlinson Antique House, Singapore, circa 1994. This lot is accompanied by a Tomlinson Antique House certificate of antiquity describing this chest as huanghuali and dating it to the Qing dynasty. Compare with a similarly decorated zitan portable table cabinet dated to the 18th/19th century, sold Sotheby's, New York, 16 September 2014, lot 193, and another zitan cabinet similarly dated, sold Sotheby's, New York, 14 September 2016, lot 364. These table cabinets were used as dressing cases by both men and women to store toiletries, jewellery and other valuables. They were also used on desks for the storage of stationery, writing implements and seals.
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Category:
Oriental: Furniture