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A 'Baitong'-mounted carved 'Huanghuali' seal chest…
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Melbourne
Date:
26-May-2009
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A 'Baitong'-mounted carved 'Huanghuali' seal chest (Guanpixiang) Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Width 41 cm. Depth 28 cm. Height 38 cm the rectangular case with hinged lift-lid cover carved at the front with a panel of sinuous dragons amid scrolling tendrils above a well carved pair of panelled doors each with a central cartouche containing a dragon above crested waves, the base with a pair of striding dragons confronted on openwork scrolls, the doors opening to reveal an upper compartment over four short and one long drawer, the plain sides fitted with handles and cloud form 'Baitong' hinges and face plates, the pulls in the form of auspicious double fish a chest with similar decoration attributed to the Ming Dynasty 16th
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Category:
Oriental: Furniture