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PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH LADY AND GENTLEMAN Elaborately carved lacquer stands of this type were known
to have been made to furnish the interiors of palaces in the
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER imperial compound; see two carved cinnabar lacquer stands,
STAND together with a throne and screen, illustrated in The Palace
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG/JIAQING Museum Collection. A Treasury of Ming & Qing Dynasty Palace
Furniture. Volume 2., Beijing & Chicago, 2007, pl. 778; and a
PERIOD smaller rectangular lacquer stand carved with a dragon and
clouds on the top panel, attributed to the mid-Qing dynasty,
of square form, raised on legs joined by stretchers and set originally placed in the Qianqiu Ting (Pavilion of One Thousand
with a shaped apron, the top intricately carved with panels Autumns) at the Summer Palace and now preserved in the
of stylised florets against leiwen and wan diaper grounds and Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection
bordered with keyfret around the sides, further decorated of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Furniture of the Ming and
across with panels of birds perched on blossoming sprigs Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 158.
of peony and magnolia, with a fourth flying above a scenic
waterscape, the legs decorated with lotus scrolls in a dense W £ 10,000-15,000
foliage followed by shou characters and keyfrets, the underside HK$ 102,000-152,000 US$ 13,000-19,400
lacquered in black
95.5 by 41.5 cm, 37⅝ by 16⅜ in. 清乾隆/嘉慶 剔紅花卉紋香几

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