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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
1648
AN OUTSTANDING PAIR OF LARGE
ZITAN COMPOUND CABINETS AND
HAT CHESTS, SIJIANGUI
LATE QING DYNASTY
Each cabinet is fitted with panel doors
opening from the removable center stile to
reveal the shelved interior. The doors are
elaborately carved with dragon roundels
above friezes of deer in landscapes and qilin
and phoenixes amidst clouds, all above a
further three-part frieze framing Buddhist
lions and a phoenix. The square-section legs
are joined by shaped aprons carved with
chilong confronted on a shou character. Each
hat chest is similarly carved with roundels and
reserves of dragons amidst clouds.
96 in. (243.8 cm.) high, 40æ in. (103.5 cm.)
wide, 22Ω in. (57.4 cm.) deep (2)
$400,000-600,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, North America.
Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1381.

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