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(brushing slide partially extended)

PROPERTY FROM THE RICHARD MILHENDER COLLECTION
148 Y W
A CHINESE HONGMU CHEST OF DRAWERS
Circa 1760 出處：
With an overall attractive dark tonality to the wood, supported on Avon Antiques, Bradford-on-Avon, 英國 Wiltshire, 1984 年十月
bracket feet, the chest with four large drawers with Chinese brass 麻州波士頓 Richard Milhender 藏，1984 年至今
handles and keyholes, all below a brushing slide and a molded edge
top. 展出記錄：
32 1/2in (82.6cm) high; 33in (83.9cm) wide; 18in (45.7cm) deep; 麻州塞勒姆，皮博迪博物館《中國外銷藝術：私人收藏精粹》
brushing slide extends 11 1/2in (29.2cm) ，1986-1988

$8,000 - 10,000 For an English Mahogany chest of drawers of similar form, See
Sotheby’s, London, The Family Collection of the late Countess
十八世紀 紅木斗櫃 Mountbatten of Burma, 27 March 2021, lot 254, dated to the George
III period (circa 1770) and also fitted with a brushing slide above the
Provenance drawers.
Avon Antiques, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, UK, October 1984
The Richard Milhender Collection, Boston, Massachusetts, See also another similar export chest sold at Christie’s, London,
1984-present 23 May 2013, lot 30; and a late eighteenth century Chinese huali
secretaire chest of similar outline sold at Christie’s, London, 27
Exhibited November 2002, lot 623.
Peabody Museum, Salem Massachusetts (now the Peabody Essex
Museum), Chinese Export Art: Highlights of a Private Collection,
1986-1988

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