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96 TP
A PAINTED WOOD ‘FLORAL’ STORAGE
CHEST
Tibet, 18th century
Brightly painted with a central arabesque
panel enclosing confronting phoenix amongst
peony sprays issuing from scrolling leafy
stems, within cusped corner spandrels of
matching design, all on an ochre ground
reserved with a red wan-pattern ground
framed with a floral and foliate border. 47cm
(18 1/2in) high x 32cm (12 1/2in) deep x
90cm (35 1/2in) wide

£1,000 - 1,500
96 HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000

97 TP
A PAINTED WOOD ‘DRAGON’ STORAGE
CHEST
Tibet, 19th century
Decorated with a central cusped cartouche
enclosing a writhing forward-facing dragon
in pursuit of a flaming pearl, amongst cloud
scrolls, within gilt foliate corner spandrels,
reserved on a red ground, all within a border
of swastika pattern panels and further gilt
foliate panels, bearing a seal of Loseling,
a College of Drepung Monastery, one of
the three great Gelug-pa Monasteries near
Lhasa. 46.5cm (18.1/4in) x 35cm (13.3/4in) x
83cm (32.3/4in).

£1,000 - 1,500
HK$10,000 - 15,000
CNY8,800 - 13,000
97

98 TP
A PAINTED WOOD ‘DRAGON’ STORAGE
CHEST
Tibet, 17th/18th century
Painted to the front in polychrome pigments
in part-raised decoration with a central
arabesque panel enclosing a writhing,
forward-facing dragon grasping a flaming
pearl amongst cloud scrolls, all within
cusped corner spandrels enclosing entwined
scrolling foliage, all within borders of further
polychrome clouds, all reserved on a crimson
ground, the sides decorated with stylised
foliate panels. 66cm (26in) high x 41cm (16in)
deep x 110cm (43 1/4in wide)

£1,500 - 2,000
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
98

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