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A LARGE PAINTED LACQUERED WOOD ‘DOUBLE DRAGON’ A MASSIVE PAINTED LACQUERED WOOD ‘DRAGON’
STORAGE CHEST STORAGE CHEST
Tibet, 17th/18th century Tibet, 18th century
Painted to the front with a pair of confronting, scaly dragons flanking Decorated to with a front-facing dragon amongst flowers within an
an offering bowl of precious jewels on a red and gilt scrolling lotus arabesque cartouche, reserved on a cream, green and coral lattice
ground, all enclosed by shaped corner spandrels of foliate scrolls work ground of stylised florettes and yin-yang symbols, enclosed by
and a green and red border of shaped cartouches on a wan-pattern shaped scrolling spandrels and cloud borders. 80cm (31 1/5in) high x
ground. 63cm (24 3/4in) high x 52cm (20 1/2in) deep x 145cm (56 63.5cm (25in) deep x 142cm (56in) wide
3/4in) wide
£2,000 - 3,000
£3,000 - 5,000 HK$20,000 - 30,000
HK$30,000 - 50,000 CNY18,000 - 26,000
CNY26,000 - 44,000
Published: ‘Wooden Wonders - Tibetan Furniture In Secular And
Religious Life’, David Kamansky, p.263, no. 83.

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