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A RARE TIANQI AND QIANGJIN LACQUER RECTANGULAR
CABINET
Late Ming Dynasty
The cabinet with a detachable front panel concealing a shelf; the top,
rear, two sides and front panels each carved through layers of red and
black lacquer with a barbed cartouche enclosing magpies hovering
over convoluted and pitted rocks issuing sprigs of blossoming lotus
flowers and peonies, the base decorated with a vine and lotus scroll
border band of lotus petals.
39.5cm (15 1/2in) wide x 23cm 9in) deep x 40cm (15 6/8in) high

£15,000 - 20,000
CNY130,000 - 170,000

明末 填漆戧金開光花石圖長方匣

Lacquer chests of similar design and dating to the Ming dynasty are
rare. Compare a similarly-shaped lacquer cabinet, Ming dynasty,
engraved with polychrome dragon and phoenix designs, in the Victoria
and Albert Museum, illustrated by N.De Bisscop in Chinees Lakweerk,
Zutphen, 1982, p.92, fig.102. Another cabinet, decorated with
dragons and phoenixes, Jiajing mark and of the period, is illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer
Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Shanghai, 2006, pp.202-203,
no.160. A third related chest of similar form decorated with red, green,
ochre and brown phoenix design, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29
November 2016, lot 26.

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