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VARIOUS PROPERTIES (detail)
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A HARDWOOD CLOTHING RACK, YIJIA
LATE QING DYNASTY
The two slender corner posts are of rounded section and joined to the top
rail, which terminates in two inward facing dragon heads. Two of the four
additional horizontal rails enclose openwork panels of lotus and chilong
below three lotus medallions. The whole is ftted into shoe feet carved
with archaistic scrollwork and joined by a latticework shelf, with standing
spandrels in the form of stylized dragons.
75 in. (190 cm.) high, 70 in. (177.8 cm.) wide, 18º in. (46.4 cm.) deep
$6,000-8,000
A related hongmu clothes rack ftted with openwork panels carved with
archaistic scroll was sold at Christie’s New York, 19 May 2009, lot 658.
晚清 硬木衣架
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