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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
n*369 PROVENANCE:
A GILT-LACQUERED ZITAN AND HARDWOOD DISPLAY CABINET Property of a gentleman, acquired by the vendor’s family in the 1970s.
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Compare the current lot to a very similar display cabinet, dating to the 18th
The upper portion of the cabinet is formed with tiered shelves of varying century, which sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1398.
height, shape and size, framed by openwork friezes depicting lotus scrolls.
The back panel is lacquered black and fnely painted in gilt with fgures Two comparable zitan display cabinets are in the collection of the National
in a mountainous landscape. The lower section is formed with a small Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing
compartment on the right side enclosed by a pair of openwork hinged doors, Dynasties (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
beside a central small drawer and a pair of larger drawers below, all above Beijing, 2002, p. 254, no. 216 and p. 269, no. 228. The frst example displays
a pair of hinged doors carved with fgures riding mythical beasts beside similar fnely-rendered gilt lacquer landscape decoration to the back
pine and wutong trees. The side panels and the interiors of the drawers and panels. The latter is of related form and structure, but lacks the gilt lacquer
compartments are gilt and lacquered with foral sprays. The hinges and lock decoration seen on the current lot.
plates are intricately incised with archaistic dragon scrolls.
76Ω in. (194.3 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) wide; 32Ω in. (82.5 cm.) deep 清十八/十九世紀 大漆描金紫檀及硬木多寶閣
來源：私人珍藏，於1970年代購入
£35,000-50,000 $50,000-72,000
€44,000-63,000
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