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A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL CINNABAR LACQUER ‘DRAGON’ CABINET
QIANLONG 1736-95
The centre of the cabinet with a rectangular open compartment flanked by four drawers, each incised with octagonal floral patterns and with a metal handle
shaped as tassels, the central section contained between six hinged doors, each carved with a scaly five-clawed dragon amidst billowing clouds, their handles
shaped as cicadas, with two further dragon panels divided by diaper to each of the two shorter sides, the top finely worked with the same diaper pattern,
with key fret borders throughout the design, 54cm x 47.7cm x 18cm.
£20,000-30,000
Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from Adrian Joseph of Allen Management in 1984.
Cf. China Guardian Auctions, 21st November 2009, lot 2122 for a very similar Qianlong cabinet; see also Classics of the Forbidden City, Imperial Furniture of Ming & Qing
Dynasties, pp.348-349, no.386 for a pair of comparable pieces in the east room of the Palace of Earthly Tranquility in the Forbidden City; see also J Ayers, Chinese and
Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, p.878, nos.2020 and 2021 for a related pair of cabinets also with dragons.

清乾隆 御製剔紅雲龍紋小博古格
來源：英國私人收藏，1984年購於Adrian Joseph of Allen Management。
博古格立方式，通體鬆紅漆，邊緣雕迴紋。上下各三門相互紋飾對應，中間為雕乾隆時期典型正面龍，左右各雕側面龍相對，格內鬆黑漆並飾
有漏窗，中間長方形亮閣左右附屜各二，屜面上雕龜背錦地。多寶閣下承卷雲足，牙條上飾朱漆錦地。乾隆皇帝將其置於炕或桌案之上，內中
收藏各種賞玩小件或文房用品。此類型博古格十分罕見，相同例子可參照北京故宮博物院坤寧宮東梢間的長桌上有一對相同紋飾的博古格（故
宮博物院編，《故宮經典：明清宮廷家具》，頁348，圖386）。另參見，中國嘉德國際拍賣2009年11月21日·編號2122，一件相似剔紅龍紋小博
古格。

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