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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SCANDANAVIAN
COLLECTION (LOTS 211 AND 212)
■~211
A LARGE PAIR OF CARVED COMPOUND
HUALI 'DRAGON' CABINETS
19TH CENTURY
Each cabinet has two pairs of hinged doors carved
with descending pairs of five-clawed dragons
chasing the flaming pearl, entwined amongst
leafy flowering stems, the square legs joined by
an apron carved with waves. The interior has two
drawers and two cupboards to the base.
Each cabinet, 91 in. x 43º in. x 16√ in. (231.3 cm. x
110 cm. x 43 cm.)
£30,000-50,000 US$39,000-64,000
€33,000-55,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Henning Haslund-Christensen
(1896-1948), acquired in Asia between 1923 and
1948, then by descent within the family.
Henning Haslund-Christensen was a Danish
explorer who was part of Sven Hedin's bi-lateral
Chinese/Swedish scientific expedition to the
north and north-west of China from 1927-1935.
Compound cabinets are generally made in pairs,
each comprising a large square-corner cabinet
below a slightly smaller upper cabinet, which is
specifically designed this way to secure support
at the bottom.

北歐私人珍藏
清十九世紀 花梨木龍戲珠刻紋櫃四件
櫃一對
來源:
丹麥探險家Henning Haslund-Christensen (1896-1948年)舊
藏, 於1923年至1948年購自亞洲, 家傳至今

Henning Haslund-Christensen

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