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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTION VARIOUS PROPERTIES
1201 1202
A LARGE GILT-DECORATED RED LACQUERED CHEST A LARGE RED-GROUND BROCADE `DRAGON' PANEL
17TH CENTURY 18TH CENTURY
22¡ in. (56.8 cm.) high, 34 in. (86.3 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.8 cm.) deep 64q x 55q in. (163.8 x 141 cm.)
$30,000-50,000 $8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE: This dragon panel would likely have been part of an imperial hanging to be
Property from the Estate of Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr.; Christie's New York, 26 March used during festive occasions. A pair of 18 century red-ground kesi curtain
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2010, lot 1216. hangings with similar decoration of dragons chasing flaming pearls are
illustrated by R. D. Jacobsen, Imperial Silks, Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in The
A detail of a dragon from a nearly identical chest is illustrated by Wang
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, vol. II, Minneapolis, 2000, pp. 958-59, no. 475.
Shixiang, Zhongguo Gudai Qiqi, Beijing, 1987, no. 141, where it is dated to the
Qing dynasty. In his discussion of the decoration of the illustrated example,
Wang notes that the top and back of the chest have floral decoration, which 清十Ջˠ紀ǎ珊瑚紅ঃ織錦雲龍戲珠紋屏
can be seen on the present chest as well. Also of note is the fact that both
the published example and the present chest are of closely related size and
have very similar incised hardware, suggesting that the two chests may have
come from the same workshop.

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