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AN INLAID LACQUER ‘BOYS’ TABLE CABINET 清康熙 黑漆嵌寶嬰戲圖官皮箱
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
elaborately inlaid with an array of hardstones including
mother-of-pearl, soapstone and lacquered wood against a
lacquered ground, the front decorated with four boys at play
and a pair of archaistic phoenix, set with a foliate lock plate and
a ruyi-shaped hasp above the door pulls, the sides embellished
with branches of flowers and fruits and flanked by angular
handles, the interior comprising a tray atop four fitted drawers,
the corners with ruyi-shaped metal reinforcements
38.5 by 37.7 by 28.6 cm, 15⅛ by 14⅞ by 11¼ in.
See a pair of similar lacquer chests from E&J Frankel, Ltd.,
featured in their exhibition, Hold Everything: Treasure Boxes in
the Qianlong Manner, New York, 1996, cat. no. 17.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,500
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