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TWO CARVED RED LACQUER CHESTS
Qianlong
One a portable casket of rectangular form, the fall front decorated with a scene of immortals in a setting of pavilions, trees and mountains, the sides and top decorated with panels of formally arranged foliate scroll, all within key-pattern borders and reserved on a diaper ground, the interior with a central open compartment flanked by two compartments with doors set between two drawers above and a single drawer below, the top fitted with gilt-bronze carrying handles with ruyi-head terminals; the other of almost square form, the hinged top opening to a large compartment and the sides carved with pairs of dragons and phoenix amidst foliate scroll, fitted with a series of drawers decorated with chrysanthemum sprays and scrolling foliage, all reserved on a diaper ground
10¼in. (26cm.) high, 13 5/8in. (34.6cm.) wide, 7 5/8in. (19.8cm.) deep; 13 5/8in. (34.6cm.) high, 13 1/8in. (33.4cm.) wide, 13 1/8in. (33.4cm.) deep (2)
