Lot Essay
Compare with a travelling cabinet included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, East Asian Lacquer, The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, New York, 1991, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 47.
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A WELL CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER PORTABLE CHEST
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The box carved to each side with a rectangular panel enclosing Buddhistic lions with ribboned brocade balls, three to the front panel, two on back and to the top, and single lions on each side, all reserved on a diaper ground framing flower-heads, the detachable front panel opens to reveal a central compartment flanked by two further compartments with swing doors and three drawers, the compartments, drawers, reverse of the front panel and base painted in black lacquer, all suspended by a pair of gilt bronze dragon handles (minor repairs)
14 x 10 x 7 1/2 in. (35.5 x 25 x 19 cm.)
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The box carved to each side with a rectangular panel enclosing Buddhistic lions with ribboned brocade balls, three to the front panel, two on back and to the top, and single lions on each side, all reserved on a diaper ground framing flower-heads, the detachable front panel opens to reveal a central compartment flanked by two further compartments with swing doors and three drawers, the compartments, drawers, reverse of the front panel and base painted in black lacquer, all suspended by a pair of gilt bronze dragon handles (minor repairs)
14 x 10 x 7 1/2 in. (35.5 x 25 x 19 cm.)