QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A GILT-LACQUER SQUARE CHEST
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The chest is relief-decorated on each side in gesso with a lotus bloom borne on a leafy stem between a dragon and phoenix. The sides are decorated with scrolling clouds, repeated on the sides of the base which is pierced for the insertion of silk cords, all richly gilt and fitted with handles with phoenix-head terminals. The interior is lined in yellow silk.
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) high, 14 in. (35 cm.) wide, 9¼ in. (23.4 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Compare the silver-mounted gilt-lacquer chest with similar dragon and phoenix decoration sold at Christie's New York, 22 March 2012, lot 1758.
Gilt-lacquered chests decorated in gesso with dragons and/or phoenix, appear to be part of a group of imperial furnishings and accoutrements which were used to hold both seals and jade tablets.

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