A VERY RARE 'RED AND GOLD' HANDKERCHIEF CABINET, 'TU BINPO'

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE 'RED AND GOLD' HANDKERCHIEF CABINET, 'TU BINPO'
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The pierced arched cresting of peony and foliate scrolls above two lattice-work doors decorated with prunus blossoms, above two drawers carved with prunus branches above two smaller lattice-work doors, with a pierecd apron, on cabriole legs headed by stylised taotie masks, minor losses to cresting
53.2 cm. high

Lot Essay

Cf. four 'brown and gold' handkerchief cabinets illustrated in Khoo Poh Neo, Brown & Gold - Peranankan Furniture from the late 19th Century to the mid 20th Century, pp.168-174. The present 'red and gold' piece is very rare and does not have published precedents

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