Lot 65
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A Korean cabinet
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A Korean cabinet

CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A Korean cabinet
Choson Period (19th Century)
The lacquer cabinet with hinged doors and symmetrically arranged drawers of different sizes, inlaid with green and red tinted rayskin, tortoiseshell and gold wire, some of it twisted, the exterior of the doors decorated with symmetrically arranged phoenixes, the interior with Yin-yang symbols, the sides with spreading lotus scrolls, the top with a dragon and a lion, the stand similarly decorated, engraved fittings, some old wear and minor damage
26 3/8 x 23 1/8 x 16½in. (67 x 59 x 42cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

For a similar example, see Monica Kopplin, Ostasiatische Lackkunst:
Ausgewählte Arbeiten [East Asian lacquer: selected works (in the BASF lacquer museum)], (Münster, n.d. [circa 1993]), cat. no. 24

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