LATE 18TH CENTURY

细节

A ZITAN AND HUANGHUALI MINIATURE COMPOUND CABINET, DINGXIANGGUI
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form and huanghuali frame panelled with zitan, the upper chest with two square doors each inset within a lattice-pattern border with a panel crisply carved with a descending five-clawed dragon amidst swirling waves, fitted with a removable central stile, above the larger cabinet similarly decorated and fitted with a removable central stile, the doors opening to reveal two shorter drawers and two 'trapdoor' covers of the hidden compartment, fronted by a horizontal panel carved with two dragons confronting a flaming pearl, above an apron carved with fruiting peaches, finger citrus and pomegranate, the sides of the chest and cabinet each with relief applique of flowering branches, above an apron with ruyi-scroll terminals, the original metal fittings engraved with dragons and with vase-shaped pulls, minor rim chips and losses
26 in. (66 cm.) high, 13½ in. (34.2 cm.) wide, 6 3/8 in. (17 cm.) deep

注意事项

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.

拍品专文

Miniature cabinets are often made of carved cinnabar lacquer, such as the pair sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 28 April 2003, lot 598, and one sold in our Paris Rooms, 15 June 2004, lot 145, which are similarly decorated with dragons; and the one decorated with figures in landscape in the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Gu Gong Qi Qi Te Zhan Mu Lu, Taipei, 1981, no. 65. Compare also the pair of monumental zitan cabinets carved with dragons in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Tian Jiaqing in Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty, 1996, no. 102, and the pair of cabinets without the upper chests sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 April 2004, lot 94.