A pair of lacquer and gilt 'Palace' curio cabinets, Qianlong (1736-1795)

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A pair of lacquer and gilt 'Palace' curio cabinets, Qianlong (1736-1795)
each cabinet carved to mirror the other with assymetrically arranged shelves, with six drawers and one hinged door, decorated in gold and red lacquer on a dark ground, the shelves and the back with sprays of blossoming foliage and a seascape of islands with bridges and pavilions, the shelves with carved and pierced borders of clo anddn stylised leafy scrolls, the top with bats and butterflies in flight amidst sprays of peony, chrysanthemum, lotus and morning glory, the reverse of the cabinets with a number of roundels of floral patterns -- 35 1/2 x 50 1/4 x 14in. (90.3 x 127.5 x 35.8cm.) (2)

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Lot Essay

Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum, (The Commercial Press, 2002), pls. 214,216 and 229; and Royal Academy of Arts: China, The Three Emperors 1662-1795, (Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 2005), pl.221.

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