A RARE PAIR OF CARVED RED LACQUER HAT STANDS

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A RARE PAIR OF CARVED RED LACQUER HAT STANDS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each surmounted by the domed hat rest and carved all over with a dense pattern of leafy rose stems repeated on the top and sides of the lobed base which is raised on six short feet, and on the rounded center of the support between wan diaper bordered by bands of lappets and key fret
11¼ in. (28.6 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

A very similar red lacquer hat stand of comparable height (29.5 cm.) dated to the Qing dynasty in the collection of the British Museum, is illustrated in Hai-Wai Yi-Chen, Chinese Art in Overseas Collections: Lacquerware, Taipei, 1987, p. 170. Another example, catalogued as a crown rack and with a gilt-bronze finial in openwork at the top, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 46 - Lacquer Wares of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 73, fig. 49. See, also, a pair of carved cinnabar lacquer hat stands sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27 May 2009, lot 1848.

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