CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE

Details

PORTE-MIROIR EN HUANGHUALI, JINGTAI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
The crest rail is flanked by dragon-head terminals, above reticulated panels divided into five sections. The centre section is carved with two confronting dragons chasing the flaming pearl amidst cloud scrolls and flanked by two smaller panels with phoenix amidst peony scroll. The two side panels are carved with magpies perched on prunus branches, each beneath sloping side rails terminating in dragon heads above two front panels carved in openwork with a chilong. The front is set with five drawers decorated with leafy flowers above shaped aprons carved with two confronting chilong on the front, and the whole stand is supported on four short cabriole legs; small damages.
26 3/8 x 22 ¼ x 13 in. (67 x 56.5 x 33 cm.)

Further details

A HUANGHUALI MIRROR STAND, JINGTAI
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The structural design of mirror stands is based on floor screens with inset panels and fixed bases. These mirror stands were placed on dressing tables for ladies, with the mirrors standing against the central panel and held up usually with a U-shaped support. Cosmetics and ornaments were stored in the drawers located to the lower front. See a huanghuali mirror stand sold at Christie’s Paris, 19 December 2012, lot 106; and another is sold at Christie's New York, 16 - 17 September 2010, lot 1209.

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