PETIT CABINET EN HUANGHUALI, GUANPIXIANG

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE

Details

PETIT CABINET EN HUANGHUALI, GUANPIXIANG
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
The panel top is set within the cover which opens to reveal the tray beneath. The two panel doors are fitted flush and open to reveal the interior with four drawers. The whole is raised on a rectangular platform carved with a shaped apron at the front, with metal mounts, handles and lockplate ; minor age cracks.
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high

Provenance

Property of a French Private collector.

Further details

A HUANGHUALI SEAL CHEST, GUANPIXIANG
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The choice of huanghuali with a particularly attractive grain makes this chest a refined example of its elegant type. A similar huanghuali seal chest, dated to the 17th-18th century, was sold at Christie's New York, 24-25 March 2011, lot 1377.

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