QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI CABINETS WITH LATTICED PANELS
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Each cabinet is of rectangular form with two doors decorated with swastika latticework on the upper panel and shou-character flanked by chi-dragons on the lower panel, opening to revel the shelved interior. The sides and the back are similarly decorated with swastika latticework panels. All above a shaped openwork apron with a pair of confronting chi-dragons.
28 3/4 in. (73 cm.) high, 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm.) wide, 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) deep

Provenance

Eastern Pacific Co.(Hei Hung Lu), Hong Kong
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Hong Kong

Literature

Chinese Furniture: Selected articles from Orientations 1984-1994, advertisement for Eastern Pacific Co.

Exhibited

The Radiant Ming, 1368-1644 through the Min Chiu Society Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, cat. pp. 280-281, no. 218

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