AN IMPRESSIVE CARVED 'ZITAN' HARDWOOD DISPLAY CABINET QING D...

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£6,500

AN IMPRESSIVE CARVED 'ZITAN' HARDWOOD DISPLAY CABINET
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
紫檀博古架 清 19世纪
the cabinet consisting of an arrangement of open shelves, drawers and cupboards, profusely carved throughout with with fruiting leafy tendrils, flanked by four upright pilasters carved with writhing scaly dragons, surmounted by an elaborate openwork pediment carved with confronting dragons centred by a medallion of birds and Buddhist lions standing on rocks issuing a leafy tree, the whole raised on claw and ball feet
107cm wide, 209cm high, 39cm deep

PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Martin Laing Part II.

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Good overall condition with old marks and scratches.