A RARE LARGE HUANGHUALI DRESSING CASE WITH FOLDING MIRROR STAND, ZHEDIESHIJINGTAI

Los 2813
29.11.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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Los 2813 | A RARE LARGE HUANGHUALI DRESSING CASE WITH FOLDING MIRROR STAND, ZHEDIESHIJINGTAI
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A RARE LARGE HUANGHUALI DRESSING CASE WITH FOLDING MIRROR STAND, ZHEDIESHIJINGTAI

17TH CENTURY

The mirror stand with a square support frame encloses carved prunus panels and side panels around a central openwork barbed panel for receiving the mirror knob, all above an adjustable lotus-shaped support enclosing the lower panel and a retractable pivoted backrest. The mirror case is set with baitong corner mounts and the doors carved with prunus branches, they open to reveal three drawers above carved and shaped aprons, all raised on short cabriole legs with ruyi-shaped feet.

11 in. (27.9 cm) high, 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm) wide, 16 1/4 in.(41.3 cm) deep





Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1992.

Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Renaissance, California.

Christie’s New York, Important Chinese Furniture. Formerly The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September 1996, lot 57.

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.



Literature

Wang Shixiang and Curtis Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, San Francisco, 1995, pp.150-151, no. 71.

National Museum of History, Taipei, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, 1999, p.186.



Exhibited

Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei, 26 June-5 September 1999.

Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014-2019.



Post lot text

Please note these lots contain a type of Dalbergia wood that is subject to CITES export/import restrictions. However, as in each lot (or each individual item in the lot) the weight of this type of Dalbergia does not exceed 10 kg, starting from 1 May 2021, CITES license is no longer required for importing the lot (or the individual item in the lot) into Hong Kong. Before you decide to bid, please check whether your destination country permits import without CITES license. If CITES license is required, we will make the lot available for your collection in Hong Kong. We will not cancel your purchase due to any CITES restrictions impacting the import of the lot to the destination country.
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