ID 718573
Lot 1193 | A LARGE HUANGHUALI COFFER
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
LATE QING DYNASTY
The paneled top is fitted with everted ends above three drawers and a pair of plain, attractively-grained panels. The whole is raised on thick legs of square section joined by a shaped, beaded apron carved in openwork with chilong at the corners and an archaistic mask at the center, further fitted with long openwork corner spandrels.
34 1⁄2 in. (87.6 cm.) high, 73 1⁄4 in. (186.1 cm.) wide, 23 3⁄4 in. (60.3 cm.) deep
Provenance
Galerie d'art de la Compagnie de Chine et des Indes, Paris, 1966.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.
Else Sackler (1913-2000) Collection, and thence by descent within the family.
Special notice
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| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Coffer front |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cans |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Coffer front |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Cans |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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