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

Lot 2813
29.11.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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ID 841505
Lot 2813 | A RARE LARGE HUANGHUALI DRESSING CASE WITH FOLDING MIRROR STAND, ZHEDIESHIJINGTAI
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HKD 500 000 – 800 000
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.



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