A PAIR OF LARGE IMPERIAL LACQUERED AND GILT CABINETS, SIJIANGGUI
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF LARGE IMPERIAL LACQUERED AND GILT CABINETS, SIJIANGGUI MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Each of massive rectangular form and comprising two sections supported on short square feet, the hat chest top section with two square floating panel doors fitted flush and with a removable centre stile, below the large cabinet similarly fitted with rectangular doors, gilt to the front with fierce Buddhist lions carefully detailed with scaly spines and bushy tails, some in full stride, others in pairs, grasping and playing with embroidered balls, all on a ground of lotus blooms borne on leafy tendrils Overall 93 in. (236.3 cm.) high, 75 in. (190 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.9 cm.) deep (2)
A PAIR OF LARGE IMPERIAL LACQUERED AND GILT CABINETS, SIJIANGGUI
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF LARGE IMPERIAL LACQUERED AND GILT CABINETS, SIJIANGGUI MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Each of massive rectangular form and comprising two sections supported on short square feet, the hat chest top section with two square floating panel doors fitted flush and with a removable centre stile, below the large cabinet similarly fitted with rectangular doors, gilt to the front with fierce Buddhist lions carefully detailed with scaly spines and bushy tails, some in full stride, others in pairs, grasping and playing with embroidered balls, all on a ground of lotus blooms borne on leafy tendrils Overall 93 in. (236.3 cm.) high, 75 in. (190 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.9 cm.) deep (2)
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