A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI TEMPLE-FORM SHRINES
A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI TEMPLE-FORM SHRINES QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Each shrine of architectural form and impressive size, raised on a base with low feet and curvilinear apron, the main body of rectangular shape to house a statute, opening at the front with four hinged doors decorated with openwork panels of chi dragon design, the porch set below a vaulted roof and open fretwork carved with chi dragons, a three-panel eave and additional pierced panels of similar stylised dragon design between the round front posts and short struts, the doors and front posts divided by a stretcher on both sides below the roof with a dragon roundel, and five openwork railings set between the front and the sides above the base 47 x 31 1/8 x 26 3/8 in. (119.4 x 79 x 67 cm.) high (2)
A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI TEMPLE-FORM SHRINES
A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI TEMPLE-FORM SHRINES QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Each shrine of architectural form and impressive size, raised on a base with low feet and curvilinear apron, the main body of rectangular shape to house a statute, opening at the front with four hinged doors decorated with openwork panels of chi dragon design, the porch set below a vaulted roof and open fretwork carved with chi dragons, a three-panel eave and additional pierced panels of similar stylised dragon design between the round front posts and short struts, the doors and front posts divided by a stretcher on both sides below the roof with a dragon roundel, and five openwork railings set between the front and the sides above the base 47 x 31 1/8 x 26 3/8 in. (119.4 x 79 x 67 cm.) high (2)
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