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A Chinese, purportedly…
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Perth
Date:
29-Oct-2024
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A Chinese, purportedly huanghuali, six door cabinet, the doors, reducing in size from top to bottom with a space at the base. Accessable via a removable panel inside. Each door having elaborate pierced carvings depicting scrolling shapes and abstracted mythical beasts. Held by brass hinges, and peg locks. Each door has a flat optional board (in the same timber), to cover the piercings, if desired. These are held, or taken off by internal pegs. The whole of superb quality, constructed in the traditional pegged manner. The timber displaying characteristic warm amber to light reddish/brown tones. Having darker streaks in the manner of rosewood. On occasion, these streaks depict abstract figurative compositions. Circa; likely early 20th century. With certificate from, "Hepplewhite Gallery", Singapore, dated 1999. Height 211 cm, width 123 cm, diameter 50 cm.
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Oriental: Furniture