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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Deign
• Sale Date:
  29 Jul 2014 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  196
• Lot Description:
  A Hardstone Inlaid Huanghuali Portable Chest Guanpixiang, Late Qing Dynasty
  of square form, the flat-topped hinged cover with ruyi head metal fittings lifting to reveal a shallow compartment above a pair of panelled doors flush within mitred frames opening to reveal two pairs of short drawers above a long drawer with ruyi shaped pulls, the sides set with bail handles and one side with two small additional circular plates with a chain joining the cover and side, the cover inlaid with a bird on a fruiting pomegranate tree and lingzhi fungus in varying colours of hardstone including lapis-lazuli, malachite, mother-of-pearl, soapstone and jasper, the front and base inlaid with pairs of dragons and the doors with boys at play, the cover with two inscribed ivory plaques one with a four-character Yongzheng seal mark
  31 cm high, 31 cm wide, 22 cm deep
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, Sydney
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 9,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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