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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Property From The Collection of Dame Nellie Melba GBE & Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  31 Mar 2015 ~ 6pm Session 1: Lots 1 - 162
  01 Apr 2015 ~ 6pm Session 2: Lots 163 - 461
• Lot #:
  257
• Lot Description:
  A hardstone inlaid hardwood portable chest Guanpixiang, 19th/20th century
  of rectangular form, the hinged domed cover with 'ruyi' head metal fitting 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, the sides set with bail handles and one side with a chain joining the cover and side, the cover inlaid with a pair of deer beside rocks and trees in varying colours of hardstone including lapis-lazuli, malachite, mother-of-pearl, and soapstone, the front inlaid with a frieze of bats among clouds and branches of the 'Three Abundancies', the doors with boys at play
  31 cm high, 32 cm wide, 23 cm deep
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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