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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  27 Oct 2015 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  68
• Lot Description:
  An embellished hardwood portable chest, Guanpixiang, 19th/20th century
  the wood probably huanghuali, of square form, the flat topped hinged cover with metal 'ruyi'-head clasp and corner mounts, lifting to reveal a shallow compartment over a pair of panelled doors flush within mitred frames opening to two pairs of short drawers above a long drawer, each with vase-shaped metal 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 and flowering pomegranate bough and with 'lingzhi' fungus, in various coloured hardstones, including lapis-lazuli, malachite, mother-of-pearl and soapstone, the front with bats among clouds and the base with a branch bearing the 'Three Abundances', the doors with boys at play, the cover with two inscribed ivory plaques, one with an apocryphal four-character mark of Jiaqing
  32 cm high, 32 cm wide, 24 cm deep
• Estimate:
  A$7,000 - 9,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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