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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Collections: Important Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design, Including Property from the Estate of the Late Colleen McCullough AO
• Sale Date:
  30 Oct 2019 ~ 6pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  56
• Lot Description:
  A Qing-Style Inlaid Huanguali 'Boys' Canted Top Cosmetic Chest
  of rectangular form, with hinged lid joined by a chain to one side, opening to reveal a shallow compartment above the pair of doors opening on to two pairs of short drawers above a long drawer, the doors, sides and top inlaid in mother of pearl and various hardstones with boys at play in garden settings, sprays of the Three Abundances, and butterflies hovering above flowering roses, the top inset with a square plaque bearing an apocryphal four-character seal mark of Qianlong, the sides with bail handles and with metal 'ruyi'-shaped clasp, hinges, corner mounts and pulls
  40 cm high, 40 cm wide, 29 cm deep
• Estimate:
  A$4,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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