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ANTIQUE #SA1137917

Nineteenth Century Chinese Export Lacquer Cabinet

£21,000    $28,689    €24,662
A beautiful early Nineteenth Century Chinese Export lacquer cabinet; the doors decorated with mythical chinese landscapes and retaining the original engraved brass escutcheon open to reveal a fully fitted interior of eighteen graduated drawers which are decorated with mythical Chinese landscapes and retain their original fire gilded handles; the interior of the doors are decorated with bamboo leaves. Raised on the orignal stand which is decoated with vine leaves and flowers.
 
Circa: 1810
 
The lacquer on this cabinet is beautifully untouched and the quality of the cabinet is shown with the interiors of the drawers drawers being decorated with the maki-e technique in which powdered gold dust is spinkled into wet lacquer.
 
Provenance:
 
Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk.
 
Pictured in the sale catalogue dated 25-28 September, 1916. Lot 883
 
Walsingham Abbey was built on the ruins of a medieval priory and extended by John Haverfield for Rev. Henry Lee-Warner between 1806-16 and remained in the Lee-Warner family until its sale at the beginning of the Twentieth Century.
 
 
 
Internal Reference: BA1373
Antique Number: SA1137917
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
Height is 169cm (66.5inches)
Width is 94cm (37.0inches)
Depth is 53.2cm (20.9inches)
Antique #SA1137917, shown on this page, originates from the 19th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
19th Century
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