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A RARE PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER MINIATURE KANG CABINETS
A RARE PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER MINIATURE KANG CABINETS QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Each rectangular cabinet with a separate hatchest, finely carved on the four doors with figures in balustraded gardens or in landscape settings with trees providing shade and rockwork on the banks of a lake, all within key-fret borders, the gilt-bronze hinges chased with foliate designs, the lower section with a long drawer carved with lotus and angular scrollwork above the broad apron carved with a dense lotus scroll, the interior of the lower cabinet set with another pair of drawers, the top and sides with a diamond diaper pattern 25 in. (63.5 cm.) overall height (2)