Lot 5

Collection of Asian Lacquered Wood Boxes and Cabinets (19th–20th Century)

Estimate: $200 - $400

Price Realized: $166 Includes buyer's premium

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Lot 5
Collection of Asian Lacquered Wood Boxes and Cabinets (19th–20th Century)
Description
Asian decorative lot comprising three distinct lacquered wood containers, including a black-lacquered small chest or tabletop cabinet featuring two hinged front doors that open to reveal six graduated interior drawers adorned with mother-of-pearl inlays depicting traditional floral motifs, a multi-tiered octagonal box with a fitted lid decorated with parcel-gilded landscapes and scrolling vines over bracket feet, and an elongated rectangular cinnabar-red or red-lacquered storage case fitted with a front metal lock plate
Details
Wood, Lacquer, Mother-of-pearl, Gold leaf, Copper alloy
Tallest : 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 6 inches
Provenance
The Estate of Janice and Donald Rosenthal
Condition
Good; minor surface abrasions, localized chips, and hairline cracks to the brittle lacquer finishes across all three pieces, faint oxidation to the copper-alloy metal hardware components, and very minor losses to the peripheral mother-of-pearl inlay fragments on the tabletop cabinet


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