A carved lacquer 'Kang'Cabinet, Qing dynasty, 18/19th Century.
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The miniature cabinet with a smaller compartment on top and a larger below opening to reveal a pair of small drawers, the four doors finely carved with landscape scenes, with scholars in pavilion, gatherings outdoors in various pursuits. Metal handles and hinges. Measurements 64x39x17 cm.
Wear, surface dirt. Wear to edges.
Provenance
Purchased at Bukowskis Spring Auction 2013, lot no 1418. Then from a private collection, Stockholm.
Exhibitions
Also Compare, Christies; SALE 2389. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
Hong Kong|27 November 2007
Literature
A cabinet of this type is illustrated in Carved Lacquer in the Collection of the Palace Museum, 1985, pl 297.
Another depicted in 'Special Exhibition of Palace Lacquer Objects, Taiwan 1981, Catalogue no 65.
More information
Miniature cabinets of this type were made for display on a kang, which served as a seat in the day and a bed at night.