A mother-of-pearl inlaid wood seal chest and stand 19th century | 十九世紀 螺鈿麒麟花鳥紋長方盒

A mother-of-pearl inlaid wood seal chest and stand

19th century 

十九世紀 螺鈿麒麟花鳥紋長方盒

the rectangular chest with blind drawers to the front face, inlaid with rectangular panels carved with crane, lotus, phoenix and dragons, the sides with birds amidst prunus, the reverse with a large panel depicting a monkey watching a pair of deer in a landscape, the top with a key-fret panel enclosing a large kylin amidst fire scrolls and Buddhist emblems, the separate stand with a pierced ruyi apron supported on cabriole legs 

Width of chest 23.5 cm, 9¼ in.

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