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A LARGE CARVED ZITAN CABINET Republic Period image 1
A LARGE CARVED ZITAN CABINET Republic Period image 2
A LARGE CARVED ZITAN CABINET Republic Period image 3
PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH ESTATE 英國私人遺產
Lot 207TP

A LARGE CARVED ZITAN CABINET
Republic Period

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £40,960 inc. premium

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A LARGE CARVED ZITAN CABINET

Republic Period
Constructed with two doors set above three drawers, the doors deeply carved to each panel with five bats amongst ruyi cloud scrolls, the drawers similarly carved, each with two bats, above front and side beaded aprons carved with archaistic scrollwork, the sides carved with panels of butterflies amongst trailing flowering branches, crane wading in a lotus pond and in flight above a verdant landscape, the top of the cabinet with scroll form terminals, the interior with one long shelf, gilt metal lock plates and fittings cast with further bats amongst a dense profusion of cloud scrolls.
161cm high (63 3/8in) x 180cm (70 7/8in) wide x 64.5cm (25 3/8in) deep.

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民國 紫檀蝙蝠云紋櫃

Provenance: Mr and Mrs George Beaumont-Gray, acquired at auction approximately fifty years ago for their property at Staverton House, Cheltenham in Gloucestershire

來源: George Beaumont-Gray伉儷,約50年前從拍賣會上購得,作為其位於英國格洛斯特郡,切爾滕納姆,Staverton府邸之藏品。

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