A PAIR OF CARVED ZITAN 'DRAGON' CABINETS, KANGGUI QING DYNASTY each of kanggui form, comprising a top square cabinet resting atop a rectangular cabinet and a further row of drawers, the upper shelf modelled with a pair of square hinged doors, each carved in varying levels of relief with a ferocious five-clawed dragon writhing sinuously against a ground of tumultuous waves within the key-fret-bordered panel, the lower cabinet of a slightly larger form with a pair of rectangular hinged doors, each similarly carved with a key-fret band enclosing a dragon soaring amidst crashing waves, all above a row of two drawers, each carved on the surface with a dragon and set with a curved metal pull, all supported on four square-section legs decorated with a panel carved with a pair of dragons contesting a central 'flaming pearl' ending with a shapely beaded edge, the edges bordered with key-fret bands, further decorated and reinforced with metal hinges detailed with further dragon motifs and door pulls in the form of a basket, the interior of the central cabinet divided into two tiers, the sides and reverse with sunken borders, the wood of a warm dark brown colour with characteristic gold flecks 74.6 by 43.6 by 20.2 cm, 29 3/8 by 17 1/8 by 7 7/8 in.
A PAIR OF CARVED ZITAN 'DRAGON' CABINETS, KANGGUI QING DYNASTY each of kanggui form, comprising a top square cabinet resting atop a rectangular cabinet and a further row of drawers, the upper shelf modelled with a pair of square hinged doors, each carved in varying levels of relief with a ferocious five-clawed dragon writhing sinuously against a ground of tumultuous waves within the key-fret-bordered panel, the lower cabinet of a slightly larger form with a pair of rectangular hinged doors, each similarly carved with a key-fret band enclosing a dragon soaring amidst crashing waves, all above a row of two drawers, each carved on the surface with a dragon and set with a curved metal pull, all supported on four square-section legs decorated with a panel carved with a pair of dragons contesting a central 'flaming pearl' ending with a shapely beaded edge, the edges bordered with key-fret bands, further decorated and reinforced with metal hinges detailed with further dragon motifs and door pulls in the form of a basket, the interior of the central cabinet divided into two tiers, the sides and reverse with sunken borders, the wood of a warm dark brown colour with characteristic gold flecks 74.6 by 43.6 by 20.2 cm, 29 3/8 by 17 1/8 by 7 7/8 in.
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