Lot no. 198
198. RARE ÉTAGÈRE EN LAQUE ROUGE SCULPTÉ ET INCRUSTATIONS EN JADE ET PIÈRRES DURES Époque Qianlong (1736-1795) A RARE JADE AND HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED DISPLAY CABINET Qianlong period Of rectangular form, raised on four short feet, the upper part divided into four stepped open compartments of varying sizes above a drawer and a set of small drawers above a pair of hinged doors, the drawers and doors set with panels decorated with different fruiting and flowering branches with jade and hardstone inlays, all on a diaper pattern ground, the frames with a keyfret band lined with thin openwork green jade scrolling lotus borders, the interiors and back lacquered black. 54.2cm x 38cm x 16.5cm (21 3/8in x 15in x 6 1/2in) (6). 清乾隆 剔紅嵌百寶多寶閣 Provenance: Collection of Max Müller (1867-1960), German consul in Hankow, acquired in China between 1905 and 1912, thence by descent to his daughter Irmgard Müller-Doertenbach (1909-2011) 來源: 德國駐漢口領事Max Müller(1867–1960)珍藏,於1905年至1912年間得自中國,後傳至其女Irmgard Müller-Doertenbach(1909-2011) For a polychrome cinnabar lacquer and inlaid cabinet in the collection of the Palace Museum, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Lacquer Wares of the Qing dynasty, Hong Kong, 2006, no.65, pp.94-5. See also a similar decorated cabinet published in Classics of the Forbidden City. Painted Furniture in the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, 2013, no.24, pp.42-43. Compare also the cinnabar lacquer cabinet sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2018, lot 3103, and another example, sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1828.
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