CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE De forme rectangulaire, le couvercle est délicatement sculpté en relief de trois dragons aux corps noueux pourchassant la perle sacrée et de deux phénix volant aux ailes déployées parmi des nuages ; les c?tés reprenant un décor similaire ; montures métalliques en baitong à décor de dragons et de têtes de phénix. Dimensions: 47 x 24 x 20,4 cm. (18 ? x 9 ? x 8 in. )
Christie's Hong Kong, 29 October 2001, lot 555.
Compare a lidded sutra chest of similar size, constructed of huanghuali wood, carved on the front vertical side with a meander of lotus, illustrated by C. Evarts, A Leisurely Pursuit: Splendid Hardwood Antiquities from the Lian Yi Collection, Hong Kong, 2000, no. 80. Compare also the treatment of the carved dragon to a closely related zitan square-corner cabinet, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, dated to the mid-Qing period, illustrated by Tian Jiaqing, Classic Chinese Furniture of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 228, no. 102.