A HUANGHUALI 'CHILONG' SEAL CHEST, GUANPIXIANG LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY of rectangular form, with a hinged-top opening to a shallow tray, deftly carved in low relief with a pair of chilong writhing among clouds, each detailed with a broad face surmounted by a crescent crest issuing a long curling horn, and a slender looping body terminating in a bifid tail, the corners secured with baitong mounts centred with a ruyi-head clasp, the front doors similarly carved with two confronting dragons writhing among clouds reaching for a pearl, the sides with dense billows of clouds and bail handles suspended from circular roundels, the interior set with a large drawer at the bottom and four further smaller drawers above, all supported on a flanged base shaped with a bracket apron, the well-figured wood patinated to a warm chestnut-brown colour 49.8 by 49.5 by 37.6 cm. 19 5/8 by 19 1/2 by 14 3/4 in.
A HUANGHUALI 'CHILONG' SEAL CHEST, GUANPIXIANG LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY of rectangular form, with a hinged-top opening to a shallow tray, deftly carved in low relief with a pair of chilong writhing among clouds, each detailed with a broad face surmounted by a crescent crest issuing a long curling horn, and a slender looping body terminating in a bifid tail, the corners secured with baitong mounts centred with a ruyi-head clasp, the front doors similarly carved with two confronting dragons writhing among clouds reaching for a pearl, the sides with dense billows of clouds and bail handles suspended from circular roundels, the interior set with a large drawer at the bottom and four further smaller drawers above, all supported on a flanged base shaped with a bracket apron, the well-figured wood patinated to a warm chestnut-brown colour 49.8 by 49.5 by 37.6 cm. 19 5/8 by 19 1/2 by 14 3/4 in.
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