An extraordinary pair of mother-of-pearl lacquered cabinets Ming Dynasty each rectangular cabinet finely inlaid with small pieces of mother-of-pearl on the doors with a continuous scene of noblemen and ladies at leisure by mountains and lakes, the rocky landscape and fine flecks of mother-of-pearl, gold and silver dusting creating a golden ground, centered on the original hexagonal baitong white brass door double-makara pull and lock escutcheons incised with confronting dragons, above a shaped apron with a pair of mythical qilins each enclosed within a quatrefoil lobed panel, framed by pairs of confronting dragons along the sides with a single full-frontal dragon at the top flaked by dragons in profile and original hinges, the sides each with three square panels containing inlaid landscapes with scholars, Daoist immortals, ladies and noblemen, above a cusped apron and a stretcher, the feet tipped with metal fittings, the interior opening up to two shelves and two drawers trimmed with inlaid dragon roundel decoration and florals sprays, with a concealed opening behind the apron, the interior of each door marked with a lacquered stencil double-axe head motif, the feet capped with metal fittings 196 BY 102 BY 63.8 CM 77 1/8 BY 44 BY 25 1/8 IN.
An extraordinary pair of mother-of-pearl lacquered cabinets Ming Dynasty each rectangular cabinet finely inlaid with small pieces of mother-of-pearl on the doors with a continuous scene of noblemen and ladies at leisure by mountains and lakes, the rocky landscape and fine flecks of mother-of-pearl, gold and silver dusting creating a golden ground, centered on the original hexagonal baitong white brass door double-makara pull and lock escutcheons incised with confronting dragons, above a shaped apron with a pair of mythical qilins each enclosed within a quatrefoil lobed panel, framed by pairs of confronting dragons along the sides with a single full-frontal dragon at the top flaked by dragons in profile and original hinges, the sides each with three square panels containing inlaid landscapes with scholars, Daoist immortals, ladies and noblemen, above a cusped apron and a stretcher, the feet tipped with metal fittings, the interior opening up to two shelves and two drawers trimmed with inlaid dragon roundel decoration and florals sprays, with a concealed opening behind the apron, the interior of each door marked with a lacquered stencil double-axe head motif, the feet capped with metal fittings 196 BY 102 BY 63.8 CM 77 1/8 BY 44 BY 25 1/8 IN.
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