A PAIR OF LARGE COMPOUND CABINETS

Description:

China, Qing dynasty
63/190 x 123 x 55 cm
The double-doored main cabinets with mirrored dragons amid clouds and waves in gold-lacquer on a red-lacquer ground, framed on the sides and top with a band of alternating stylized 'chilong' and 'shou' characters, the tops also each with mirrored dragons amid clouds. The main cabinets each with two small drawers inside.
Collection of Siegfried Claßen (1935-2022), Cologne, assembled between 1960 and 1990
Traces of age, minor wear