A PAIR OF FINELY CARVED DRAGON RELIEF COMPOUND CABINETS

Description:

China, Qing dynasty
242 x 124 x 54 cm
Of rectangular form, the main body constructed with two large doors intricately carved with a five-clawed dragon among 'ruyi'-shaped cloud scrolls on each side above a horizontal panel with two dragons reaching for the flaming pearl in the center and similar decoration on the apron below, the hat chests carved on both doors with a dragon clasping the flaming pearl above a stylized landscape of mountain peaks and waves.
From an old East German private collection, according to tradition acquired in the 1920s, then old Berlin private collection - Partial age cracks, two small lateral aprons lost