A PAIR OF CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID LACQUER COMPOUND CABINETS, 18TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID LACQUER COMPOUND CABINETS
18TH CENTURY
Each upper cabinet fitted with a pair of single panel doors decorated inlay mother-of-pearl imitating painting with scenes of prunus, orchid, bamboo or chrysanthemum within the rectangular frame, further inlaid with floral scrolls, each raised on a rectangular cabinet inlaid with poetic inscriptions in various scripts, including clerical, seal, and cursive script, and describing the attributes of the flowers shown above, and followed by two seals
76 ½ in. (194.3 cm.) high, 33 ½ in. (85.1 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

Ambassador and Mrs. Lars Anderson.
Anderson House, the museum of The Society of the Cincinnati, Washington D.C.