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18th/19th century
The folding mirror standing on top of a dressing case with double doors opening to reveal three stacked drawers, all supported on four hoof feet, the lattice panel of the mirror stand carved with peony and prunus sprigs, framing a central begonia-shaped motif, the bottom of the stand with a lotus leaf-shaped support for the mirror, the corners and edges decorated and reinforced with metal straps.
34.6cm (13 1/2in) square.
Footnotes
十八/十九世紀 紅木折疊式鏡臺
Provenance: A Danish Private Collection.
Compare with a similar mirror stand in the Wang Shixiang collection, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Mingshi jiaju yanjiu, Beijing, 2007, p.211, pl.wu 28. Compare also with a related example, late Ming dynasty, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, London, 1986, p.240. Another similar but earlier folding mirror platform, Ming dynasty, is illustrated in , Hong Kong, 1998, no.52. Another dressing case, 17th/18th century, is illustrated in , Beijing, 1999, p.186. See a related example, late Ming dynasty, illustrated by G.Wu Bruce, , Hong Kong, 1998, no.65.
See a similar square dressing case and stand, 18th/19th century, sold at Bonhams New York, 14th September 2012, lot 1340.