Asian Art II - 18th May 2016
Lot 488
A CHINESE HARDWOOD WASH BASIN STAND AND TOWEL RACK LATE QING DYNASTY Constructed with six curving...
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A CHINESE HARDWOOD WASH BASIN STAND AND TOWEL RACK
LATE QING DYNASTY
Constructed with six curving legs joined by a star-shaped stretcher to support a basin, rising to a small single drawer and a rectangular mirror, surmounted with stylized scrolling metal-mounted terminals, 177cm x 41cm.
Cf. The Chuang Family Bequest of Fine Ming and Qing Furniture in the Shanghai Museum, pp.132-33, no.57, where a related example dated to the Ming dynasty is illustrated.