A small cabinet and stand. Qianggjin and tianqi lacquer. Ming dynasty
Of square shape on four small feet between curved aprons on three sides together with a separate stand with rolled feet. A drawer behind the single door. Yellow metal lock and hinges. All sides with a geometric ground of wan symbols and decorated in various shades lacquer. To the door, a red-framed reserve featuring a curved bowl also on a red lacquer table. The bowl is decorated with peonies over a leaf border and densely filled with fruits and flowers. The top panel is decorated with a five-clawed dragon chasing the flaming pearl over rocks and waves and the left and right hand sides each feature flowering branches in an archaic vase on a red lacquer table. The inside lacquered black with the shelf decorated with flowering twigs, the drawer front below with a dragon, matching the door in colour and technique. The base with the same decor as the inside shelf. The cabinet probably a marriage: the door and drawer front Wanli, the rest probably later.
Cabinet height 62.4 cm; width 44.1 cm; depth 23.6 cm Stand height 6.4 cm; width 47 cm; depth 25 cm
明 戧金填漆方角櫃
一類例可較，錄於故宫博物院藏文物珍品全集： 元明漆器，香港 2006年，頁178 和頁185
Literature
Compare examples with similar technique and decoration in Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 178, (with a similar bowl) and p. 185.