A SOUTH EAST ASIAN IRON-BOUND ELM STRONG-CHEST
Lot 546

A SOUTH EAST ASIAN IRON-BOUND ELM STRONG-CHEST

POSSIBLY KOREAN, 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 November 2016

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GBP 625

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A SOUTH EAST ASIAN IRON-BOUND ELM STRONG-CHEST
POSSIBLY KOREAN, 19TH CENTURY
Together with an American painted pine spice cabinet, second half 19th century, the arrangement of ten drawers with stencilled labels, a Chinese mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer drum seat, 19th century; and an elm low seat
The chest: 17 ¼ in. (44 cm) high

Specialist note

Reputedly this portable Asian elm chest was bought back by Fleur Cowles from Panmunjom, when she and her husband Mike Cowles attended the Korean war peace negotiations in 1953.