A rare huanghuali clothes rack, yijia. Qing dynasty. Photo Bonhams

Composed of paired rectangular beaded uprights mitered and tenoned into a horizontal top rail terminating into separately carved open-mouth dragon head terminals over pierced dragon spandrels tenoned into the side of the uprights which are set into a solid bases elegantly carved with dissolved zoomorphic birds to the front and back and fitted with upright spandrels elaborately carved with dragons in clouds over lishui, mortise and tenoned into the moulded rails which support a central section fitted with three horizontal stretchers all carved with beaded edges and mitered, mortise and tenoned into a vertical short post carved with lotus finials at each end setting off a central panel of a full front four-clawed dragon in clouds treading on crashing waves and rock work flanked by two profiled dragons enclosed by a beaded frame, the lower two rails fitted with elaborate dragon spandrels echoing the vertical spandrels at the foot and under the top rail. 56 3/4 x 53 1/2 x 16 1/4in (144.2 x 136 x 41.4 cm. Sold for US$338,500