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  3169                                                                                 A ZITAN RECTANGULAR
                                                                                       DOCUMENT BOX
    A ZITAN AND NANMU
    RECTANGULAR TRAY                                                                   QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

     QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY                                                        The well-proportioned box and cover is inlaid
                                                                                       to the front with a circular metal lock plate
    The carved and pierced zitan sides of                                              that is cut to fit the beaded lip of the box and
    the tray are set with metal mounts to the                                          cover, and fixed with a cloud-form hasp. Its
    rounded edges of each corner, and fixed                                            round edges are reinforced with metal mounts
    with an original nanmu base.                                                       that rise to ruyi-shaped tabs on the top four
    12 in. (30.5 cm.) long                                                             corners of the cover, while both sides are set
                                                                                       with a bail handle suspending from a circular
   HK$50,000-80,000                                                                   mounting plate and falling to a knocking plate
   US$6,500-10,000                                                                     of the same shape.
                                                                                       4 Ω in. (11.5 cm.) high, 14 in. (36 cm.) wide,
      PROVENANCE                                                                       7 º in. (18.5 cm.) deep

    Christopher Cooke                                                                  HK$120,000-180,000
   清十八世紀  紫檀及楠木長方盤                                                                     US$16,000-23,000
    來源
    Christopher Cooke                                                                  PROVENANCE

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                                                                                       清十八世紀  紫檀小箱
                                                                                       來源
                                                                                       Christopher Cooke

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