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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ STEELYARD CASE
EARLY QING DYNASTY

清初 黃花梨戥子盒

modelled in the form of a stylised fish, the case comprising an upper and lower half that can slide open and shut, hinged together near the
tail end with a pin comprising a huangtong floral knob and a chrysanthemum-shaped plate, the lower half with recessed sections on the
interior, housing a baitong and bone steelyard, the exterior of the other inlaid in metal with two characters reading Wang Ji
1.6 by 29.5 by 7.3 cm, ⅝ by 11⅝ by 2⅞ in.

EXHIBITED 展覽：

Grace Wu Bruce, Feast by a wine table reclining on a couch: 伍嘉恩，《燕几衎榻: 攻玉山房藏中國古典家具》，香港中文大學文物
The Dr S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Art 館，香港，2007年，頁176-177
Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007,
pp. 176-177.

◉ HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,400-15,500

This type of miniature steelyard, contained in a beautifully grained 此盒狀似魚形，由上下兩半組成，尾端用軸釘連貫，可開可合。軸釘上有
huanghuali wood case, was used for weighing precious material 花形鈕，下墊黃銅菊花紋護眼錢。盒子下半挖缺藏骨製秤杆、白銅秤盤與
and medicine. 砝碼。盒蓋用金屬嵌「王記」二字。

See a similar example but lacquered in black and gold in the 這類小型戥子，是秤量貴重物品和藥物的衡器，收納在紋理生動的黃花梨
collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhu Jiajin 盒中，殊為別緻。
and Xia Gengqi, eds, Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji [Complete Book of
Chinese Lacquer], vol. 5: Ming, Fuzhou, 1995, pl. 152. 北京故宮博物院藏一件與現例相似的戥子盒，但為黑漆描金，收錄於朱家
溍及夏更起編，《中國漆器全集》，卷5：明，褔州，1995年，圖版 152。

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