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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ TABLE CABINET, GUANPIXIANG,
WITH MIRROR STAND
LATE MING – EARLY QING DYNASTY

明末至清初 黃花梨連鏡架官皮箱

the cabinet constructed with straight plain sides resting on a slightly larger base of corresponding form, the front embellished across the front
doors and cover with a circular metal plate with a lock receptacle and ruyi-shaped hasp, above a pair of rectangular metal plates with door
pulls, the cover hinged on the back of the box and opening to reveal a tray-like compartment with a folding mirror stand, the framework
divided into eight sections by stretchers, all above five drawers behind the two doors below, the four smaller ones with a metal plate and pull,
above a long one at the bottom with a pair of metal plates and pulls, the sides of the cabinet flanked by pair of metal C-shaped handles
suspending from floral roundels, one side further embellished with two metal floral loop roundels, the corners decorated and reinforced with
metal straps and ruyi-shaped corner pieces
37.5 by 34.5 by 34.6 cm, 14¾ by 13½ by 13⅝ in.

EXHIBITED 展覽：

The Chinese Collection, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 《中國文物收藏》，亞洲文明博物館，新加坡，1997-99年
1997-99. 伍嘉恩，《禪椅琴凳：攻玉山房藏明式黃花梨家具》，香港中文大學文物
Grace Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench: The Dr S. Y. Yip 館，香港，1998年，頁184-185
Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, Art Museum, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 184-185.

◉ HK$ 180,000-280,000
US$ 23,300-36,100