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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ TEAPOT CONTAINER
LATE MING DYNASTY
明末 黃花梨茶壺桶
of trapezoidal form, constructed with flaring straight sides with exposed dove-tailed joints to the edges rising from four bracket feet, the front
carved with a central ruyi-shaped cartouche enclosing a low-relief coiling dragon typically found on the splats of extant Ming horseshoe
armchairs, below an angular groove reinforced with shaped metal mounts at the rim for the teapot spout, all above a cusped lower edge
between the feet, the sides of the container further decorated with metal floral roundels and a pair of wing-like fittings to house the lobed
removable handle securing the flat cover, the fittings and handle decorated with cloud-shaped motifs
22.3 by 21.8 by 18.5 cm, 8¾ by 8½ by 7¼ in.
EXHIBITED 展覽：
The Dr S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, The 《堂上清華：南陽葉氏攻玉山房藏明清家具》，澳門藝術博物館，澳
Macao Museum of Art, Macau, 2003. 門，2003年
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178-179
Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007,
pp. 178-179.
◉ HK$ 80,000-120,000
US$ 10,400-15,500
There are many surviving examples of teapot holders, mainly 茶壺桶傳世品眾多，多為晚清、民國舊物。常以柴木製，亦有髹漆。此品
from the late Qing and Republic period. Almost all are made 屬晚明，又以珍貴黃花梨木造，十分珍罕。
of miscellaneous soft woods, some lacquered. Those made in
precious huanghuali and dated to the Ming are very rare. 茶壺桶正面雕刻如意形開光，內飾生動盤龍，此紋飾常見於傳世明朝圈椅
靠背板。
桶身壺嘴開口鑲有銅護件加固。提把和兩側把手下端皆飾雲紋。
30 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
