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A ZITAN TWO-TIER CARRY BOX
LATE MING DYNASTY

明末 紫檀兩撞提盒

all supported on a larger rectangular base frame, modelled with an openwork spandrelled upright rising from each short side to meet the
humpback-shaped handle framing the two-tiered box and cover, the interior of the top tier with a shallow tray resting on its rim, the cover
centred with an opening on each short side aligned with openings on the uprights for the metal rod securing the carry box in the base frame,
the corners and edges with metal mounts and ruyi-shaped corner pieces
22.2 by 38.1 by 20.3 cm, 8¾ by 15 by 8 in.

EXHIBITED 展覽：

Grace Wu Bruce, Zitan Furniture from the Ming and Qing 嘉木堂，《紫檀家具精選展》，香港，1999年，頁46-47
dynasties, Hong Kong Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 46-47. 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
Grace Wu Bruce, Feast by a wine table reclining on a couch: 館，香港，2007年，頁 188-189
The Dr S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Art
Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007,
pp. 188-189.

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

40 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比