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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ DRESSING CASE WITH CARVED
DOORS AND GILT-BRONZE FITTINGS
LATE MING – EARLY QING DYNASTY

明末至清初 黃花梨雕人物鎏金銅件官皮箱

of rectangular form, constructed with straight sides resting on a slightly larger base with a stylised lotus lappet border, surmounted by a cover
hinged on the back of the dressing case, the front with a pair of doors hinged to the sides with cusped and finely detailed gilt-bronze plates,
embellished across the front doors and cover with a similarly cusped and detailed gilt-bronze plate with a lock receptacle and stylised ruyi-
shaped hasp, above cusped plates and stylised pulls, the doors skillfully carved with scenes of figures and pavilions, possibly depicting the
Queen Mother of the West and the King of the East seated amongst their celestial court officials, further rendered with deer and cranes, set
with five drawers behind the doors, each with a gilt-bronze plate and pull, the sides of the dressing case flanked by a pair of stylised loop
handles
37 by 39.1 by 32.1 cm, 14½ by 15⅜ by 12⅝ in.

EXHIBITED 展覽：

In Pursuit of Antiquities: Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition of the 《好古敏求：敏求精舍三十五週年紀念展》，香港藝術館，香港，1995-
Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1995- 96年，頁300
96, p. 300. 弗利爾美術館及賽克勒美術館．史密森博物院，華盛頓，1997-2001年
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian 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
Institution, Washington D.C., 1997-2001. 館，香港，1998年，頁182-183
Grace Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench: The Dr S. Y. Yip
Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, Art Museum, Chinese 出版：
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 182-183.
伍嘉恩 ，〈經典明朝家具︰輕巧的袖珍寶〉，《東方藝術》，倫
LITERATURE 敦，1993年秋，頁51

Grace Wu Bruce, ‘Examples of Classic Chinese Furniture: #5.
Small Portable Treasures’, Oriental Art, London, Autumn 1993,
p. 51.

◉ HK$ 800,000-1,200,000
US$ 104,000-155,000

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