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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ OCTAGONAL TRAY
LATE MING DYNASTY

明末 黃花梨八角盤

of eight-lobed mallow form, the tray carved with thick gently rounded sides resting on a short foot, the interior of the tray modelled with a
slightly sunken panel bordered by the lobed sides
3 by 28.3 by 28.3 cm, 1⅛ by 11⅛ by 11⅛ in.

EXHIBITED 展覽：

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, 1997–99. 丹佛藝術博物館，美國科羅拉多州丹佛，1997-99年
Grace Wu Bruce, Chan Chair and Qin Bench: The Dr S. Y. Yip 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
Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, Art Museum, Chinese 館，香港，1998年，頁138-139
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 138-139.

◉ HK$ 120,000-180,000
US$ 15,500-23,300

Trays made in precious hardwoods datable to late Ming and early 明末清初時期，用珍貴硬木造的盤不為多見。
Qing are very rare. This piece with rounded corners is beautifully
fashioned. 此盤倭角造型，漂亮美觀。家居用具如盤子的傳世例子稀少，因此有理由
得出結論，它們多是以易腐朽的柴木造，而珍貴硬木製的例子十分難得。
As few surviving examples of household utensils like trays have
survived, it can be deduced that they were more often made in
indigenous perishable softwoods and rarely made in precious
hardwoods.

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