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A LARGE ZITAN STATIONERY CHEST
LATE MING – EARLY QING DYNASTY

明末至清初 紫檀大文具箱

of square section, the chest comprising three drawers, the two smaller ones with a metal plate and pull, above a long one at the bottom with
a pair of metal plates and pulls, the lower drawer with compartments and a hidden drawer, surmounted by a cover hinged on the back of the
chest and chained to the sides of the box, opening to reveal a tray-like compartment, all resting on a slightly larger beaded-edged base with
four short bracket feet, the front embellished with cusped and circular metal plates with a lock receptacle and an elongated ruyi-shaped hasp,
the corners and edges decorated and reinforced with metal straps
29 by 38.3 by 38.3 cm, 11⅜ by 15 by 15 in.

EXHIBITED 展覽：

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》，香港中文大學文物館
The Dr S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture III, Art ，香港，2007年，頁 190-191
Museum, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007,
pp. 190-191.

HK$ 330,000-450,000
US$ 42,600-58,500

88 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比