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PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO TRUST

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A HUANGHUALI THREE-TIERED PICNIC BOX
Qing dynasty, 19th century Portable tiered box of this type were used for carrying food or small
Of rectangular form, the three-tiered fitted trays housed in a base scholar’s objects during an outing.
frame with two side posts set with elaborate carved spandrels and
joined to a humpback handle, the frame handle and corner brackets Compare the huanghuali three-tier picnic box of the same form
of the box fitted with brass mounts. without corner brass fittings in the collection of the Minneapolis
10 x 14 x 8 1/4in (25.3 x 35.6 x 21cm) Institute of Arts, illustrated by Jacobsen and Grindley, Classical
Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis,
$4,000 - 6,000 1999, pp. 196-197, no. 72.
清 十九世紀 黃花梨三撞提盒

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