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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 清十八世紀 黃花梨官皮箱
A HUANGHUALI TABLE-TOP CHEST,
GUANPIXIANG
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
of rectangular form, the slightly domed hinged cover lifting
to reveal a separate compartment above a pair of doors,
opening to the interior with five drawers of varying sizes with
shaped drawer pulls, the front with a baitong circular lock-plate
and cloud-form hasp, mounted at the sides with baitong bail
handles
34.2 by 24.9 by h. 35.6 cm, 13⅜ by 9¾ by h. 14 in.

◉ HK$ 300,000-500,000
US$ 38,700-64,500

Compare two related chests in Robert Jacobsen and Nicholas
Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in The Minneapolis
Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1999, cat. nos 67-68, where it is
discussed that these boxes, often called ‘seal boxes’, yinxia,
were used for storage of many things, ranging from cosmetics
and jewellery to art curious and writing utensils, and were
usually made in pairs and presented as gifts.

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