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A LARGE HUANGHUALI TABLE CABINET, GUANPIXIANG
Mid Qing Dynasty
Of rectangular form, the hinged cover lifting to reveal a separate
compartment above a pair of richly-figured doors on a low base, the
doors opening to reveal four short and one long drawers with lozenge-
shaped metal plates and oval-shaped pulls, the front mounted with a
circular metal lock-plate and a cloud-form hasp, flanked by a pair of
bail handles at the sides, the vividly-grained wood of a rich reddish-
brown tone.
35.5cm (14in) high x 34cm (13 1/2in) wide x 28.5cm (11 1/4in) deep.
HKD80,000 - 100,000
US$10,000 - 13,000
清中期 黃花梨官皮箱
Provenance:
A Hong Kong private collection
Compare with a similar huanghuali table cabinet illustrated by Wang
Shixiang and C.Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical
Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.140-141, no.66.
See also a similar cabinet with lobed circular mounts, 17th century,
and another with square and lobed mounts, 17th/18th century, which
were sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 1999, lots 68 and 60.
黃花梨為材，蓋帽平頂，四角包白銅，門框悶榫攢邊，頂部鎪子母口
與蓋合，外安如意鎖頭，門扇獨板，兩側安兩對白銅活頁，箱内分三
層五屜，屜門安白銅活，箱整體規矩方正，發色金鬱。
124 加州傢倶博物館藏一件黃花梨官皮箱頗似本件，見王世襄 著，
《中國古典家具博物館藏珍》，香港，1995年，編號66，頁140-141。
佳士得紐約售出兩件十七/十八世紀黃花梨官皮箱，其銅活略有不同，
餘部頗類似，可資參考，1999年9月16日，拍品編號60及68。
125 Y
A HUANGHUALI TABLE CABINET, GUANPIXIANG
Mid Qing Dynasty
Of rectangular form, the hinged cover lifting to reveal a separate
compartment above a pair of well-figured doors, opening to the interior
to reveal two vertical stacked drawers to the left balanced by a deeper
drawer to the right, all over a long drawer, the front with a metal circular
lock-plate and a cloud-form hasp, mounted at the sides with metal
handles and a chain to hold the cover when open, all supported on a
scallop-edged base, the well-grained wood of rich reddish-brown tone.
31.5cm (12 1/2in) wide x 24cm (9 1/2in) deep x 32cm (12 1/2in) high.
HKD60,000 - 80,000
US$7,700 - 10,000
清中期 黃花梨官皮箱
Provenance:
A Hong Kong private collection
See two similar examples in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, illustrated
by R.D.Jacobsen and N.Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in the
Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1999, pp.186-189, nos.67 and 68; and a
further related example, 17th/18th century, from the John and Celeste
Fleming collection, which was sold at Bonhams New York,
12 September 2016, lot 6002.
黃花梨為材，蓋盝頂，蓋帽整料為之，蓋緣和門扇安銅如意鎖頭，
立墻和門扇頂部鎪成子母口與蓋合，門扇兩側安銅活頁，内側安銅把
手，扇心獨板一剖二，紋理對稱，内部裝抽屜，底部嵌壼門弧線牙
125 條。此盒用料精當，無拼接，紋理順暢，發色如蜜。
參看美國明尼阿波利斯美術館藏相似兩例，著錄於R.D.Jacobsen及
N.Grindley，《Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Museum of
Art》，1999年，編號67，頁186-189。另見John和Celeste Fleming夫婦珍
藏十七/十八世紀一例，售於紐約邦瀚斯，2016年9月12日，拍品6002。
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