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A ZITAN BOOK-SHAPED SEAL CHEST
18th century
The book shape forming a seal chest, the plain exterior mitred and 紫檀為材，作書套形，頂部嵌骨作書籤，右側嵌夔龍形骨別，箱門上下
hidden-dovetailed together and inlaid with a rectangular bone book 抽動，上前骨片，陰刻書頁，栩栩如生，內安抽屜四個，每屜正中安白
label on the top and two bone clasps, the latter carved in the shape 銅拉手。清宮喜好仿書卷形作為箱匣，多盛放文具，如北京故宮藏一
of an archaistic dragon, the removable front with mitred frame and 組康熙竹管天子萬年紫毫筆，其箱變為書匣式，見《故宮經典：文房清
floating panel inlaid with bone planks forming the text block of a book, 供》，北京，2009年，圖版5。又可參考一件清乾隆紫檀捲軸冊頁組合
the interior with four drawers set with baitong backplates and pulls, the 裝，紫檀為材，貼以象牙篇，仿生之像與本件頗似，見《故宮經典：清宮
wood of dark reddish-brown colour, box. 包裝圖典》，北京，2009年，頁58-59。
25.3cm (10in) high x 22.1cm (8 3/4in) wide x 32.4cm (12 3/4in) deep (2).

HKD200,000 - 300,000
US$26,000 - 39,000
十八世紀 紫檀嵌骨書匣式箱

Provenance:
Tung Chiao Collection, Hong Kong

來源:
香港董橋先生舊藏

Illustrated and Published:
C.Tung, Qingyu an (A Green Jade Table), Hong Kong, 2009, pl.19

出版及著錄:
董橋，《青玉案》，香港，2009年，圖版19

This type of chest in the shape of a book was usually used as a
container for stationery in the Qing court, although the material may
vary. Compare with a case of brush pens in the form of a book,
Kangxi, in the Palace Museum, illustrated in the Classics of Forbidden
City: Scholar’s Paraphernalia, Beijing, 2009, pl.5. Compare also with
another related ivory-inlaid zitan box in the shape of scrolls and album,
Qianlong, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, which is illustrated in the Tung Chiao, 'Qingyu An' (A Green
Classics of Forbidden City: The Imperial Packing art of Qing Dynasty, Jade Table), 2009
Beijing, 2009, pp.58-59. 董橋，《青玉案》，2009年

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