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76 Y PROPERTY FROM A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAN COLLECTION
A HUANGHUALI TWO-TIERED PICNIC BOX, TIHE Y
18th century 77
The rectangular frame housing a cover and two trays under a A HUANGHUALI THREE-TIERED PICNIC BOX, TIHE
U-shaped handle half-lapped to vertical rails through-tenoned into 18th/19th century
the frame and supported by curved spandrels, the rich honey-brown Of rectangular form, comprising three stacked trays and a cover
wood well figured and set off by elegant cloud-shaped huangtong fitted into a rectangular frame, under a humpback handle joined to
mounts. straight rails supported by shaped spandrels through-tenoned into
7 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 8in (19.1 x 36.9 x 20.3cm) the base, the top compartment housing a rectangular tray, the whole
fitted with gilt metal cloud shaped brackets and reinforced by plain
$8,000 - 12,000 metal mounts.
8 x 10 1/4 x 5 1/2in (20.3 x 26.04 x 14cm)
十八世紀 黃花梨雙層提盒
$7,000 - 10,000
Provenance
Collection of Caroline Bieber, Philadelphia, before 1948 十八/十九世紀 黃花梨三層提盒
Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, sold Sotheby’s, New York,
March 30, 2006, lot 121

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