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AN INLAID LACQUER ‘BOYS’ TABLE CABINET 清十七世紀 黑漆嵌寶五子登科官皮箱
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

elaborately inlaid with an array of materials including iridescent
shells, mother-of-pearl, soapstone, lapis lazuli, stained horn
and lacquered wood against a lacquered ground, the front
decorated with a garden scene with five boys at play, set
with a foliate huangtong lock plate and a ruyi-shaped clasp
above a pair of door pulls suspending conjoined fish, the cover
embellished with flowering peony and magnolia branches
issuing from jagged rocks, the sides with further flower and
finger citron branches and flanked by angular handles, the
interior comprising a tray atop four fitted drawers, all similarly
embellished with hardstones, the corners with ruyi-shaped
metal reinforcements
37.5 by 38.8 by 30.1 cm, 14¾ by 15¼ by 11⅞ in.

HK$ 180,000-250,000
US$ 23,000-31,900

Compare a table cabinet of this type decorated with scenes 可比較一類似嵌寶庭院嬰戲圖官皮箱例，售於紐約蘇富
of figures among rockwork, foliage and insects on the broad 比1988年10月19/20日，編號486；此外，紐約蘇富比於
surface, sold in our New York rooms, 19th/20th October 1988, 2011年9月14日售一嵌螺鈿、金銀官皮箱例，可資參照，
lot 486; and one inlaid with mother-of-pearl, gold and silver,
編號186。
also sold in our New York rooms, 14th September 2011, lot 186.

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