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A LARGE HUANGHUALI TRAVEL BOX 十七世紀 黃花梨提盒

17TH CENTURY 來源
The box is of square section with the two front panel doors opening 陳氏藝術，台北，1998 年
to reveal the interior with three drawers. The sides are flanked by
the standing spandrels. The top corners, the shaped pulls and the 展覽
rectangular lockplate are all in baitong. 《風華再現：明清家具收藏展》，國立歷史博物館，台北，
15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, 16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) wide, 1999 年 6 月 26 日 -9 月 5 日
16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) deep 借展 Crow 亞洲藝術館，得克薩斯，達拉斯，2007-2014 年
借展洛杉磯郡藝術博物館，加利福尼亞，2014-2019 年
HK$240,000-350,000
US$31,000-45,000 出版
國立歷史博物館，《風華再現：明清家具收藏展》，台北，
P R O V E N AN C E 1999 年，174 頁
Art of Chen, Taipei, 1998.
如本品之行旅箱乃文人、官宦、以至醫者隨身攜帶的儲物箱。箱體內部結構
E XH IB I T E D
會因用途各異而有所不同，如便攜藥箱一般有小抽屜以盛放草藥和藥物，而
Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties,
National Museum of History, Taipei, 26 June-5 September 1999. 大抽屜的設計則一般用於放置書籍和文件。本品方正墩碩，十分罕見；把手
Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014. 形制應為方便搬運而設，不具提樑功能。運輸時，會將其用麻繩捆綁，兩名
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014- 腳夫以木桿穿過繩結，一前一後扛起。
2019.
LI T E R A T U RE
National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from
the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 174.
Travel or carrying boxes such as the present example were used as
portable chests for scholars, officials or doctors. The composition of the
inner drawers would vary depending on the purpose of the chest. Portable
medicine chests could have small drawers for herbs and medicinals;
chests with large drawers could contain books or documents.
The square shape and large size of the current example make it very rare.
The handle would have been used to move the chest rather than to lift it.
For transportation, the box would have been bound with two woven cords
tied around each arched side of the handle and then carried by two porters
with a pole slipping through the cords.

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