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A ZITAN TIERED PICNIC BOX, TIHE
18th/19th century
The cover and two storage trays constructed with beaded edges,
the upper tier fitted with a removable shallow interior tray and all
supported on a carrying frame with humpback handles and shaped
spandrels with beaded edges to the reticulated C-scroll opening.
8 3/4 x 13 1/2 x 7 3/8in (22.2 x 34.3 x 18.8cm) overall
$2,500 - 4,000
十八或十九世紀 紫檀提盒
For a zitan picnic box with similar beading to the tiers, practically
identical spandrels and baitong corner mounts, see Robert Jacobson
and Nicholas Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts,, 1999, cat. no. 73, pp. 198-199 (21 x 34.3 x 18.8cm,
dated as late seventeenth/early eighteenth century).
8012
A HARDWOOD BRUSH POT
Qing dynasty
The irregularly contoured cross section from a tree branch or trunk
displaying deep recesses and apertures in the walls and an oval base
plate cut from a piece of soft wood.
5in (12.8cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
清 硬木隨形筆筒 8012
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