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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
PRIVATE COLLECTION
512 W Y
A MAGNIFICENT AND MASSIVE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI INLAID
HAT-CHESTS
17th/18th century
Of rectangular form, each frame of mortise and tenon construction
with massive well-figured doors of a warm, honey tone and set off
by a removable central stile, the front panels finely inlaid with shell,
hardwood, glass, soapstone and select hardstones creating a
composition of elegantly potted archaistic ritual vessels and other
objects for the scholar’s table, the doors fastened with etched baitong
lockplates and hinges.
34 1/2in (87.6cm) high, 62 1/2in (158.8cm) wide, 32 1/2in (82.6cm)
deep (2).
$200,000 - 300,000
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨嵌寶博古圖頂箱一對
Provenance:
An American Northwest private collection
An American Southern California private collection
