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Lot 91Y

A HUANGHUALI SEAL CHEST, GUANPIXIANG
18th century

14 May 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A HUANGHUALI SEAL CHEST, GUANPIXIANG

18th century
The chest of rectangular shape with a flat top opening to a shallow single tray, above a pair of well-figured, single-panel doors revealing seven drawers fitted with baitong pulls, the chest mounted with a circular lockplate and a ruyi-form clasp, the sides set with bail handles, the whole raised on a flat base, the vividly-grained wood of a rich reddish-brown.
34cm (13 3/8in) high x 34.5cm (13 1/2in) wide x 27.5cm (10 7/8in) deep.

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十八世紀 黃花梨官皮箱

Compare with a similar huanghuali seal chest, 18th century and fitted with seven drawers, illustrated by T.Liu, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, p.257 fig.252. See also a 17th century huanghuali chest from the Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaii, illustrated by S.L.Little and J.Jensen, 'Chinese Furniture in the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The Frederick Mueller Bequest', in Chinese Furniture: Selected Articles from Orientations 1984-1999, Hong Kong, 1999, p.63, fig.15.

A related huanghuali chest with lobed circular mounts, 17th century, and another with square and lobed mounts, 17th/18th century, were sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 1999, lots 68 and 60.

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