A LARGE HUANGHUALI TRAVEL BOX

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29.11.2022 11:30UTC +08:00
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ID 841510
Lot 2819 | A LARGE HUANGHUALI TRAVEL BOX
A LARGE HUANGHUALI TRAVEL BOX

17TH CENTURY

The box is of square section with the two front panel doors opening to reveal the interior with three drawers. The sides are flanked by the standing spandrels. The top corners, the shaped pulls and the rectangular lockplate are all in baitong.

15 1/2 in. (39.5 cm.) high, 16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) wide, 16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) deep





Provenance

Art of Chen, Taipei, 1998.





Literature

National Museum of History, Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 1999, p. 174.



Exhibited

Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taipei, 26 June-5 September 1999.

Crow Museum of Asian Art, Dallas, Texas, on loan from 2007-2014.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, on loan from 2014-2019.



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