A HUANGHUALI SEDAN CHAIR DOCUMENT CASE, JIAOXIANG

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A HUANGHUALI SEDAN CHAIR DOCUMENT CASE, JIAOXIANG
17TH CENTURY

The cover with a well-figured rectangular top above low sides and opening to the conforming upper section of the box set with a shallow tray between two side compartments, above the lower recessed section, the side corner pieces, the ruyi-shaped top corner mounts, the front latch and square face plate all in yellow brass
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) high, 28¾in. (73cm.) wide, 6¾in. (17.2cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Compare the sedan chair document case, formerly in the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 6 and discussed by Wang Shixiang in "Jianyue Minglian" (The Beauty of Ming Furniture), Gugong wenwu yuekan (National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art), Taiwan, May, 1993, no. 122, p. 13 and "The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in California", JCCFS, Autumn, 1993, p. 54, no. 10. The document case was discussed by Wang and Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, op. cit., p. 142. no. 67