17TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR ALBUM BOX, YIXIANG
17th Century
Of low rectangular form and constructed to conceal the joinery, the top formed from an unusually wide single panel, the well-figured sides formed of single pieces of wood cut to retain matching grain patterns on the upper and lower halves, the rectangular baitong lockplate set flush with the surface
4 5/8in. (12cm.) high, 20 7/8in. (51.5cm.) wide, 15 5/8in. (39.7cm.) deep
17th Century
Of low rectangular form and constructed to conceal the joinery, the top formed from an unusually wide single panel, the well-figured sides formed of single pieces of wood cut to retain matching grain patterns on the upper and lower halves, the rectangular baitong lockplate set flush with the surface
4 5/8in. (12cm.) high, 20 7/8in. (51.5cm.) wide, 15 5/8in. (39.7cm.) deep
Literature
Curtis Evarts, ''Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection'', JCCFS, Autumn 1992, p. 5, fig. 1
Robert P. Piccus, Wood From the Scholar's Table, Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 88-89
Robert P. Piccus, Wood From the Scholar's Table, Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 88-89