18TH-19TH CENTURY

Details

A HONGMU ICE CHEST
18TH-19TH CENTURY
27 7/8 in. (70.8 cm.) high, 22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm.) wide, 22 3/8 (56.8 cm.)

Provenance

Drummond Brothers.
William and Fredrika Gray Collection, New York, acquired before 1948.

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

A hongmu ice chest on stand was sold in Irving Estate Day Sale, Christie’s New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1203. A larger hongmu ice chest on a nanmu stand, illustrated in G. N. Kates, Chinese Household Furniture, New York, 1948, no. 105 was sold in The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Part II – Chinese Furniture, Scholar’s Objects and Chinese Paintings; Christie's New York, 17 March 2015, lot 188.

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