17TH CENTURY

Details

A HUANGHUALI ALBUM BOX
17TH CENTURY
4 1⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) high, 20 1⁄4 in. (51.5 cm.) wide, 15 9⁄16 in. (39.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection
Sold at Christies New York, The Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection of Fine Classical Chinese Furniture, 18 September 1997, lot 14
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong

Literature

Robert P. Piccus, Wood From the Scholar's Table, Chinese Hardwood Carvings and Scholar's Articles, Hong Kong, 1984, pp. 88-89
Curtis Evarts, "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection", JCCFS, 1992, p. 5, fig. 1

Exhibited

National Museum of History, Splendor of Styles: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 26 June- 5 September 1999, cat. p. 179

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Please note, these lots, contain a type of Dalbergia wood that is subject to CITES export/import restrictions. However, as each lot (or each individual item in the lot) the weight of this type of Dalbergia does not exceed 10 kg, starting from 1 May 2021, CITES license is no longer required for importing the lot (or the individual item in the lot) into Hong Kong. Before you decide to bid, please check whether your destination country permits import without CITES license. If CITES license is required, we will make the lot available for your collection in Hong Kong. We will not cancel your purchase due to any CITES restrictions impacting the import of the lot to the destination country.

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