A HUANGHUALI SCROLL CHEST LATE MING DYNASTY |

of generous proportion, the cover hinged on the reverse of the chest with two rectangular baitong strap hinges, the interior with two transverse stretchers to secure the top of the cover to the four straight sides, decorated with a ruyi-shaped metal mount at each of the four corners with further mounts extending downward along the edges of the cover and box, the front inlaid with a circular metal plate with lock receptacles and a lobed ruyi-shaped lift-up hasp, the sides flanked by a pair of U-shaped metal loop handles suspending from roundels