A small 'huanghuali' portable cabinet (Yaoxiang), Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century | 清十八 / 十九世紀 黃花梨插門式藥箱

A small 'huanghuali' portable cabinet (Yaoxiang)

Qing dynasty, 18th / 19th century

清十八 / 十九世紀 黃花梨插門式藥箱

of rectangular form surmounted with a humpback-form handle, with a removable front of mitered frame and floating panel construction with baitongruyi-form corner places, a rectangular lock plate and a central foliate-form escutcheon plate, the interior with five short drawers set between a pair of long drawers (9)

Height 8½ in., 21.5 cm; Width 12 in., 30.5 cm; Depth 7¾ in., 19.9 cm