明末 黃花梨頂箱帶座小四件櫃

立櫃與頂箱結構相同，只是頂箱帶鎪壼門輪廓的卷草紋底座，而立櫃四櫃足着地。櫃頂以格角榫攢邊框鑲面心板，下裝二根穿帶出梢支承。抹頭可見明榫。四根方材櫃足上以粽角榫與櫃頂邊框結合，出一透榫，側面打槽納入黃花梨獨板心板的櫃幫。櫃門可裝可卸，用標準格角榫攢邊框平鑲木紋華美對稱面心板，頂箱與立櫃皆如是。立櫃門下兩根橫棖中平鑲擋板下安沿邊起線卷草紋壼門式牙條。草紋牙子二端打槽嵌入櫃腳，上以齊頭碰底棖。左右兩面安相似牙條。頂箱結構相同，只不備擋板部份而帶底座、櫃身安圓銅活，四合頁，面葉，紐頭與吊牌皆用白銅做。立櫃內中央有格板裝兩具抽屜，抽屜面均帶白銅面頁與拉手。頂箱內只安格板。

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There is typical surface wear and bruising to the fragile extremities, as expected through its use in a domestic setting over the centuries. There is bruising to the reverse of the cabinet with an approx.1 cm deep gap where the cabinet and stand meet. Consolidation to the back wall of the cabinet. Possible replacements to elements of the baitong.
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「吾之最愛－傳世僅另一例，現藏巴黎吉美國立亞洲藝術博物館。」

頂箱帶座四件櫃，即頂箱本身帶底座，然後再放置在立櫃之上，故頂箱身較立櫃略細一圈，是明代四件櫃的形式之一。帶座的頂箱也適合獨立放置在地上，故容易被人拆開使用而與主櫃失散，傳世品非常罕見，北京智化寺有多具柴木做的大型例子，順着佛殿內兩面牆壁擺放，內置法器經書。

Gustav Ecke 在《中國花梨家具圖考》，北京，1991，圖版134，編號106，錄有一具頂箱帶座四件頂，但比例與現例不同，現存巴黎吉美國立亞洲藝術博物館。