明末至清初 黃花梨官皮箱

of rectangular form, the cabinet constructed with plain straight sides, the cover hinged on the back of the box and opening to reveal a tray-like compartment, above seven drawers behind the two doors below, four flanking two central rectangular ones of varying sizes, each with a metal plate and pull, all above a long one at the bottom with a pair of plates and pulls, the front centred across the cover and front doors with a circular metal plate with lock receptacles and a lobed ruyi-shaped hasp, above a pair of rectangular metal plates with door pulls, flanked on the sides with a pair of metal angular loop-shaped handles, all resting on a slightly larger base of corresponding form, the corners and edges of the cabinet decorated and reinforced with metal strap hinges and ruyi-shaped corner pieces

In good condition. In keeping with its use in a domestic setting there is expected wear and tear, minor bruises and age cracks as expected of late Ming/early Qing furniture.
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此官皮箱黃花梨造，包括抽屜內壁，只底板用鐵力木，十分講究。箱蓋掀開內有平屜，其下兩開門，門後設抽屜七個。箱蓋立面四角用銅角加固，箱頂四角飾以如意雲頭形銅片，箱身與箱蓋背後都有長方形合頁，圓型面頁，雲頭形拍子開口容納鈕頭，其下安拉手連長方面頁，箱身左右兩側有方形提環。黃銅飾件全部平鑲嵌。

此類箱子男女皆適用來存放梳妝用品，珠寶首飾以及其他貴重物件。也可以置於書桌上，便於收納文房書寫用具以及印璽。

羅伯特．雅各布遜等，《明尼阿波利斯藝術博物館藏中國古典家具》，明尼阿波利斯，1999年，頁188-9， 載錄明尼阿波利斯藝術博物館藏的一具相似例子。