明末 黃花梨大藥箱

made in huanghuali throughout, the base constructed as a stand in the form of a rectangular frame with a tongue-and-grooved floating panel with two transverse stretchers underneath, modelled with two uprights connected by an arch-shaped handle and a raised central section between the small feet, the top and the sides of the cabinet of dove-tailed panels while the back panel is tongue-and-grooved to the top, sides and the base, the two front doors of mitred frame construction with beautifully figured, single-board tongue-and-grooved panels, the cabinet further decorated with U-shaped huangtong hinges and round door plates with shaped door pulls, the interior with nine drawers arranged in three levels with beautifully shaped huangtong plates and pulls

伍嘉恩，《燕几衎榻：攻玉山房藏中國古典家具》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2007年，頁 196-197

嘉木堂，《中國古典家具香港倫敦精選》，香港，2001年，頁 84-85

此具不一般的大藥箱，通體用黃花梨木造。藥箱一名泛指安有多具抽屜的箱具，其實它們適合存放多種物品，此件大型如櫃的例子頗少見。

長方底框攢邊打槽鑲板，下裝二根穿帶構成底座。抹頭豎立柱，以拱形橫樑相接。底框中部隆起。櫃頂與兩側櫃幫用燕尾榫接合，背板則嵌入鑿於櫃頂，兩側櫃幫和底座的槽口。櫃門格角榫攢邊打槽裝木紋華美的獨板門心。橢圓形黃銅合葉，圓形面葉，曲形吊牌。櫃內分三層設抽屜九具，皆安有黃銅面葉與拉手。

伍嘉恩，〈經典明朝家具：輕巧的袖珍寶〉，《東方藝術》，倫敦，1993年秋，頁55載錄西雅圖藝術博物館的一具類似例子。