17TH CENTURY

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A RARE LARGE HUANGHUALI STORAGE CHEST, YIXIANG
17TH CENTURY
Constructed entirely of huanghuali and of rectangular form and large size, the wood of attractive, rich colour and beautiful graining, with brass edges, ruyi head-form lockplate and cloud-form hasp, the narrow sides set with thick, well-cast bail handles
13 3/16 in. (33.5 cm.) high, 40 3/8 in. (102.6 cm.) wide, 20 1/8 in. (51.1 cm.) deep

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Cola Ma, Hong Kong, 1990s.

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Two types of clothes or storage chests are described in the classic Ming dynasty carpenter's manual Lu Ban jing; the yixiang and the yilong, although there is not much difference between the two aside from their size. For a discussion of these chests and an example in huanghuali, see Robert D. Jacobsen and Nicholas Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 1999, pp. 190-91, no. 69, where the Minneapolis example is also dated to the 17th century.