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Ɏ A RARE HUANGHUALI MEDICINE CHEST, YAOXIANG, LATE 17TH TO 18TH CENTURY
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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? A RARE HUANGHUALI MEDICINE CHEST, YAOXIANG, LATE 17TH TO 18TH CENTURY

China. Of rectangular form, topped by a humpback handle, each corner fitted with a brass edge, the removable door with a huanghuali frame finely paired with an attractively figured huamu (burlwood) panel showing a beautiful grain.

The door with a rectangular lock plate opening to reveal eight drawers of various sizes, each with a loose tab handle suspended from a circular fitting.

Provenance: Tomlinson Antique House, Geylang, Singapore. Collection of Jacques Ferriere, France, acquired from the above between 1992 and 1994. A copy of a Certificate of Antiquity from Tomlinson Antique House, including an old photograph of the present lot, dating it to the Qing dynasty, and confirming the wood to be huanghuali, accompanies this lot. Tomlinson Antique House was established 1976 in Singapore and specializes in antique Chinese furniture and Asian antiquities.
Condition: Very good condition with expected old wear and traces of use, some manufacturing irregularities, natural imperfections, and few shallow scratches primarily to the base.

Weight: 4,679 g
Dimensions: Size 31.2 x 26.7 x 19.7 cm

Constructed from highly-figured huanghuali wood, the present lot is a rare example of a medicine chest, Yaoxiang. The term refers to small boxes with no opening at the top. While such boxes may have been intended to store precious herbs, medicines and medical instruments, they were equally suitable as tabletop chests for storing small items, from documents to writing materials and small seals.

The present example features a front panel
that can be removed to permit access to the eight drawers. The door is held in place by tongue-and-grove at the bottom and a brass lock above. According to 'Random Notes on Times of Leisure' Xian qing ou ji by Li Yu (1610-1680) (a Ming dynasty intellectual and playwright), multi-drawer cabinets were designed for scholars after the design of a pharmacist's 'hundred-eye cabinet'.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related huanghuali medicine cabinet, 17th century, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, vol. 2, pl. E21. For a discussion about the use of these chests see G. Wu Bruce, 'Small Portable Treasures', Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Autumn 1993, pp. 60-62.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Paris, 7 June 2011, lot 209
Price: EUR 21,250 or approx. EUR 26,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A huanghuali traveling medicine cabinet, Yaoxiang, China, 17th/18th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and type of wood. Note the size (34 x 31 x 23.2 cm).



This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.

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