98 - A fine Chinese zitan portable seal chest, guanpixiang, Qing dynasty, 18th century 清十八世紀 紫檀官皮箱 This fine seal chest table cabinet, guanpixiang, of large and imposing rectangular form with a hinged and tapering top cover, revealing a single tray when opened, the below section with a pair of doors concealing to the interior four drawers attached with metal pulls comprising a larger square-form drawer and three rectangular for drawers, the body flanked to each side with bail handles, further reenforced with metal mounts to the corners, the front of the cabinet with a canted-cornered square lockplate adorned with a ruyi-shaped clasp, below a pair of double fish-shaped pulls, all set upon a slightly larger base also reenforced with corner mounts Size:(38.5cm high, 37cm wide, 32cm deep) Qty: (1) Provenance: From the Collection of Mr & Mrs Gerard Hawthorn; Private collection, London 來源： 吉拉德與傑拉爾丁·霍恩夫婦珍藏； 倫敦私人收藏，購自上述拍賣 Notes: For similar seal chests in zitan, please compare with a related example illustrated in Sydney L. Moss Ltd., The Literati Mode: Chinese Scholar Paintings, Calligraphy and Desk Objects, London, 1986, pp.180-181, no.59; another sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 1 December 2020, lot 136; another sold at Christie's, New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1316; for two further examples with closely related metal mounts, please refer to another previously with Robert Hatfield Ellsworth and sold at Sotheby's, Paris, 22 June 2017, lot 240; and also another sold at Sotheby's, New York, 17 September 2013, lot 262 同類紫檀印箱可參見： 《文人雅趣：中國文人書畫與案頭雅玩》，Sydney L. Moss Ltd.，倫敦，1986年，頁180–181，編號59； 香港邦瀚斯售出之一例，2020年12月1日，編號136； 紐約佳士得售出之另一例，2011年9月15日，編號1316； 金屬飾件樣式極為相似者，可參見安思遠舊藏一例，後售於巴黎蘇富比，2017年6月22日，編號240； 以及紐約蘇富比售出之另一例，2013年9月17日，編號262。