A HUANGHUALI DOCUMENT BOX, XIANG18th century The rectangular caseposed of well-figured panels with a hinged cover, the fitted top panel with a finely beaded lip, repeated on the conforming lower section, the corners set with ruyi-baitong mounts and with a circular lock plate and hinged cloud-outline clasp, the interior with a fitted tray. 41.3cm (16 3/8in) wide x 19cm (7 1/2in) high x 24cm (9 1/2in). 十八世紀 黃花梨方形小箱 Provenance : a British private collection 來源 ：英國私人收藏 The present lot forms part of a distinguished collection of classical Chinese furniture devotedly collected and lived with over the past three decades. The owner had the privilege of learning from the pre-eminent scholar of classical Chinese furniture, Wang Shixiang, as well as from the well-known dealer in classical Chinese furniture, Grace Wu Bruce. Characterised by finely-grained wood with richly variegated orange and brown tones, the classical design of the present example was employed to store documents and seals for scholars but also other valuable items such as jewellery, cash and silver. pare with a similar huanghuali document box, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, illustrated by T.Liu, Art for the Scholar's Studio , Hong Kong, 1986, p.257, fig.251. A similar huanghuali box, 17th/18th century, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 17 September 2013, lot 268.