Chinese Huanghuali Scholar box with rectangular form, the front opening by pair of panel doors. The double doors revealing eight drawers. The box is mounted with ruyi-shaped fittings and a lock plate, all in huangtong. Enclosing a slightly arched and paneled carrying handle flanked by reticulated scrolling spandrels with both sides of the handle.
The Huanghuali wood displays a dense hardwood, with deep-brown strikes over golden-black shades tone and translucent shimmering surface with abstractly figured patterns appearing like ghost faces in motif. Measurements: Height: 12 1/2" Width: 15 1/8" Depth: 9 3/8"