明末 黃花梨茶壺桶

of trapezoidal form, constructed with flaring straight sides with exposed dove-tailed joints to the edges rising from four bracket feet, the front carved with a central ruyi-shaped cartouche enclosing a low-relief coiling dragon typically found on the splats of extant Ming horseshoe armchairs, below an angular groove reinforced with shaped metal mounts at the rim for the teapot spout, all above a cusped lower edge between the feet, the sides of the container further decorated with metal floral roundels and a pair of wing-like fittings to house the lobed removable handle securing the flat cover, the fittings and handle decorated with cloud-shaped motifs

《堂上清華：南陽葉氏攻玉山房藏明清家具》，澳門藝術博物館，澳門，2003年
伍嘉恩，《燕几衎榻: 攻玉山房藏中國古典家具》，香港中文大學文物館，香港，2007年，頁178-179

Good condition with just typical surface wear and age cracks, especially to the underside.
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茶壺桶傳世品眾多，多為晚清、民國舊物。常以柴木製，亦有髹漆。此品屬晚明，又以珍貴黃花梨木造，十分珍罕。

茶壺桶正面雕刻如意形開光，內飾生動盤龍，此紋飾常見於傳世明朝圈椅靠背板。

桶身壺嘴開口鑲有銅護件加固。提把和兩側把手下端皆飾雲紋。