Go out on a green outing, carry a chessboard chess piece with you, play a game when you rest and sit, use your brain, enjoy your body and mind, and the ancient literati life is so comfortable.
Huanghuali folded chessboard, 52 cm long and 26 cm wide, broken era for Qing. The side design of the one-wood four-axis reduces the area after unfolding by half.
The foldable structure has been explained in detail, and when you turn to open one of the doors, you can see the part that closes inside.
In fact, the checkerboard is the same inside and out, the front and back can be folded in both directions, the only difference is whether the lines are carved.
Nine verticals, ten horizontal rivers, the chessboard at that time is no different from today. Seven small dots on each side place double artillery and pawns, and there are diagonal crossings in the ninth palace of the Xiangshi.
Carefully distinguished, from the two ends to the middle of the river boundary are engraved with eight big characters of "two countries to exchange troops" and "the Yellow River as the boundary", and some wooden details can be seen clearly by the way.
The disc surface is engraved with shallow grooved inlays or inlay teeth, which is exquisite in production and fine in process.
The inlays in some places are thick and thin, and the colors are also different, which may be caused by later repairs.
The close-up that opens at the last articulation, the seemingly complex structure is not difficult to understand.
In addition, there are towering mountain patterns on the left and right plates, which are obviously one wood apart.
The large picture of the two plates is shown above and below, and interested Tibetan friends should zoom in to see.
As the saying goes, things are rare and expensive, and collectibles are particularly typical. The rare style of Huanghuali folding chessboard was auctioned for 575,000 yuan, exactly the same as the Sackler's old four-piece cabinet.
Huanghuali small top box cabinet, 47.8 width 25.9 height 95.5 cm, broken era for the early Qing Dynasty, estimated at 350,000 to 450,000 yuan.
This is a kind of furniture used on kang, and there have been more than one case on the market in recent years.
An introduction to the collection has been published in the October 2019 official account, including details of the appearance, structure and wood.
For the same 575,000 yuan, will you choose the Huanghuali top box Kang cabinet, or this chessboard?