PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO TRUST A Huanghuali Three-Tiered Picnic BoxQing dynasty, 19th century Of rectangular form, the three-tiered fitted trays housed in a base frame with two side posts set with elaborate carved spandrels and joined to a humpback handle, the frame handle and corner brackets of the box fitted with brass mounts. 10 x 14 x 8 1/4in (25.3 x 35.6 x 21cm) 清 十九世紀 黃花梨三撞提盒 Portable tiered box of this type were used for carrying food or small scholar's objects during an outing. pare the huanghuali three-tier picnic box of the same form without corner brass fittings in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, illustrated by Jacobsen and Grindley, Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts , Minneapolis, 1999, pp. 196-197, no. 72.