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Lot Essay
Known as sijiangui, 'four-part wardrobes' or dingxiang ligui, 'top cupboards and upright wardrobes', these storage cabinets were generally made in pairs and served as wardrobes. The upper sections were reserved for headwear and the bottom for folded clothes.
Compare a cabinet with almost identical gilt decoration and with a Wanli reign mark, but missing the top section, illustrated by Michael Beurdeley, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo, 1983, p. 124. fig. 166. Compare also a pair of cabinets of similar form sold at Christie's New York, Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September, 1996, lot 30; and another pair of huanghuali cabinets without gilt decoration also sold in our New York Rooms, 20 September 2002, lot 60.
Compare a cabinet with almost identical gilt decoration and with a Wanli reign mark, but missing the top section, illustrated by Michael Beurdeley, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo, 1983, p. 124. fig. 166. Compare also a pair of cabinets of similar form sold at Christie's New York, Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September, 1996, lot 30; and another pair of huanghuali cabinets without gilt decoration also sold in our New York Rooms, 20 September 2002, lot 60.