PAIRE DE CABINETS DE LETTRE EN HUANGHUALI, YUANJIAOGUI

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE

Details

PAIRE DE CABINETS DE LETTRE EN HUANGHUALI, YUANJIAOGUI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
De forme trapézoïdale, ils ouvrent à deux battants sur une étagère et deux tiroirs. Le dos est en bois laqué ; usures.
Dimensions: 100 x 53 x 40 cm. (39 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 15¾ in.) (2)

Provenance

Private collection, France

Further details

A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI CABINETS, YUANJIAOGUI
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The round-corner tapered cabinet, or yuanjiaogui, is one of the most beautiful and elegant designs in all of classical Chinese furniture. The present cabinet, with its simple lines, represents one of the most popular and successful forms in Chinese furniture construction, and was widely used in cabinet making throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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