17TH CENTURY

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A RARE HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER TAPERED CABINET, YUANJIAOGUI
17TH CENTURY
The beautifully proportioned cabinet has a rounded rectangular top supported on elegantly splayed legs of circular section. The matched single-panel doors open to reveal the shelved interior, all above a plain apron and spandrels.
45 ¾ in. (116.2 cm.) high, 29 in. (73.6 cm.) wide, 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1993.

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Lot Essay

Round-cornered cabinets are usually splayed and have round-edged tops that protrude beyond the side posts. The present cabinet is no exception to this standard. One of similar proportions and form, and of slightly larger size (148 cm. high), dated to the 17th century, in the collection of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, illustrated by Robert D. Jacobsen and Nicholas Grindley in Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, 1999, pp. 150-51, no. 52, where the authors note that "round-corner, sloping style cabinets, yuanjiaogui, were made in sizes ranging from those suitable for table tops to more imposing storage furniture over seven feet in height."

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