18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SLOPING STYLE CABINETS
18TH CENTURY
Each has a protruding, round-corner top raised on slightly splayed and beaded legs of rounded-square section. The rectangular single-panel doors open from the removable center stile to reveal the shelved interior fitted with two drawers, all above beaded aprons and shaped spandrels at the front and sides.
65 3/4 in. (167. cm) high, 32 1/2 in. (83.5 cm.) wide, 16 1/4 in. (41.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

Property of a San Francisco Bay Area Gentleman, Bonhams San Francisco, 10 December 2015, lot 8195.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The simplicity and elegance of form of these cabinets evoke the classical Ming style. The combination of design, perfect proportions and precise craftsmanship lend the cabinet a refined elegance and sense of balance and stability. The form was widely used in cabinet-making throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties. A single huanghuali round-corner cabinet of similar proportion and dimensions was sold at Christie's New York, 25 September 2020, lot 1644. Another example with similar proportion and dimensions was sold at The Feng Wen Tang Collection of Bamboo Carvings and Furniture, Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 2824.

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