A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI TAPERED ROUND-CORNER CABINETS, YUANJIAOGUI

17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI TAPERED ROUND-CORNER CABINETS, YUANJIAOGUI
17th Century
The slightly protruding top with rounded edge supported on tapered corner posts of round section, enclosing the single panels of the pair of tall doors opening from the removable central stile, the circular baitong lockplate set flush with the door panels, the interior fitted with two shelves, the lower set with a pair of drawers, and a hidden compartment behind the horizontal panel above the plain apron with apron-head spandrels, baitong fittings
68.5/8in. (174.5cm.) high, 35in. (89cm.) wide, 16.3/8in. (41.5cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

Tapered cabinets with circular lockplates are unusual, as such lockplates are more commonly found on square-cornered compound wardrobes

Compare the pair of huanghuali tapered cabinets formerly in the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, sold in these rooms, September 19, 1996, lot 19, and illustrated by Wang Shixiang and Curtis Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago and San Francisco, 1995, p. 130, no. 61