A RARE HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER BOOK CABINET

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

细节

A RARE HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER BOOK CABINET

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The protruding round-corner top is supported on slightly splayed corner posts of rounded section, enclosing the rectangular single panel doors opening from the center stile to reveal two detachable shelves, all above plain narrow aprons, the wood of a dark, attractive tone.
33 1/4 in. (84.3 cm.) high, 23 3/8 in. (59.3 cm.) wide, 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) deep

来源

Alan Fung, Hong Kong, acquired in October 1987

荣誉呈献

Sibley Ngai

sngai@christies.com +852 2978 9955

拍品专文

A similar round-corner cabinet of smaller size (64 cm. high) with shaped aprons is illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship for Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 150, pl. D21. Compare also to a huamu-inset huanghuali cabinet of similar form and proportion, illustrated by George N. Kates, Chinese Household Furniture, New York, 1948, pl. 10; and a burlwood-inset huanghuali cabinet illustrated by Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong, 1978, pl. 94.

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

荣誉呈献

拍品专文

更多来自 重要中国瓷器及工艺精品

更多来自重要中国瓷器及工艺精品