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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI COMPOUND WARDROBES, DASIJIANGUI
17TH CENTURY
Each of rectangular form, the doors of matching wood cut from a single timber fitted flush with the frame, the cusped beaded apron of a darker hue centered with a cloudhead motif and flanked by curling floral, leafy designs, the interior of the upper 'hat cupboard' fitted with a single shelf, the interior of the lower section with two shelves and a concealed storage space, the baitong hinges and face plates in the form of six-cloud motifs, the pulls in the shape of auspicious double fish, the baitong shoes enlivened with delicate openwork, the wood attractively figured
102 3/8in. (260cm.) high, 52 3/8in. (133cm.) wide, 24 3/4in. (63cm.) deep (2)
Literature
Sarah Handler, "Proportion and Joinery in Four-Part Wardrobes", Orientations, January 1991, p. 52-57
Lark E. Mason Jr., "Understanding Joinery in Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Autumn 1991, p. 16, fig. 1
Sarah Handler, "Cabinets and Shelves Containing All Things in China", JCCFS, Winter 1993, p. 21, figs. 25 and 25a
JCCFS, Summer 1994, cover
Grace Wu Bruce, Chinese Classical Furniture, pl. 18
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 134, no. 63
