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Lot Essay
A pair of travelling bookcases formerly from the collection of the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture very similar to the present piece but with overhead handles was sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 1996, lot 17. Compare also Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 124, no. 58.
A larger version of this bookcase but very similar in style from the Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection was sold at Christie's New York, 18 September 1997, lot 75; see Curtis Evarts, "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection", JCCFS, Autumn 1992, p. 23, fig. 27. For a discussion of metal fittings on bookcases, see the same author's article, "Uniting Elegance and Utility: Metal Mounts on Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Summer 1994, pp. 27 ff.
A larger version of this bookcase but very similar in style from the Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection was sold at Christie's New York, 18 September 1997, lot 75; see Curtis Evarts, "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection", JCCFS, Autumn 1992, p. 23, fig. 27. For a discussion of metal fittings on bookcases, see the same author's article, "Uniting Elegance and Utility: Metal Mounts on Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Summer 1994, pp. 27 ff.