Lot Essay
Comparable examples with central stile and panel below the doors are illustrated by Robert Ellsworth, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, p. 60, fig. 41; by George Kates, Chinese Household Furniture, p. 72, fig. 7; by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, p. 152, no. D26; and by Damon Spilios, Ming Furniture Ltd., 1989, p. 16, pl. 11. Compare also the closely related variation from the Chuang Family Collection illustrated in Shanghai Museum: Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Gallery, p. 12
Compare, also, the pair of cabinets, but without the lower horizontal panel, illustrated by Sarah Handler, "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Renaissance Collection", Orientations, January 1991, p. 43, fig. 3 and "Cabinets and Shelves Containing All Things in China", JCCFS, Winter 1993, p. 13, fig. 14; by Melvin J. Wachowiak, "New Directions in the Study of Chinese Furniture", Asian Art, Summer 1991, p. 46; ; and by Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 130, no. 61, sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 19
Compare, also, the pair of cabinets, but without the lower horizontal panel, illustrated by Sarah Handler, "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Renaissance Collection", Orientations, January 1991, p. 43, fig. 3 and "Cabinets and Shelves Containing All Things in China", JCCFS, Winter 1993, p. 13, fig. 14; by Melvin J. Wachowiak, "New Directions in the Study of Chinese Furniture", Asian Art, Summer 1991, p. 46; ; and by Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 130, no. 61, sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 19