A HUANGHUALI TRAVELING BOOKCASE, TUSHU XINGGUI

17TH CENTURY

Details

A HUANGHUALI TRAVELING BOOKCASE, TUSHU XINGGUI
17th Century
The rectangular cabinet with a pair of well-figured, paneled doors fitted flush with the frame, the interior with two small top drawers and two shelves secured by exposed tenons, all set upon a base reinforced at the corners with baitong mounts, the sides fitted with square baitong handles, the rectangular face plates and square hinges fitted flush with the surface

34½in. (87.7cm.) high, 32in. (81.2cm.) wide, 16in. (40.7cm.) deep

Literature

Curtis Evarts, ''Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection'', JCCFS, Autumn 1992, p. 23, fig. 28

Lot Essay

Compare the example, without side posts and connecting rail, from the Jingguantang Collection Part II, sold in these rooms March 20, 1997, lot 8. Compare, also, the design of the pair with an armature formed by side posts and connecting beams illustrated by Curtis Evarts, "Uniting Elegance and Utility: Metal Mounts on Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Summer 1994, p. 27, fig. 1 and Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 124, no. 58 and sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 17