A PAIR OF JICHIMU AND NANMU TAPERED CABINETS, YUANJIAOGUI

17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF JICHIMU AND NANMU TAPERED CABINETS, YUANJIAOGUI
17th Century
The protruding top with round corners and supported on generously splayed square-section corner posts with double ribbing to form a "melon" section, enclosing the single panels of the pair of framed doors opening from the removable central stile, all above a plain panel enclosed by a frame and a plain beaded apron, the frame members carved with double ribbing similar to the corner posts, the lacquered interior fitted with two shelves, the lower with a pair of drawers, with baitong fittings, the feathered jichimu frames subtly contrasting with the nanmu panels and sides
61¼in. (155.5cm.) high, 35½in. (90.2cm.) wide, 17in. (43.2cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

For another example of this form with ridged edges, but of huanghuali enclosing burlwoood panels, see Laurence Sickman, "Chinese Classic Furniture", JCCFS, Spring 1994, p. 66, fig. 17. Gustav Ecke illustrates a huanghuali example in Chinese Domestic Furniture, p. 113, pl. 92 and Robert Ellsworth a hongmu and huamu example in Chinese Furniture, p. 213, pl. 127