Lot Essay
The use of jichimu and long rectangular hardware point to Fujian province as the origin of this piece. Compare a similar tapered kang cabinet made of longyan, or tiger-skin wood, another species typical of Fujian manufacture, from the collection of R. Hatfield Ellsworth, sold at Christie's, New York, 20 September, 2002, lot 136. See, also, a slightly larger example in huanghuali, sold in these rooms, The Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection of Fine Classical Chinese Furniture, 18 September, 1997, lot 32.