A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI TAPERED SQUARE-LEG ROUND-CORNER CABINETS, YUANTUI FANGJIAOGUI

17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI TAPERED SQUARE-LEG ROUND-CORNER CABINETS, YUANTUI FANGJIAOGUI
17th century
Of elegant proportions, each with a rounded protruding top with 'ice-plate' edge set on subtly splayed, square corner posts enclosing the single inset panels of the pair of tall doors with narrow frames opening from the removable central stile to reveal the interior fitted with three shelves and a pair of drawers, with a baitong three-part rectangular lock plate and pulls, above a plain narrow apron with rounded apron spandrels
55½in. (140.9cm.) high, 30½in. (77.5cm.) wide, 17in. (43.2cm.) deep, additional black lacquer top board (2)

拍品專文

Compare a very similar pair of tapered cabinets sold in these rooms, Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September 1996, lot 19 without a center stile, and another pair from a Hong Kong private collection, sold in these rooms 16 September 1998, lot 57. See, also, a cupboard formerly in the possession of the late Dr. E. Schierlitz, illustrated by G. Kates, Chinese Household Furniture, New York, 1962, fig. 8. For a discussion of cabinets see S. Handler, "Cabinets and Shelves Containing All Things in China," Journal of The Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Winter 1993, pp.4-29.