Lot Essay
Known as sijiangui, 'four-part wardrobes', these compound cabinets were generally made in pairs. Garments and large items would have been stored in the lower cabinets, while smaller items would have been kept in the top chests.
See an earlier Ming similar prototype, black-lacquered and decorated with gold tracery landscape scenes in the Court Collection, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I) - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 2002, p.206, pl.175.
See an earlier Ming similar prototype, black-lacquered and decorated with gold tracery landscape scenes in the Court Collection, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I) - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong 2002, p.206, pl.175.