17TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNERED TAPERED CABINET, YUANJIAOGUI
17TH CENTURY
The protruding top frame with beaded, rounded edges supported on corner posts of rounded square section framing the panel doors, opening from the removable center stile to reveal the shelved interior, all above plain aprons and spandrels on the front and sides
39 5/8 in. (100.6 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide, 14¼ in. (36.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 29 November 1984, lot 588.
Private collection, Paris, 1984-2009.

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Lot Essay

Compare a similarly constructed jumu cabinet illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, no. D25. The author explains that the panel at the front of the cabinet, as can be seen here, is referred to as a guitang and can be plain or divided into three sections. Wang also suggests that furniture of this type in huanghuali was made in the area of Suzhou.

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