A HUANGHUALI AND HUANGHUALI-VENEERED COMPOUND CABINET AND HAT CHEST, SIJIANGUI

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI AND HUANGHUALI-VENEERED COMPOUND CABINET AND HAT CHEST, SIJIANGUI
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The single-paneled doors set within rectangular frames and fitted flush around the removable center stile, opening to reveal the shelved interior with two drawers above a trap door, the hat chest similarly constructed and recessed slightly from its base, the frames veneered in huanghuali, and the whole raised on legs of square section framing plain aprons and spandrels
86½ in. (219.7 cm.) high, 35½ in. (90.2 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.2 cm.) deep

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1986.

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Lot Essay

The present cabinet is slightly unusual, as the side frame of the hat chest is recessed from its base frame. Typically on cabinets of this type the frame is flush. However, variations of this type are known. See, for example, the huanghuali compound cabinet and hat chest of similar construction, although of more squat form, illustrated by G. Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Vermont and Tokyo, 1962, p. 134, no. 106.

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