QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A RARE SMALL HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER KANG CABINET, KANGGUI
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The protruding round-corner top is supported on slightly splayed corner posts of rounded section, enclosing the rectangular single panel doors opening from the centre to reveal a detachable shelf, all above plain narrow aprons. The wood is of a dark, attractive tone.
26 1/4 in. (66.8 cm.) high, 17 3/4 in. (45 cm.) wide, 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Cabinets of this small size would have been used on a bed or kang in Northern China, and in the corridor an alcove canopy bed in Southern China. A slightly smaller jichimu cabinet of similar form with a shaped apron is illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Qing Dynasties, vol. II, 1990, Hong Kong, p. 150, no. D21.

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