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Lot Essay
The display cabinet was an important part of the connoisseur’s furnishings, and would have served to simultaneously store and showcase cherished objects. It is more common to find display cabinets of larger size featuring continuous balustrades, occasionally with an opening, at the front of the upper shelf. See, for example, a huanghuali cabinet with continuous balustrades on the upper shelf, illustrated in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 84, D18. An example with an open balustrade is illustrated ibid., p. 84, D19. For a general discussion on display cabinets, see Wang Shixiang, ibid., p.84.
Compare with two similar pairs of huanghuali display cabinets sold by Christie’s, New York; a pair which is almost identical to the present cabinet but with continuous balustrades at the front on the upper shelf, sold on 20-21 March 2014, lot 2296; and a larger but less elaborate pair without the front balustrades from the Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection, sold on 20 September 2002, lot 12.
This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for further information.
Compare with two similar pairs of huanghuali display cabinets sold by Christie’s, New York; a pair which is almost identical to the present cabinet but with continuous balustrades at the front on the upper shelf, sold on 20-21 March 2014, lot 2296; and a larger but less elaborate pair without the front balustrades from the Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection, sold on 20 September 2002, lot 12.
This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for further information.