18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI SQUARE-CORNER CABINET, FANGJIAOGUI
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Elegantly proportioned, the cabinet has a protruding top frame raised on square-section members. The attractively figured doors are fitted flush around the removable center stile and open to reveal the shelved interior above the beaded apron carved with interlocking scrolls.
62 ½ in. (158.8 cm.) high, 39 1/8 in. (99.4 cm.) wide, 21 ½ in. (54.6 cm.) deep

Provenance

Robert and William Drummond, New York, 1951.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, #F-302.
Acquired from the above in 1974.

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Lot Essay

The fangjiaogui, or square-corner cabinet, appears to be rarer than its counterpart, the yuanjiaogui, or tapered cabinet, which is constructed with round corners. A huanghuali square-corner cabinet with bookmatched panel doors and carved, molded apron joining the legs is illustrated by G. Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Vermont and Tokyo, 1962, pl. 131, no. 104. Another huanghuali square-corner cabinet of similar proportions was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Furniture from Private American Collections, 28 November 2012, lot 2029.

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