QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SQUARE-CORNER CABINETS, FANGJIAOGUI
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The top frame of each cabinet is supported on square corner posts joined at the feet by plain stretchers with apron-head spandrels. The two doors of well-figured matched panels open to reveal the interior fitted with two nanmu shelves set within huanghuali frames and fitted with baitong metalworks. The wood of a rich reddish tone.
58 in. (147.5 cm.) high, 31 ½ in. (80 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38.2 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Christie's New York, 2 June 1994, lot 209.
Christie's New York, 21 September 2000, lot 50
The Heveningham Hall Collection

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