18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAIR OF SMALL HUANGHUALI SQUARE-CORNER KANG CABINETS
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Each has single-panel doors, opening to reveal the shelved interior with two drawers, and is fitted into a rectangular square member frame joined by plain apron and shaped spandrels.
17 ¼ in. (43.9 cm.) high, 14 in. (35.6 cm.) wide, 9 in. (22.9 cm.) deep

Provenance

Robert and William Drummond, New York.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York.
Acquired from the above in 1974.

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Lot Essay

The present pair is unusual for their small size, while still maintaining the pleasing proportions of their larger counterparts. A single huanghuali kang cabinet of this type is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, illustrated in Philadelphia Museum Bulletin: Winter 1963: Chinese Furniture, Volume LVIII, Number 276, p. 74, pl. 18.

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