AN UNUSUAL LARGE HUANGHUALI SQUARE-CORNER DISPLAY CABINET, WANLIGUI

17TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE HUANGHUALI SQUARE-CORNER DISPLAY CABINET, WANLIGUI
17TH CENTURY
With attractively figured panels set within narrow frames with rounded edges, those on the sides and back of removable type set within the cabinet frame, the doors fitted flush and opening to reveal the shelved interior with two drawers, beneath the upper display shelf framed by plain, beaded aprons and spandrels, all raised on thick legs flanking shaped, beaded aprons
75 in. (190.5 cm.) high, 41¾ in. (100.6 cm.) wide, 22 in. (55.8 cm.) deep

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Hei Hung Lu, Hong Kong.

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The present cabinet is highly unusual, as its method of construction involves the inclusion of removable side and back panels. Cabinets of this type appear to be rare, as on most examples of wanligui, the side and back panels are fixed in place and cannot be removed. An example of this latter type is illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 147, no. D15. Compare, also, the pair of huanghuali display cabinets, also of this latter type, from the collection of Dr. S.Y. Yip, sold in these rooms, 20 September 2002, lot 12.