CHINA, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

The combination of huanghuali and huamu burl was popular in classical Chinese furniture construction, forming a pleasing aesthetic, with the lighter huanghuali providing an attractive contrast to the darker, swirled grain of the burl. The present round-corner cabinet is a superb example of its type in both proportion and form. An elegant pair of huamu-inset huanghuali round-corner cabinets of more slender proportions were sold at The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth Part II: Chinese Furniture, Works of Art and Chinese Paintings; Christie’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 115.