A RARE HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER BOOK CABINET

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A RARE HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER BOOK CABINET

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The protruding round-corner top is supported on slightly splayed corner posts of rounded section, enclosing the rectangular single panel doors opening from the center stile to reveal two detachable shelves, all above plain narrow aprons, the wood of a dark, attractive tone.
33 1/4 in. (84.3 cm.) high, 23 3/8 in. (59.3 cm.) wide, 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) deep

Provenance

Alan Fung, Hong Kong, acquired in October 1987

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Lot Essay

A similar round-corner cabinet of smaller size (64 cm. high) with shaped aprons is illustrated by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship for Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 150, pl. D21. Compare also to a huamu-inset huanghuali cabinet of similar form and proportion, illustrated by George N. Kates, Chinese Household Furniture, New York, 1948, pl. 10; and a burlwood-inset huanghuali cabinet illustrated by Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong, 1978, pl. 94.

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