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A Ming-style huanghuali open shelf cabinet with spindles and…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
18-Jul-2018
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Description:
A Ming-style huanghuali open shelf cabinet with spindles and lattice-work Touling Jiage, 20th century, of rectangular form, divided by four horizontal shelves each with a slightly recessed panel within the rounded frame, the central shelves enclosed with vertical spindles on the sides, back and along the central divide, and with two pairs of removable open work trellis doors at the front, the doors and central stile each fitted with a metal plate, grooved square section lock receptacle and shaped pull, the frame extending down to form the short legs joined by plain shaped corner spandrels, 167 cm high, 90 cm wide, 44.5 cm deep. Provenance: Just Anthony Antiques, Singapore, 23 August 1998. Compare with a zitan open shelf cabinet dated to the early Qing dynasty from the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated by Wang Xishiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Vol 11, p. 145, plate D12. A similar cabinet was sold Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 27 October 2015, lot 60.
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Category:
Oriental: Furniture