HUANGHUALI TABLE CABINET, GUANPIXIANG
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
£3,528
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
清 黃花梨官皮箱
of rectangular form, the hinged cover lifting to reveal a separate compartment above a pair of richly-figured doors on a low base, the doors opening to reveal four short and one long drawers with lozenge-shaped metal plates and oval-shaped pulls, the front mounted with circular metal lock-plate and a cloud-form hasp, flanked by a pair of bail handles at the sides, the vividly-grained wood of a rich reddish-brown tone
Dimensions
32.2cm wide x 32.5cm high x 22.6cm deep
Provenance
Provenance: Private English collection, London
Footnote
Note: Compare with a similar huanghuali table cabinet illustrated by Wang Shixiang and C.Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1995, pp.140-141, no.66. See also a similar cabinet with lobed circular mounts, 17th century, and another with square and lobed mounts, 17th/18th century, which were sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 1999, lots 68 and 60.