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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A RARE PAIR OF NANMU AND BURLWOOD ROUND-CORNER The present pair of tapered stile cabinets are rare to fnd, especially with
CABINETS, YUANJIAOGUI such densely fgured burlwood panels. Large fat panels of burl are relatively
18TH CENTURY rare since the complex knots and whorls in the burl would react at diferent
The doors have fnely whorled burlwood (huamu) foating panels set within a rates to humidity, leaving most case furniture with cracked or buckled burl-
nanmu frame and ftted fush around the removable center stile. The doors sections or panels. But on these particular cabinets, the quality of the burl
open to reveal a shelved interior and a pair of drawers. The elegantly splayed panels is unusually fne.The tapering or ‘A-line’ structure demonstrates the
legs are of round section and are joined by plain aprons and spandrels. complex craftsmanship involved, using the outward splay of the posts to
55Ω x 31 x 16Ω in. (141 x 78.7 x 42 cm.) enable the wood-hinged doors to automatically swing closed if left opened.
(2) This also necessitated careful allowance at the panels of the doors since
the door-panels are actually trapezoidal, not strictly rectangular, and in fact
£20,000-30,000 $29,000-42,000 slightly wider at the bottoms than the tops.
€23,000-34,000

清十八世紀 樺木嵌楠木櫃一對
PROVENANCE
From an important private American collection of classical Chinese furniture, 來源: 歐洲重要私人珍藏; 美國重要私人舊藏; 紐約蘇富比
sold at Sotheby’s New York, 19 March 2007, lot 320.
2007年3月19日拍賣, 拍品320號

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