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A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI AND 清十九世紀 黃花梨嵌硬木錯銀小炕櫃一對

HARDWOOD KANG CABINETS 炕櫃用方材攢框成四層格，櫃框錯如意雲紋銀絲，正面開十
二格，正中上部對開兩扇透雕斜萬字錦小門，配以銅活葉面
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 葉以便開啟，門下鑲縧環板雕龍花拐子紋，門左右及最下層
各設小屜三具。側面中上層另開透雕斜萬字錦小門一扇，門
Each cabinet is constructed of rectangular section with silver-wire 下開團壽紋面抽屜一具，底鏤空拐子形花牙。

inlaid frames. It is divided into an upper section comprising a 此對炕櫃非常珍罕，尤其在珍貴硬木如黃花梨材上錯銀絲，
此裝飾技巧極為繁複高超，富麗精緻，可見此品華貴絕倫。
central compartment behind two latticed-panel doors, and flanked 相近尺寸之黃花梨鑲縧環板櫃門炕櫃一對，見1998年香港出
版，《攻玉山房藏明式黃花梨家具》卷二，126-127頁，34
by three drawers on each side. The mid-section with side opening 號。

compartments, and the lower section of the cabinet has three front

opening drawers. The surfaces are ornately carved in shallow relief

with Shou characters and kui dragons.

20 º in. (51.5 cm.) high, 17 ¿ in. (43.5 cm.) wide, 8 Ω in. (21.5

cm.) deep (2)

HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000

These cabinets appear to be unique. The use of silver-wire inlay on a
hardwood such as huanghuali is particularly rare, A pair of related kang
cabinets of similar size, with ornately carved door panels, is illustrated
in The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture II, The
Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 126-127, no. 34.

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