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THE PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT ASIAN
COLLECTOR
~2810
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE
PAIR OF HUANGHUALI ROUND-
CORNER TAPERED CABINETS
AND STANDS, YUANJIAOGUI
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Each cabinet is well-proportioned and
constructed with a rounded, protruding,
rectangular, double-cushion moulded
top supported on slightly splayed corner
posts of conforming shape. The figured
floating-single panel doors are contained
within rounded moulded frames and fitted
with shaped lockplates and pulls. Each set
of doors open to reveal a removable shelf,
above a further shelf and two drawers. The
cabinets are elegantly raised on matching
stands with splayed legs double tenoned to
the single plank top, each constructed with
two drawers above a dovetailed stretcher.
The horizontal plain apron with a beaded
edge and the vertical sides with elegantly
carved ruyi-shaped aprons.
73 ¼ in. (186 cm.) overall height,
34 ⅝ in. (80.5 cm.) wide,
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) deep (2)
HK$16,000,000-20,000,000
US$2,100,000-2,600,000

明十七世紀
黃花梨圓角櫃一對連原底座

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