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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/
~ 3126 import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to
addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office
A HUANGHUALI LOW SQUARE CORNER unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for
further information.
DISPLAY CABINET, LIANG’GE GUI 本拍賣品由黃檀屬的木製造而成。從 2017 年 1 月 2 日起，所有由黃檀屬的木製成的物品
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 受 CITES 出入口管制。除非獲得 CITES 再出口許可，此拍賣品只可運送至香港境內的地
址或從我們的香港拍賣場提取。請與專家部門聯繫以瞭解詳情。
The cabinet has attractively figured panels set within narrow
frames, and doors open to reveal the shelved interior with two
drawers. The upper display shelf is enclosed by openwork panels
carved with lotus meander on the two sides and stylised lingzhi
stems at the top-most corner. The stiles project below the doors to
form the legs and are joined by a shaped apron carved in relief with
a pair of dragons confronted on a flaming
pearl amidst clouds.
51 Ω in. (131 cm.) high,
32 ¬ in. (83 cm.) wide,
19 6 in. (50 cm.) deep
HK$500,000-800,000
US$65,000-100,000

PROVENANCE
Ho Cheung, Hong Kong, 1990s
The display cabinet was an important
part of the connoisseur’s furnishings,
and would have served to simultaneously
store and showcase cherished objects. It
is more common to find display cabinets
of larger size featuring continuous
balustrades, occasionally with an
opening, at the front of the upper shelf.
See, for example, a huanghuali cabinet
with continuous balustrades on the upper
shelf, illustrated in Connoisseurship
of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early
Qing Dynasties, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1990,
p. 84, D18. An example with an open
balustrade is illustrated ibid., p. 84, D19.
For a general discussion on display
cabinets, see Wang Shixiang, ibid., p.84.
Compare with two similar pairs
of huanghuali display cabinets sold by
Christie’s, New York; a pair which is
almost identical to the present cabinet
but with continuous balustrades at the
front on the upper shelf, sold on 20-21
March 2014, lot 2296; and a larger
but less elaborate pair without the
front balustrades from the Dr. S.Y. Yip
Collection, sold on 20 September 2002,
lot 12.

清十八世紀 黃花梨亮格櫃
來源
何祥，香港，1990 年代