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                                                                              A HUANGHUALI SIDE TABLE
                                                                              Qing Dynasty
                                                                              The mitred rectangular top frame supported
                                                                              on cylindrical legs gently splayed outward
                                                                              and joined by double stretchers, raised on a
                                                                              straight apron with rounded spandrels joined
                                                                              to the legs above a humpback stretcher, the
                                                                              finely grained wood of warm amber-tone.
                                                                              101.5cm (40in) wide x 73cm (28 3/4in) high x
                                                                              62cm (24 1/2in) deep.
                                                                              £6,000 - 8,000
                                                                              CNY53,000 - 71,000

                                                                              清 黃花梨平頭案

                                                                              Compare with a relalted huanghuali table,
                                                                              Ming dynasty, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu
               328                                                            quanji: Gongyi meishu bian, vol.11, Beijing,
                                                                              1996, p.146, no.173.



                                                                              329  TP
                                                                              A RARE PAIR OF JICHIMU SMALL
                                                                              TAPERED TWO-DOOR SIDE CABINETS,
                                                                              GUI
                                                                              19th/early 20th century
                                                                              Each of tapering rectangular form, with two
                                                                              doors opening to reveal two shelves above
                                                                              two drawers, the legs framed at the lower
                                                                              section with a C-shaped apron.
                                                                              60.5cm (23 3/4in) wide x 27.7cm (10 7/8in)
                                                                              deep x 80cm (31 1/2in) high. (2).
                                                                              £6,000 - 8,000
                                                                              CNY53,000 - 71,000
                                                                              十九世紀/二十世紀初 雞翅木櫃一對

                                                                              Provenance: Bonhams London, 17 May
                                                                              2012, lot 164
                                                                              A distinguished London private collection

                                                                              來源:倫敦邦瀚斯,2012年5月17日,拍品
                                                                              編號164
                                                                              倫敦顯赫私人收藏

                                                                              Cabinets of this simple and elegant form
                                                                              were used for the storage of clothes or
                                                                              scholar’s objects, including long scrolls,
                                                                              which could easily be placed on the shelves
                                                                              by way of the removable central stile. They
                                                                              were manufactured from the Ming dynasty
                                                                              onwards. A typical feature of cabinets of
               329                                                            this form is to use the two doors to display
                                                                              the natural beauty and grain of the wood.
                                                                              Compare a jichimu example illustrated by Tian
                                                                              Jiaqing, Chinese Classical Furniture of the
                                                                              Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1995, fig.103.






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