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~606                                                                                     十七世紀 黃花梨炕櫃成對

A PAIR OF VERY RARE HUANGHUALI KANG                                                      來源
CABINETS, KANGGUI                                                                        嘉木堂，香港
                                                                                         瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏
17TH CENTURY
                                                                                         文獻
Of rectangular form, each cabinet has single fush-panel doors which open to reveal       伍嘉恩，《中國古典家具香港倫敦精選》，2001-2002年，58-61頁，編號17
the shelved interior, above a plain stretcher and aprons. The cabinet is ftted with
baitong metal hardware.                                                                  如此對拍品玲瓏小巧的方角櫃較為罕見，而櫃門、櫃幫與邊框四面齊平者，又比
                                                                                         縮進者更加稀有。方角櫃一般體型龐大，通常高有六尺，因此本對很可能為置放
34æ in. (88.3 cm.) high, 21º in. (54 cm.) wide, 15√ in. (40.3 cm.) deep  (2)             於炕桌之上而製。

$120,000-180,000                                                                         過去學者認為四面平式櫃比縮進式出現較早，然而，同類漆櫃經仔細研究，顯示
                                                                                         兩者應為同一時期所製。可參考一黑漆描金龍紋方角藥櫃，內有八方旋轉式藥
PROVENANCE                                                                               屜，上刻「大明萬曆年製」款，櫃板為縮進式，見《故宮博物院藏明清宮廷家具
                                                                                         大觀》，上冊，北京，2007年，208-9頁，圖版編號177。另有一例同為北京故
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong.                                                               宮博物院所藏之填漆戧金雲龍紋方角櫃，櫃板同為縮進式，刻「大明萬曆丁末年
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.                                      製」款，見前揭書，202-3頁，圖版編號172。

LITERATURE

Grace Wu Bruce, Chinese Classic Furniture: Selections from Hong Kong & London,
2001-2002, pp. 58-61, no. 17.

Square-corner cabinets of this diminutive size are relatively rare, especially cabinets
mounted with fush rather than recessed panels on the doors and sides. A variation
of the larger square corner cabinets, which typically measures six feet tall, these
smaller cabinets were most likely made to be placed on top of a kang.

Past scholarship has dated cabinets with fush-panel doors and sides earlier
than cabinets with recessed panels; however, close examination of dated lacquer
examples of similar form and constructed with recessed panels suggest that
cabinets of both construction types were produced contemporaneously. See, a gilt-
decorated black lacquer medicine cabinet with a rotating interior section inscribed
with a six-character Wanli mark (1572-1620) and constructed with recessed panels,
illustrated in The Palace Museum Collection, A Treasury of Ming & Qing Palace
Furniture, Vol. 1, Beijing, 2007, p. 208-9, pl. 177. See, also, a tianqi and qiangjin
lacquer example, similarly constructed with recessed panels, bearing an eight-
character Wanli mark and dated to 1607, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated
ibid. pp. 202-3, pl. 172.

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