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THE PICCUS CABINET 十七世紀 黃花梨頂箱櫃

~612 來源
恆藝館，香港
A VERY RARE HUANGHUALI COMPOUND Robert P. Piccus伉儷珍藏，紐約佳士得，1997年9月18日，拍品編號32
CABINET AND HAT CHEST, DINGXIANGGUI 尼古拉斯•格林利，倫敦
倫敦私人收藏
17TH CENTURY 尼古拉斯•格林利，倫敦
Both the cabinet and hat chest have single-panel doors ftted fush to 瑪麗·泰瑞莎·L·維勒泰 (1923-2015) 珍藏
the frame, those of the hat chest opening to reveal a shelved interior and
those of the cabinet to reveal a shelved interior and two drawers above a 文獻
concealed storage space. The square-section legs are joined by shaped 柯惕思，’Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection’， 《Journal of
beaded aprons centered by a stylized lotus and stylized ruyi-form spandrels. Classical Chinese Furniture Society》，1992年秋季，24頁，圖版編號29
The feet are clad in baitong sabots. The cabinet is ftted with baitong metal
hardware comprising octagonal cloud-form lockplates and similarly shaped
hexagonal hinges with etched borders, and double fsh-shaped pulls.

99Ω in. (252.7 cm.) high, 45 in. (114.3 cm.) wide, 22Ω in. (57.2 cm.) deep

$400,000-600,000

PROVENANCE

Ever Arts Gallery, Hong Kong.
The Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection; Christie’s New York, 18 September 1997,
lot 32.
Nicholas Grindley Ltd., London.
Private collection, London.
Nicholas Grindley Ltd., London.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.

LITERATURE

Curtis Evarts, ‘Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection’, Journal of
Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Autumn 1992, p. 24, fg. 29.

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