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AN IMPORTANT AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE PAIR OF LARGE
HUANGHUALI TAPERING CABINETS, YUANJIAOGUI
Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century
Each with an elegantly rounded protruding top with ‘ice-plate’ edge
set on subtly splayed oval corner posts housing well-figured, book-
matched, single panelled doors opening from the removable central
stile to reveal the interior fitted with two shelves, with a metal three-part
rectangular lock plate and pulls, all above a plain narrow apron with
rounded apron spandrels, original lacquer coating on the backs.
Each 189cm (74 3/8in) high x 97cm (38 1/4) wide x 51cm (20in) deep. (6).

£200,000 - 300,000
CNY1,800,000 - 2,700,000

明十六/十七世紀 黃花梨圓角櫃 成對

Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 -
1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown, Commander of the Order
of St Maurice and Lazarus, and Commander of the Order of Pius
IX (Ordine Piano), and his wife Archduchess Maragaretha d’Austria
Toscana, Marchesa Taliani de Marchio (1894 – 1986).
Acquired from Robert M. Drummond, Beijing, 15 April 1939.

Published and Illustrated: Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture,
Beijing, 1944, no.90, pl.111 (one of the pair)
Gustav Ecke, ‘Notes on Chinese Furniture’ in Orientations, Hong
Kong, November 1991, p.75, fig.23
Robert and William Drummond were Chinese furniture dealers in
Beijing during the first half of the 20th century. Dr Gustav Ecke in his
seminal publication <i>Chinese Domestic Furniture</i>, Beijing, 1944,
made a particular mention of “Robert and William Drummond, whose
active interest has enriched the present collection and the homes of
many Peking residents”.

來源：
佛朗西斯高•瑪利亞，塔里安利•得•馬基奧侯爵（1887-1968）
及馬加烈特•奧地利-托斯卡納女大公，塔里安利•得•馬基奧女侯爵
（1894-1986）伉儷收藏
於1939年4月15日購自北平古董商Robert M. Drummond

出版及著錄：
古斯塔夫•艾克（Gustav Ecke）著，《Chinese Domestic Furniture
（中國室內傢俱）》，北京，1944，編號90，圖111（其一）
古斯塔夫•艾克（Gustav Ecke）著，「Notes on Chinese Furniture
（中國傢俱隨筆）」，《Orientations》，香港，1991年11月，頁75，圖23

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(inventory list)
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