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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A RARE HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER BOOK
CABINET

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

The protruding round-corner top is supported on slightly splayed
corner posts of rounded section, enclosing the rectangular single-
panel doors opening from the center stile to reveal two detachable
shelves, all above plain narrow aprons, the wood of a dark,
attractive tone.
33 º in. (84.3 cm.) high, 23 ¡ in. (59.3 cm.) wide,
13 ¡ in. (34 cm.) deep

HK$400,000-600,000
US$52,000-78,000

PROVENANCE

Alan Fung, Hong Kong, acquired in
October 1987

清十七 / 十八世紀
黃花梨圓角書櫃

來源
馮英滿，香港，1987 年 10 月

A similar round-corner cabinet of smaller
size (64 cm. high) with shaped aprons
is illustrated by Wang Shixiang in
Connoisseurship for Chinese Furniture:
Ming and Early Qing Dynasties,
vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 150, pl.
D21. Compare also to a huamu-inset
huanghuali cabinet of similar form and
proportion, illustrated by George N.
Kates, Chinese Household Furniture, New
York, 1948, pl. 10; and a burlwood-inset
huanghuali cabinet illustrated by Gustav
Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong
Kong, 1978, pl. 94.

王世襄《明式家具珍賞》一書中載有一件
與本拍品相似的黃花梨圓角櫃，唯尺寸較
小（64 公分高）且牙板為卷口形，見該書
英文版卷 2，150 頁，圖版 D21。亦可比
一件造形與本品相似的黃花梨嵌樺木圓角
櫃，載於 George N. Kates 著 1948 年紐約
出版《Chinese Household Furniture》，圖
版 10,；以及一件黃花梨嵌癭木圓角櫃，
載於 Gustav Ecke 著《Chinese Domestic
Furniture》，1978 年，香港，圖版 94。

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