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A huanghuali small table cabinet, 18th century
黃花梨小官皮箱
十八世紀
A huanghuali small table cabinet of upright rectangular shape with two doors of mitred, mortice and tenon construction with single, flush, floating panels. The top sides and back boards are unframed panels.
Each door is mounted with two rectangular hinges, unusually pinned rather than retained by split pins. The circular lock-plate is mounted with two square bosses pierced to conform to the fixed boss mounted on the interior frame. Beneath the lock-plate are two drop handles secured, as is the lock-plate, by split pins. The top edges of the box are reinforced with simple brass strap-work, much of which has been replaced. A plain rectangular carrying handle is through-tenoned into the square plinth and has shaped spandrels on each side where it joins the plinth. Each corner joint is also reinforced with brass strap-work. The interior has two long drawers, two short drawers and one deep drawer, all with softwood drawer linings and mounted with brass drop handles with foliate back-plates secured by split pins.
China. Qing dynasty, 18th century.
height 21.8 cm / 8 1/2 in
width 18.8 cm / 7 3/8 in
depth 13.4 cm / 5 1/4 in
Provenance:
Private collection, San Francisco.
A zitan table cabinet of almost identical form but with triangular parquetry panels on the doors is illustrated by Marcus Flacks in Custodians of the Scholar’s Way, Chinese Scholar’s Objects in Precious Woods (Rasika, 2014), page 372. Another similar table cabinet, but with a rectangular lock-plate, is illustrated in J. J. Lally & Co, Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio(Spring 2015), no. 59.
1117-05
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A huanghuali small table cabinet, 18th century
黃花梨小官皮箱
十八世紀
A huanghuali small table cabinet of upright rectangular shape with two doors of mitred, mortice and tenon construction with single, flush, floating panels. The top sides and back boards are unframed panels.
Each door is mounted with two rectangular hinges, unusually pinned rather than retained by split pins. The circular lock-plate is mounted with two square bosses pierced to conform to the fixed boss mounted on the interior frame. Beneath the lock-plate are two drop handles secured, as is the lock-plate, by split pins. The top edges of the box are reinforced with simple brass strap-work, much of which has been replaced. A plain rectangular carrying handle is through-tenoned into the square plinth and has shaped spandrels on each side where it joins the plinth. Each corner joint is also reinforced with brass strap-work. The interior has two long drawers, two short drawers and one deep drawer, all with softwood drawer linings and mounted with brass drop handles with foliate back-plates secured by split pins.
China. Qing dynasty, 18th century.
height 21.8 cm / 8 1/2 in
width 18.8 cm / 7 3/8 in
depth 13.4 cm / 5 1/4 in
Provenance:
Private collection, San Francisco.
A zitan table cabinet of almost identical form but with triangular parquetry panels on the doors is illustrated by Marcus Flacks in Custodians of the Scholar’s Way, Chinese Scholar’s Objects in Precious Woods (Rasika, 2014), page 372. Another similar table cabinet, but with a rectangular lock-plate, is illustrated in J. J. Lally & Co, Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio(Spring 2015), no. 59.
1117-05
Click on the smaller images above to enlarge.
