A huanghuali and hardwood Ming-style open shelf cabinet with spindles and lattice-work Touling Jiage, 19th/20th century

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, QUEENSLAND

of rectangular form, divided by four horizontal shelves each slightly recessed within the rounded frame, the central shelves enclosed with vertical spindles on the sides, back and along the central divide, and with two pairs of removable open work latticed doors in a pattern of rectangles enclosed within rectangles, bubujian at the front, each fitted with a baitong plate and pull, the frame extending down to form the short legs joined by shaped corner spandrels with beaded edge
165.5 cm high, 91.5 cm wide, 44.5 cm deep

Compare with a zitan open shelf cabinet dated to the early Qing dynasty from the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated by Wang Xishiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Vol 11, p. 145, plate D12. A similar huanghuali cabinet was sold Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 27 October 2015, lot 60

• Lot Sold $18,000 (Hammer Price)
• $21,960 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Condition Report

Bottom shelf - a small gap in the front right corner join of the shelf panel to the frame shrinkage of 1cm segment. Second shelf - two fine cracks in the back panel each approx 5cm extending from the central join. Otherwise generally good condition.

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