A PAIR OF RARE HUANGHUALI, BURLWOOD AND FRUITWOOD ROUND-CORNER CABINETS, YUANJIAOGUI
17th/18th centuryEach sloping-stile cabinet with a protruding round-cornered top supported on slightly-tapered corner posts, enclosing a well-figured pair of burlwood door leaves separated by a removable stile, the side panels composed of two-board floating panels, the interior fitted with two shelves, all above a plain narrow apron and spandrels on legs of square section, the reddish colour of the huanghuali frame contrasting with the variegated burlwood panels set with baitong fittings. 113cm (44 1/2in) high x 85cm (33 1/2in) wide x 50cm (19 6/8in) deep. (2).
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十七/十八世紀 黃花梨癭木圓角櫃成對Provenance: an important European private collection來源:歐洲重要私人收藏Notable for their elegant and tapering lines and the powerful swirls and hues of the wood, the present cabinets are among the most successful forms of classical Chinese furniture. The very subtle taper in their design lends a sense of stability and balance to the form while retaining a very graceful and pleasing profile, and the gently tapering sides convey the illusion of height and lightness.Round-corner cabinets are one of the four types of cabinets with shelves created by Chinese furniture makers, along with open-shelf stands jiage, cabinets with open shelves liangegui and square-corner cabinets fangjiaogui. See Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, vol.1, pp.82 and 85.According to Sarah Handler, the form of tapering cabinets originated from large chests with panelled doors which, by the Song period, were kept on large tables and used to store silk cloths. See an example of these large chests depicted in a handscroll painting, attributed to the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), illustrated by S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture, Berkeley, 2001, p.244, pl.15.5. In later times, medium-sized cabinets such as the present examples were often kept in scholars' studios and used to store books, scrolls or writing instruments. A hanging scroll from the set of 'Eighteen Scholars of the Tang Dynasty', dating to the Ming dynasty and in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, depicts a scholar beside a small cabinet about to select a work from the books and scrolls stacked on the shelves; see L.Lin, Catalogue to the Special Exhibition of Furniture in Paintings, Taipei, 1996, pl.9.Compare with a similar huanghuali, burlwood and nanmu round-corner cabinet, late 16th-early 18th century, in the Haven Collection, University Museum, Hong Kong, illustrated by Chu Pak Lau, Classical Chinese Huanghuali Furniture, Hong Kong, 2016, p.227, no.54. See also a related pair of similar huanghuali and burlwood cabinets, 17th century, illustrated by R.H.Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, New York, 1970, pl.122. A very similar but slightly smaller huanghuali and burlwood round-corner cabinet, 18th century, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 6 October 2015, lot 263.圓角櫃上窄下寬,線條優雅,裝飾簡潔,且凸顯出木料與色澤的天然美感,乃古典中式家具之典範。此對圓角櫃各高三尺有餘,櫃帽噴出,作臼窩以納門軸,兩門之間立閂桿,安白銅銅活,櫃內分三層,黃花梨框架與癭木門板相得益彰,櫃體造型挺拔輕盈。圓角櫃是中式櫃架類家具四大門類之一;除圓角櫃外,另有架格、亮格櫃和方角櫃三種。見王世襄著,《明式家具研究》,香港,1990年,卷一,頁82與85。Sarah Handler認為,此種角度傾斜的櫃體之雛型為帶門大箱,宋時多置於案上,用以存放綢緞。現藏於黑龍江省博物館的南宋手捲《蠶織圖》中可見一例,見 S.Handler著,《Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture》,柏克萊,2001年,頁244,圖版15.5。隨後,如本例尺寸適中的櫃體多在書房陳設,以存放書籍手捲及文房用具;台北國立故宮博物院所藏明人畫《十八學士圖軸》中就有放滿書卷的小櫃之陳設。見林莉娜著,《畫中家具特展》,台北,國立故宮博物院,1996年,圖版9。香港大學博物館展出晏如居藏品之一件十六世紀晚期至十八世紀早期黃花梨癭木楠木圓角櫃,可資參考,見劉柱柏著,《晏如居藏明式黃花梨家具》,香港,2016年,頁227,編號54。另可比較一對十七世紀黃花梨癭木圓角櫃,收錄於安思遠著,《Chinese Furniture》,紐約,1970年,圖版122。一件十八世紀黃花梨嵌癭木圓角櫃,與本例相似惟尺寸稍小,2015年10月6日售於香港佳士得,拍品編號263,可為參考。
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