Beschreibung:

A RARE AND IMPORTANT PAIR OF 'HUANGHUALI' COMPOUND CABINETS AND TWO-DRAWER STANDS (LIUJIAN GUI) 17TH CENTURY each cabinet of rectangular form, set with a pair of hinged doors composed of floating panels within rectangular frames, fitted with a circular baitong lockplate with pin and rectangular pulls, without a central stile, all above a shaped beaded trim apron deeply carved with scrolling and intertwined lotus, the shorter sides with shaped aprons carved with intertwined tendrils, the interior with a pair of drawers with baitong baluster pulls, the back panels now removed, all set on four short feet of square section, resting upon a stand with a molded edge, fitted with two adjacent huanghuali drawers separated by a central stile, the front of each drawer carved with prunus foliage and buds and centered with a prunus blossom enclosing the chrysanthemum baitong mount and baluster pull handles, the side carved with magnolia blossoms, above a shaped beaded trim apron carved with two qilong confronting intertwined tendrils and ruyi-head at the center, the side aprons carved with tendrils, resting on four short cabriole legs, the hat chest a truncated form of the cabinet with similarly carved apron and baitong fittings, the interior set with a shelf, the four petite square legs set flush atop the cabinet (14) stands: 11 x 41 1/2 x 19 1/2 in., 27.9 x 105.4 x 49.5 cm cabinets: 52 1/4 x 41 x 19 1/4 in., 132.7 x 104.1 x 48.9 cm hat chests: 30 1/4 x 41 x 19 1/4 in., 76.8 x 104.1 x 48.9 cm