A FINE HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER DOUBLE DRAWERS CABINET ,YUANJIAOGUI. The protruding round-cornered top frame supported on corner posts of melon-section, enclosing the single well-figured matched panels of the pair of doors above the beaded narrow apron, the back with traces of ramie, the stand with double-molded edge and legs of similar melon-section, the second level with a single row of two drawers, the wood of a warm tone and fine smooth grain, showing ghost faces on surfaces.

Dimension: 70-5/8" H x 35-1/2" x 18" D

LOT NOTES
For a discussion of Fujian and Jiangsu Ming-style cabinets with stands, see J. Ang, 'Identifying a Regional Style of Chinese Furniture', Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Autumn 1992, pp. 54-63. Compare the HuangHuaLi tapered cabinet with a stand incorporating an upper row of two drawers and a lower single open shelf illustrated by G. W. Bruce in The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 49, pp. 126-127. See, also, the pair of HuangHuaLi tapered cabinets with fluted corner posts on stands with a single high row of two drawers in the 'Take One Step Back' Studio Collection, included in the exhibition Splendor of Style: Classical Furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and illustrated by C. Evarts in the Catalogue, National History Museum, Taipei, 1999, pp. 160-161.