A LONGYAN WOOD SLOPING-STILE KANG CABINET, KANGGUI
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF R. HATFIELD ELLSWORTH
A LONGYAN WOOD SLOPING-STILE KANG CABINET, KANGGUI

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A LONGYAN WOOD SLOPING-STILE KANG CABINET, KANGGUI
17th/18th century
The small cabinet of longyanmu or 'tiger-skin wood,' with a rounded protruding rectangular top with 'ice-plate' edge supported on slightly splayed, rounded corner posts, beaded where they meet the side panels and doors, with rounded, molded frames and fitted with rectangular lockplates and pulls, the doors opening to reveal a single shelf, all above a plain apron and shaped stretchers
19½in. (49.5cm.) high, 15 7/8in. (40.3cm.) wide, 9in. (22.8cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The use of tiger-skin wood and long rectangular brass plates and pulls point to Fujian province as the origin of this piece.
In addition to low tables, small cabinets were also used on the kang. According to furniture scholar Sarah Handler, pairs of such cabinets were often miniature versions of larger ones used on the floor.

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