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Lot Essay
Round-cornered cabinets are usually splayed and have round-edged tops that protrude beyond the side posts. One related cabinet of similar proportions and form, and of smaller size (148 cm. high), dated to the 17th century, in the collection of The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, is illustrated by Robert D. Jacobsen and Nicholas Grindley in Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota, 1999, pp. 150-51, no. 52, where the authors note that "round-corner, sloping style cabinets, yuanjiaogui, were made in sizes ranging from those suitable for tabletops to more imposing storage furniture over seven feet in height." Another closely related round-corner cabinet is illustrated by Nancy Berliner in Beyond the Screen, Boston, 2000, p. 143, no. 26.
The present example can be compared to a pair of huanghuali yuanjiaogui from the Raymond Hung Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2951. A slightly smaller Ming dynasty huanghuali round-corner cabinet of the same shape from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1205.
The present example can be compared to a pair of huanghuali yuanjiaogui from the Raymond Hung Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2017, lot 2951. A slightly smaller Ming dynasty huanghuali round-corner cabinet of the same shape from the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2019, lot 1205.