A HUANGHUALI ROUND-CORNER TAPERED CABINET, YUANJIAOGUI

The simplicity and elegance of form of this type of cabinet is representative of the classical Ming style. The combination of design, perfect proportions and precise craftsmanship lend these cabinets a refined elegance and sense of balance and stability. A slightly larger pair of cabinets (70 in. high), illustrated by Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Nicholas Grindley and Anita Christy, Chinese Furniture - One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, pp. 190-191, no. 74, is fitted with similarly carved shaped spandrels.