清早期 黃花梨鏤空螭龍紋方角櫃

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英文品名：AN EARLY QING HUANGHUALI SQUARE-CORNER CABINET WITH OPENWORK KUI-DRAGON DOORS 尺寸：L:57cm;W:32cm;H:80cm 黃花梨木製。方角櫃，櫃頂平頭，立軸頂轉腳，對開雙門。門心透雕螭龍穿花：雙螭對舞，卷草相纏，上下開長條海棠式透光。門中設白銅面葉拉手，櫃側設銅合頁。牙板素面，直足內翻。木料橙黃瑩潤，透雕玲瓏，為清代早期黃花梨櫃具。方角櫃又稱「立櫃」「站櫃」，為明清硬木傢俱最基本的貯藏傢俱，對開門、內設抽屜與閣板，貯書卷、衣物、古玩。明代蘇作、清廣作皆以方角櫃為大宗。此櫃門心透雕螭龍穿花，玲瓏透氣，不同於一般素面門，為陳設性更強之書房櫃。早期清作方材直足，線腳簡潔，尚保留明式遺風。 An early Qing huanghuali square-corner cabinet, with a flat overhanging top and a pair of doors. Each door is openwork carved with paired kui-dragons amid scrolling vines, the doors also pierced at top and bottom with ruyi-shaped vents. A brass plate pull is mounted at the center, with brass hinges at the sides. The plain apron and straight inward-turned feet complete the form. The golden-brown wood is mellow and the pierced carving delicate. The square-corner cabinet is the basic storage piece of Ming-Qing hardwood furniture: a pair of doors over internal shelves and drawers, used for books, clothing and curios. Suzhou and Guangzhou workshops both produced it in quantity. The openwork kui-dragon door panels on this example make it more of a display cabinet than a purely storage piece, the pierced carving also allowing air to circulate. The early Qing straight members and simple mouldings still show the lingering taste of Ming design.

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