Pair of Yuanjiaogui Hardwood Cabinets with Carved Panels
A pair of small round-corner tapered hardwood cabinets, Yuanjiaogui, (2), each with protruding round-cornered top supported on rounded corner posts, enclosing a pair of panelled doors, the upper panels pierced with ruyi heads above panels carved in relief with the 'Four Gentlemen', prunus, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo, and separated by a removable stile, the sides with similarly pierced upper panels, all above a shaped apron with foliate scrolls at the front joined to the short legs, each set with baitong lock fittings, the wood of dark tone resembling zitan, (2), 22.05 in. high, 13.39 in. wide, 8.07 in. deep
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Zitan Wood - Zitan is the most expensive, and since ancient times, has been considered the most precious of woods.
Zitan wood is the hardest and heaviest of all hardwoods. It is purplish-black to black in colour, and with a grain so dense it is virtually invisible.
Zitan can usually only be obtained in quite narrow strips and so it is rare to find large pieces of furniture made from this wood. True Chinese rosewood is a variety of zitan and is very rare.
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