A HUANGHUALI TWO PART 'SPINDLE' CABINET, 20TH CENTURY
Estimate $6,000 – $8,000
the rounded protruding rectangular top and base joined by rounded corner posts, housing a pair of openwork doors within a moulded frame, opening to reveal a shelf over two rectangular drawers, the sides and doors formed of two tiers of circular section vertical spindles divided by horizontal panels of scroll motifs, the lower section with a further pair of drawers, supported on legs of circular section with squared inner corners and joined by stretchers and vertical struts, fitted with metal plates and pulls
164.5 cm high, 85 cm wide, 42.5 cm deep
- Lot Sold $14,000 (Hammer Price)
- $17,080 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
The Tiara Gallery, Singapore, 13 March, 2000
Private Collection, Adelaide
Condition Report
The cabinet - some shrinkage to the joins of the back panels to the corner uprights with some small gaps and a repaired plug. Some separation and repair to a section of the protruding edge of the top at the back. A small chip approx 1 cm in the rear corner of the recessed top panel. The base - some shrinkage gaps in the joins of the top panel to the frame.
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Geoffrey SmithChairman Australian & International ArtMelbourne | Sydney T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Geoffrey Smith |
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Marlene CartlidgeAdministrator Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Marlene Cartlidge |
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