Square Corner Cabinet with Latticework Upper Doors, c. 1600
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Huanghuali hardwood and pai-tung hardwareexpand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 91.70
On View in Gallery 216expand_more
This handsome storage cabinet is constructed entirely in huang-hua-li hardwood including its back and top panels. Only the interior shelves are of soft wood. The upper section of the cabinet, with its latticework doors, was most likely used to display precious objects. Called "confounding the cat cabinets" by some Chinese, it served the dual purpose of protecting display pieces while concealing more mundanestored items from view. Versatile cabinets such as this functioned equally well in scholar's libraries, the women's quarters, and public spaces within upper-class Chinese homes.
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- Square Corner Cabinet with Latticework Upper Doors
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- Artist
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- 91.70
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