Square Corner Cabinet with Latticework Upper Doors, c. 1600, 79 1/2 x 40 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. ( x x cm), Huanghuali hardwood and pai-tung hardware, China, 16th-17th century, 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

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