A HUANGHUALI SQUARE TABLE WITH DOUBLE-MOLDED EDGED TOP, FANGZHUO

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A HUANGHUALI SQUARE TABLE WITH DOUBLE-MOLDED EDGED TOP, FANGZHUO
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The well-figured two-paneled top framed by a thick, rounded edge, supported on two 'wrap-around' stretchers of similar proportions, between which are grooved vertical braces dividing every side into three panels, each pierced with elongated, beaded apertures, the legs of circular section, flanked by beaded, apron-head spandrels
34¼in. (87cm.) high, the top 36¼in. (92cm) square

Literature

Lark E. Mason Jr., "Understanding Joinery in Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Autumn 1991, p. 20, fig. 9
Sarah Handler, "Square Tables Where the Immortals Dine", JCCFS, Autumn 1994, p. 18, fig. 22
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 102, no. 48

Lot Essay

A table of similar design and proportions, but without spandrels, is illustrated by Gustav Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, pl. 63, no. 47.

For another example, also without spandrels, see Ward and Fidler, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, p. 346, upper right