Lot 40
40
A HUANGHUALI TABLE, TIAOZHUO

Details
A HUANGHUALI TABLE, TIAOZHUO
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Of elegant proportions, the paneled rectangular top with 'ice-plate' edge supported on a straight waist and gently curved, cusped apron formed from the same piece of wood, the long slender legs of square section terminating in inward-scrolling ball feet set atop small round pads
33in. (84cm.) high, 35 3/4in. (91cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep
Literature
JCCFS, Summer 1991, cover
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 92, no. 43

Lot Essay

Compare a table of similar design in the Honolulu Academy of Arts illustrated by Robert H. Ellsworth in Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, no. 28. Another related but unpublished table is in the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Refer, also, to the table of comparable height but lesser length sold at Sotheby's, New York, May 31/June 1, 1994, lot 601