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17TH CENTURY
Details
**A Rare Miniature Ivory Table, Pingtouan
17th Century
Most likely a stand made in imitation of a pingtouan, the paneled top set in a rectangular framework above a recessed beaded apron continuing into scrolled spandrels flanking the wide legs with curved outer edge which enclose two end panels cut out with a ruyi-head motif
14.15/16in. (37.9cm.) long
17th Century
Most likely a stand made in imitation of a pingtouan, the paneled top set in a rectangular framework above a recessed beaded apron continuing into scrolled spandrels flanking the wide legs with curved outer edge which enclose two end panels cut out with a ruyi-head motif
14.15/16in. (37.9cm.) long
Literature
Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, Oriental Ceramic Society and The British Museum, London, 1984, p. 136, no. 146.
Exhibited
London, The British Museum, Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing, 24 May - 19 August 1984, no. 146.