Live Auction 8606The Jingguantang Collection, Part II
Lot 1THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1997
SALE #8606
AT 10:00 A.M. PRECISELY
(LOTS 1-108)



FURNITURE AND SCHOLAR'S OBJECTS

A HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG TABLE STAND, XIAOQIAOTOUAN

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USD 9,775

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A HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG TABLE STAND, XIAOQIAOTOUAN
17TH CENTURY

The single panel top terminating in small everted flanges, set on legs of square section, framing pierced panels carved with a stylized chi dragon on either side, the beaded apron with curvilinear spandrels
4¼in. (10.9cm.) high, 16¼in. (41.2cm.) wide, 4 7/8in. (10.5cm.) deep

Specialist note

Compare the serpentine-top huanghuali table stand with spreading legs, formerly in the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 1. An example with transverse feet is illustrated by Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, 1971, no. 154, pps. 236 and 269