A FINE HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG PAINTING TABLE, HUA'AN 16TH/17TH CENTURY

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A FINE HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG PAINTING TABLE, HUA'AN 16TH/17TH CENTURY

Of impressive proportions, the thick top frame supported on recessed legs of oval section joined by double stretchers on the shorter sides, the plain apron with rectangular spandrels
33¾in. (85.6cm.) high, 90in. (228.6cm.) wide, 32in. (81.2cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Compare the huanghuali recessed-leg table formerly in the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection and sold in these rooms September 19, 1996, lot 16 and another table of different wood, included by Curtis Evarts in "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Piccus Collection", JCCFS, Autumn, 1992, pp. 18-19. Robert H. Ellsworth illustrates a huanghuali example in Chinese Furniture, Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, 1971, pp. 155 and 249, no. 51