A RARE UNUSUALLY LONG HUANGHUALI TABLE

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A RARE UNUSUALLY LONG HUANGHUALI TABLE
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

The long single plank top within a mortise-and-tenon frame, terminating to each side with small everted bird's tail ends, the beaded apron continuing to pierced curled ends flanking the four rectangular legs terminating in plain feet slightly out turned to the front and back, each flanking a solid panel carved with shaped apertures surrounding a cloud collar
114¾ in. (291.5 cm.) wide x 21 5/8 in. (55 cm.) deep x 38 3/8 in. (97.5 cm.) high

Literature

S. Handler, Orientations, 'Side Tables, a Surface for Treasures and the Gods', p. 33, fig. 4

Lot Essay

A smaller Huanghuali recessed tressle leg table with similar openwork carving was included in the exhibition, Grace Wu Bruce, Ltd., Ming Furniture, Hong Kong, 30 October-18 November 1995, p. 20-21, no. 9 where 16th and 17th century illustrations of interior settings depict very similar tables.

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