A HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE CORNER-LEG TABLE, FANGZHUO
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A HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE CORNER-LEG TABLE, FANGZHUO

LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE CORNER-LEG TABLE, FANGZHUO
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The four-panel top is set within the wide, square frame with a thumb-grooved edge above the narrow waist and plain, beaded aprons. The frame is supported on beaded legs of square section joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in hoof feet.
34 7/8 in. (88.5 cm.) high x 37 3/8 in. (95 cm.) square
Provenance
Spink & Son, London, 1997, Form and Function: Furniture & Accessories from China, Korea and Japan, Catalogue no. 16

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Lot Essay

For dining, appreciating antiques, or writing (fig. 1), the square table is one of the most versatile forms in Chinese furniture. The humpback stretchers provide added strength while lightening the overall appearance, and not interfering with the knees of the sitters. Several variations on the present form exist, including waisted and waistless examples, and those with decorative struts inset between the apron and stretcher. A huanghuali table of the latter type, dated to the late 16th or early 17th century, is illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce in The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 80-1, no. 27.

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