17TH CENTURY

Details

A SMALL HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU'AN
17TH CENTURY
The paneled top is set within a rectangular frame, above plain aprons and spandrels. The whole is raised on legs of round section and joined at the center by a single shelf.
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high, 27 ½ in. (69.9 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38.1 cm.) deep

Provenance

Ever Arts Gallery, Hong Kong.
The Marie Theresa L. Virata (1923-2015) Collection.

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Lot Essay

Compare the present table to a huanghuali side table, also with an integral shelf, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Biddle, illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 173, no. 72. See, also, a small recessed-leg table with a single shelf from The Lai Family Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015, lot 914, as well as an example with everted rims, from The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 118.

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