LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG TABLE, PINGTOU’AN
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The single-panel top is set within the wide rectangular frame, above plain aprons and spandrels, the whole supported on legs of round section and joined by pairs of similar stretchers.

31 1/4 in. (79.2 cm.) high, 63 in. (160 cm.) long, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide

Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, 18 January 1992

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Lot Essay

The present table is distinguished by its long, single-panel top and elegant proportions. Similar tables include one illustrated by Gustav Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Tokyo, 1962, pl. 46, no. 36, and another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by Craig Clunas, in Chinese Furniture, Victoria and Albert Museum Far Eastern Series, London, 1988, p. 46. Compare also to a two-panel top pingtou’an from the Lai Family Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015, lot 922.

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