EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A LARGE HUANGHUALI PAINTING TABLE, HUA'AN
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The large top panel is set within a rectangular frame above plain aprons and cloud-form spandrels, supported on thick legs of rectangular section joined by stretchers.
31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high, 76 ¼ in. (193.5 cm.) wide, 36 in. (91.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Property of a Nordic Gentleman.

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Lot Essay

Large tables are often erroneously labelled as painting tables, but to be considered a true painting table, such as the present table, which measures an impressive 36 inches deep, the surface must be broad enough to accommodate a large painting and the accoutrements associated with painting or calligraphy, such as ink, ink stones, brushes, water pots, brush rests and washers. Tables of this large size would also be ideal for the appreciation of a painting.
Several earlier examples of this elegant form have been published. See R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, pp. 164-5, no. 61; and G. Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Vermont and Tokyo, 1962, p. 46, pl. 36.

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