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17TH CENTURY
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A HUANGHUALI AND SERPENTINE TABLE STAND
17TH CENTURY
The rectangular green serpentine panel with attractive swirling patterns and striations is set within a huanghuali frame terminating in large everted ends above a plain apron and ruyi-form spandrels. The whole is supported on splayed legs of square section fitted with openwork panels carved with a ruyi-cloud above shaped aprons.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, 20 in. (51 cm.) wide, 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) deep
17TH CENTURY
The rectangular green serpentine panel with attractive swirling patterns and striations is set within a huanghuali frame terminating in large everted ends above a plain apron and ruyi-form spandrels. The whole is supported on splayed legs of square section fitted with openwork panels carved with a ruyi-cloud above shaped aprons.
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, 20 in. (51 cm.) wide, 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) deep
Provenance
Grace Wu Bruce (according to label).
Important Chinese Furniture: Formerly The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, Christie's New York, 19 September 1996, lot 1.
Important Chinese Furniture: Formerly The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, Christie's New York, 19 September 1996, lot 1.
Literature
Evarts C., "Ornamental Stone Panels and Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Spring 1994, p. 22, fig. 20.
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago, 1995, p. 182, no. 86.
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago, 1995, p. 182, no. 86.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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