A HUANGHUALI PAINTING TABLE, HUAZHUO
A HUANGHUALI PAINTING TABLE, HUAZHUO
A HUANGHUALI PAINTING TABLE, HUAZHUO
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A HUANGHUALI PAINTING TABLE, HUAZHUO

QING DYNASTY, 17TH- 18TH CENTURY

Details
A HUANGHUALI PAINTING TABLE, HUAZHUO
QING DYNASTY, 17TH- 18TH CENTURY
64 5⁄16 in. (163.4 cm.) wide, 29 1⁄2 in. (75 cm.) deep, 30 5⁄16 in. (77 cm.) high
Provenance
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, acquired in October 1996
Exhibited
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, on loan from 1997 to 2021

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Lot Essay

Painting tables are characterized by their generous length and depth, the absence of drawers, as well as minimal decorations beneath the tabletops, creating ample space for free movement for painting, writing, reading or appreciating arts. Tables of this type were considered the most important piece of furniture in the scholar’s studio. Wang Shixiang mentioned that the popular arrangement for table was with one end against a window in order to have abundant natural light, see Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, Beijing, 2007, p. 127, and also often dedicated on Ming dynasty woodblock prints, see for example, a woodblock print illustration for Heavenly Horses Matchmaker (fig. 1).


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