Lot 45
45
A HUANGHUALI KANG TABLE, KANGZHUO

Details
A HUANGHUALI KANG TABLE, KANGZHUO
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

The rectangular paneled top with thick frame and 'water-stopping' molding supported on a high waist, the cabriole legs terminating in upward-coiling leaf tendrils and ball feet, joined by a beaded curvilinear apron with a strong central arch, the corners where aprons and legs meet decorated with two curling leaves
11 3/4in. (30cm.) high, 37 3/4in. (96cm.) wide, 26 3/4in. (68cm.) deep
Literature
Sarah Handler, "On a New World Arose the Kang Table", JCCFS, Summer 1992, p. 35, fig. 19 and cover
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 82, no. 38

Lot Essay

See the huanghuali table, formerly the property of Mr. Laurence Sickman, included by Robert H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture, p. 148, no 42 and 42A, now in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and illustrated by Ward and Fidler in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, p. 342, right