Lot Essay
Compare the example included in the exhibition, Ming Furniture, and illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce in the Catalogue, no. 11
Details
A HUANGHUALI SQUARE TABLE, FANGZHUO
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The two-paneled top of the table with 'water-stopping' molding and 'ice-plate' edge, the narrow waist and apron of a single piece of wood, the apron with beading continuing down the square legs ending in neat hoof feet, a 'giant's arm' brace extending from the inside of each leg to the underside of the table
33 7/8in. (86cm.) high, the top 37 7/8in. (96cm.) square
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The two-paneled top of the table with 'water-stopping' molding and 'ice-plate' edge, the narrow waist and apron of a single piece of wood, the apron with beading continuing down the square legs ending in neat hoof feet, a 'giant's arm' brace extending from the inside of each leg to the underside of the table
33 7/8in. (86cm.) high, the top 37 7/8in. (96cm.) square
Literature
Sarah Handler, "Square Tables Where the Immortals Dine", JCCFS, Autumn 1994, p. 12, fig. 15
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 100, no. 47
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 100, no. 47