A RARE ZITAN KANG TABLE, KANGZHUO

細節

A RARE ZITAN KANG TABLE, KANGZHUO
LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The rectangular paneled top with 'ice-plate' edge supported on square cabriole legs ending in ball and claw feet, the fierce animal mask terminals with fanged, gaping jaws, bulging eyes, flaring nostrils and streaming hair, joined by a beaded apron richly carved with stylized angular chi dragons flanking flaming pearls
11 3/4in. (30cm.) high, 38½in. (98cm.) wide, 26in. (66cm.) deep

出版

Sarah Handler, "On a New World Arose a Kang Table", JCCFS, Summer 1992, p. 37, fig. 23
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 84, no. 39

拍品專文

See Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, p. 149, no. 43, for a huanghuali table from the collection of Severence Millikin with the same construction of leg joint and with lion mask and paw feet. Another huanghuali kang table included in the exhibition, The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, was illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce in the Catalogue, no. 30