A HUANGHUALI RECESSED LEG PAINTING TABLE, HUA'AN

LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Details

A HUANGHUALI RECESSED LEG PAINTING TABLE, HUA'AN
Late 16th/Early 17th Century
The single-panel broad top held within a mitred frame with 'ice-plate' edge, the round recessed legs joined by a plain, straight apron with apron-head spandrels, the front and back legs braced by double stretchers of oval section with flat undersides and concealed tenons, the lower stretchers pegged, the underside with extensive original clay, ramie and lacquer remaining
24.7/8in. (83.5cm.) high, 85in. (218cm.) wide, 24in. (62cm.) deep

Sale room notice

The correct measurement for the height of this table is 32 7/8 in.

Lot Essay

For a comparable example, see the table from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, sold in these rooms, 19 September 1996, lot 75; and another, from the Jingguantang Collection, also sold in these rooms, 20 March 1997, lot 9. Other examples are illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties, pp. 155 and 249, no. 51 and by Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, pl. 46, no. 36.