A HUANGHUALI DUAL-PURPOSE SQUARE TABLE WITH REMOVABLE LEGS, FANGZHUO

17TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI DUAL-PURPOSE SQUARE TABLE WITH REMOVABLE LEGS, FANGZHUO
17th Century
Comprising a kang type table raised on high removable legs, the panel top within a mitred frame with 'ice-plate' edge above a narrow waist and apron of cusped curvilinear form with inner corners decorated with curled leaf motifs, the flat beading of varying width and extending to the cabriole legs with flattened hoof feet, the circular leg extensions braced by twin side stretchers with flat undersides and concealed tenons, connected to the table with sliding tenons
24in. (85.5cm.) high, 39in. (101cm.) square

Lot Essay

An almost identical table sold in these rooms in the sale of Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September 1996, lot 43.

For a discussion of this kind of 'winter-summer' table, doubling as a low kang in winter and high dining table in summer, refer to S. Handler, 'On a New World Arose the Kang Table', Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Summer 1992, pp. 44-45, in which she also illustrates a plain huanghuali table of this type with crossed stretchers.