拍品 65
65
A Huanghuali Kang Table, Kangzhuo
A Huanghuali Kang Table, Kangzhuo

17TH CENTURY

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A Huanghuali Kang Table, Kangzhuo
17th Century
The rectangular paneled top raised on a high waist with corner 'struts', supported on squared cabriole legs joined by a curvilinear beaded apron centered on each side by a partial daisy motif, with a wave-like design on the corners extending to the legs
10in. (27.3cm.) high, 38in. (97.2cm.) wide, 24in. (62.2cm.) deep

拍品專文

A related kang table but raised on pads, from the Sir John Addis collection, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, is illustrated by Craig Clunas in 'What is Chinese Furniture?', and reproduced in Chinese Furniture: Selected Articles from Orientations 1984-1994, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 25. Refer, also, to the table with very similar decoration, and raised on pads included by Grace Wu Bruce in the exhibition, Ming Furniture, Rare Examples from the 16th and 17th Centuries, London, 14 - 26 June 1999, no. 7.