17TH CENTURY

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A Fine Huanghuali Waistless Corner-Leg Painting Table, Hua'an
17th Century
Of bamboo prototype, the top comprising two panels of equal width set within a frame of generous proportions and with double-molded edge resting on the round legs joined by a plain humped apron rail wrapping around the corners and articulated with pillar struts, the wood of dark rich tone
34½in. (87.6cm.) high, 62¼in. (158.2cm.) wide, 28¾in. (73cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Compare the very similar huanghuali table, but with three instead of four pillar struts on the long aprons, included in the MD Flacks Ltd., New York, Autumn 1997 exhibition, no. 7, pp. 20-21. A daybed with similar bamboo-inspired design in the Mimi and Raymond Hung collection is illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth, et al., Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, no. 32, pp. 104-105.

For a discussion of bamboo-inspired design, see R. W. Longsdorf, 'Chinese Bamboo Furniture, Its History and Influence on Hardwood Furniture Design', Orientations, January 1994.

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