Lot Essay
Compare a similar huanghuali kang table, but with slightly taller legs, formerly in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus, sold in these rooms, 18 September 1997, lot 31.
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Property from the Yuansitang Collection
A Huanghuali Square Kang Table, Kangzhuo
LATE 16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Huanghuali Square Kang Table, Kangzhuo
Late 16th-early 17th century
The well-figured three-panel top raised on a narrow waist supported on cabriole legs terminating in incurved feet carved as ruyi heads and joined by shaped aprons well carved with beaded edges extending onto the sides of the apron as interlocked tendrils
12in. (30.3cm.) high, 34 1/8in. (86.5cm.) wide, 34in. (86.2cm.) deep
Late 16th-early 17th century
The well-figured three-panel top raised on a narrow waist supported on cabriole legs terminating in incurved feet carved as ruyi heads and joined by shaped aprons well carved with beaded edges extending onto the sides of the apron as interlocked tendrils
12in. (30.3cm.) high, 34 1/8in. (86.5cm.) wide, 34in. (86.2cm.) deep
Literature
Classical and Vernacular Chinese Furniture in the Living Environment, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 130-1, no. 17.