Lot Essay
Compare a table of similar type formerly from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection sold in these rooms, 19 September 1998, lot 75, and another sold in these rooms 16 September 1998, lot 76.
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Property from the Yuansitang Collection
A Huanghuali Recessed-Leg Side Table, Pingtouan
LATE 16TH CENTURY
Details
A Huanghuali Recessed-Leg Side Table, Pingtouan
Late 16th century
The wide single huanghuali panel top set within a frame with 'ice-plate' edge, supported on solid legs of round section joined by a plain, narrow apron and apron-head spandrels, the recessed legs joined by plain double stretchers
31 3/8in. (79.5cm.) high, 67in. (170cm.) wide, 16¼in. (41cm.) deep
Late 16th century
The wide single huanghuali panel top set within a frame with 'ice-plate' edge, supported on solid legs of round section joined by a plain, narrow apron and apron-head spandrels, the recessed legs joined by plain double stretchers
31 3/8in. (79.5cm.) high, 67in. (170cm.) wide, 16¼in. (41cm.) deep
Literature
Classical and Vernacular Chinese Furniture in the Living Environment, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 150-1, no. 27.
Further details
Woodblock print illustration of a recessed-leg side table, from Guben xiqu banhua tulu, vol. 5, Beijing, 1997, p. 368.