Lot 544
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A FINE HUANGHUALI SIDE TABLE, TIAO ZHUO

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A FINE HUANGHUALI SIDE TABLE, TIAO ZHUO
17TH CENTURY

The single plank top of the waistless table set within a frame with triple-reeded edge and supported on round corner legs joined by a humped round stretcher encircling the legs and set with two pairs of pillar-shaped struts flanking decorative interlocking rings on each side, the wood of warm, reddish-honey tone
34in. (86.4cm.) high, 54in. (137.2cm.) wide, 21½in. (54.6cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Compare the long, narrow table with corner leg members carved to simulate bamboo mentioned and illustrated in a line drawing by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. 1, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 61 and vol. 2, p. 90, pl. B67