Compare the very similar huanghuali painter's table discussed and illustrated by Robert H. Ellsworth in the exhibition Catalogue, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, Honolulu, 1982, pp. 33 and 47, no. 17. Another comparable huanghuali painter's table, but with pierced panels between the double struts joining front and back legs, is discussed in Robert H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture, New York, 1970, p. 249, table 155, pl. 51. See, also, the huali table in the Victoria and Albert Museum, discussed and illustrated by Craig Clunas, Chinese Furniture, London, 1988, pp. 45 and 46, pl. 31. A huanghuali example is discussed and illustrated by George Kates, Chinese Household Furniture, New York, Dover edition, 1962, p. 79, pl. 31

A huanghuali painter's table similar to the present lot was sold in these rooms June 2, 1994, lot 218 and another, with ribbed square legs, was sold in the same sale, lot 207