A HUAMU MELON-SHAPED TABLE WITH FIVE DRUM-SHAPED STOOLS

18TH CENTURY

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A HUAMU MELON-SHAPED TABLE WITH FIVE DRUM-SHAPED STOOLS
18th century
The round burlwood top set within a wide-edged circular burlwood frame studded with a band of large 'nail-head' bosses above string-molding supported on five curved legs joined at the top and base by thick, beaded aprons, the upper and lower borders also outlined by beading, the foot ring repeating the band of 'nail-head' bosses above pad feet; en suite with five drum-shaped stools of similar form and construction
Table 32in. (81.3cm.) high, 38in. (96.5cm.) diam.; stools 18in. (45.7cm.) high, 17in. (43.2cm) diam. (6)

Lot Essay

It has been suggested that the burlwood top is of hongmu and the burlwood frame of nanbai (cypress). Compare a slightly smaller huanghuali and marble-panel top melon-shaped table illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 189, no. 95. See, also, a zitan melon-shaped table and five drum-shaped stools, illustrated by Pu Anguo, Ming Qing sushi jiaju, 1991, p. 257, no. 122.

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