A HUANGHUALI RECESSED LEG TABLE, JIAOTOUSUN QIAOTOUAN

17TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI RECESSED LEG TABLE, JIAOTOUSUN QIAOTOUAN
17th century
The single plank top with 'ice-plate' edge terminating in everted 'bird's tail' ends and supported on trestles, the square legs with raised, 'two-incense-stick' beading joined by slightly humped shoe feet and framing a large inset opening below a smaller panel with a pierced stylized flower, flanked by ruyi fungus, the straight, beaded apron continuing on to the spandrels carved in imitation of archaic jade in the form of a crested phoenix
32in. (81.2cm.) high, 64in. (163.1cm.) wide, 14in. (35.6cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Compare a 17th century jichimu recessed-leg table with similarly refined carving on the legs and phoenix spandrels, sold in these rooms, Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection, 19 September 1996, lot 59 and again 25 March 1998, lot 15.

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