Lot 90
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A HUAMU MELON-FORM TABLE WITH FIVE DRUM-SHAPED STOOLS
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A HUAMU MELON-FORM TABLE WITH FIVE DRUM-SHAPED STOOLS

18TH CENTURY

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A HUAMU MELON-FORM TABLE WITH FIVE DRUM-SHAPED STOOLS
18th century
The table with burlwood top set within a wide-rim circular frame, supported by five curved legs joined at the top and base by thick, beaded aprons, the upper and lower borders outlined by beading and 'nail-head' bosses, the foot ring repeating the bosses above the pad feet; en suite with five barrel-form stools of similar form and construction.
Table 30½in. (77.4cm.) high, 31¾in. (80.6cm.) diam.; stools 17 5/8in. (44.8cm.) high, 13 3/8in. (33.9cm.) diam. (6)

Lot Essay

Compare a slightly smaller huanghuali and marble panel-top melon-form 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-form table and five drum-shaped stools illustrated by Pu Anguo, Ming Qing Sushi Jiaju, 1991, p. 257, no. 122. A very similar set of a huamu melon-shaped table and five drum-shaped stools was sold in these rooms, 26 March 2003, lot 132.

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