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A CHINESE-EXPORT PADOUK TEA AND CARD-TABLE
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A CHINESE-EXPORT PADOUK TEA AND CARD-TABLE

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE-EXPORT PADOUK TEA AND CARD-TABLE
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
With triple-flap demi-lune top, the green baize-lined playing surface surrounded by scrolling foliage with four wells, above a plain frieze, on club legs and pad feet, the underside with label 'SOUTHERN RAILWAY FROM WATERLOO SEMLEY'
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 31½ in. (80 cm.) wide; 15¾ in. (40 cm.) deep, closed
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

Based on English prototypes, these triple-flap games-tables were rarely made in China. A very similar table, with a plain frieze and carved feet, is illustrated in C. L. Crossman, The Decorative Arts of the China Trade, Woodbridge, 1991, p. 236, pl. 87. Another similar example is in The Mirror Room at Saltram House, Devon with a mother-of-pearl inlaid frieze (C. Johnson, Saltram, National Trust Guide, rev. ed. 2005, p. 35).

A rectangular triple-flap table, now in Fredensborg Castle, is listed on the manifest of a ship under the command of Zacharias Allewelt in September 1737 for the Danish Asiatic Company.