19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI SIDE TABLES
19TH CENTURY
Of elegant proportions, the paneled rectangular top with 'ice-plate' edge supported on a straight waist and gently curved, cusped apron, the long slender legs of square section terminating in inward-curving hoof feet, the lower section with a shelf
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high, 29½ in. (74.9 cm.) wide, 17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) deep (2)

Lot Essay

The cusped apron on the present lot is based on an earlier prototype, such as that on the corner-leg table illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 94, fig. B 77. The addition of a lower shelf is related to those found on wine and lute tables, such as the Ming huanghuali example illustrated by Wang Shixiang, ibid., p. 97, fig. B 85.

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