17TH CENTURY

细节

A HUANGHUALI CORNER-LEG SQUARE CENTER TABLE, FANGZHUO
17TH CENTURY
The beaded and molded top inset with a panel of straight graining set within a wide frame, above a molded 'ice-plate' edge and recessed waist, the scrolling beaded apron carved in relief with a pair of confronted chilong amidst entwined and scrolling vines, the rectangular beaded legs joined by a high humped stretcher, the legs terminating in hoof feet, the underside with three transverse braces and some of the original clay coating underneath still intact
33¾ in. (85.7 cm.) high, 36¾ in. (93.3 cm.) wide, 36¾ in. (93.3 cm.) deep

来源

Sotheby's, New York, 23 and 25 April 1987, lot 540.

拍品专文

For dining, writing, appreciating antiques, or playing games, the square table is the most versatile in Chinese furniture. The high, humpback stretcher of the present lot strengthens the table while lightening the overall appearance, and not interfering with the knees of the sitters.

Compare a similar table, the apron also carved with scrolling dragons, illustrated by S. Handler, Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture, Berkeley and Toronto, 2005, p. 167. See, also, M. Beurdeley, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo and New York, 1979, pl. 126, for a similar example dated to the late Ming period, in the Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes Collection, Paris.