17TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED HUANGHUALI WAISTED KANG TABLE, KANGZHUO
17TH CENTURY
With top panels set within the wide, rectangular frame with beaded, thumb-grooved edge, above a plain, narrow waist and shaped, beaded aprons finely carved with chilong confronted on and grasping the leafy tendrils of a stylized ruyi head, all raised on elegantly shaped, beaded cabriole legs terminating in claw feet raised on short tabs
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) high, 40 7/8 in. (103.8 cm.) wide, 27 1/8 in. (68.9 cm.) deep

Provenance

Cola Ma, Hong Kong, 1992.

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Lot Essay

As many kang tables follow similar construction and size, the most distinguishing features are often the carved surfaces. The present table is finely carved with chilong grasping the scrolling tendrils of an unusual stylized ruyi head. A related example of this type, also with chilong confronted on an unusually rendered ruyi head, and claw feet, is illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce in Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 86-7, no. 30, later sold by Christie's, New York, 20 September 2002, lot 10.

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