Lot Essay
Compare the huanghuali corner-leg table of similar proportions and construction sold at Christie's New York, 17 March 2016, lot 1308.
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17TH CENTURY
Details
A HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR CORNER-LEG SIDE TABLE, BANZHUO
17TH CENTURY
The single floating panel top is set in the rectangular frame above a narrow waist and plain apron. The legs are of square section joined by humpback stretchers and terminate in hoof feet.
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, 42 ¼ in. (107.3 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (57.9 cm.) deep
17TH CENTURY
The single floating panel top is set in the rectangular frame above a narrow waist and plain apron. The legs are of square section joined by humpback stretchers and terminate in hoof feet.
34 in. (86.4 cm.) high, 42 ¼ in. (107.3 cm.) wide, 22 ¾ in. (57.9 cm.) deep
Provenance
Chan Shing Kee, Hong Kong, October 2007.
Literature
V. Bower, S. Handler and J. Burris, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, 2008, p. 55, fig. 25.
Exhibited
Cincinnati, Taft Museum of Art, Brush Clay Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art, 7 November 2008 - 11 January 2009.
Special notice
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