MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A SMALL HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The single-panel top is set within a wide rectangular frame, above plain aprons and cloud-form spandrels. The table is raised on legs of round section and joined by a shelf.
29 7/8 in. (75.8 cm.) wide, 14 ¼ in. (36.2 cm.) deep, 28 ½ in. (72.3 cm.) high

Provenance

With Grace Wu Bruce.
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection.

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Lot Essay

Compare the present table to a huanghuali side table, also with an integral shelf, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Biddle, illustrated by R.H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 173, no. 72. See a similar huanghuali side table from the Marie Theresa L. Virata Collection, sold at Christie's New York, 16 March 2017, lot 668; a small recessed-leg table with a single shelf from The Lai Family Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015, lot 914, as well as an example with everted rims, from The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 118.

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