17TH-18TH CENTURY

Details

A SMALL HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU'AN
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The floating rectangular panel is set within the molded frame above plain spandrels and aprons. The whole is raised on round legs joined by a shelf.
29 ¼ in. (74.3 cm.) high, 30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) wide, 15 in. (38.1 cm.) deep

Provenance

Grace Wu Bruce.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Compare the present table to a huanghuali side table 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, also, 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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