LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY

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A GREEN STONE-INSET HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG WINE TABLE, JIUZHUO
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY
The dark green stone top is set within a huanghuali frame with an ‘ice plate’ edge above a kunmen opening formed by the cusped apron and spandrels continuing into legs terminating in spurred feet. The front and back legs are joined with double side stretchers.
31¼in. (79.4cm.) high, 38½in. (97.7cm.) wide, 18¾in. (47.7cm.) deep

Provenance

Sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2000, lot 20

Special notice

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Lot Essay

For a slightly larger table of similar form, but with the top made of yingmu (burlwood) and a high humpback stretcher, see R.H. Ellsworth, et al., Chinese Furniture: One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, pp. 138-139, fig. 48.

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