LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A HUANGHUALI SQUARE TABLE, FANGZHUO
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The top is set in a square frame above humpback stretchers and ruyi-form struts. The whole is raised on round-section legs and further supported by 'giant's arms' braces.
26 in. (66 cm.) high, 36 ¾ in. (93.3 cm.) wide, 36 ¼ in. (92 cm.) deep

Provenance

Galerie d'Art de la Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris, France, 10 September 1968.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections.
Else Sackler.
Elizabeth A. Sackler.

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