CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)

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RARE PETITE TABLE BASSE EN HUANGHUALI ET INCRUSTATIONS DE NACRE, KANGZHUO
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)
De forme rectangulaire, elle repose sur quatre petits pieds joliement sculptés de volutes aux extrémités. Incrustée de nacre, le plateau rectangulaire est à décor d'un couple de dragon et phénix confrontés volant parmi des nuages pourchassant la perle sacrée. La bordure est ornée d'Emblèmes Taoïstes alternant avec des lotus épanouis. La ceinture et les pieds sont également rehaussés de pétales, feuilles et motifs stylisés ; petits manques.
Dimensions:39 cm. x 19,9 cm. x 9,1 cm. (15 3/8 in. x 7 ¾ in. 3 ½ in.)

Provenance

Previously from an English family, Somerset.

Special notice

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Further details

A RARE SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID HUANGHUALI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' LOW TABLE, KANGZHUO
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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Lot Essay

It is extremely rare to find huanghuali furniture pieces inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Compare to a imperially made mother-of-pearl inlaid huanghuali kang table dated to the middle Qing period in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Palace Museum Collection: A Treasury of Ming & Qing dynasty Palace Furniture, vol. 1, Beijing, pp. 244-245, fig. 279.
See a mother-of-pearl-inlaid huanghuali cabinet depicting flowers, dated late Ming dynasty, 17th century, sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 2948.

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