QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A SMALL HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU’AN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The single-panel top is set within a rectangular frame above plain aprons and spandrels. The whole is raised on legs of round section which are joined by a single shelf.
26 3/16 in. (66.5 cm.) high, 22 1/4 in. (56.5 cm.) wide, 13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) deep

Provenance

C.L. Ma, Hong Kong

Special notice

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Further details

Please note, these lots, contain a type of Dalbergia wood that is subject to CITES export/import restrictions. However, as each lot (or each individual item in the lot) the weight of this type of Dalbergia does not exceed 10 kg, starting from 1 May 2021, CITES license is no longer required for importing the lot (or the individual item in the lot) into Hong Kong. Before you decide to bid, please check whether your destination country permits import without CITES license. If CITES license is required, we will make the lot available for your collection in Hong Kong. We will not cancel your purchase due to any CITES restrictions impacting the import of the lot to the destination country.

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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 also a similar small recessed-leg side table from the Marie Theresa L. Virata Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 16 March 2017, lot 668.

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