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Lot Essay
The recessed-leg table is one of the most well-known and recognizable forms in classical Chinese furniture. Tables of this elegant and restrained form trace their origins to the furniture design of the Song dynasty, and several variations on this type are known. The basic proportions were adapted to make large painting tables, smaller tables, benches and stools. Tables of the size of the present table are generally referred to as painting tables.
For a similar huanghuali recessed-leg table, see the 16th-17th century example illustrated by Wang Shixiang and Curtis Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago, 1995, p. 114, no. 54, later sold at Christie’s, New York, 19 September 1996, lot 75 (228 cm. wide); and one, slightly narrower (192 cm. wide) example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, A Connoisseur's Studio - The Cissy and Robert Tang Collection of Chinese Classical Furniture, 30 May 2023, lot 2707 (fig. 1).
For a similar huanghuali recessed-leg table, see the 16th-17th century example illustrated by Wang Shixiang and Curtis Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, Chicago, 1995, p. 114, no. 54, later sold at Christie’s, New York, 19 September 1996, lot 75 (228 cm. wide); and one, slightly narrower (192 cm. wide) example sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, A Connoisseur's Studio - The Cissy and Robert Tang Collection of Chinese Classical Furniture, 30 May 2023, lot 2707 (fig. 1).