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Lot Essay
This impressive huanghuali qiaotou'an, measuring over two metres in length, features a single-plank top with elegantly upturned ends, unmitred bridle joints, cloud-form spandrels, kunmen-shaped open panels between the legs, and plain supporting brackets. The table's restrained elegance and balanced proportions exemplify the refined taste of Ming furniture.
Compare a related huanghuali recessed-leg table, also constructed with everted ends and dismountable bridle joints, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 98, no. B86. Another comparable example featuring similar kunmen side panels, illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, Chinese Classical Furniture, New York, 1995, no. 12. See also a related huanghuali flat-top table, pingtou'an, with similarly shaped open side panels, illustrated by Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong, 1978, p. 83, no. 64.
This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. The historical CITES paperwork for this lot is not available, the item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office. Please contact the department for further information.
Compare a related huanghuali recessed-leg table, also constructed with everted ends and dismountable bridle joints, illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 98, no. B86. Another comparable example featuring similar kunmen side panels, illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, Chinese Classical Furniture, New York, 1995, no. 12. See also a related huanghuali flat-top table, pingtou'an, with similarly shaped open side panels, illustrated by Gustav Ecke, Chinese Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong, 1978, p. 83, no. 64.
This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/import restrictions since 2 January 2017. The historical CITES paperwork for this lot is not available, the item can only be shipped to addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office. Please contact the department for further information.