LATE MING/ EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

The rare form of the present table is distinguished by its simple elegance and graceful contours. The convex surface and curvilinear shape of the apron, as well as the fine silhouette of the legs and tipped feet, may have been inspired by features seen on Song dynasty furniture. See a small table depicted in the Song dynasty album leaf ‘Scholar’ (fig. 1) , and other designs of Song dynasty tables depicted in the hanging scroll ‘The Eighteen Scholars’ both are published in Special Exhibition of Furniture in Paintings, The National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1996, pp. 54-56, 81. There is no other extant published huanghuali example similar to the present lot, except a larger (127 cm. wide) huanghuali table (fig. 2) dated to Ming dynasty late 15thcentury to early 16th century, in the collection of Honolulu Academy of Arts, accession number 1920.1.


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