CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE

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RARE TABLE EN HUANGHUALI, PINGTOU'AN
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIEME-XVIIIEME SIECLE
Reposant sur quatre jambes cylindriques, elle est élégamment proportionnée possédant un long plateau rectangulaire ; quelques traces et usures sur les pieds.
Longueur: 206,5 cm. (81 ¼ in.)
Hauteur: 83 cm. (32 ¾. in.)
Profondeur: 59,5 cm. (23. 1/2 in.)

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A RARE HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG TABLE, PINGTOU'AN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

A similar pingtou’an of simple design but with round-section legs and a single tieli panel is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Palace Museum Collection: A Treasury of Ming & Qing Dynasty Palace Furniture, vol. 1, Beijing, 2007, fig. 286. It was originally placed in the Shoukang Palace, a residence for Empress Dowagers or Consort Dowagers during the Qing dynasty.

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