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拍品专文
Surviving examples of plank-top pedestal tables are quite rare, and compared to other types of tables, relatively few extant examples are known. The method of demountable construction is most often seen on these early examples with thick and heavy plank tops, as it made the transportation of such tables much easier. In addition, plank-top pedestal tables appear to be quite rare, owing to the fact that their easily dissembled members can become separated over the years, the planks in particular often sacrificed for repairs.
Compare the pedestals of the present table with a separated pair, one of which is illustrated by Gustave Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Rutland, VT, 1962, pl. 92, no. 71, and the other, which is now at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, illustrated by Roger Ward and Patricia Fidler in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, New York, 1993, p. 345; the Ecke/Nelson-Atkins pair share the same thick, square-sectioned members but lack the elegant beading and moulding found on the current examples. See, also, a slightly smaller example published by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 117, no. B124 (which the author notes was once approximately 250 cm. wide but was reduced), and note, also, the massive example from the collection of Jonathan and Jessika Auerbach sold at Christie’s New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1323.
Compare the pedestals of the present table with a separated pair, one of which is illustrated by Gustave Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Rutland, VT, 1962, pl. 92, no. 71, and the other, which is now at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, illustrated by Roger Ward and Patricia Fidler in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, New York, 1993, p. 345; the Ecke/Nelson-Atkins pair share the same thick, square-sectioned members but lack the elegant beading and moulding found on the current examples. See, also, a slightly smaller example published by Wang Shixiang in Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 117, no. B124 (which the author notes was once approximately 250 cm. wide but was reduced), and note, also, the massive example from the collection of Jonathan and Jessika Auerbach sold at Christie’s New York, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1323.