• Important Chinese Ceramics and auction at Christies

    Sale 2915

    Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

    Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall

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    30 May 2012

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    • A HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE CO
    Lot 4079

    A HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE CORNER-LEG TABLE, FANGZHUO

    LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    HKD 920,000

    Estimate

    HKD 400,000 - HKD 600,000

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    A HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE CORNER-LEG TABLE, FANGZHUO
    LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
    The four-panel top is set within the wide, square frame with a thumb-grooved edge above the narrow waist and plain, beaded aprons. The frame is supported on beaded legs of square section joined by humpback stretchers and terminating in hoof feet.
    34 7/8 in. (88.5 cm.) high x 37 3/8 in. (95 cm.) square

    Provenance

    Spink & Son, London, 1997, Form and Function: Furniture & Accessories from China, Korea and Japan, Catalogue no. 16

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    Lot Essay

    For dining, appreciating antiques, or writing (fig. 1), the square table is one of the most versatile forms in Chinese furniture. The humpback stretchers provide added strength while lightening the overall appearance, and not interfering with the knees of the sitters. Several variations on the present form exist, including waisted and waistless examples, and those with decorative struts inset between the apron and stretcher. A huanghuali table of the latter type, dated to the late 16th or early 17th century, is illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce in The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 80-1, no. 27.

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