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    Sale 1494

    IMPORTANT CHINESE FURNITURE FROM PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

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    21 September 2004

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    • A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI RECT
    Lot 42

    A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR RECESSED LEG TABLES

    17TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 83,650

    Estimate

    USD 120,000 - USD 150,000

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    A RARE PAIR OF HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR RECESSED LEG TABLES
    17TH CENTURY
    Of rectangular form, with three-panel top and double struts joining the recessed front and back legs, the plain apron with shaped apron-head spandrels
    27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high, 34½ in. (87.6 cm.) wide, 16¼ in. (41.3 cm.) deep (2)

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    Lot Essay

    The proportion of the apron and spandrels, the tight curvature of the spandrels and the placement of the double stretchers suggest an earlier date and an origin possibly from the Suzhou area. See a similar example illustrated in Wang Shixiang, Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, vol. II, Hong Kong, 1990, p.96, pl. B81. See also the table in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Asian Art, Summer 1991.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    Property from the Collection of Tsao Hui Min

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