20TH CENTURY

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A LARGE HUANGHUALI CORNER-LEG TABLE, CHANGFANGZHUO
20TH CENTURY
The paneled-top is set in a rectangular frame above the narrow waist. The whole is raised on thick, square-section legs fitted with pierced, stepped corner spandrels.
32 ½ in. (82.5 cm.) high, 83 ¾ in. (212.7 cm.) wide, 35 ¾ in. (90.8 cm.) deep

Provenance

Robert and William Drummond, New York.
Arthur M. Sackler Collection, New York.
Acquired from the above in 1974.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

A smaller huanghuali corner-leg table of similar design, but with stepped pierced corner spandrels of slightly more elongated proportions, is illustrated by Gustav Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Vermont and Tokyo, 1962, pls. 66-68, no. 51. The depth of the table, measuring almost 36 inches, is rare. Tables of this size could have been used as painting tables.

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