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A RARE ZITAN LOW TABLE, KANGZHUO Grace Wu Bruce, purchased 16 November 1999.
Late Ming/Early Qing dynasty
The four-board floating panel top set into a mitre, mortise-and-tenon Published
frame with ‘water-stopping’ edge and supported by three transverse Grace Wu Bruce, Zitan furniture from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
stretchers underneath with two exposed tenons on the long side, over Hong Kong exhibition 28 November - 8 December 1999, no.1
a recessed waist and elegantly shaped and beaded apron fastened to
the top by two wedge-shaped pegs on each side and mitred, mortise, Early zitan kang tables are very rare. For a related example, see
tenoned and half-lapped to the graceful one-piece cabriole legs ending Ellsworth, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, plate
in square pads. 40.
10 5/16 x 36 1/2 x 24 15/16in (26.2 x 92.8 x 63.4cm)
US$50,000 - 80,000 For a slightly more elaborate zitan kang table dated to the early Qing,
see Beijing Guardian, lot 2936, 2011 November 12.
晚明或清早期 紫檀束腰三彎腿炕桌
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