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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RONALD W. LONGSDORF
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A RARE SMALL ZITAN TABLE, XIAOPINGTOU’AN ᪺ڊ˒ ڊՌˡ☹ ♟᠂ലໝ㦸ᙎ
QING DYANSTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
ཎჹ㯔ᡪཎႛߣ⤤卿⤇ᢣ➯ᷛ卿जսう
Of slender, elongated proportions, the paneled top with ‘ice-plate’ edge supported on ݣ֌׍㪀㉑卿㇏Ꮴཿ৅ݳݰ࠻⬒ሻǯ᫉
splayed legs of circular section joined by a plain apron with apron-head spandrels and four 㯸ཎᡪ჎㇦ս㿩Ɽ᢬ㅳ卿⡻᨞׾⊿჎Ⅷ
grooved stretchers enclosing a tongued panel to form a lower shelf.
⧎ǯजᬘ㖅ᙇ։㿩Ɽ᢬׾卿ࡺᑐ㿰᭄།
32 in. (81.9cm.) high, 28 in. (71cm.) wide, 14 in. (37.4 cm.) deep
ᚉ⯠⻦卿ᐽ㐈ᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000 ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎սࣿ໫ሲ㙭
⯠⻦Ӭ⩖㯔ཎᡪ卿ᐽ㐈ᙻ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿
It is rare to find zitan tables of this form while many huanghuali examples are known. Compare
the present table to a huanghuali side table from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Biddle, ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early
Ch’ing Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 173, no. 72. See, also, a small recessed-leg table with a ϝᬝ
single shelf from The Lai Family Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015, lot
914, as well as an example with everted ends, from The Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
sold at Christie’s New York, 18 March 2015, lot 118. ⽚
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 1999, lot 84

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