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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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AN UNUSUAL HUANGHUALI WAISTLESS ᪺ڊ˒ˡ☹ 㷍⩈ᚐᕗ൧᳌ᙒ
SQUARE KANG TABLE, KANGZHUO Ứᡮ୨㬷ჹᅴ卿ᡮ㬷㑌ᗺ᭢⤇卿㬷Ӵ୨㚒प㧷ᐯྃӬݰǯ⭯
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY 㧿⧡⧲㣔ᣏ卿㲬㓯㑷ǯ
The two-panel top set within the square frame with a beaded
ϝᬝ
edge, above plain aprons set on each side with a narrow drawer,
the whole raised on short legs joined by humpback stretchers and ૃណల卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ
terminating in hoof feet. ⠢޵➯⤞厀⧻இ☆՞ᘘ⻦།Ⅷ⻦ԋஇۊݰ卿㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿
11¿ in. (28.2 cm.) high, 22º in. (56.5 cm.) square ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
HK$700,000-900,000 US$90,000-120,000 ⮐㙽
4IBSPO -FFDFǮ.JDIBFM 'SFFNBO भⶬǶ$IJOB 4UZMFǷ卿 ჺ卿
PROVENANCE
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1993 㲞ᳰ卿㮰
Fine Chinese Furniture From Private American Collections, sold ỨᡮᎵ޸ ᡪᛓஙᄍᦇᎵỨӳײ⊇⎏Ӭ♎⒝ۊݰ卿ᆨₕ㘆ַᙹᆨǯ᫉Ứ
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2012, lot 2011 ᡮ㉑㈷ℒ⁞卿ྏᙻཐ㇦⎏㙁ᯧ卿໫ᝳᐯྃ卿ᡮ㬷㑌⤇卿༛༰⊇ሻ卿ᝳज
⬒⊇ᙻ⩨ᦼ卿⊇㘶ἃᣅᡮǯ
LITERATURE
Sharon Leece and Michael Freeman, China Style, Hong Kong,
2002, p. 56 This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/
import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to
The most common type of kang table is of rectangular form, and the addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office
present example is unusual in that it is square and features drawers on unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for
all four sides. However, this type is known and two examples of square further information.
huanghuali kang tables of similar date, although without drawers, are ទᐽ㐈৅⊐㿩᨞ྏ⎏ណㅳ㙁⩧Ꮀǯᇖ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ㑌卿Ꮢᝳ⊐㿩᨞ྏ⎏ណㅳᎰ⎏⁒৅
illustrated by Curtis Evarts in Liang Yi Collection: Huanghuali, Hong ई $*5&4 ߅ݣऑ❖߰ǯ㩶㬳ℛᇑ $*5&4 ݻ߅ऑ㉓ज卿᫉ᐽ㐈৅गज㙛㘨⯍㲞ᳰಗݤ⎏஠
Kong, 2007, pp. 90-3, nos. 27-8. Evarts illustrates a detail from a நᎵᇖᎱٛ⎏㲞ᳰᐽ㐈ౚᓽइǯ㋇⯝ཇ།㛑㧰⪩⥿ս⑪㈛㊄ካǯ
Yongzheng-period album leaf painting by Jiao Bingzhen depicting
ladies playing weiqi at a similar square kang table on p. 92. As the
present table features drawers on all sides, and a beaded rim at the
upper edge to prevent against spillage or overflow, it is likely that it
would have been used in similar fashion for games, drinking, or various
other social events.

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