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A PAIR OF FINE HUANGHUALI SIDE TABLES The present tables would have been inspired by an earlier prototype
Late Qing Dynasty produced during the Ming dynasty, when tables of similar size were
Each rectangular top set within a wide frame above a beaded waist depicted in woodblock prints as being used for the display of rocks
and slender rectangular beaded legs terminating in hoof feet, with and miniature potted gardens. Their simple and elegant form was one
carved scrollwork aprons centred with taotie masks to the long sides of the most successful amongst classical Chinese furniture and prone
and ruyi scrolls to the short sides. to slight variation including waisted and waistless examples, and with
82cm (32 1/4in) high x 75cm (29 1/2in) wide x 34cm (13 3/8in) deep. or without stretchers, of rectangular and square section.
(2).
Compare with a related huanghuali side table, 16th/17th century,
£8,000 - 12,000 illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce, Living with Ming: the Lu Ming Shi
CNY63,000 - 94,000 Collection, Hong Kong, 200, p.109, no.22.
清晚期 黃花梨邊桌一對

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