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A HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE Games tables enjoyed particular popularity throughout Ming and Qing
dynasties. While designed to fulfill the specific requirements of various
CORNER-LEG GAMES TABLE, recreational activities, such tables were still required to serve in everyday
HUOMIANQIZHUO use within a household, and could quickly transition between the two
roles by simply replacing the top. Games tables are most often seen
QING DYNASTY, 18-19TH CENTURY in square form, as square tables are more commonly associated with
The square removable top conceals a rectangular recess for a communal activities, such as dining and playing games. Compare with
a huanghuali table dated to the late 16th or early 17th century, illustrated
shuanglu board, gaming board and two cylindrical game piece by Grace Wu Bruce in The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese
cups. The whole supported on a narrow waist above four hidden Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 80-1, no. 27.
drawers and raised on beaded legs of square section joined by This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/
humpback stretchers and terminating in hoof feet. import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to
34 in. (86.3 cm.) high, 36º in. (92 cm.) square addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office
unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for
further information.
HK$800,000-1,000,000 US$110,000-130,000 本拍賣品由黃檀屬的木製造而成。從 2017 年 1 月 2 日起，所有由黃檀屬的木
製成的物品受 CITES 出入口管制。除非獲得 CITES 再出口許可，此拍賣品只
PROVENANCE 可運送至香港境內的地址或從我們的香港拍賣場提取。請與專家部門聯繫以
Ian Mclean Antiques, Hong Kong, 11 June 1996 瞭解詳情。
清十八世紀 / 十九世紀
黃花梨活面方棋桌連象棋圍棋盤、
雙陸棋盤、棋盒

來源
Ian Mclean Antiques，香港，1996 年 6 月 11 日

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