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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
~2827

A HUANGHUALI THREE-DRAWER 明十六世紀晚期/十七世紀早期
KANG TABLE, KANGZHUO 黃花梨喜鵲石榴紋三屜炕桌

MING DYNASTY, LATE 16TH-EARLY 17TH CENTURY 來源:
The thick table top terminating in everted, scrolled flanges with 紐約佳士得，《美國加州古典家具博物館舊藏》，
bracket-form spandrels carved with a leaf motif beneath the central 1996年9月19日，拍品51號
frame, between short, flared legs, enclosing a large middle drawer
and two smaller side drawers supported on a low stretcher with 展覽:
attached apron. The apron with beaded edge and conforming leaf 芝加哥及三藩市中國藝術基金會，《Masterpieces from the
motifs at either end, the openwork end panels with carving of rocks, Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture》，三藩市，1995年，
pomegranates and magpies, the wood of well-figured grain. 頁88，圖41
11Ω in. (29 cm.) high, 37æ in. (96 cm.) wide, 9√ in. (25 cm.) deep
HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000 出版:
Sarah Handler，「On a New World Arose the Kang Table」，
P R O V E NAN C E : 《JCCFS》，1992年夏，頁43，圖15
Sold at Christie’s New York, Important Chinese Furniture: Formerly the 謝瑞華，「Botanical Motifs in Chinese Furniture」，《JCCFS》，
Museum of Classical Chinse Furniture Collection, 19 September 1996,
lot 51 1992年秋，頁43，圖15
王世襄及Curtis Evarts，《Masterpieces from the Museum of
E X H I B I T ED : Classical Chinese Furniture》，芝加哥及三藩市，1995年，
Chinese Art Foundation, Chicago and San Francisco, Masterpieces 圖錄頁88，圖41
from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, San Francisco, 1995,
Catalogue p. 88, no. 41

L I T E R AT U R E : For a discussion of the uses of this type of kang table, including as
Sarah Handler, “On a New World Arose the Kang Table”, JCCFS, an armrest and as a table top, see Wang Shixiang & Curtis Evarts,
Summer 1992, p. 41, figs. 30 and 30a Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture,
Chinese Art Foundation, Chicago and San Francisco, 1995, p. 88.
Terese Tse Bartholomew, “Botanical Motifs in Chinese Furniture”,
JCCFS, Autumn 1992, p. 43, fig. 15 With its auspicious motifs of the magpies (xi) standing for
Wang Shixiang & Curtis Evarts, Masterpieces from the Museum of happiness (xi) and the pomegranates representing the wish for
Classical Chinese Furniture, Chinese Art Foundation, Chicago and many offspring, it is likely that this piece would have been
San Francisco, 1995, p. 88, no. 41 a dowry gift for a newlywed couple.

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 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.
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，此拍賣品只可運送至香港境內的地址或從我們的香
(detail 細部) 港拍賣場提取。請與專家部門聯繫以瞭解詳情 。

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