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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RICHARD ROSENBLUM
2039
A MASSIVE JUMU TRESTLE-LEG TABLE
17TH-18TH CENTURY

The massive single-plank is set with everted ends above plain, beaded aprons continuing to
shaped spandrels, and is raised on trestle legs carved in openwork with an elegant scholar’s
rock and set into shoe feet.
37¿ in. (94.3 cm.) high, 118¡ in. (300.5 cm.) wide, 22¿ in. (56.2 cm.) deep

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE:

Richard Rosenblum (1941-2000) Collection, Newton, Massachusetts.

It is rare to fnd a trestle-leg table of this substantial size and with such a massive plank of jumu. The
unusual openwork panels fnely carved with a scholar’s rock, rising from a narrow base to form a large
cresting overhang makes the present table even more rare. Compare a black-lacquer trestle-leg table,
dated 17th-18th century, illustrated in H. Chiang, The Art of Woodworking - an Exhibition of Chinese
Antique Furniture, Beijing, no. 29 with openwork panels carved with scholars rocks.

清十七/十八世紀 櫸木翹頭案

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