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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN Compare a similar huanghuali table in the Arthur M. Sackler
A FINE ‘HUANGHUALI’ AND NANMU Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., placed in a
reconstruction of a 17th century scholar’s studio, illustrated
CORNER-LEG TABLE in Sarah Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical
17TH/18TH CENTURY Furniture, Berkeley, 2001, p. 21, fig. 1.13; and two further tables
sold in these rooms, one attributed to the late Ming dynasty,
11th November 2015, lot 26, and the other, but smaller in size
the panelled nanmu rectangular top supported on a straight
waist and beaded apron, the elegant square-section legs and attributed to the 18th century, 8th November 2017, lot 99.
terminating in hoof feet ◉ W £ 60,000-80,000
82 by 204 by 65.5 cm, 32¼ by 80½ by 25¾ in.
HK$ 610,000-815,000 US$ 77,500-104,000
PROVENANCE
Purchased from Albert Chan, Chan Shing Kee, 1982.
十七/十八世纪 黄花梨及红木条案
A sense of refined grandeur is successfully captured by the
minimalist form of this attractive table, supported by four 來源
elegant square legs culminating at horse-hoof feet. This simple 於1982年購自香港陳勝記
design also highlights the rich colour and attractive natural
patterns of the grain of the wood. Long tables such as the
present are known as tiaozhuo and would have been used in
the scholar’s studio as its length and absence of stretchers
would have made it suitable for sitting at for the creation and
admiration of scroll paintings, while holding books, brush
holders and other scholar’s objects.

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