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3248 Jichimu, is a type of delicately grained hardwood that is very rare to
be discovered in generous size suitable for table crafting, as quoted
AN IMPERIAL CARVED JICHIMU RECESSED by Ming scholar Cao Zhao in Geguyaolun. Compare to a very similar
table previously in the Robert Ellsworth Collection Part II: Chinese
TRESTLE-LEG ALTAR TABLE, PINGTOU’AN Furniture, Scholar’s Objects and Chinese Paintings sold at Christie’s
New York, 18 March 2015, Lot 173. Also see another jichimu table
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) carved in dragon motifs dated a similar period from the Beijing Palace
Museum, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (I), The
The two-panel top mitred within the rectangular frame is carved Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong,
around the exterior, above volume aprons and spandrels carved 2002, p. 168, no. 142.
with kui dragons at the center and edges, mortised and tennoned
to thick, keyfret decorated legs framing beaded aprons, overall
enclosed by a keyfret border and set into shoe-type feet.
33 √ in. (86 cm.) high, 74 in. (188 cm.) wide,
17 º in. (44 cm.) deep

HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-390,000

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