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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
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A HUANGHUALI THREE-TIERED PICNIC BOX, TIHE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the box has a cover and three trays fitted
with huangtong corner mounts. The whole is set on a base
frame fitted with posts flanked by tall chilong-form spandrels
and joined at the top by a humpback handle.
8æ in. (22 cm.) high, 13 in. (33.5 cm.) wide; 7 in. (17.6 cm.) deep
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Taiwan in the 1988.

十七/十八世紀 黃花梨提盒

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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTOR
~1639
It is rare to find kang tables with this elongated proportion and
A RECTANGULAR HUANGHUALI KANG TABLE, supported on legs that terminate in inverted L-shaped feet. The
KANGZHUO
present table compares closely both in construction, design, and
18TH CENTURY
proportions to a huanghuali table fitted with three drawers, also dated
The paneled top is set in a rectangular frame above the 18th century, illustrated by N. Grindley, The Yunwai Lou Collection of
narrow waist and beaded apron. The whole is raised on Chinese and Japanese Art, New York, 2013, no. 37. Another kang table,
legs of square section joined by humpback stretchers and of similar proportion and also raised on inverted L-shaped feet, but
inverted L-shaped feet. with a pierced apron and stretchers carved as archaistic scrolls, is
13 in. (33 cm.) high, 62¿ in. (157.8 cm.) wide, 13º in. illustrated in R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples
(33.7 cm.) deep of the Ming and Early Ch’ing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1979, p. 151, pl. 46
and 46a.
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE: 清十八世紀 黃花梨有束腰長方炕桌
Nicholas Grindley Works of Art, Ltd., London, 8 November
1985.

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