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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
~1646
A HUANGHUALI SQUARE CORNER-LEG TABLE,
FANGZHUO
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The paneled-top table is set within a square frame with 'ice-plate' edge, For dining, writing, appreciating antiques, or playing games, the
above shaped, beaded aprons carved in relief with a pair of confronted square table is the most versatile in Chinese furniture. The high,
chilong amidst entwined and scrolling scrollwork. The beaded legs humpback stretcher of the present lot strengthens the table while
terminate in hoof feet and are joined by humpback stretchers. lightening the overall appearance, and not interfering with the knees
of the sitters.
34 in. (86.6 cm.) high, 36æ in. (93.3 cm.) square
A similar table, the apron also carved with scrolling dragons, is
$60,000-80,000
illustrated by S. Handler, Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese
Architecture, Berkeley and Toronto, 2005, p. 167. See, also, M.
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's New York, 23 and 25 April 1987, lot 540. Beurdeley, Chinese Furniture, Tokyo and New York, 1979, pl. 126, for a
Property of a Private New York Collector; Christie's New York, 19 similar example dated to the late Ming period, in the Compagnie de la
September 2006, lot 82. Chine et des Indes Collection, Paris.

A huanghuali square table of similar proportions, carved on the aprons
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨螭龍紋方桌
with dragons and archaistic scroll, is in the Qing Court Collection,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum - 54 -Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong
Kong, 2002, p. 98, no. 86, where it is dated to the Qianlong period.

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