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THE IRVING COLLECTION 歐雲伉儷珍藏

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A HUANGHUALI TRESTLE-LEG TABLE, QIAOTOU'AN PROVENANCE:
18TH-19TH CENTURY Eastern Pacific Co., (Hei Hung Lu), Hong Kong, 1990.
The Irving Collection, New York, no. 1019.
The single-panel top is fitted with everted ends above the plain apron
and spandrels carved with scrolling chilong. The whole is raised on
thick trestle-legs joined by an openwork panel carved with chilong Tables of this form, also known as altar tables, were often found
above rockwork. placed against a wall to display works of art or to hold offerings. The
tables are distinguished by their elegant everted ends and openwork
36æ in. (93.3 cm.) high, 77Ω in. (196.9 cm.) wide, 16¿ in. (41 cm.) deep panels joining the legs. A similarly proportioned huanghuali trestle-leg
table, also with solid panel top and openwork 'chilong' panels, is in
$70,000-90,000 the Philadelphia Museum of Art, illustrated in Philadelphia Museum
Bulletin: Winter 1963: Chinese Furniture, Volume LVIII, Number 276,
清十八/十九世紀 黃花梨螭龍紋翹頭案 p. 71, pl. 15.