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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A LADY
          ~1669
          A LARGE HUANGHUALI  CORNER-LEG TABLE,             A smaller huanghuali corner-leg table of similar design, but with stepped
          CHANGFANGZHUO                                     pierced corner spandrels of slightly more elongated proportions, is
          20TH CENTURY                                      illustrated by Gustav Ecke in Chinese Domestic Furniture, Vermont and
                                                            Tokyo, 1962, pls. 66-68, no. 51. The depth of the table, measuring almost
          The paneled-top is set in a rectangular frame above the narrow waist. The
          whole is raised on thick, square-section legs fitted with pierced, stepped   36 inches, is rare. Tables of this size could have been used as painting
          corner spandrels.                                 tables.
          32Ω in. (82.5 cm.) high, 83æ in. (212.7 cm.) wide, 35æ in. (90.8 cm.) deep
                                                            二十世紀　黃花梨有束腰長方桌
          $15,000-20,000
          PROVENANCE:
          Robert and William Drummond, New York.
          Arthur M. Sackler Collection, New York.
          Acquired from the above in 1974.
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