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A ‘HUANGHUALI’ HIGH-WAISTED KANG TABLE
LATE MING DYNASTY

ᬻ᱘台㟞ᷕ倅᲌㚝፣៪ᆉᄼ◂ᵹ

the lip-edged top of standard mitre, mortise, and tenon construction framing a single-board, floating panel tongue-and-grooved into the
mitred frame and supported by two dove-tailed transverse stretchers underneath, both with exposed tenons, the edge of the frame moulding
downward and forming a concave groove in the middle, ending in a beaded edge, the extremely high recessed waist accommodating a
drawer in front, the two sides and back tongue-and-grooved to the frame top and the exposed upper portion of the beautifully shaped
cabriole legs with curvilinear, beaded-edged aprons half-lapped, mortised and tennoned to them, the drawer with a huangtong plate and
pull
27.7 by 61.7 by 46.6 cm, 10⅞ by 24½ by 18⅜ in.

EXHIBITED ᆂ㻪喟

Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance кଶᖖ喑Ȩẛᾭბ๏᫲喟ᩨ⢶ᆞᝬ㫼ᬻᐼ台㟞ᷕუ‫ڤ‬ȩ喑仆⍜͚᪴๔Ⴅ᪴
with Huanghuali wood: The Dr S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic ➖乕喑仆⍜喑Ꭱ喑䴮喑㌕㮌
Chinese Furniture, Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ȩ"SUBOEUIF$IJOFTF4DIPMBSUIF4::JQ$PMMFDUJPO<͚స᪴
Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 88-89, cat. no. 31. ϧ㜴㬊㶀喟ᩨ⢶ᆞᝬ⣺㫼>ȩ喑删‫ܝ‬೻㬊㶀ࢇ➖乕喑ϋ‫ݖ‬ᵾ㈺ጋ删‫ܝ‬
Art and the Chinese Scholar: the S.Y. Yip Collection, Phoenix Art ೻喑Ꭱ
Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, 1996-99. ȨᎡᩨ⢶ᆞᝬᬻᐼუ‫ڤ‬ᆂ㥶ឬ㔭䛘⩌⣺㫼ȩ喑仆⍜೻ጯ๔Ⴅ喑仆
The Millennium Exhibition of Ming Furniture from the Dr S Y Yip ⍜喑Ꭱ
Collection, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2000.

Ⴚ HK$ 380,000-550,000
US$ 49,000-71,000

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