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Kang table is a classic type of Ming tables, suitable for use at 炕桌為典型明朝家具桌型之一，適用於席地而坐時或用於炕上。炕為用磚
mat level or on the kang, a hollow brick platform where hot air is 製成的臺座，下面空洞，可以燒火取暖。
driven through to create a warm living space.
傳世品中大炕桌頗多，但小型如現例就較為罕見。小型炕桌除了適用於炕
Large size kang tables have survived in some numbers but small 上外，亦可置於榻、羅漢床及架子床上。
ones like the present piece are quite rare. Small size kang tables
were used on canopy beds, daybeds, luohan beds, as well as on 帶攔水線桌面標準格角榫攢邊平鑲獨板面心，下裝二根穿帶出梢支承。抹
the kang. 頭可見明榫。邊抹冰盤沿向下內縮中部成窪形至底壓窄平線。特高束腰設
計為前方留位，裝入抽屜。兩側及後方嵌入如小方柱的外露腿足上截與桌
This design with an extremely high waist is ideally suited to 面下的槽口，直碰在起線壺門輪廓的牙條上。牙條以榫卯與三彎腿足接
accommodate a drawer. 合，抽屜面安黃銅面頁與提環。

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