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           ɤ ර           A HUANGHUALI SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU'AN,
           ɖ ڀ           17TH CENTURY
           ˰ ૣ           the rectangular top secured within a mitred frame with moulded edges, supported on paired recessed legs of circular section secured

           ߏ Ѱ           by parallel stretchers and cut to house the shaped spandrelled apron, the wood of an attractive reddish-brown tone
               ᎘         95.8 by 42.7 by h. 83.4 cm
               ࿸         PROVENANCE                                      Ը๕j
                         Collection of George N. Kates (1895-1990).      ఐطg௱ধ€1895-1990ϋϗᔛ
               ̻         R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 21st October 2003.  τܠჃdॲߒd2003ϋ10˜21˚
               ᎘         ◉  HK$ 600,000-800,000

               ࣩ         US$ 76,500-102,000


                         Drawing inspiration from ancient Chinese wooden architecture, the   Ѱ᎘࿸̻᎘ࣩd՟ܠІʕ਷̚˾˝࿴ܔጘdᔊߒɽ˙d݊˸຾ϋ
                         enduring elegance of this classical table is evident in its constant   ዝ˜dࠬБʔಯdϞႡˉʂଫମʘԷd˸ৣΥ࢕֢ცࠅfਞϽɓ
                         popularity through the generations with no changes made other than   ΝόШˉʂ༰ɽʘ̻᎘ࣩdϗɝˮ˰ᑳd׼ό࢕Ո޼Ӻ‘d
                         variations in dimensions to suit the household.   ࠰ಥd1990ϋdྡوB81f̻᎘೥ࣩԷdԈͼྗࢸdҸ͗ʆ
                                                                         גᔛ׼όරڀૣ࢕ՈjಙᏥ܃ྫྷࣚ‘d࠰ಥd1991ϋdᇜ໮22
                         For tables of this form, see a larger example illustrated in Wang   d2015ϋ10˜7˚ί࠰ಥᘽబˢש̈dᇜ໮130f
                         Shixiang, Mingshi jiaju yanjiu / Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture,
                         Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pl. B81; and a   ߕ਷ɛఐطg௱ধ€1895-1990ϋɗࠠࠅʕ਷˖ʷʿʈᖵ޼Ӻ
                         painting table illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan   ኪ٫dഹϞΤЪᔮഫϋശ‘dা፽ɧɤϋ˾ٙ̏ԯ͛ݺf˼ɰ
                         Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood, The Dr. S. Y. Yip   ഹϞਖ਼ࣣChinese Household Furniture‘dɗ࠯ࡈГ˙ࠠࠅ
                         Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. no. 22   ʕ਷࢕Ո޼ӺfՉʕ਷࢕Ոϗᔛޟᔮd1946ϋॲߒ̺ኁд؍௹
                         and sold in these rooms, 7th October 2015, lot 130.    ي᎜ಀމϤᑘБत࢝dܝԸί1947-49ϋ˼һί༈᎜̈΂᎜ڗd
                                                                         ਖ਼பԭݲᖵஔ௅ʱf
                         George N. Kates (1895-1990), best known for his memoir of 1930s
                         life in Beijing, The Years That Were Fat, Peking 1933-1940, was a
                         leading American scholar on Chinese culture and decorative arts.
                         He wrote the influential first Western study of Chinese classical
                         furniture, Chinese Household Furniture, and amassed an impressive
                         collection of Chinese furniture, which formed a solo exhibition in the
                         Brooklyn Museum, New York, in 1946, where he later acted as the
                         Asian Curator from 1947 to 1949.































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