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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). ఐطg௱ধ1895-1990ϋϗᔛ
̻ 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՟ܠІʕ̚˾˝ܔጘdᔊߒɽ˙d݊˸ϋ
enduring elegance of this classical table is evident in its constant ዝ˜dࠬБʔಯdϞႡˉʂଫମʘԷd˸ৣΥ֢ცࠅfਞϽɓ
popularity through the generations with no changes made other than ΝόШˉʂ༰ɽʘ̻᎘ࣩdϗɝˮ˰ᑳdόՈӺd
variations in dimensions to suit the household. ࠰ಥd1990ϋdྡوB81f̻᎘ࣩԷdԈͼྗࢸdҸ͗ʆ
גᔛόරڀૣՈjಙᏥ܃ྫྷࣚd࠰ಥd1991ϋdᇜ22
For tables of this form, see a larger example illustrated in Wang d2015ϋ10˜7˚ί࠰ಥᘽబˢש̈dᇜ130f
Shixiang, Mingshi jiaju yanjiu / Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture,
Ming and Early Qing Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1990, pl. B81; and a ߕɛఐطg௱ধ1895-1990ϋɗࠠࠅʕ˖ʷʿʈᖵӺ
painting table illustrated in Grace Wu Bruce, Dreams of Chu Tan ኪ٫dഹϞΤЪᔮഫϋശdাɧɤϋ˾ٙ̏ԯ͛ݺf˼ɰ
Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood, The Dr. S. Y. Yip ഹϞਖ਼ࣣChinese Household FurnituredɗࡈГ˙ࠠࠅ
Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, Hong Kong, 1991, cat. no. 22 ʕՈӺfՉʕՈϗᔛޟᔮd1946ϋॲߒ̺ኁд؍௹
and sold in these rooms, 7th October 2015, lot 130. يಀމϤᑘБत࢝dܝԸί1947-49ϋ˼һί༈̈ڗd
ਖ਼பԭݲᖵஔʱf
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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