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This form is known as a qiaotouan, or ‘everted end recessed-leg table,’ although the late Ming style-
maker Wen Zhenheng termed it bizhuo, or ‘wall table,’ as it was commonly used against a wall to display
works of art or to hold oferings. Tables of the present type tend to feature long, single-plank tops and
thick members. Such tables also feature aprons with integral spandrels which are joined by dovetail-
housing to the trestle legs, providing added structural support. The angular scrollwork on the spandrels
is very rare and deviates from the more typically seen ruyi-form spandrels. A huanghuali trestle-leg table
with the more commonly seen ruyi-form spandrels was sold at Christie’s New York, 17-18 March 2016,
lot 1314.

翹頭案，明代文震亨曾稱之爲壁桌，因其常置於牆邊供展示文物或擺放祭祀供品之用。此類條案多為獨板，並使用厚
材木料。牙條與角牙一木連作，並與四腿以夾頭榫接合，以加強支撐之用。本拍品角牙上的拐子龍紋演變自一般較常
見的如意雲紋。紐約佳士得2016年3月17至18日拍品1314號即為一件與本拍品相仿，但角牙上刻如意雲紋之近似例。