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PROPERTY FROM THE RUSTIC STUDIO COLLECTION
~879
A RARE HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG TABLE
17TH CENTURY
The single-panel top is ftted with short, everted ends above plain
aprons and spandrels. The whole is raised on thick legs of square
section joined by pairs of stretchers.
31 in. (78.5 cm.) high, 75Ω in. (191.8 cm.) wide, 16Ω in. (42 cm.) deep

$200,000-300,000

PROVENANCE
Grace Wu Bruce, London, 2004.
十七世紀 黃花梨夾頭榫翹頭案

The spare, economic lines of the present table are enhanced by
the unusual use of square-section members and plain, squared
spandrels. The overall design is architectural, creating a strong
silhouette and placing emphasis on form. Everted ends on either
end of the single-panel top add a decorative fourish to this
refned table.
Constructed with square-section legs, the present table is a
variant of the standard recessed leg table constructed with
round-section legs, and most of the tables of this type with
square-section legs have cloud scroll rather than plain spandrels.
An example of a huanghuali table with square-section legs
and cloud scroll spandrels is illustrated by R. Jacobsen and N.
Grindley in Classical Chinese Furniture in Minneapolis Institute of
Arts, Minneapolis, 1999, no. 41 and another also constructed in
huanghuali is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,
vol.1, , Hong Kong, 2002, no. 109. The present table is made even
rarer with the short everted ends.

本拍品之方腿以及光素角牙賦予此案空靈簡約的線條美感。
其整體設計感濃厚，輪廓及造型感強而有力。獨板兩端翹頭更
具畫龍點睛之效。

此案四腿使用方材，為一般條案較常使用圓腿之變形，而此類
方腿條案多半搭配如意雲紋角牙，而非如本拍品所見之光素角
牙。R. Jacobsen 與N. Grindley曾著錄一張黃花梨如意雲紋方腿
小畫案，參見《Classical Chinese Furniture in Minneapolis Institute
of Arts》，明尼亞波利斯，1999年，編號41；另一例見《故宮博物
院藏文物珍品全集--明清家具（上）》，香港，2002年，編號109
。值得一提的是本拍品之翹頭較矮短，更見其珍罕難得。