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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
~896
A SMALL HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG SIDE TABLE, PINGTOU’AN
17TH CENTURY
The single-panel top is set within a rectangular frame above plain aprons and spandrels.
The whole is raised on legs of round section which are joined by a single shelf.
27æ in. (70.5 cm.) high, 29Ω in. (74.9 cm.) wide, 14º in. (36.2 cm.) deep
$40,000-60,000

Compare the present table to a huanghuali side table from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. James Biddle,
illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth in Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch’ing
Dynasties, New York, 1971, p. 173, no. 72. See, also, a small recessed-leg table with a single shelf from
The Lai Family Collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2015, lot 914, as well as an example
with everted ends, from The Collection of Robert Hatfeld Ellsworth, sold at Christie’s New York, 18
March 2015, lot 118.
十七世紀 黃花梨帶屜小平頭案

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