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THE PROPERTY OF A HONG KONG COLLECTOR
~ 3123
A HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG PAINTING
TABLE, PINGTOU’AN
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The two-panel top is set within the wide rectangular frame, above
plain aprons and spandrels moulded with beaded edge, the whole
supported on legs of circular section and joined by pairs of similar
stretchers.
32 in. (81.3 cm.) high, 62 ¡ in. (158.5 cm.) long,
27 Æ in. (70.6 cm.) wide
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-380,000

PROVENANCE
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1993
The simple, economical lines of this design make it one of the
most classic forms of Chinese furniture. The basic proportions
of this type of tables were adapted to make large painting
tables, smaller tables, benches and stools. This form is referred
to in the Ming dynasty woodblock prints Classic of Lu Ban as
a ‘numeral one form’ table, yi zi zhuo shi, due to its similarity in
profile to the single horizontal stroke of the Chinese numeral
‘one’. The four legs are mortised and tenoned to the table top
and slightly splayed outward, as seen on the present table. This
distinctive feature adds stability to the whole structure, and
aesthetically provides a dynamic element to the upright design.
Compare a huanghuali recessed-leg table of similar proportions
and elegant splayed legs, sold at Christie’s New York, The
Lai Family Collection of Fine Chinese Furniture and Works of
Art, 17 September 2015, lot 922. See, also, a slightly larger
example, illustrated by George N. Kates, Chinese Household
Furniture, New York, 1948, pl. 30, from the collection of Gustav
Ecke; and another of shorter form, from the collection of Dr S.Y.
Yip, included in the exhibition Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and
the Romance with Huanghuali Wood, Art Museum, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1991, catalogue, no. 22,
and sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 October 2015, lot 130.

晚明 黃花梨平頭案

來源
嘉木堂，香港，1993

This item is made of a type of Dalbergia wood which is subject to CITES export/
import restrictions since 2 January 2017. This item can only be shipped to
addresses within Hong Kong or collected from our Hong Kong saleroom and office
unless a CITES re-export permit is granted. Please contact the department for
further information.
本拍賣品由黃檀屬的木製造而成。從 2017 年 1 月 2 日起，所有由黃檀屬的木製成的物品
受 CITES 出入口管制。除非獲得 CITES 再出口許可，此拍賣品只可運送至香港境內的地
址或從我們的香港拍賣場提取。請與專家部門聯繫以瞭解詳情。

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