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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
~ 3125
A GREEN STONE-INSET HUANGHUALI 明末 / 清初 黃花梨嵌石面劍腿酒桌
RECESSED-LEG WINE TABLE, JIUZHUO
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY 來源
The dark green stone top is set within a huanghuali frame with an 紐約佳士得，2000 年 3 月 21 日，拍品 20 號
‘ice plate’ edge above a kunmen opening formed by the cusped
apron and spandrels continuing into legs terminating in spurred
feet. The front and back legs are joined with double side stretchers.
31 º in. (79.4cm.) high, 38 Ω in. (97.7cm.) wide,
18 Æ in. (47.7cm.) deep
HK$1,500,000-2,600,000 US$200,000-330,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2000, lot 20
For a slightly larger table of similar form, but with the top
made of yingmu (burlwood) and a high humpback stretcher,
see R.H. Ellsworth, et al., Chinese Furniture: One Hundred
Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New
York, 1996, pp. 138-139, fig. 48.

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