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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
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A RARE HUANGHUALI KANG TABLE While dragons are frequently carved on the aprons of full-sized tables,
the ball-and-claw feet and lion mask seen on the present table seem to
17TH CENTURY
be reserved for beds and kang tables. A similar haunghuali kang table
The attractively-figured top is set within a rectangular frame fiinely carved
of comparable size and with similar ball-and claw feet and lion mask is
with a 'water stopping' edge, above the narrow waist and apron carved
illustrated by G. Bruch in Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and Romance with
with chilong confronting interlocking scroll. The whole is raised on elegant
Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture,
cabriole legs, carved at the top with a lion mask and terminating in claw
Hong Kong, 1991, no. 30, pp. 86-87, and subsequently sold at The Dr. S.Y.
feet.
Yip Collection of Fine and Important Classical Chinese Furniture, Christie's
13Ω in. (34.3 cm.) high, 36¿ in. (91.8 cm.) wide, 23 in. (58.4 cm.) deep New York, 20 September 2002, lot 10. Another similar example but with
an unusual convex waist is illustrated in Nicholas Grindley, June 1998, no.
$60,000-80,000 11. A related example of slightly larger proportions was sold at Christie's
New York, 13 September 2019, lot 873.

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