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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE WEST COAST COLLECTION
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A RARE HUANGHUALI WAISTED SQUARE TABLE For dining, writing, appreciating antiques, or playing games, the square
17TH-18TH CENTURY table is one of the most versatile forms in Chinese furniture. Several
variations of square table exist, including waisted and waistless
The paneled-top is set in a square frame above the plain apron. The whole
is raised on square-section legs terminating in hoof feet, and joined by examples, and those with decorative struts between the apron and
humpback stretchers which are flush to the apron. stretcher. The present example with the humpback stretchers placed
directly under the apron, provide added strength while lightening the
33Ω in. (85.6 cm.) high, 36¡ in. (92.5 cm.) square overall appearance, and not interfering with the knees of the sitters.
A huanghuali waistless square table with similar placement of the
$60,000-80,000 humpback stretchers but with legs of round section, dated to late Ming,
is illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce in The Best of the Best: The MQJ
PROVENANCE: Collection of Ming Furniture Vol.1, Hong Kong, 2017, pp. 98-101.
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 21 May 1991.

十七/十八世紀 黃花梨羅鍋棖方桌
來源:
嘉木堂, 香港, 1991年5月21日。