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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
~831
A RARE MASSIVE DEMOUNTABLE HUANGHUALI
TRESTLE-LEG TABLE
17TH CENTURY
The thick, single-panel top is fitted flush in a rectangular frame set
with everted ends above a beaded apron and spandrels carved in relief
with stylized elephant heads between archaistic scroll. The whole is
supported on thick outswept trestle legs joined by an openwork panel
carved with chilong amidst scrolling vines above the shaped apron.
35 in. (88.9 cm.) high, 93Ω in. (237.5 cm.) wide, 17Ω in. (44.5 cm.) deep
$350,000-450,000
PROVENANCE:
Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 1996.

Demountable trestle-leg tables, which are made to be easily
disassembled to facilitate transport, are very rare. There appear to
be two types of demountable, recessed trestle-leg tables. The first
type exhibits straight legs, which are set into shoe feet. The second
variant, which includes the present table, has everted feet. A rare
tielimu table, with an inscription dating it to 1640, in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, carved with similar stylized elephants on the
spandrels, and a smaller huanghuali trestle-leg table carved with
hornless elephants on the spandrel, are illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming
and Qing Dynasties, vol. 53, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 166, pl. 141, and
p. 157, pl. 135 respectively.

十七世紀 黃花梨龍紋夾頭榫翹頭案
來源:
嘉木堂, 香港, 1996年。