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BEYOND COMPARE: A Thousand Years of the Literati Aesthetic





            THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

            8001
            A HIGHLY IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE                   PROVENANCE
            LACQUERED SPINDLE-LEG TABLE                             Acquired in Japan in the early 2000s
            FIVE DYNASTIES-NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (907-1127)
                                                                    The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of a C14 test,
            The plain rectangular top with beaded edge on the sides is set with everted   conducted by Rafter GNS Science, sample No. PH/RC11/233,
            flanges. Supported on each narrow side by elegantly curved spindled legs,   28 March 2011.
            the whole is raised on thick trapezium shoe feet. The table is covered
            overall in a thin layer of viscous black lacquer suffused with network of
            characteristic fine crackles.
            19 ƒ in. (49.5cm.) high,
            41 in. (123.5 cm.) wide,
            14 „ in. (37.5 cm.) deep
            HK$3,000,000-5,000,000
            US$390,000- 640,000
































































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