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A RARE HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR SIDE TABLE WITH Provenance: a British private collection, formed circa 1980s-1990s.
‘GIANT’S ARM’ BRACES
17th/18th century 來源：英國私人收藏，成形於約二十世紀八十年代至九十年代
The table with a single-panel top set within the wide, rectangular frame
with a beaded edge, above a plain waist and a plain, beaded apron, The presence of the ‘giant’s arm’ braces eliminated the need for the
the legs of square section terminating in hoof feet and joined to the more commonly seen humpback stretchers. Compare with a similar
frame by giant’s-arm braces. huanghuali table with ‘giant’s arm’ braces, late 16th/early 17th century,
105.5cm (41 1/2in) wide x 80cm (31 1/2in) high illustrated by S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical
x 66.6cm (26 1/4in) deep. Furniture, London, 2001, p.190, fig.12.10. Another related huanghuali
square table with ‘giant’s arm’ braces, is illustrated by G.Ecke, Chinese
£40,000 - 60,000 Domestic Furniture, Hong Kong, 1962, p.11, pl.10.
CNY350,000 - 530,000
See also a similar huanghuali square table with ‘giant’s arm braces’,
17th century, which was sold at Christie’s New York, 16 March 2017,
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨霸王棖半桌 lot 605.

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