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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW ENGLAND FAMILY
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A HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG TABLE The recessed-leg table is among the most well-known and immediately
17TH-18TH CENTURY recognizable forms found in classical Chinese furniture construction. Tables
The single-panel top is set in a rectangular frame above plain aprons and of this elegant and restrained form, with the graceful splay of the legs, trace
spandrels. The whole is raised on round section legs joined by pairs of their origins to furniture design of the Song dynasty, and several variations
stretchers. on this type are known. The basic proportions were adapted to make large
painting tables, smaller tables, benches and stools. Large single-panel
32 in. (81.28 cm.) high, 78Ω in. (199.39 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.26 cm.) deep huanghuali tables, such as the present example, are extremely rare. The panel
is textured and enlivened by the active and beautifully-figured grain which
$120,000-180,000 nicely compliments the spare, economic lines typical of this form. Recessed-
leg tables are notably seen in Ming-dynasty prints, gracing elegant interior
PROVENANCE: spaces, and often holding assorted vases, archaic bronzes, scrolls, or table
Acquired in Boston, Massachusetts, 1995. screens. A huanghuali table of similar form, but shorter in length, was sold at
Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2018, lot 964.
新英格蘭家族珍藏
十七/十八世紀 黃花梨夾頭榫平頭案
來源:
入藏於波士頓, 馬薩諸塞州, 1995年

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