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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ARNOLD AND MAIDEE KIRKEBY, BEL AIR, CALIFORNIA
                                                                                                                                 ~788
                                                                                                                                 A HUAMU-INSET HUANGHUALI RECESSED-LEG TABLE         The clustered and swirled graining of the burl panel is suggestive of a
                                                                                                                                 17TH CENTURY                                        landscape or abstract painting. Burl panels were often incorporated into
                                                                                                                                 The single huamu burl panel is set in a thick huanghuali frame above beaded   furniture to provide a decorative element, and the aesthetic created a striking
                                                                                                                                 aprons and cloud-form spandrels. The whole is raised on gently splayed legs of   contrast between the textured graining of burl and the amber tones of
                                                                                                                                 round section joined by pairs of stretchers on the sides.   huanghuali. When chosen for table tops, the abstract patterning was meant
                                                                                                                                                                                     to enhance displays of antiques and works of art. The natural qualities of the
                                                                                                                                 31æ in. (80.6 cm.) high, 76Ω in. (194.3 cm.) wide, 21º in. (54 cm.) deep  burl would have been attractive to scholars and poets who have long found
                                                                                                                                                                                     inspiration in the natural world.
                                                                                                                                 $100,000-150,000
                                                                                                                                                                                       A burl-inset huanghuali recessed-leg table with cloud-form spandrels is
                                                                                                                                 PROVENANCE:                                         illustrated by M. Flacks in Classical Chinese Furniture: a very personal point of
                                                                                                                                 Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong, 9 April 1998.            view, London, 2011, pp. 214. Another massive burl-inset huanghuali recessed-
                                                                                                                                                                                     leg painting table, formerly of the Lai Family collection, was sold by Christie's
                                                                                                                                 ARNOLD 及 MAIDEE KIRKEBY 珍藏, 貝萊爾, 加州                 New York, 17 September 2015, lot 919.
                                                                                                                                 十七世紀 黃花梨嵌樺木癭平頭案
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                                                                                                                                 嘉木堂, 香港, 1998年4月9日


































































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