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          PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION      此案取黃花梨木造各部件，渾厚圓實，乃明式經典，                                         Fashioned with thick and round members of huanghuali, the   Furniture, New York, 1948, pl. 30; another from the Haven
          A HUANGHUALI PAINTING TABLE, JIATOUSUN     垂範至今。邊抹以榫卯接面心，木紋相得益彰。此類                                         present table represents a classic Ming dynasty design, whose   collection, is published in Dr Chu-Pak Lau, Classical Chinese
          HUA’AN                                     桌案舊稱「一字桌」，結構清雅，光素無紋，如清水                                         popularity has continued to this day. Its top is constructed with   Huanghuali Furniture, Hong Kong, 2016, pl. 30; and a larger
                                                                                                                                                                 table was included in the Min Chiu Society exhibition The
                                                                                                                     a mortise-and-tenon frame with two-board floating panels with
          LATE MING – EARLY QING DYNASTY             出芙蓉，尤見木材天然韻致。該樣式屢見於宋畫，可                                         beautiful matching grain patterns. Known as ‘character one’   Radiant Ming 1368-1644, Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong
                                                     知宋代已有。                                                          tables, yi, tables of this form owe their success to their elegant   Kong, 2015, cat. no. 227.
          the long rectangular top set with a floating panel in a moulded
          frame, above plain apron with short spandrels, supported on                                                proportions and unadorned surfaces, which draw attention   Tables of these proportions are often referred to desks or
          slightly splayed legs of circular section, each pair of legs joined   一案與現例比例相當，古斯塔夫・艾克藏，載於                to the wood from which they were fashioned. The form was   painting tables, as their conspicuous length and depth made
          by two horizontal stretchers on the shorter sides  George  Kates，《Chinese  Household  Furniture》，紐         known from at least the Song dynasty (960-1279) as it is   them ideal for painting or writing on long pieces of paper or
          163.5 by 55 by h. 82 cm, 64⅜ by 21⅝ by h. 32¼ in.  約，1948年，圖版30；及一例，晏如居蓄，見劉柱柏醫                             depicted on many scroll paintings of the period.  silk. The design was highly popular and reproduced in a variety
                                                     生，《明式黃花梨家具—晏如居藏品選》，2016年，                                       A table of similar proportions from the collection of Gustav   of sizes as well as on benches and stools.
          ◉  HK$ 1,500,000-2,000,000                 圖版30；另一案較大，收入敏求精舍展覽《日昇月                                         Ecke, is illustrated in George Kates, Chinese Household
          US$ 194,000-258,000                        騰：從敏求精舍藏品看明代》，香港歷史博物館，香
                                                     港，2015年，編號227。
          明末至清初   黃花梨夾頭榫畫案
                                                     此類桌案長寬分明，尤宜鋪設紙絹長卷，以供書畫，
                                                     故常作書桌、畫案。該樣式廣為採用，大小尺寸，乃
                                                     至椅凳之類，見例層出。












































          fig. 1
          Illustration in Lienu zhuan [Biography of women in
          ancient China], Ming dynasty, Wanli period edition,
          woodblocks carved by Qiu Ying
          圖一
          明萬曆刻本《列女傳》插圖，仇英刻圖
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